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Melbourne vs Sydney Match Centre

Saturday 12-Aug-2006
Final Round 19
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
63 10.3
95 14.11
Sydney Coach: Paul Roos
Sydney logo
M.C.G. Sydney by 32 SYD by 32
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

32 Cameron Bruce — · Position unavailable 6 Matthew Bate — · Position unavailable 10 Daniel Ward — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 18 Brad Green — · Position unavailable 23 James McDonald — · Position unavailable 30 Simon Godfrey — · Position unavailable 25 Nathan Brown — · Position unavailable 44 Shannon Motlop — · Position unavailable 27 Jared Rivers — · Position unavailable 2 Nathan Jones — · Position unavailable 5 Brock McLean — · Position unavailable 41 Nathan Carroll — · Position unavailable 35 Ryan Ferguson — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff White — · Position unavailable 7 Brad Miller — · Position unavailable 19 Clint Bartram — · Position unavailable 4 Ben Holland — · Position unavailable 9 David Neitz — · Position unavailable 17 Chris Johnson — · Position unavailable 40 Mark Jamar — · Position unavailable 14 Lynden Dunn — · Position unavailable
Away team

Sydney

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

37 Adam Goodes — · Position unavailable 31 Brett Kirk — · Position unavailable 5 Ryan OKeefe — · Position unavailable 13 Adam Schneider — · Position unavailable 6 Craig Bolton — · Position unavailable 3 Jarrad McVeigh — · Position unavailable 25 Ted Richards — · Position unavailable 1 Barry Hall — · Position unavailable 42 Paul Bevan — · Position unavailable 32 Amon Buchanan — · Position unavailable 24 Jude Bolton — · Position unavailable 12 Nic Fosdike — · Position unavailable 19 Michael OLoughlin — · Position unavailable 17 Tadhg Kennelly — · Position unavailable 20 Luke Ablett — · Position unavailable 21 Leo Barry — · Position unavailable 30 Lewis Roberts-Thomson — · Position unavailable 26 Sean Dempster — · Position unavailable 9 Nick Malceski — · Position unavailable 39 Heath Grundy — · Position unavailable 15 Stephen Doyle — · Position unavailable 16 Darren Jolly — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.03.12.11.163
SYD4.24.23.23.595

Match Leaders

Goals
4
David NeitzMEL
Behinds
3
Barry HallSYD
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
14
James McDonaldMEL

Team Stats

MELSYD

Scoring / Attack

10Goals14
3Behinds10
30Inside 50s45
5Goal Assists7
4Marks Inside 5014
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

250Disposals295
146Kicks205
104Handballs90
99Contested Possessions116
145Uncontested Possessions178

Clearance / Contest

32Clearances35
76Tackles60
25Hitouts47
9Contested Marks11

Other

71Marks117
25Frees For20
20Frees Against25
29Rebound 50s25
49Clangers48
42One Percenters26
9Bounces23

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Sydney beat Melbourne by 32 points, 95–63.

Sydney extended a 16-point three-quarter-time lead with a 23–7 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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