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Sydney vs Melbourne Match Centre

Friday 11-Apr-1997
Final Round 3
Sydney logo
Sydney Coach: Rodney Eade
99 15.9
91 14.7
Melbourne Coach: Neil Balme
Melbourne logo
S.C.G. Sydney by 8 SYD by 8
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

8 Daryn Cresswell — · Position unavailable 14 Paul Kelly — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Orchard — · Position unavailable 9 Shannon Grant — · Position unavailable 3 Dale Lewis — · Position unavailable 19 Michael OLoughlin — · Position unavailable 17 Jason Mooney — · Position unavailable 20 John Stevens — · Position unavailable 27 Wade Chapman — · Position unavailable 41 Troy Cook — · Position unavailable 7 Brad Seymour — · Position unavailable 34 Troy Luff — · Position unavailable 23 Matthew Nicks — · Position unavailable 11 Stuart Maxfield — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Filandia — · Position unavailable 15 Greg Stafford — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 1 Paul Roos — · Position unavailable 6 Andrew Dunkley — · Position unavailable 32 Ben Wilson — · Position unavailable 5 Craig OBrien — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

6 Glenn Lovett — · Position unavailable 16 Robert Pyman — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 20 Matthew Febey — · Position unavailable 4 Andrew Obst — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Woewodin — · Position unavailable 23 Alastair Clarkson — · Position unavailable 33 Jeff Farmer — · Position unavailable 18 Craig Nettelbeck — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 9 David Neitz — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 32 Damien Gaspar — · Position unavailable 36 Andrew Leoncelli — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 14 Leigh Newton — · Position unavailable 29 Shaun Smith — · Position unavailable 28 Nick Pesch — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD6.35.12.22.399
MEL2.45.06.11.291

Match Leaders

Goals
3
David NeitzMEL
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
John StevensSYD
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
2 tied leaders
John StevensSYD

Team Stats

SYDMEL

Scoring / Attack

15Goals14
6Behinds7
3Behinds Rushed3

Possession

310Disposals305
200Kicks173
110Handballs132

Clearance / Contest

34Tackles24
28Hitouts21

Other

60Marks53
16Frees For28
28Frees Against16

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Sydney beat Melbourne by 8 points, 99–91.

Sydney extended a 1-point three-quarter-time lead with a 15–8 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. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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