1991 AFL Season Round 23: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1991 between Footscray and Melbourne during round twenty-three of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Doug Hawkins captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wheeler and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Footscray (6.9.45) were defeated by Melbourne (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 25 August 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,380

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.9.45 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 1 1 . 4 3 . 8 6 . 9 6 . 9 (45)
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 5 5 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin MELB by 15 MELB by 25 MELB by 10 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Doug Hawkins
Coach: Terry Wheeler

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Foster FOOT 32 3
Jim Stynes MELB 11 2
Stephen MacPherson FOOT 27 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 3 28 10 18 0 0 1 1 1
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 28 18 10 7 0 0 2 0
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 1 3 15 13 2 4 0 0 0 2
1 Charles, Justin ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 8 3 1 1 2
20 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 1 0 0 2
11 Corcoran, Shannon ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 1 0
37 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 0 0 0
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 5 0 1 1 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 9 0 0 2 2
29 Grant, Chris ? ? 2 0 17 9 8 7 0 0 2 2
7 Hawkins, Doug (c) ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 7 0 1 2 1
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 2 3 1
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 1 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 36 19 17 3 0 3 4 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 40 24 16 6 0 0 2 1
25 Mansfield, Matthew ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 8 0 2 0 0
17 Standfield, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 1 3 0
58 Stanley, Darren ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 4 0 0 2 2
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 1 0 12 3 9 4 4 3 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 9 372 220 152 95 8 19 28 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 1 0 25 15 10 2 0 2 1 0
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 2 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 1 1 1
38 Heaver, Brent ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 0 0 0 2 1
13 Jakovich, Allen ? ? 3 6 18 18 0 12 0 0 1 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 0 1 3
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 4 0 3
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 1 2 1 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 0 1
44 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 1 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 2 2 2 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 2 0 2 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 33 19 14 12 13 0 2 1
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 3 1 1
26 Viney, Jay ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 1 0 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 1 0 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 1 0 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 1 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 8 322 223 99 87 19 21 20 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