1996 AFL Round 18: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1996 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 18 of the 1996 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), M. Bayes, J. Crawford, D. Cresswell, S. Direen, A. Dunkley, P. Filandia, S. Garlick, S. Grant, A. Heuskes, D. Kickett, C. King, T. Lockett, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, J. Mooney, M. O'Loughlin, P. Roos, G. Rose, B. Seymour

Melbourne
A. Clarkson, J. Farmer, M. Febey, S. Febey, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, D. Irving, D. Kowal, A. Lamprill, A. Leoncelli, G. Lovett, D. Neitz, C. Nettelbeck, L. Norman, D. O'Brien, A. Obst, S. Smith, J. Stynes, C. Turley, T. Viney, A. Yze

Sydney (17.13.115) defeated Melbourne (6.16.52).

Goalkickers
Sydney: T. Lockett (5), M. Bayes (2), P. Kelly (2), D. Kickett (2), J. Crawford, S. Grant, C. King, D. McPherson, J. Mooney, M. O'Loughlin
Melbourne: J. Farmer (2), D. Neitz (2), G. Lovett, S. Smith

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 2nd on the ladder and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 4 August 1996
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 18,850

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 17.13.115 - 6.16.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 1 6 . 6 11 . 9 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Melbourne 0 . 4 4 . 8 5 . 14 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Margin SYDN by 21 SYDN by 10 SYDN by 31 SYDN by 63 SYDN by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Caulfield (#27), G. Dore (#19), C. Durham (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Roos SYDN 1 3
Paul Kelly SYDN 14 2
Derek Kickett SYDN 24 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 0
23 Crawford, Justin ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 1 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 3 20 18 2 5 0 2 4 3
18 Direen, Scott ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 0 2 1
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 3 1 0 1 0
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 5 9 1 0 3 2 0
29 Garlick, Simon ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 1 3
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 1 25 15 10 7 0 3 0 0
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 5 0 2 0 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 2 0 30 21 9 13 0 0 0 0
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 2 1 16 9 7 4 0 4 1 0
37 King, Clinton ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 5 4 17 12 5 8 0 0 0 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 3 3 2 0 1
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 3 0 0
32 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 4 0 0 0 1
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 7 2 1 1 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 19 8 11 3 0 3 3 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 33 24 9 9 2 0 3 0
22 Rose, Gavin ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 2 7 1 1 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 7 0 2 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 17 13 349 212 137 95 15 32 21 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 1 27 17 10 4 0 0 1 1
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 2 2 14 6 8 1 0 2 1 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 4 0 2 1 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 3 0 0 0 0
34 Irving, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 5 17 1 0 2
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 1 2
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 3 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 1 12 5 7 4 0 0 0 1
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 1 0 26 15 11 4 0 3 1 2
9 Neitz, David ? ? 2 1 6 4 2 3 1 1 0 0
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 1
25 Norman, Luke ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 0 1
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 0 2 27 16 11 7 0 1 1 5
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 0 1
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 9 0 0 2
8 Turley, Craig ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 0 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 2 32 19 13 9 0 3 0 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 6 16 295 172 123 69 27 20 10 21

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