1994 AFL Round 24: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 1994 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 24 of the 1994 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), M. Bayes, N. Brunton, P. Caven, W. Chapman, D. Cresswell, J. Daniels, S. Direen, A. Dunkley, P. Filandia, T. Gray, A. Heuskes, L. Higgins, D. Kappler, D. Kickett, D. Lewis, G. McMahon, S. Minton-Connell, G. Rose, S. Smith, S. Watters

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), S. Charles, K. Dyson, M. Febey, S. Febey, J. Hilton, P. Hopgood, D. Irving, D. Kowal, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, D. Neitz, J. Norrish, A. Obst, M. Pike, P. Prymke, D. Schwarz, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, S. Wight

Sydney (18.13.121) were defeated by Melbourne (27.5.167).

Goalkickers
Sydney: D. Cresswell (4), D. Kickett (4), P. Kelly (3), S. Minton-Connell (3), D. Kappler (2), N. Brunton, D. Lewis
Melbourne: D. Schwarz (9), S. Charles (5), M. Pike (5), G. Lyon (4), M. Febey, S. Febey, J. Hilton, A. Obst

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 15th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 4 September 1994
Time: 1:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 8,344

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 18.13.121 - 27.5.167

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 6 . 4 11 . 6 14 . 10 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Melbourne 8 . 2 14 . 2 21 . 4 27 . 5 27 . 5 (167)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 14 MELB by 36 MELB by 46 MELB by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Sydney), Neil Balme (Melbourne)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), Garry Lyon (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Callaghan, G. Caulfield, A. McKernan
Goal Umpire: S. Shepherd, E: M. Heinrichs
Umpire Replacement: M. Heinrichs replaced S. Shepherd

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Schwarz MELB 5 3
Garry Lyon MELB 3 2
Stephen Tingay MELB 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 5 1 1
13 Brunton, Neil ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
26 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 2 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 2
42 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
28 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 4 1 26 19 7 5 0 1 2 3
5 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 9 4 1
33 Direen, Scott ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 2 1 1 0 1
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 1 20 8 12 5 1 2 3 1
37 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 6 0 3 2 2
25 Gray, Troy ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 1 0 2 3
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 2 0
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 0
11 Kappler, Darren ? ? 2 2 19 9 10 2 0 4 2 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 3 0 19 11 8 0 0 1 5 3
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 4 1 13 11 2 3 0 2 0 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 4 0 2 1 2
16 McMahon, Gavin ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 0 1
8 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 3 4 11 8 3 4 0 0 1 0
22 Rose, Gavin ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 14 1 0 0
40 Smith, Shayne ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 4 0
10 Watters, Scott ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 18 13 286 171 115 58 17 39 29 22

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
18 Charles, Sean ? ? 5 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 2 2
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 0 0 0 3 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 1 0 1 4 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 2 1
22 Hilton, Jeff ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 4 0 1 1 3
34 Irving, Dean ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 9 0 0 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 1 0 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 2 0 1
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 4 3 19 14 5 11 0 3 3 1
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 1 0 2
25 Norrish, Jason ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 0 0
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 4 0 1 1 2
10 Pike, Martin ? ? 5 0 10 9 1 3 1 0 2 0
19 Prymke, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 1 0 1
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 9 0 15 13 2 7 2 1 2 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 8 0 1 0
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 29 20 9 5 0 1 0 5
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 26 12 14 1 0 2 1 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 27 5 307 180 127 56 20 21 22 29

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