1999 AFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 1999 between Melbourne and Richmond during round one of the 1999 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the 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 (14.20.104) defeated Richmond (13.9.87).

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

Melbourne

Captain: Todd Viney
Coach: Neale Daniher

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Jeff Gieschen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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