2007 AFL Round 18: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 2007 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 18 of the 2007 AFL season. 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
Back: B. Holland, N. Carroll, R. Ferguson
Half-back: D. Bell, B. Miller, N. Brown
Centre: B. Green, J. McDonald, P. Wheatley
Half-forward: A. Davey, M. Newton, S. Godfrey
Forward: B. Pickett, D. Neitz (capt.), M. Bate
Follower: J. White, B. McLean, N. Jones
Int.: S. Buckley, M. Jamar, B. Moloney, D. Ward

Sydney
Back: T. Kennelly, C. Bolton, N. Malceski
Half-back: P. Bevan, T. Richards, H. Grundy
Centre: L. Ablett, B. Kirk, A. Goodes
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin, J. McVeigh
Forward: A. Schneider, B. Hall, P. Everitt
Follower: D. Jolly, J. Bolton, B. Mathews
Int.: L. Brennan, A. Buchanan, N. Davis, N. Fosdike

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

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Holland (3), A. Davey (2), M. Jamar, B. Miller, D. Neitz, M. Newton
Sydney: J. Bolton (2), A. Buchanan (2), D. Jolly (2), R. O'Keefe (2), A. Schneider (2), L. Ablett, N. Davis, A. Goodes, H. Grundy, B. Hall, N. Malceski, M. O'Loughlin

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 15th on the ladder and Sydney remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Riley (Melbourne), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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