1999 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 1999 between Melbourne and Richmond during round 1 of the 1999 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. Todd Viney captained the hosts. Matthew Knights captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Jeff Gieschen.

Melbourne
T. Viney (capt.), S. Chisholm, J. Farmer, M. Febey, B. Grgic, A. Ingerson, T. Johnstone, D. Kowal, C. Lamb, A. Leoncelli, T. Longmuir, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, D. Neitz, A. Nicholson, L. Ottens, G. Rigoni, D. Schwarz, M. Seecamp, S. Tingay, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Richmond
M. Knights (capt.), A. Blurton, D. Bourke, J. Bowden, P. Broderick, W. Campbell, M. Chaffey, N. Daffy, R. Funcke, D. Gaspar, R. Hilton, B. Holland, A. James, A. Kellaway, D. Kellaway, S. McKee, B. Ottens, R. Powell, M. Richardson, M. Rogers, J. Rombotis, S. Turner

Melbourne (14.20.104) defeated Richmond (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Farmer (6), B. Grgic (3), D. Neitz (3), J. McDonald, D. Schwarz
Richmond: B. Holland (4), W. Campbell (3), D. Kellaway (2), A. Blurton, J. Bowden, M. Chaffey, N. Daffy

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder and Richmond were then 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 27 March 1999
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,620

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 14.20.104 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	4	.	7	10	.	10	13	.	13	14	.	20	14	.	20	(104)
Richmond	5	.	2	8	.	4	11	.	5	13	.	9	13	.	9	(87)
Margin	RICH by 1			MELB by 18			MELB by 20			MELB by 17			MELB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Jeff Gieschen (Richmond)
Captains: Todd Viney (Melbourne), Matthew Knights (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Burton, H. Kennedy (#7), G. Scroop (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jeff Farmer	MELB	8	3
Stephen Tingay	MELB	2	2
Shane Woewodin	MELB	22	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
19	Chisholm, Scott	?	?	0	0	14	6	8	2	1	2	0	1	0	2	3	0
8	Farmer, Jeff	?	?	6	3	14	11	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	3
20	Febey, Matthew	?	?	0	2	23	16	7	3	0	0	5	2	3	0	2	9
4	Grgic, Brent	?	?	3	1	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
27	Ingerson, Anthony	?	?	0	0	11	5	6	7	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0
16	Johnstone, Travis	?	?	0	1	13	7	6	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	3
7	Kowal, Darren	?	?	0	2	6	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
29	Lamb, Chris	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0
36	Leoncelli, Andrew	?	?	0	0	19	14	5	5	0	0	5	1	0	4	3	6
45	Longmuir, Troy	?	?	0	5	14	10	4	5	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	5
35	McDonald, Anthony	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	2	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	5
23	McDonald, James	?	?	1	2	18	16	2	4	0	2	5	1	2	0	4	3
9	Neitz, David	?	?	3	2	9	6	3	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
44	Nicholson, Alistair	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	13	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
37	Ottens, Luke	?	?	0	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
43	Rigoni, Guy	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	2	0	1	5	1	1	0	2	6
5	Schwarz, David	?	?	1	0	19	12	7	5	4	0	6	3	0	3	2	8
10	Seecamp, Marcus	?	?	0	0	11	4	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
2	Tingay, Stephen	?	?	0	0	23	17	6	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2
12	Viney, Todd (c)	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	2
22	Woewodin, Shane	?	?	0	1	19	9	10	3	0	1	4	1	3	0	1	1
13	Yze, Adem	?	?	0	0	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				14	20	286	185	101	62	23	14	46	14	22	18	28	61

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Blurton, Ashley	?	?	1	0	17	9	8	7	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	4
30	Bourke, David	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
11	Bowden, Joel	?	?	1	1	17	10	7	6	0	2	3	1	0	1	1	0
17	Broderick, Paul	?	?	0	1	13	7	6	5	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	2
9	Campbell, Wayne	?	?	3	0	19	15	4	3	0	1	5	1	2	1	1	3
6	Chaffey, Mark	?	?	1	1	14	10	4	3	0	1	3	2	1	3	0	4
10	Daffy, Nick	?	?	1	0	24	18	6	3	0	0	6	2	0	1	5	6
21	Funcke, Ross	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	0
2	Gaspar, Darren	?	?	0	0	11	5	6	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0
1	Hilton, Rory	?	?	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0
16	Holland, Ben	?	?	4	3	8	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	James, Aaron	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	Kellaway, Andrew	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
3	Kellaway, Duncan	?	?	2	0	13	8	5	4	0	5	0	1	3	0	0	0
33	Knights, Matthew (c)	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	5	0	2	2	3	1	3	2	4
15	McKee, Steve	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
5	Ottens, Brad	?	?	0	2	10	8	2	5	18	0	5	1	1	0	2	0
13	Powell, Robert	?	?	0	1	16	11	5	4	0	2	1	1	1	3	1	3
12	Richardson, Matthew	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	5	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	4
4	Rogers, Matthew	?	?	0	0	23	22	1	8	0	1	2	0	1	1	4	10
35	Rombotis, John	?	?	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
41	Turner, Scott	?	?	0	0	15	11	4	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	7	1
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				13	9	258	174	84	76	29	22	35	20	18	22	34	43

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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