1997 AFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1997 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round two of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Glenn Lovett captained the hosts. Gavin Brown captained the visitors with Damian Monkhorst as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Tony Shaw.

Melbourne (7.14.56) were defeated by Collingwood (24.19.163).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Friday 4 April 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 61,138

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 7.14.56 - 24.19.163

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 4 . 7 6 . 11 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Collingwood 6 . 1 12 . 6 15 . 12 24 . 19 24 . 19 (163)
Margin COLL by 14 COLL by 47 COLL by 55 COLL by 107 COLL by 107
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Glenn Lovett
Coach: Neil Balme

Collingwood

Captain: Gavin Brown
Vice-Captain: Damian Monkhorst
Coach: Tony Shaw

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. McCauley (#31)
M. Prince (#12)
D. Rich (#3)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sav Rocca COLL 36 3
Nathan Buckley COLL 5 2
Scott Burns COLL 17 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 0
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 0 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 2 19 9 10 3 0 2 2 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 0 1 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 1 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 2 2 3 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 2 0 3 0 0
6 Lovett, Glenn (c) ? ? 0 1 27 14 13 4 0 3 1 1
9 Neitz, David ? ? 3 2 8 6 2 5 0 0 0 2
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 1 1
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 2
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 1 1
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 7 5 1 2 2
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 0 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 1 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 2 0 1 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 7 14 250 157 93 62 7 23 16 18

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
7 AhMat, Robbie ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 4 0 3 0 2
11 Barnett, John ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 1 0 0 2 0
26 Brown, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 0 16 4 12 8 0 2 0 0
5 Buckley, Nathan ? ? 1 1 28 21 7 7 0 1 1 1
17 Burns, Scott ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 4 1 2 3 3
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 2 0
39 Crow, Scott ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 8 0 1 1 0
24 Curran, Chris ? ? 2 0 24 13 11 2 0 2 0 1
27 McDonald, Alex ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 2 0 2 1 0
1 Monkhorst, Damian (vc) ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 12 2 2 2
6 Patterson, Stephen ? ? 1 3 17 15 2 4 0 0 1 0
35 Prestigiacomo, Simon ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 2 2 1
3 Richardson, Mark ? ? 2 0 14 7 7 4 7 0 1 0
23 Rocca, Anthony ? ? 2 2 14 10 4 5 0 2 1 2
36 Rocca, Sav ? ? 10 2 15 14 1 9 0 2 1 1
29 Russell, Scott ? ? 0 1 28 18 10 4 0 1 0 0
12 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 6 1 1 0 1
15 Taylor, Jason ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 7 0 3 0 1
14 Watson, Shane ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 0
22 Wild, Jason ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 0
10 Williams, Paul ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 4 0 4 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 24 19 332 203 129 89 21 34 18 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