2000 AFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 2000 between Melbourne and Sydney during round eighteen of the 2000 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. David Schwarz captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne (19.11.125) defeated Sydney (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 8 July 2000
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,923

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 19.11.125 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 7 . 8 11 . 9 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Sydney 4 . 1 7 . 2 11 . 6 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin SYDN by 2 MELB by 6 MELB by 3 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: David Schwarz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
B. Rosebury (#8)
M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
James McDonald MELB 23 3
Daryn Cresswell SYDN 8 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
25 Brown, Nathan ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
28 Collins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 4 2 14 11 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Green, Brad ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 2
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 0
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 8 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 9
23 McDonald, James ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 3 0 2 5 6 3 0 1 4
44 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 1
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 0 1 26 10 16 3 0 0 10 2 1 1 2 5
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 5
5 Schwarz, David (c) ? ? 1 3 13 9 4 4 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 5
46 Simmonds, Troy ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 3 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 3
26 Ward, Daniel ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
31 Wheatley, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2
45 Whelan, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 6 0
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 0 20 7 13 6 19 0 4 2 1 2 2 3
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 3 0 25 18 7 5 1 1 5 6 2 3 1 7
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 2 1 23 16 7 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 6
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 19 11 308 184 124 86 37 17 37 27 18 18 35 60

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 AhMat, Robbie ? ? 3 2 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 2 1 30 24 6 6 0 3 7 4 3 0 3 10
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
40 Fixter, Ben ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
12 Fosdike, Nic ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 5 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 6
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 3 0 14 12 2 5 6 3 5 2 2 1 0 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 2 1 7 4 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
31 Kirk, Brett ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 2
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 2
36 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 1 21 8 13 4 0 4 3 0 0 1 1 4
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 3
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 3
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 5
39 O'Keefe, Ryan ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 9 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 4
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2
25 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 8 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 4 3 1 2 3 3 2
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 3 1 3 1 1 2 0
1 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 16 3 2 1 0 1 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 9 278 183 95 88 24 38 37 23 18 18 36 53

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