1994 AFL Semi Final 1: Melbourne v Footscray
This is the match report for the match played on 18 September 1994 between Melbourne and Footscray in the first semi final of the 1994 AFL season.
Melbourne hosted Footscray at MCG.
Garry Lyon captained the hosts.
The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Alan Joyce.
Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), K. Dyson, M. Febey, S. Febey, J. Hilton, P. Hopgood, D. Irving, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, G. Molloy, D. Neitz, J. Norrish, A. Obst, M. Pike, P. Prymke, D. Schwarz, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, S. Wight
Footscray
S. Allen, S. Atkins, L. Cameron, M. Croft, A. Darcy, C. Grant, M. Hunter, B. Johnson, N. Kellett, K. Koster, S. Kretiuk, T. Liberatore, B. Nicholson, R. Osborne, K. Reynolds, R. Smith, D. Southern, B. Standfield, S. Wallis, R. West, S. West
Melbourne (21.18.144) defeated Footscray (9.11.65).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: G. Lyon (10), B. Lovett (3), K. Dyson (2), A. Lovell (2), D. Schwarz (2), D. Irving, S. Tingay
Footscray: C. Grant (2), B. Johnson (2), N. Kellett, K. Koster, D. Southern, B. Standfield, S. West
As a result of this match, Melbourne faced West Coast in the second preliminary final and Footscray were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).
Match Details
Season:
1994 AFL Season
Round:
Semi Final 1
Teams:
Melbourne
v
Footscray
Date:
Sunday 18 September 1994
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
65,577
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 5 | . | 4 | 9 | . | 7 | 19 | . | 11 | 21 | . | 18 | 21 | . | 18 | (144) |
| Footscray | 1 | . | 5 | 6 | . | 7 | 8 | . | 9 | 9 | . | 11 | 9 | . | 11 | (65) |
| Margin | MELB by 23 | MELB by 18 | MELB by 68 | MELB by 79 | MELB by 79 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Neil Balme
(Melbourne),
Alan Joyce
(Footscray)
Captains:
Garry Lyon
(Melbourne),
unknown
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
C. Mitchell,
B. Sheehan,
G. Vernon
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Dyson, Kevin | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Febey, Matthew | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Febey, Steven | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Hilton, Jeff | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Hopgood, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Irving, Dean | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Lovell, Andy | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Lovett, Brett | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Lovett, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lyon, Garry (c) | ? | ? | 10 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Molloy, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Neitz, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Norrish, Jason | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Obst, Andrew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Pike, Martin | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Prymke, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Schwarz, David | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Stynes, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Tingay, Stephen | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Viney, Todd | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Wight, Sean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Total (21 players) | 21 | 18 | 330 | 203 | 127 | 75 | 37 | 31 | 19 | 28 | |||
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Allen, Scott | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Atkins, Simon | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Cameron, Leon | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Croft, Matthew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Darcy, Anthony | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Grant, Chris | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Hunter, Mark | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Johnson, Brad | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Kellett, Nigel | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Koster, Kym | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kretiuk, Steven | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Liberatore, Tony | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | Nicholson, Brad | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | Osborne, Richard | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Reynolds, Keenan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Smith, Rohan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Southern, Daniel | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Standfield, Barry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 24 | Wallis, Steve | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | West, Robbie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | West, Scott | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total (21 players) | 9 | 11 | 220 | 164 | 56 | 50 | 19 | 33 | 28 | 19 | |||