1997 AFL Round 7: Fremantle v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1997 between Fremantle and Melbourne during round 7 of the 1997 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Melbourne at WACA. Peter Mann captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Gerard Neesham and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Fremantle
P. Mann (capt.), W. Abraham, B. Allan, D. Bandy, H. Black, C. Callaghan, S. Chisholm, J. Clement, T. Delaney, G. Harding, D. Kickett, Q. Leach, A. McGovern, J. Norrish, S. O'Reilly, D. Parker, S. Parker, L. Toia, C. Waterhouse, J. White, A. Wills

Melbourne
S. Charles, A. Clarkson, D. Cockatoo-Collins, J. Farmer, M. Febey, S. Febey, D. Gaspar, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, A. Leoncelli, B. Lovett, A. McDonald, D. Neitz, C. Nettelbeck, L. Newton, A. Obst, R. Pyman, M. Seecamp, J. Stynes, T. Viney, S. Woewodin

Fremantle (17.22.124) defeated Melbourne (10.9.69).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: W. Abraham (3), Q. Leach (3), D. Parker (3), C. Callaghan (2), P. Mann (2), L. Toia (2), G. Harding, C. Waterhouse
Melbourne: S. Charles (3), A. McDonald (2), A. Clarkson, D. Neitz, C. Nettelbeck, T. Viney, S. Woewodin

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 6th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fremantle v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 May 1997
Time: 6:40 PM
Venue: WACA
Attendance: 18,198

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Melbourne
Score: 17.22.124 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 4 . 8 7 . 9 14 . 16 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
Melbourne 1 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin FREM by 22 FREM by 15 FREM by 50 FREM by 55 FREM by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gerard Neesham (Fremantle), Neil Balme (Melbourne)
Captains: Peter Mann (Fremantle), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hanley (#18), G. Scroop (#21), G. Vernon (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Toia FREM 1 3
Quenton Leach FREM 36 2
Dale Kickett FREM 11 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 3 2 6 5 1 1 0 2 1 0
7 Allan, Ben ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 1 0
44 Bandy, Daniel ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 9 0 2 0
21 Black, Heath ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 0 1 0
42 Callaghan, Craig ? ? 2 0 13 5 8 1 0 3 2 2
13 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 0 0 2 0
31 Clement, James ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 0 0 0
30 Delaney, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 1 0 0
3 Harding, Greg ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 6 0 2 0 1
11 Kickett, Dale ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 0 0
36 Leach, Quenton ? ? 3 1 17 12 5 4 0 3 3 1
9 Mann, Peter (c) ? ? 2 2 18 8 10 2 1 1 1 0
43 McGovern, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 1 2
25 Norrish, Jason ? ? 0 1 16 5 11 2 1 2 1 2
10 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 2 0
5 Parker, Dan ? ? 3 2 13 10 3 4 0 2 0 1
23 Parker, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 4 3 3
1 Toia, Luke ? ? 2 1 31 17 14 5 0 3 3 2
26 Waterhouse, Clive ? ? 1 6 21 16 5 8 1 1 0 2
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 6 12 0 0 2
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 0 4 16 15 1 5 0 1 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 17 22 320 200 120 71 24 30 25 18

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 3 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 0 1
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 2 2
31 Cockatoo-Collins, Don ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 1 2 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 0 0 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 1 3 1
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 0 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 2 0 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 0 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 0
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 2 2 18 13 5 6 0 3 5 4
9 Neitz, David ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 3
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 1 1 10 3 7 1 1 0 1 0
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 1 1 0
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 6 20 0 3 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 0 22 10 12 2 0 2 0 5
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 10 9 248 160 88 53 25 18 18 25

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