1994 AFL Season 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 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Alan Joyce.

Melbourne (21.18.144) defeated Footscray (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Sunday 18 September 1994
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 65,577

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 21.18.144 - 9.11.65

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

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alan Joyce (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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