| Venue: M.C.G. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date: Saturday August 8, 1998 | Result: Loss by 49 points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires: Harvey, Mitchell, Burton | Crowd: 39,704 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: M.Allan 2, S.Beaumont, R.De Iulio, P.Dean, M.Hogg, J.Hynes, L.Whitnall 1. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Best: F.Brown, B.Ratten, J.Murphy, D.Rice, A.McKay, S.Beaumont. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | ||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Melbourne would throttle the Blues in the second half, kicking 10 goals to our 2. The win gave Melbourne its fourth win a row against Carlton for the first time since it won four in a row in the 1988 - 1989 season.Team
| B: | 23 Dean Rice | 1 Stephen Silvagni (vc) | 22 Glenn Manton |
| HB: | 5 Andrew McKay | 35 Peter Dean | 3 Kris Massie |
| C: | 34 Ron De Iulio | 7 Brett Ratten | 14 Michael Sexton |
| HF: | 29 Simon Beaumont | 8 Lance Whitnall | 16 Scott Camporeale |
| F: | 20 Fraser Brown | 18 Justin Murphy | 12 Jacob Anstey |
| Ruck: | 24 Matthew Allan | 33 Matthew Hogg | 21 Craig Bradley (c) |
| Interchange: | |||
| 26 John Hynes, 17 Damien Lock, 11 Mark Porter, 30 Adam White | |||
| Coach: | David Parkin | ||
| Emg: | Tony Bourke | Adam Chatfield | Damian Lang |
| In: | Peter Dean | Brett Ratten | |
| Out: | Darren Hulme (thigh), Anthony Koutoufides (suspended) | ||
Milestones
Last game: Jacob AnsteyBrownlow Votes
3: Steven Febey (MELB)2: Stephen Tingay (MELB)
1: Fraser Brown (CARL)
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