1998 AFL Semi Final 1: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 1998 between Melbourne and St Kilda in the first semi final of the 1998 AFL season. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at MCG. Todd Viney captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Stan Alves.

Melbourne
T. Viney (capt.), J. Farmer, M. Febey, S. Febey, B. Grgic, A. Ingerson, T. Johnstone, D. Kowal, A. Leoncelli, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, D. Neitz, G. Rigoni, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, M. Seecamp, J. Shanahan, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

St Kilda
T. Brown, N. Burke, B. Cook, J. Daniels, P. Everitt, B. Hall, R. Harvey, J. Heatley, M. Hudghton, A. Jones, M. Lappin, S. Loewe, J. McLaren, G. Mitchell, J. Peckett, D. Sierakowski, S. Sziller, A. Thompson, D. Wakelin, S. Wakelin, N. Winmar, M. Young

Melbourne (15.17.107) defeated St Kilda (7.14.56).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Farmer (4), S. Woewodin (2), M. Febey, T. Johnstone, D. Kowal, D. Neitz, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, S. Tingay, T. Viney, A. Yze
St Kilda: A. Jones (2), T. Brown, P. Everitt, R. Harvey, M. Lappin, D. Wakelin

As a result of this match, Melbourne faced North Melbourne in the second preliminary final and St Kilda were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 12 September 1998
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 88,456

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 15.17.107 - 7.14.56

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	1	.	5	6	.	11	9	.	15	15	.	17	15	.	17	(107)
St Kilda	2	.	3	4	.	6	5	.	10	7	.	14	7	.	14	(56)
Margin	STKL by 4			MELB by 17			MELB by 29			MELB by 51			MELB by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Stan Alves (St Kilda)
Captains: Todd Viney (Melbourne), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey (#8), G. Dore (#19), J. Harvey (#25), E: D. Howlett (#1)

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
33	Farmer, Jeff	?	?	4	3	11	9	2	4	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0
20	Febey, Matthew	?	?	1	0	22	12	10	8	0	2	3	0	0	2	1	3
21	Febey, Steven	?	?	0	0	24	19	5	5	0	2	2	1	3	2	7	6
4	Grgic, Brent	?	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0
27	Ingerson, Anthony	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0
16	Johnstone, Travis	?	?	1	0	9	6	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	4
7	Kowal, Darren	?	?	1	2	10	7	3	2	0	1	3	4	0	2	0	4
36	Leoncelli, Andrew	?	?	0	0	17	12	5	3	0	3	5	0	1	2	2	6
35	McDonald, Anthony	?	?	0	1	14	10	4	1	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	3
23	McDonald, James	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
9	Neitz, David	?	?	1	4	13	8	5	5	1	4	2	0	1	3	0	3
43	Rigoni, Guy	?	?	0	1	24	16	8	4	0	4	5	5	1	1	4	2
24	Robertson, Russell	?	?	1	0	8	5	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3
5	Schwarz, David	?	?	1	2	14	8	6	1	6	2	5	1	2	1	0	4
10	Seecamp, Marcus	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
1	Shanahan, Jamie	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
11	Stynes, Jim	?	?	0	0	9	3	6	1	8	2	2	1	0	0	0	1
2	Tingay, Stephen	?	?	1	1	20	15	5	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5
12	Viney, Todd (c)	?	?	1	0	13	9	4	5	0	3	2	1	1	2	4	1
34	White, Jeff	?	?	0	1	10	7	3	3	14	1	4	0	1	1	0	2
22	Woewodin, Shane	?	?	2	0	14	10	4	7	0	1	1	2	1	3	1	2
13	Yze, Adem	?	?	1	0	21	16	5	6	0	2	1	0	3	0	5	3
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				15	17	303	201	102	77	31	39	39	22	20	27	31	54

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Brown, Tony	?	?	1	2	14	7	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3
3	Burke, Nathan	?	?	0	1	26	20	6	8	0	4	4	0	1	0	6	2
42	Cook, Brett	?	?	0	1	9	6	3	2	9	3	5	2	0	3	0	3
34	Daniels, Jayson	?	?	0	1	16	8	8	5	0	4	3	3	3	0	1	1
10	Everitt, Peter	?	?	1	0	12	10	2	6	15	0	2	2	1	2	0	3
25	Hall, Barry	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0
35	Harvey, Robert	?	?	1	0	26	18	8	0	0	3	5	0	2	1	2	5
24	Heatley, Jason	?	?	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2
8	Hudghton, Max	?	?	0	0	9	2	7	1	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	0
5	Jones, Aussie	?	?	2	0	15	9	6	5	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
22	Lappin, Matthew	?	?	1	0	16	10	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	2
23	Loewe, Stewart	?	?	0	1	9	6	3	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
26	McLaren, Joe	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1
11	Mitchell, Gavin	?	?	0	1	13	5	8	1	0	3	5	0	2	0	0	2
1	Peckett, Justin	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	7	0	3	2	2	0	0	5	1
13	Sierakowski, David	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
19	Sziller, Steven	?	?	0	0	15	7	8	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	2	1
29	Thompson, Andrew	?	?	0	1	10	4	6	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	2
15	Wakelin, Darryl	?	?	1	0	8	6	2	1	2	4	1	1	3	1	2	2
12	Wakelin, Shane	?	?	0	0	9	8	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	0
7	Winmar, Nicky	?	?	0	3	29	20	9	5	0	3	4	6	5	2	0	11
20	Young, Matthew	?	?	0	0	21	13	8	5	0	3	1	2	2	2	5	1
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				7	14	292	180	112	69	33	53	41	25	27	20	30	44

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

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