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Sydney vs Melbourne Match Centre

Sunday 3-May-1998
Final Round 6
Sydney logo
Sydney Coach: Rodney Eade
61 8.13
80 12.8
Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
Melbourne logo
S.C.G. Melbourne by 19 MEL by 19
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 22

8 Daryn Cresswell — · Position unavailable 1 Paul Roos — · Position unavailable 2 Wayne Schwass — · Position unavailable 19 Michael OLoughlin — · Position unavailable 23 Matthew Nicks — · Position unavailable 34 Troy Luff — · Position unavailable 33 Rowan Warfe — · Position unavailable 6 Andrew Dunkley — · Position unavailable 9 Robert AhMat — · Position unavailable 11 Stuart Maxfield — · Position unavailable 15 Greg Stafford — · Position unavailable 20 John Stevens — · Position unavailable 22 Jason Saddington — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Orchard — · Position unavailable 21 Leo Barry — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 42 Simon Arnott — · Position unavailable 13 Daniel McPherson — · Position unavailable 14 Paul Kelly — · Position unavailable 41 Troy Cook — · Position unavailable 17 Jason Mooney — · Position unavailable 16 Brent Green — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

22 Shane Woewodin — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 36 Andrew Leoncelli — · Position unavailable 43 Guy Rigoni — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff White — · Position unavailable 35 Anthony McDonald — · Position unavailable 4 Brent Grgic — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 39 Craig Smoker — · Position unavailable 23 James McDonald — · Position unavailable 20 Matthew Febey — · Position unavailable 1 Jamie Shanahan — · Position unavailable 16 Travis Johnstone — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 33 Jeff Farmer — · Position unavailable 48 Matthew Bishop — · Position unavailable 5 David Schwarz — · Position unavailable 2 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 24 Russell Robertson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD2.31.61.34.161
MEL4.22.14.42.180

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Garry LyonMEL
Behinds
2
3 tied leaders
Daryn CresswellSYD
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Tackles
3
4 tied leaders
Matthew NicksSYD

Team Stats

SYDMEL

Scoring / Attack

8Goals12
11Behinds7
56Inside 50s53
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

324Disposals287
215Kicks201
109Handballs86

Clearance / Contest

31Clearances30
26Tackles13
33Hitouts31

Other

48Marks65
22Frees For25
25Frees Against22
36Rebound 50s42
33Clangers18

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Sydney by 19 points, 80–61.

Melbourne took a 31-point lead into the last quarter. Sydney cut that back to 19 by the final siren, scoring 25 points to 13 in the 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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