1998 AFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1998 between Melbourne and Sydney during round twenty-one of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Todd Viney captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne (17.12.114) defeated Sydney (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Monday 24 August 1998
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,614

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 17.12.114 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 6 11 . 8 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Sydney 2 . 4 4 . 5 6 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 13 MELB by 31 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Todd Viney
Coach: Neale Daniher

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
S. McLaren (#11)
C. Mitchell (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shane Woewodin MELB 22 3
Matthew Febey MELB 20 2
Jeff White MELB 34 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Collins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 4 2 16 13 3 2 0 1 2 4 2 4 0 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 8 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 7
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 6 1
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 18 5 13 9 2 1 0 1 1 1 5 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 5 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 3
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 2 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 5
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2
9 Neitz, David ? ? 3 0 10 7 3 6 11 2 1 2 0 3 0 0
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 4 1 1 4 1 1 0 2 3
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 3
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 14 3 11 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 2
1 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 8 0 2 1 0 1 0 2
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 7
12 Viney, Todd (c) ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 6 0 0 1 1 7
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 8 16 0 2 0 0 1 3 3
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 2 0 23 16 7 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 5
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 1 5 2 0 4 3 4
Rushed 7
Total (22 players) 17 12 310 183 127 72 39 23 48 19 11 31 33 62

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 2 0 24 13 11 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 1
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 1 2 0 3 1 7 0
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 8 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 4
38 Licuria, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 4 2 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 6 2 0 2 3 0 7 2
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 3
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 2
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 1 25 20 5 6 0 2 7 0 1 0 4 5
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 4 1 2 2 3 3 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 1 6 1 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 4 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 2
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 4 0
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 6 12 1 4 1 0 1 2 4
20 Stevens, John ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 6 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 3
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 6 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 11 309 210 99 87 24 34 28 20 31 11 43 48

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