1993 AFL Round 17: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1993 between Footscray and Melbourne during round 17 of the 1993 AFL season. 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 Neil Balme.

Footscray
D. Hawkins (capt.), S. Atkins, J. Ballantyne, L. Beveridge, L. Cameron, A. Darcy, D. Del-Re, M. Frost, C. Grant, I. Grgic, N. Kellett, S. Kolyniuk, T. Liberatore, B. Nicholson, P. Quill, B. Sexton, B. Standfield, B. Toohey, S. West, S. Wynd

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), D. Cuthbertson, K. Dyson, M. Febey, S. Febey, P. Gilbert, A. Goodwin, R. Grinter, P. Hopgood, D. Kowal, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, D. Neitz, A. Obst, P. Rohde, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney

Footscray (14.13.97) were defeated by Melbourne (16.14.110).

Goalkickers
Footscray: J. Ballantyne (2), L. Beveridge (2), D. Del-Re (2), I. Grgic (2), S. West (2), S. Atkins, L. Cameron, C. Grant, P. Quill
Melbourne: G. Lovett (3), G. Lyon (3), D. Cuthbertson (2), S. Stretch (2), D. Kowal, A. Lovell, A. Obst, P. Rohde, S. Tingay, T. Viney

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1993 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 July 1993
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,469

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.13.97 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 0 8 . 8 8 . 8 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Melbourne 6 . 6 8 . 6 13 . 13 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin MELB by 36 FOOT by 2 MELB by 35 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Terry Wheeler (Footscray), Neil Balme (Melbourne)
Captains: Doug Hawkins (Footscray), Garry Lyon (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett, A. McKernan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Stephen Tingay MELB 2 3
Andrew Obst MELB 29 2
Ilija Grgic FOOT 28 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 1 0 33 15 18 0 0 4 2 0
50 Ballantyne, Jon ? ? 2 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 1
19 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 2 3 21 13 8 3 0 2 0 2
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 4 0 1 1 0
31 Darcy, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 0
26 Del-Re, Danny ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 8 0 0 0 1
41 Frost, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
29 Grant, Chris ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 6 0 0 2 0
28 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 2 2 23 14 9 10 15 2 2 3
7 Hawkins, Doug (c) ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 6 0 1 0 1
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 2 1
21 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 1 35 13 22 1 0 8 2 1
43 Nicholson, Brad ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 2 0
22 Quill, Peter ? ? 1 1 31 18 13 7 0 1 0 0
34 Sexton, Ben ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 2 1 1 1 3
17 Standfield, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 0 2
8 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 1 0
14 West, Scott ? ? 2 1 15 7 8 0 0 6 2 2
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 8 12 4 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 342 193 149 73 28 36 21 21

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
9 Cuthbertson, Darren ? ? 2 2 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 2
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 1 21 11 10 1 0 1 0 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 1 1 1 0 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 5 0 0 1 1
24 Gilbert, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 3 3 3
32 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 1 1 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
30 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 0 0 1 1 3
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 1 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 1 0 0
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 3 3 31 22 9 8 0 0 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 3 2 17 11 6 5 0 0 2 1
38 Neitz, David ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 2
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 5 0 1 5 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 1 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 2 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 5 14 0 1 2
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 0 30 16 14 4 0 5 1 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 0 32 15 17 7 0 2 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 14 341 195 146 64 16 21 21 21

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