1996 AFL Round 7: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1996 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 7 of the 1996 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne
A. Clarkson, J. Farmer, M. Febey, D. Gaspar, D. Grant, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, D. Kowal, A. Lamprill, B. Lovett, T. McHardy, G. Molloy, D. Neitz, C. Nettelbeck, L. Norman, D. O'Brien, A. Obst, S. Smith, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, A. Yze

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), S. Arnott, S. Carey, W. Chapman, J. Crawford, D. Cresswell, A. Dunkley, K. Dyson, P. Filandia, S. Garlick, S. Grant, D. Kickett, T. Lockett, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, P. Roos, B. Seymour, G. Stafford

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

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Farmer (2), S. Smith (2), A. Clarkson
Sydney: T. Lockett (6), S. Garlick (2), T. Luff (2), S. Arnott, M. O'Loughlin

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 15th on the ladder and Sydney were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Neil Balme (Melbourne), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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