2007 AFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 2007 between Melbourne and Sydney during round eighteen of the 2007 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at Manuka Oval. David Neitz captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mark Riley and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Melbourne (9.10.64) were defeated by Sydney (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Sunday 5 August 2007
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 11,266

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 9.10.64 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	0	.	2	3	.	4	5	.	5	9	.	10	9	.	10	(64)
Sydney	5	.	1	10	.	5	14	.	9	17	.	10	17	.	10	(112)
Margin	SYDN by 29			SYDN by 43			SYDN by 58			SYDN by 48			SYDN by 48
Duration	28:59			29:15			29:46			29:34			1:57:34

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Mark Riley (caretaker)

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Paul Roos

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. James (#5)
C. Kamolins (#19)
S. Meredith (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Adam Goodes	SYDN	37	3
Nick Malceski	SYDN	9	2
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Amon Buchanan	SYDN	32	10	2	0	0	0	0
Adam Goodes	SYDN	37	7	0	1	1	0	0
Adam Schneider	SYDN	13	7	0	1	1	0	0
Nathan Carroll	MELB	41	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan O'Keefe	SYDN	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
Peter Everitt	SYDN	10	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nic Fosdike	SYDN	12	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
6	Bate, Matthew	FPR	5%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
21	Bell, Daniel	HBFL	100%	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	0
25	Brown, Nathan	HBFR	90%	0	0	22	13	9	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	3
1	Buckley, Simon	INT	66%	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3
41	Carroll, Nathan	FB	100%	0	0	15	6	9	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	5	0
36	Davey, Aaron	HFFL	96%	2	0	7	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	2
35	Ferguson, Ryan	BPR	100%	0	0	21	8	13	5	0	5	2	0	2	0	1	2
30	Godfrey, Simon	HFFR	87%	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	2	0	3	0	3	2	0
18	Green, Brad	WL	100%	0	1	20	10	10	6	0	2	1	5	0	1	1	3
4	Holland, Ben	BPL	100%	3	2	14	12	2	4	2	5	1	2	4	1	0	1
40	Jamar, Mark	INT	52%	1	1	9	3	6	3	14	3	2	0	2	0	0	0
2	Jones, Nathan	RO	83%	0	0	15	11	4	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	4
23	McDonald, James	C	75%	0	0	16	8	8	1	0	6	3	6	2	4	3	2
5	McLean, Brock	RR	82%	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	4	1	2	1	2	3	1
7	Miller, Brad	CHB	91%	1	1	9	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	Moloney, Brent	INT	65%	0	0	13	5	8	2	0	3	2	3	1	2	2	1
9	Neitz, David (c)	FF	100%	1	0	11	7	4	4	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	2
29	Newton, Michael	CHF	97%	1	1	15	13	2	5	0	3	1	4	3	1	0	5
33	Pickett, Byron	FPL	87%	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	2	2	3	1	2	0	3
10	Ward, Daniel	INT	89%	0	0	13	9	4	4	0	3	1	0	2	0	2	0
31	Wheatley, Paul	WR	81%	0	0	22	15	7	4	0	1	3	2	1	0	4	7
34	White, Jeff	RU	55%	0	0	11	6	5	1	14	0	5	1	4	0	1	0
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				9	10	298	180	118	71	30	55	29	39	29	17	34	41

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
20	Ablett, Luke	WL	80%	1	2	17	14	3	3	0	4	4	3	1	0	1	4
42	Bevan, Paul	HBFL	94%	0	0	16	10	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	2
6	Bolton, Craig	FB	100%	0	0	18	13	5	7	0	2	0	2	0	1	4	1
24	Bolton, Jude	RR	82%	2	0	17	8	9	4	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
7	Brennan, Luke	INT	68%	0	0	5	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	Buchanan, Amon	INT	74%	2	0	31	12	19	11	0	3	5	1	2	0	5	4
2	Davis, Nick	INT	64%	1	1	15	7	8	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2
10	Everitt, Peter	FPR	70%	0	0	21	12	9	6	15	1	1	2	0	1	0	4
12	Fosdike, Nic	INT	70%	0	0	23	10	13	9	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	2
37	Goodes, Adam	WR	94%	1	0	24	17	7	9	0	3	3	3	1	2	0	4
39	Grundy, Heath	HBFR	100%	1	0	10	7	3	3	0	2	0	6	0	4	4	1
1	Hall, Barry	FF	88%	1	1	7	4	3	5	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	2
16	Jolly, Darren	RU	48%	2	0	9	7	2	3	11	2	0	5	0	5	1	4
17	Kennelly, Tadhg	BPL	92%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	3	1	3	1	2	1	1
31	Kirk, Brett	C	86%	0	0	18	5	13	1	0	2	6	2	2	0	0	3
9	Malceski, Nick	BPR	93%	1	1	21	17	4	7	0	0	2	4	3	2	5	5
4	Mathews, Ben	RO	75%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	6	1	2	1	1	1	0
3	McVeigh, Jarrad	HFFR	78%	0	0	12	7	5	7	0	1	3	3	1	1	1	2
5	O'Keefe, Ryan	HFFL	88%	2	1	21	12	9	3	0	3	1	2	1	1	2	7
19	O'Loughlin, Michael	CHF	85%	1	2	13	10	3	6	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2
25	Richards, Ted	CHB	91%	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0
13	Schneider, Adam	FPL	82%	2	1	21	17	4	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	1	6
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				17	10	349	208	141	103	26	52	34	52	17	29	31	57

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne							Coach: Mark Riley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	17	T. Kennelly	6	C. Bolton	9	N. Malceski	34	J. White	1	S. Buckley
	6	M. Bate	9	D. Neitz (c)	33	B. Pickett	5	B. McLean	40	M. Jamar
FORWARD							2	N. Jones	22	B. Moloney
HALF-BACK									10	D. Ward
	42	P. Bevan	25	T. Richards	39	H. Grundy
	30	S. Godfrey	29	M. Newton	36	A. Davey
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	20	L. Ablett	31	B. Kirk	37	A. Goodes
	31	P. Wheatley	23	J. McDonald	18	B. Green	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							16	D. Jolly	7	L. Brennan
HALF-FORWARD							24	J. Bolton	32	A. Buchanan
	5	R. O'Keefe	19	M. O'Loughlin	3	J. McVeigh	4	B. Mathews	2	N. Davis
	25	N. Brown	7	B. Miller	21	D. Bell			12	N. Fosdike
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	13	A. Schneider	1	B. Hall	10	P. Everitt
	35	R. Ferguson	41	N. Carroll	4	B. Holland
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:53
	MELB	Ben Holland behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	02:46
	SYDN	Jude Bolton goal	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	07:11
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	0.2.2	-	2.0.12	11:07
	SYDN	Amon Buchanan goal	0.2.2	-	3.0.18	13:47
	SYDN	Darren Jolly goal	0.2.2	-	4.0.24	19:02
	SYDN	Nick Davis goal	0.2.2	-	5.0.30	21:00
	SYDN	Ryan O'Keefe behind	0.2.2	-	5.1.31	28:53
Q2	MELB	Rushed behind	0.3.3	-	5.1.31	01:45
	SYDN	Darren Jolly goal	0.3.3	-	6.1.37	03:01
	MELB	Rushed behind	0.4.4	-	6.1.37	04:46
	MELB	Ben Holland goal	1.4.10	-	6.1.37	06:14
	MELB	Mark Jamar goal	2.4.16	-	6.1.37	09:35
	SYDN	Adam Schneider behind	2.4.16	-	6.2.38	11:07
	SYDN	Jude Bolton goal	2.4.16	-	7.2.44	12:51
	SYDN	Nick Malceski goal	2.4.16	-	8.2.50	14:32
	MELB	Ben Holland goal	3.4.22	-	8.2.50	16:12
	SYDN	Luke Ablett behind	3.4.22	-	8.3.51	18:57
	SYDN	Adam Schneider goal	3.4.22	-	9.3.57	21:07
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin goal	3.4.22	-	10.3.63	22:31
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	3.4.22	-	10.4.64	23:42
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin behind	3.4.22	-	10.5.65	25:21
Q3	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	4.4.28	-	10.5.65	01:39
	SYDN	Luke Ablett behind	4.4.28	-	10.6.66	02:47
	SYDN	Nick Davis behind	4.4.28	-	10.7.67	08:00
	SYDN	Amon Buchanan goal	4.4.28	-	11.7.73	09:29
	MELB	David Neitz goal	5.4.34	-	11.7.73	12:59
	SYDN	Luke Ablett goal	5.4.34	-	12.7.79	14:37
	MELB	Ben Holland behind	5.5.35	-	12.7.79	16:51
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin behind	5.5.35	-	12.8.80	23:08
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	5.5.35	-	13.8.86	24:02
	SYDN	Nick Malceski behind	5.5.35	-	13.9.87	27:04
	SYDN	Ryan O'Keefe goal	5.5.35	-	14.9.93	28:21
Q4	MELB	Brad Miller goal	6.5.41	-	14.9.93	00:18
	MELB	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	14.9.93	02:56
	SYDN	Ryan O'Keefe goal	6.6.42	-	15.9.99	03:38
	SYDN	Heath Grundy goal	6.6.42	-	16.9.105	06:33
	MELB	Michael Newton behind	6.7.43	-	16.9.105	08:16
	MELB	Michael Newton goal	7.7.49	-	16.9.105	14:45
	MELB	Mark Jamar behind	7.8.50	-	16.9.105	17:24
	MELB	Brad Green behind	7.9.51	-	16.9.105	21:13
	SYDN	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	16.10.106	23:27
	SYDN	Adam Schneider goal	7.9.51	-	17.10.112	24:37
	MELB	Brad Miller behind	7.10.52	-	17.10.112	26:38
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	8.10.58	-	17.10.112	27:44
	MELB	Ben Holland goal	9.10.64	-	17.10.112	29:25

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