1991 AFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1991 between Melbourne and Footscray during round eight of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. Doug Hawkins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Terry Wheeler.

Melbourne (17.19.121) defeated Footscray (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 May 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,617

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 17.19.121 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 5 7 . 7 12 . 14 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Footscray 2 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin MELB by 20 MELB by 7 MELB by 29 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: John Northey

Footscray

Captain: Doug Hawkins
Coach: Terry Wheeler

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Vernon
M. Viney

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jim Stynes MELB 11 3
Todd Viney MELB 12 2
Peter Foster FOOT 32 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 1
24 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 2 0 0 0 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 1 0
32 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 0 1
48 Cuthbertson, Darren ? ? 2 3 15 11 4 5 0 2 0 2
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 1 26 16 10 10 0 2 1 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 4 0 3 3 1
43 Ford, Andrew ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 2 2 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 3 3 4
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 1 0 1 1 0
31 Keogh, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 0 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 29 17 12 7 0 2 6 0
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 2 0 2 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 1 1 27 18 9 7 0 5 5 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 3 1 7 6 1 4 8 1 2 3
7 Owen, Rod ? ? 3 0 20 9 11 7 0 1 0 2
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 0 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 32 21 11 14 8 0 1 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 3 30 23 7 6 0 2 2 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 7 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 19 352 245 107 96 17 30 28 22

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 0 33 16 17 1 0 0 2 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 1 0
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 0 0
1 Charles, Justin ? ? 4 1 16 12 4 10 2 0 0 2
20 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 4 3 0 2 3
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 0 2 18 8 10 5 0 0 1 3
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 3 0 1 1 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 4 0 0 2 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 0 2 2 1
9 Georgiades, John ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 0 3
19 Gow, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 2 0
7 Hawkins, Doug (c) ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 3 0 1 1 1
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 2 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 1 26 13 13 0 0 2 1 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 0 0 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 1 0 1 1 3
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 1 0 1 3 2
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 26 10 16 6 0 1 0 2
6 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 1 2 15 12 3 6 0 1 1 1
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 10 7 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 10 365 214 151 85 12 15 22 28

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s