1998 AFL Season Qualifying Final 1: Melbourne v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1998 between Melbourne and Adelaide in the first qualifying final of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Adelaide at the MCG. Todd Viney captained the hosts. Mark Bickley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Melbourne (17.13.115) defeated Adelaide (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: First Qualifying Final
Teams: Melbourne v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 5 September 1998
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 60,817

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Adelaide
Score: 17.13.115 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 6 9 . 8 16 . 9 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Adelaide 2 . 2 4 . 4 7 . 8 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin MELB by 28 MELB by 34 MELB by 55 MELB by 48 MELB by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Todd Viney
Coach: Neale Daniher

Adelaide

Captain: Mark Bickley
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
G. Dore (#19)
C. Mitchell (#4)
E: J. Harvey (#25)

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 6 1 16 11 5 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 3
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 6 2 1 1 1 5 5
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 4 2 2 1 1 7 1
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 2 0 4 3 0 0 1 1 4
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0
9 Neitz, David ? ? 6 3 11 10 1 6 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 3 1 2 9 4 0 1 3 4
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 4 1 3 1 1 3 0 6
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 2
1 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 9 0 2 0 0 1 0 1
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 3 0 4 2 4 3 1 1 5
12 Viney, Todd (c) ? ? 0 1 26 13 13 4 0 3 5 0 1 0 3 9
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 10 22 1 1 0 0 1 1 3
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 5
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 13 289 180 109 71 40 35 38 19 17 18 34 58

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 3 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 5
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 4
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 2 0 15 8 7 3 0 0 0 4 1 1 4 0
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 6 2 1 1 0 5 4
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2
11 James, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 5 1
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 1 1 28 15 13 3 1 2 8 0 1 2 2 4
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 4
27 Liptak, Matthew ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
31 Marsh, Ben ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 1
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 1 2 6 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 7 28 1 7 2 2 2 3 4
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 5
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 3
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 2 2 15 9 6 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 4
39 Stevens, Linden ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
19 Stevens, Mark ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 5 1
29 Thiessen, James ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 9 13 263 154 109 48 40 41 42 15 18 17 37 50

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