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Melbourne vs Port Adelaide Match Centre

Sunday 26-Apr-1998
Final Round 5
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
102 14.18
53 6.17
Port Adelaide Coach: John Cahill
Port Adelaide logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 49 MEL by 49
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

12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 35 Anthony McDonald — · Position unavailable 43 Guy Rigoni — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff White — · Position unavailable 23 James McDonald — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Woewodin — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 20 Matthew Febey — · Position unavailable 24 Russell Robertson — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 2 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 33 Jeff Farmer — · Position unavailable 5 David Schwarz — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 16 Travis Johnstone — · Position unavailable 1 Jamie Shanahan — · Position unavailable 39 Craig Smoker — · Position unavailable 48 Matthew Bishop — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 7 Darren Kowal — · Position unavailable 29 Shaun Smith — · Position unavailable
Away team

Port Adelaide

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

5 Shane Bond — · Position unavailable 9 Brayden Lyle — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Wilson — · Position unavailable 13 Danny Morton — · Position unavailable 17 Nigel Fiegert — · Position unavailable 29 Adam Kingsley — · Position unavailable 2 Matthew Primus — · Position unavailable 4 Chris Naish — · Position unavailable 33 Darren Mead — · Position unavailable 11 Nathan Eagleton — · Position unavailable 16 Warren Tredrea — · Position unavailable 1 Gavin Wanganeen — · Position unavailable 19 Donald Dickie — · Position unavailable 38 Roger James — · Position unavailable 26 Peter Burgoyne — · Position unavailable 8 Fabian Francis — · Position unavailable 10 Josh Francou — · Position unavailable 14 Stephen Paxman — · Position unavailable 30 Darryl Poole — · Position unavailable 6 Scott Cummings — · Position unavailable 20 Brendon Lade — · Position unavailable 28 Stephen Daniels — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.64.35.42.5102
PTA0.52.33.51.453

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Jeff WhiteMEL
Behinds
3
Russell RobertsonMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
7
2 tied leaders
Jeff FarmerMEL

Team Stats

MELPTA

Scoring / Attack

14Goals6
15Behinds15
57Inside 50s49
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

322Disposals300
208Kicks186
114Handballs114

Clearance / Contest

24Clearances43
32Tackles38
27Hitouts21

Other

87Marks48
25Frees For16
16Frees Against24
33Rebound 50s35
30Clangers40

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Port Adelaide by 49 points, 102–53.

Melbourne extended a 42-point three-quarter-time lead with a 17–10 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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