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Melbourne vs Sydney Match Centre

Monday 24-Aug-1998
Final Round 21
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
114 17.12
83 12.11
Sydney Coach: Rodney Eade
Sydney logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 31 MEL by 31
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

20 Matthew Febey — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Woewodin — · Position unavailable 43 Guy Rigoni — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 33 Jeff Farmer — · Position unavailable 2 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 36 Andrew Leoncelli — · Position unavailable 35 Anthony McDonald — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff White — · Position unavailable 24 Russell Robertson — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Seecamp — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 4 Brent Grgic — · Position unavailable 9 David Neitz — · Position unavailable 1 Jamie Shanahan — · Position unavailable 23 James McDonald — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 7 Darren Kowal — · Position unavailable 28 Matthew Collins — · Position unavailable
Away team

Sydney

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

19 Michael OLoughlin — · Position unavailable 3 Dale Lewis — · Position unavailable 8 Daryn Cresswell — · Position unavailable 34 Troy Luff — · Position unavailable 2 Wayne Schwass — · Position unavailable 6 Andrew Dunkley — · Position unavailable 20 John Stevens — · Position unavailable 15 Greg Stafford — · Position unavailable 33 Rowan Warfe — · Position unavailable 23 Matthew Nicks — · Position unavailable 1 Paul Roos — · Position unavailable 21 Leo Barry — · Position unavailable 7 Brad Seymour — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Lockett — · Position unavailable 28 Jared Crouch — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Orchard — · Position unavailable 41 Troy Cook — · Position unavailable 13 Daniel McPherson — · Position unavailable 11 Stuart Maxfield — · Position unavailable 17 Jason Mooney — · Position unavailable 22 Jason Saddington — · Position unavailable 38 Paul Licuria — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.33.35.26.4114
SYD2.42.12.26.483

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
Jeff FarmerMEL
Behinds
2
2 tied leaders
Jeff FarmerMEL
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Not available yet
Tackles
4
3 tied leaders
Steven FebeyMEL

Team Stats

MELSYD

Scoring / Attack

17Goals12
5Behinds10
62Inside 50s48
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

310Disposals309
183Kicks210
127Handballs99

Clearance / Contest

48Clearances28
23Tackles34
39Hitouts24

Other

72Marks87
11Frees For31
31Frees Against11
33Rebound 50s43
19Clangers20

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Sydney by 31 points, 114–83.

The 31-point gap at three-quarter time held through the final term, when both sides added 40 points.

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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