Round 12, 2001
Melbourne vs Brisbane Lions
Sunday 17 June
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 23,740
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Melbourne | 3.4 | 6.8 | 10.10 | 14.15.99 |
| Brisbane Lions | 5.1 | 9.6 | 16.8 | 23.10.148 |
Brisbane Lions win by 49 points
Goalkickers: Jeff Farmer 3, Adem Yze 3, Brad Green 2, David Neitz 2, Troy Broadbridge 1, Russell Robertson 1, Daniel Ward 1, Paul Wheatley 1
Brownlow Votes:
Nil
Best and Fairest
33 - Adem Yze
22 - Daniel Ward
19 - Paul Wheatley
15 - Steven Febey
10 - Jeff Farmer
4 - Troy Simmonds
4 - David Neitz
3 - Scott Thompson
Milestones:
Last game
Anthony Ingerson
Steven Pitt
In the first half of the split round, Melbourne's first home game sold to the Gabba earned the club $300,000 but may have cost them the chance to rebound from a humiliating loss at the hands of Collingwood.
Jeff Farmer returned from injury and was impressive, but despite kicking the first two goals of the quarter Melbourne couldn't hold back the Lion tide and soon found themselves well behind. The Demons got within ten points early in the third term the Lions steadied to pile on seven goals in the fourth quarter. Defeat dropped Melbourne to 13th.
Best were Yze, Nicholson and Neitz.
Media
Herald Sun - 18/06/2001