1997 AFL Round 2: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1997 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round 2 of the 1997 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at 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
G. Lovett (capt.), S. Charles, A. Clarkson, J. Farmer, M. Febey, S. Febey, D. Gaspar, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, A. Leoncelli, B. Lovett, D. Neitz, C. Nettelbeck, A. Obst, R. Pyman, S. Smith, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Collingwood
G. Brown (capt.), D. Monkhorst (vice-capt.), R. AhMat, J. Barnett, N. Buckley, S. Burns, G. Crosisca, S. Crow, C. Curran, A. McDonald, S. Patterson, S. Prestigiacomo, M. Richardson, A. Rocca, S. Rocca, S. Russell, A. Schauble, J. Taylor, S. Watson, J. Wild, P. Williams

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

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (3), A. Clarkson (2), J. Farmer, C. Nettelbeck
Collingwood: S. Rocca (10), R. AhMat (2), C. Curran (2), M. Richardson (2), A. Rocca (2), N. Buckley, S. Burns, S. Crow, D. Monkhorst, S. Patterson, P. Williams

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Collingwood were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Neil Balme (Melbourne), Tony Shaw (Collingwood)
Captains: Glenn Lovett (Melbourne), Gavin Brown (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Damian Monkhorst (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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