1997 AFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1997 between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs during round four of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Western Bulldogs at the MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

Melbourne (13.9.87) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 18 April 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,043

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 13.9.87 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 8 . 6 10 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 2 5 . 6 9 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 18 MELB by 6 WBUL by 2 WBUL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Western Bulldogs

Captain: unknown
Coach: Terry Wallace

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Caulfield (#27)
J. Harvey (#25)
M. McKenzie (#24)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chris Grant WBUL 3 3
Luke Darcy WBUL 14 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 1 27 18 9 7 0 0 1 1
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 2 11 6 5 2 0 0 2 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 3 0 2 0 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 1
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 5 0 1 0 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 1 2
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 3 1 7 5 2 3 1 2 0 1
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 0 0 4
9 Neitz, David ? ? 7 2 14 11 3 8 0 1 0 2
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 0 1 0
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 1 1
28 Pesch, Nick ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 0
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 0 27 13 14 3 1 4 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 15 0 3 2
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 3 0 1 0 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 0 2 1
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 1 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 13 9 269 170 99 68 19 14 14 24

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 1
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 3 0 0 3 0
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 2
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 2 0 21 13 8 11 8 2 3 2
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 5 0 1 1 0
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 0
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 8 0 1 2 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 3 1 0 0
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 4 0 0 2 3
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 6 0 2 0 0
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 2 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 4 0 0
1 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 3 1 6 5 1 5 0 1 0 1
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 5 0 2 2 2
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 2 1 25 20 5 6 0 1 3 0
41 Round, David ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
38 Sir, Sedat ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 3 1 2 1 1
25 Watts, Jason ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 3 0 1 4 0
24 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 13 11 258 179 79 68 14 21 24 14

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