1993 AFL Round 5: Melbourne v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1993 between Melbourne and Adelaide during round 5 of the 1993 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Adelaide at MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. Chris McDermott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Graham Cornes.

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), S. Febey, P. Gilbert, R. Grinter, G. Healy, P. Hopgood, D. Kowal, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, D. Neitz, A. Obst, M. Pickering, M. Pike, P. Rohde, D. Schwarz, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, S. Wight

Adelaide
C. McDermott (capt.), G. Anderson, M. Bickley, D. Brown, C. Groom, B. Hart, S. Hodges, R. Jameson, A. Jarman, S. Lee, M. Liptak, R. Maynard, T. McGuinness, T. Modra, D. Pittman, M. Robran, P. Rouvray, S. Rowe, S. Tregenza, W. Weidemann

Melbourne (10.17.77) defeated Adelaide (9.14.68).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: G. Lyon (4), A. Lovell (2), D. Neitz (2), G. Healy, S. Tingay
Adelaide: T. Modra (5), G. Anderson, D. Brown, C. Groom, S. Hodges

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (up from 14th) and Adelaide were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Adelaide
Date: Sunday 25 April 1993
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,011

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Adelaide
Score: 10.17.77 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 9 8 . 15 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Adelaide 0 . 2 4 . 9 6 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin MELB by 21 MELB by 12 MELB by 16 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Balme (Melbourne), Graham Cornes (Adelaide)
Captains: Garry Lyon (Melbourne), Chris McDermott (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Bird, C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Schwarz MELB 5 3
Andy Lovell MELB 16 2
Andrew Obst MELB 29 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 1 34 23 11 4 0 0 4 1
24 Gilbert, Phil ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 1 12 4 8 1 0 0 1 1
30 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 0 1 2
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 1 1 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 2 3 16 11 5 3 0 0 2 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 40 27 13 3 0 3 3 1
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 7 0 1 3 2
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 4 6 13 11 2 6 0 1 2 1
38 Neitz, David ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 4 1 2 1 2
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 1 3 5
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 3 0 1 1 3
22 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 2 2
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 1 1 0
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 9 0 2 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 6 11 0 2 0
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 4 0 0 1 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 0 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 17 325 195 130 75 12 17 34 34

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Anderson, Greg ? ? 1 1 28 22 6 6 0 2 5 1
26 Bickley, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 6 14 6 0 0 0 2
21 Brown, David ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 1 0 5 0 2
50 Groom, Chris ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 4 3 3 2 3
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 1 0 1
17 Hodges, Scott ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 4 2 0 0 0
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 4 3 1
2 Jarman, Andrew ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 0 0 3 3 3
13 Lee, Scott ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 3 1 3 1 2
27 Liptak, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 1 4
18 Maynard, Rodney ? ? 0 0 33 17 16 7 0 4 6 3
10 McDermott, Chris (c) ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 3 2 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 2 0 7 3 0
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 5 2 13 8 5 4 0 0 3 1
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 4 5 3 0 1
5 Robran, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 3 6 2 1 0
45 Rouvray, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 1 1 3
3 Rowe, Stephen ? ? 0 3 13 7 6 0 0 3 1 3
12 Tregenza, Simon ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 0 1
33 Weidemann, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 2 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 9 14 348 199 149 61 17 48 34 34

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