1997 AFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1997 between Melbourne and Sydney during round eighteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Glenn Lovett captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Greg Hutchison and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne (7.11.53) were defeated by Sydney (25.19.169).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 2 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,901

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 7.11.53 - 25.19.169

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 5 6 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Sydney 10 . 5 14 . 11 21 . 16 25 . 19 25 . 19 (169)
Margin SYDN by 57 SYDN by 66 SYDN by 99 SYDN by 116 SYDN by 116
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Glenn Lovett
Coach: Greg Hutchison (caretaker)

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Burton (#36)
M. McKenzie (#24)
G. Vernon (#2)
E: T. Shearer (#46)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Kelly SYDN 14 3
Mark Bayes SYDN 30 2
Troy Cook SYDN 41 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 2 0
48 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 1 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 3 0 2 0 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 2 1
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 0 1 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 0 26 15 11 7 0 1 0 1
6 Lovett, Glenn (c) ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 2 0
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 1 0 2 0 1
54 McDonald, James ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 6 2 2 0 1
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 3 0 1 1
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 7 0 1 1 1
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 3 0 5 4 1 4 1 0 0 1
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 0 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 1 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 2 19 10 9 4 13 1 2 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 19 8 11 1 0 1 0 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 7 11 253 150 103 59 19 21 14 15

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Arnott, Simon ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 0
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 3 2 20 9 11 5 0 2 2 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 6 2 15 13 2 6 1 0 0 0
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 2 22 14 8 10 10 1 1 1
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 1 2 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 24 10 14 0 1 2 0 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 3 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 3 2 24 16 8 7 0 2 2 2
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 2 1 34 15 19 6 1 2 1 2
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 0 0 0 1
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 6 0 10 7 3 5 0 1 1 1
36 Mathews, Ben ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 0 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 0 1 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 3 17 9 8 5 6 0 0 1
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 0 1 2
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 3 1 16 11 5 4 0 2 0 0
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 1 1 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 28 15 13 8 3 0 0 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 6 0 1 0 1
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 1 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 25 19 367 220 147 91 22 19 15 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