1998 AFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1998 between Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions during round eighteen of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. Todd Viney captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Roger Merrett.

Melbourne (22.19.151) defeated the Brisbane Lions (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 1 August 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,518

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 22.19.151 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 4 13 . 10 18 . 14 22 . 19 22 . 19 (151)
Brisbane Lions 1 . 1 3 . 4 7 . 5 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin MELB by 39 MELB by 66 MELB by 75 MELB by 95 MELB by 95
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Todd Viney
Coach: Neale Daniher

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Roger Merrett (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
D. Howlett (#1)
V. Sercia (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Stephen Tingay MELB 2 3
Jeff Farmer MELB 33 2
Darren Kowal MELB 7 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 6 3 16 13 3 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 5
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 3 5
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 4 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 7
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 5 3 14 12 2 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 4 0 3 4 0 1 0 3 5
23 McDonald, James ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2
9 Neitz, David ? ? 2 0 10 5 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 1 27 14 13 4 0 0 4 2 0 1 3 4
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 3 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 2
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 4
1 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 0
39 Smoker, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 22 0 3 0 0 2 0 0
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 2 28 19 9 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 6 6
12 Viney, Todd (c) ? ? 2 0 16 9 7 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 8
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 8 8 0 1 1 2 2 0 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 5 0 1 5 1 2 0 5 7
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 7 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 22 19 344 206 138 78 35 22 34 17 19 26 40 70

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 6 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2
34 Bamford, Scott ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 4
9 Boyd, Brad ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1
36 Bradshaw, Daniel ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
37 Carter, Nick ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 5 3 1 4 0 1 7
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 10 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 0 21 1 6 1 2 1 1 1
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 1 1 17 8 9 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 1
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 6 1 2 4 0 6 2
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
15 Lawrence, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 9 0 1 0 1 2 3 6 4
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 1
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 8 0 2 0 1 2 1 3 5
39 Notting, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
28 Robbins, Ben ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1
5 Scott, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 7 2 3 1 4 2 1
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 1 0 27 19 8 7 0 5 4 4 0 0 4 2
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
13 Voss, Brett ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 5 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 1
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 1 7 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 Wirth, Derek ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 8 298 184 114 77 32 43 40 29 26 19 44 47

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