1995 AFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1995 between Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1995 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at Optus Oval. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Alan Joyce.

Melbourne (12.8.80) were defeated by Footscray (16.7.103).

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Sunday 23 April 1995
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 16,969

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 12.8.80 - 16.7.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 3 . 7 10 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Footscray 4 . 2 9 . 4 13 . 5 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Margin FOOT by 16 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Alan Joyce

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. McKenzie (#24)
C. Mitchell (#4)
J. Russo (#18)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Rohan Smith FOOT 5 3
Jeff Hilton MELB 22 2
Tyson Lane FOOT 36 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 1 0 0 1 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 3 2 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 2 0 3
38 Heppell, Martin ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 2
22 Hilton, Jeff ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 4 0 0 1 0
34 Irving, Dean ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 6 12 0 0 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 2 0 21 15 6 5 0 0 1 0
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 3 0 0 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 1 2 22 12 10 4 2 1 0 0
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 1 0 2
25 Norman, Luke ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 1 0
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 1 0 0 0 2
19 Prymke, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 5 1 0 2 2
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 3 0 1 0 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 3 2 13 10 3 8 0 0 2 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 5 9 1 2 2
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 4 1 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 0 1 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 12 8 300 188 112 76 24 15 16 22

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 2 1 0
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 4 1 1
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 5 1 2 2 0
1 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 9 13 3 3 2
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 5 0 2 0 1
40 Johnston, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 2 0 3 2 3
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 3 0 3 0 2
12 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 1 0
36 Lane, Tyson ? ? 5 0 8 8 0 5 0 3 0 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 11 3 1
9 Nicholson, Brad ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 5 1 13 9 4 3 0 0 0 1
22 Quill, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 1 2 0 1
11 Romero, Jose ? ? 2 1 24 17 7 5 0 2 0 0
34 Sexton, Ben ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 8 0 2 0 0
17 Standfield, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 3 1 2 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 2 1
25 Watts, Jason ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 4 3 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 2 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 16 7 279 182 97 65 18 50 22 16

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