1997 AFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1997 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round twenty-one of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Glenn Lovett captained the hosts. Nathan Burke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Greg Hutchison and the visitors were coached by Stan Alves.

Melbourne (8.14.62) were defeated by St Kilda (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Friday 22 August 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,935

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 8.14.62 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
St Kilda 7 . 1 9 . 6 13 . 8 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin STKL by 35 STKL by 37 STKL by 42 STKL by 52 STKL by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Glenn Lovett
Coach: Greg Hutchison (caretaker)

St Kilda

Captain: Nathan Burke
Coach: Stan Alves

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore (#19)
M. McKenzie (#24)
T. Shearer (#46)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nathan Burke STKL 3 3
Jason Heatley STKL 24 2
Justin Peckett STKL 1 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 0 3 4 4 0 1 0 1 1 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 2 0 2 1 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 0 0 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 26 14 12 2 0 0 2 3
48 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 1 2 1 0
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 0 3 0
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 6 0 0 1 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 2 0
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lovett, Glenn (c) ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 0
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 3 0 4 0 0
54 McDonald, James ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 4 1 2
9 Neitz, David ? ? 2 4 12 10 2 8 0 0 1 0
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 0 0 1
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 2 1 0
42 Robertson, Russell ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 2 0 2 1 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 25 15 10 8 8 1 4 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 23 8 15 5 0 3 0 1
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 2 1 1 2
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 0 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 8 14 261 171 90 58 11 27 22 18

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Bardsley, Kristian ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 5 0 0
2 Brown, Tony ? ? 2 0 17 9 8 4 0 2 0 2
3 Burke, Nathan (c) ? ? 2 1 29 21 8 7 0 7 2 0
18 Cripps, Jason ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 4 0 0 0 1
34 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 5 2 0
10 Everitt, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 4 19 2 3 1
21 Gray, Troy ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 1 3
25 Hall, Barry ? ? 2 2 13 8 5 9 3 3 2 3
35 Harvey, Robert ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 1 0 1 0 1
24 Heatley, Jason ? ? 7 3 13 11 2 5 0 3 2 0
5 Jones, Aussie ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 1 0 1 1 1
17 Keogh, Rod ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 4 0 2 1 2
22 Lappin, Matthew ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0
1 Peckett, Justin ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 5 0 0 0 1
31 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0
19 Sziller, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 3 1 0
29 Thompson, Andrew ? ? 0 2 17 7 10 0 0 1 1 0
32 Traianidis, Jason ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 0 0 3 1 2
9 Vidovic, Lazar ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
15 Wakelin, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0
12 Wakelin, Shane ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 1 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 17 12 293 185 108 60 24 41 18 22

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