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Sydney vs Melbourne Match Centre

Sunday 4-Aug-1996
Final Round 18
Sydney logo
Sydney Coach: Rodney Eade
115 17.13
52 6.16
Melbourne Coach: Neil Balme
Melbourne logo
S.C.G. Sydney by 63 SYD by 63
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Sydney

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

1 Paul Roos — · Position unavailable 14 Paul Kelly — · Position unavailable 9 Shannon Grant — · Position unavailable 32 Daniel McPherson — · Position unavailable 8 Daryn Cresswell — · Position unavailable 39 Adam Heuskes — · Position unavailable 19 Michael OLoughlin — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Lockett — · Position unavailable 18 Scott Direen — · Position unavailable 24 Derek Kickett — · Position unavailable 6 Andrew Dunkley — · Position unavailable 29 Simon Garlick — · Position unavailable 7 Brad Seymour — · Position unavailable 23 Justin Crawford — · Position unavailable 17 Jason Mooney — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Filandia — · Position unavailable 34 Troy Luff — · Position unavailable 37 Clinton King — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 22 Gavin Rose — · Position unavailable 11 Stuart Maxfield — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 23 Alastair Clarkson — · Position unavailable 38 Darren OBrien — · Position unavailable 6 Glenn Lovett — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 4 Andrew Obst — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 37 Andrew Lamprill — · Position unavailable 7 Darren Kowal — · Position unavailable 33 Jeff Farmer — · Position unavailable 8 Craig Turley — · Position unavailable 25 Luke Norman — · Position unavailable 36 Andrew Leoncelli — · Position unavailable 34 Dean Irving — · Position unavailable 18 Craig Nettelbeck — · Position unavailable 20 Matthew Febey — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 9 David Neitz — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 29 Shaun Smith — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD4.12.55.36.4115
MEL0.44.41.61.252

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Tony LockettSYD
Behinds
4
Tony LockettSYD
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
Derek KickettSYD

Team Stats

SYDMEL

Scoring / Attack

17Goals6
13Behinds12
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

349Disposals295
212Kicks172
137Handballs123

Clearance / Contest

32Tackles20
15Hitouts27

Other

95Marks69
21Frees For10
10Frees Against21

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Sydney beat Melbourne by 63 points, 115–52.

Sydney extended a 31-point three-quarter-time lead with a 40–8 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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