1996 AFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1996 between Melbourne and Sydney during round seven of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne (5.8.38) were defeated by Sydney (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 11 May 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,660

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 5.8.38 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 0 3 . 3 3 . 3 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Sydney 3 . 2 5 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin SYDN by 14 SYDN by 13 SYDN by 47 SYDN by 44 SYDN by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Neil Balme

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. McLaren (#11)
G. Scroop (#21)
S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Stafford SYDN 15 3
Stuart Maxfield SYDN 11 2
Alastair Clarkson MELB 23 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 0 32 28 4 5 0 1 6 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 2 3 10 8 2 4 0 1 2 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 7 0 2 4 2
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0
16 Grant, David ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 4 1 3 1 2
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 2 5
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 1 1
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 0
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 1 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 7 0 2 1 0
45 McHardy, Todd ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 1
28 Molloy, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 7 0 2 0 1
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 2 13 8 5 3 1 3 1 2
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 2 0 2
25 Norman, Luke ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 1
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 1 2 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 2 0 7 4 3 4 0 3 0 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 9 14 1 0 2
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 1 0 2
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 1 3 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 5 8 267 171 96 75 17 28 22 27

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
42 Arnott, Simon ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 2 1
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 3 1
23 Crawford, Justin ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 0 1
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 1 2 0
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 5 2 4
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 1 0
29 Garlick, Simon ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 0 1
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 8 0 2 0 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 3 0 4 3 2
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 2 0 5 1 1
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 6 2 10 10 0 8 0 2 0 2
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 6 3 3 1 1
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 3 2
32 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 0 1 0 1
36 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 3 0 1 4 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 1 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 6 0 0 0 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 1 1 2
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 11 9 0 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 12 10 286 193 93 81 12 40 27 22

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