1991 AFL Round 15: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1991 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 15 of the 1991 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Athorn, M. Bayes, N. Cordy, B. Doolan, L. Higgins, P. Kelly, R. Kerr, J. Lawson, D. Lewis, J. Love, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, C. Nettelbeck, C. O'Dwyer, G. Page, T. Thripp, B. Toohey, B. Tunbridge, J. West

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), D. Bennett, L. Beveridge, P. Bryce, D. Cuthbertson, K. Dyson, S. Eishold, D. Flintoff, A. Jakovich, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, A. Obst, P. Rohde, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, J. Viney, T. Viney, G. Yeats

Sydney (14.10.94) were defeated by Melbourne (26.21.177).

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Mitchell (3), J. West (3), D. Lewis (2), J. Love (2), D. Carroll, R. Kerr, T. Thripp, B. Tunbridge
Melbourne: A. Jakovich (8), D. Bennett (7), E. Spalding (2), J. Stynes (2), G. Yeats (2), L. Beveridge, K. Dyson, G. Lyon, S. Tingay, T. Viney

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 12th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 30 June 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 10,569

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.10.94 - 26.21.177

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 5 4 . 6 7 . 8 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Melbourne 4 . 6 7 . 11 16 . 18 26 . 21 26 . 21 (177)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 23 MELB by 64 MELB by 83 MELB by 83
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Col Kinnear (Sydney), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Garry Lyon (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Abbott, B. Carland

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Allen Jakovich MELB 13 3
Darren Bennett MELB 19 2
Todd Viney MELB 12 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Athorn, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 1
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 1 0 1 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 1 0 28 24 4 6 0 0 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 2 0 1 0
4 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 2 0 3 0 1
14 Kelly, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 0 0 5 1 1
39 Kerr, Robert ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 0 1
37 Lawson, Jamie ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 1 0 2 0 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 6 2 2 1 1
32 Love, Jason ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 3 1 23 15 8 3 0 1 0 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 6 0 1 1 0
40 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 2 0 0
33 O'Dwyer, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
28 Page, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 2 0 1
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 1 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 0 3 0
48 Tunbridge, Brad ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 7 1 0 2
20 West, Jim ? ? 3 4 10 8 2 3 0 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 10 263 179 84 58 12 23 11 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 7 2 15 12 3 10 1 0 0 0
24 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
30 Bryce, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 0 0
48 Cuthbertson, Darren ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 7 0 2 1 2
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 4 0 1 0 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 4 0 2 3 3
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 1 0 1
13 Jakovich, Allen ? ? 8 8 20 19 1 9 0 2 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 1 0 0
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 3 1 0
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 1 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 7 0 1 0 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 5 0 3 2 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 1 22 12 10 9 19 0 2 0
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 4 0 1 1 0
26 Viney, Jay ? ? 0 0 26 14 12 1 0 0 0 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 3 32 20 12 2 0 2 1 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 2 0 22 13 9 3 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 26 21 355 217 138 79 20 22 14 11

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