1997 AFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1997 between Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions during round twelve of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. The hosts were coached by Greg Hutchison and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Melbourne (7.8.50) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions (21.9.135).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Sunday 15 June 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,392

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 7.8.50 - 21.9.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Brisbane Lions 5 . 1 10 . 4 17 . 8 21 . 9 21 . 9 (135)
Margin BRIL by 23 BRIL by 36 BRIL by 69 BRIL by 85 BRIL by 85
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Greg Hutchison (caretaker)

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Malcolm
M. Norden (#16)
R. Sawers (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shaun Hart BRIL 32 3
Jarrod Molloy BRIL 20 2
Michael Voss BRIL 3 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 2 0 1 0 1
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 1 2
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 2
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 1 3
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
34 Irving, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 5 1 1 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 0 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0 0
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 1 0 0
45 McHardy, Todd ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 1 1 0
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 2 0
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 1
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 0 1 0
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 0 1
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 3 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 6 8 3 2 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 28 19 9 2 0 6 1 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 1 7 2 5 2 0 0 0 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 7 8 240 147 93 53 13 21 13 17

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 1
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 7 0 2 0 0
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 7 0 3 1 0
36 Bradshaw, Daniel ? ? 3 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 1 0
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 7 0 1 1 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 2 12 0 0 2
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 4 0 1
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 1 0 2 0 0
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 0 0 0
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 1 0 2 2 1
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 3 6 1 0 1
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 2 2 2
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 1 1 0
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 4 1 15 11 4 6 0 1 0 1
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 0 1 2
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 0 4 0 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 5 4 0
20 Molloy, Jarrod ? ? 7 1 16 10 6 8 0 0 1 0
35 Trask, Nick ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 2 0 1 3 0
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 21 9 291 202 89 88 18 33 17 13

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