1997 AFL Season Round 22: Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1997 between Melbourne and Fremantle during round twenty-two of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fremantle at the MCG. Peter Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Greg Hutchison and the visitors were coached by Gerard Neesham.

Melbourne (18.11.119) defeated Fremantle (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 30 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,036

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fremantle
Score: 18.11.119 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 5 . 8 12 . 9 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Fremantle 3 . 4 4 . 5 6 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin FREM by 12 MELB by 9 MELB by 36 MELB by 40 MELB by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Greg Hutchison (caretaker)

Fremantle

Captain: Peter Mann
Coach: Gerard Neesham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
D. Humphery-Smith
S. McBurney (#29)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jeff Farmer MELB 33 3
Paul Hopgood MELB 15 2
Todd Viney MELB 12 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 0
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 3 1 1
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 6 3 16 14 2 6 0 0 4 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 3 1 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 3 0 1 0 0
48 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 1 2 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 7 0 2 1 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 5 0 0 0 1
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 1 4 2
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 2 20 13 7 1 0 2 1 0
54 McDonald, James ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 0 2 2 0
9 Neitz, David ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 2 5 0 0 1
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0 2
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 1
42 Robertson, Russell ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 4 0 3 2 2
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 2 1
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 3 0 4 3 1 3 0 2 0 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 5 11 0 1 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 28 18 10 2 0 2 1 4
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 2 0 22 19 3 6 0 4 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 18 11 307 194 113 67 16 29 22 26

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 2 1 3
7 Allan, Ben ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 0 1 0
21 Black, Heath ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 1 0 0 0 0
24 Burton, Matthew ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 6 7 0 1 1
42 Callaghan, Craig ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 10 0 3 1 2
13 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 2 1
31 Clement, James ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 3
19 Dhurrkay, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 0 0
37 Gale, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 2 0 1
14 Hunter, Kingsley ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 5 0 0 1 0
38 Jones, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 2 2
11 Kickett, Dale ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 0
28 Koops, Steven ? ? 4 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 4 1
36 Leach, Quenton ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 2 1
9 Mann, Peter (c) ? ? 1 3 14 6 8 5 0 0 0 0
45 Mitchell, Gavin ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 3 0 2 0 0
23 Parker, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 0 4 0
1 Toia, Luke ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 1 4 1
26 Waterhouse, Clive ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 8 0 0 0 2
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 10 8 0 2 1
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 5 0 3 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 13 288 184 104 89 15 23 26 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