1999 AFL Round 15: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 10 July 1999 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 15 of the 1999 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Todd Viney captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne
T. Viney (capt.), S. Chisholm, J. Farmer, M. Febey, S. Febey, B. Grgic, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, T. Johnstone, D. Kowal, A. Leoncelli, T. Longmuir, J. McDonald, D. Neitz, A. Nicholson, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, J. Shanahan, D. Ward, J. White, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), R. AhMat, L. Barry, A. Bomford, S. Carey, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, A. Dunkley, P. Filandia, A. Goodes, T. Lockett, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, R. O'Connor, M. O'Loughlin, S. Russell, J. Saddington, W. Schwass, B. Seymour, J. Stevens

Melbourne (10.14.74) were defeated by Sydney (18.17.125).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (3), S. Chisholm, J. Farmer, T. Johnstone, D. Kowal, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, A. Yze
Sydney: R. AhMat (4), A. Goodes (3), J. Stevens (3), T. Lockett (2), L. Barry, A. Bomford, D. Cresswell, P. Kelly, D. McPherson, W. Schwass

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Sydney remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 10 July 1999
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,500

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 10.14.74 - 18.17.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Sydney 4 . 7 6 . 12 11 . 13 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Margin SYDN by 14 MELB by 8 SYDN by 8 SYDN by 51 SYDN by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: Todd Viney (Melbourne), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney, S. McLaren (#11), M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
John Stevens SYDN 20 3
Paul Kelly SYDN 14 2
Scott Chisholm MELB 19 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 3 0 3 2 3 1 1 3 1
8 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 3 8 7 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 1 21 10 11 9 0 2 1 4 1 0 5 3
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 2
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 3 2
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 1 2 21 13 8 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 6
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 3 2
45 Longmuir, Troy ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6
9 Neitz, David ? ? 3 2 12 10 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 4
44 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 4 5 1 1 1 2 4 0 3
1 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
12 Viney, Todd (c) ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 0 8 1 0 2 0 2
26 Ward, Daniel ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 1 0 5 2 2 3 4
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 6 27 1 0 1 0 1 1 4
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 3 0 2 5 1 0 0 4 6
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 4 1 0 2 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 14 277 166 111 59 41 22 34 30 16 21 43 55

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 AhMat, Robbie ? ? 4 0 16 11 5 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 10 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 5
17 Bomford, Andrew ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
15 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 0 31 18 13 3 0 1 8 2 3 3 2 5
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 2 0 3 4 3 1 1 0 6
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 3 1 3 0 2 1 6 1
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 1 24 12 12 5 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 11
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 3 1 16 11 5 7 13 2 1 2 2 1 0 2
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 1 2 23 11 12 3 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 2
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 2 2 7 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 10 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 7
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 4
16 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 9 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2
25 Russell, Scott ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 9 0 1 3 1 0 0 9 5
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 0 30 20 10 9 0 1 4 6 1 3 5 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 2 0 1 2 0 4 1
20 Stevens, John ? ? 3 1 28 22 6 19 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 6
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 18 17 372 245 127 129 17 28 36 35 21 16 41 68

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