1984 VFL Round 2: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1984 between Geelong and Footscray during round 2 of the 1984 VFL season. Geelong hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Mick Turner captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Geelong
M. Turner (capt.), D. Bolton, M. Bos, D. Bourke, T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Byrne, D. Drum, M. Jackson, P. Johnston, J. Mossop, R. Neal, D. O'Keeffe, B. Peake, M. Reed, S. Reynoldson, B. Toohey, G. Williams, M. Witcombe, M. Yeates

Footscray
J. Edmond (capt.), S. Beasley, C. Burton, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, E. Dunne, A. Edwards, M. Egan, C. Hansen, D. Hawkins, M. Kellett, S. Lunn, S. MacPherson, M. McKenna, M. McLean, A. Purser, B. Royal, J. Sewell, Z. Tzatzaris, S. Wallis

Geelong (16.9.105) defeated Footscray (9.11.65).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Bright (4), M. Jackson (4), B. Peake (3), D. Bolton, D. Drum, P. Johnston, R. Neal, D. O'Keeffe
Footscray: S. Beasley (8), B. Royal

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 April 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 24,114

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 16.9.105 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 10 . 4 13 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Footscray 0 . 3 3 . 5 6 . 10 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin GEEL by 24 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 40 GEEL by 40 GEEL by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Geelong), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: Mick Turner (Geelong), Jim Edmond (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Nash, I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ray Byrne GEEL 2 3
Simon Beasley FOOT 18 2
Robert Neal GEEL 35 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 1 16 7 9 1 0 3 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 4 2
43 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 4 0 26 22 4 6 1 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 0 0 0 2
2 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 1 1
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 2
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 4 6 17 13 4 5 3 2 3
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 4 1 2 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 5 34 2 4
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 2 0 4 1
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 7 0 2 2
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 3 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 1 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 1 3 2
9 Turner, Mick (c) ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 1 1
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 4 0 0 2
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 2 0 4 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 9 333 220 113 56 40 35 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 8 0 14 10 4 7 1 2 4
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 1 36 27 9 3 0 2 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 4 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 6 0 1 2
4 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 2 13 13 0 4 3 2 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 0 1 4
30 Edwards, Allan ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 1 0 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 1
17 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 6 4 2 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 2 1
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 26 14 12 3 2 2 3
38 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 1 0 1 0
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 1 28 20 8 0 0 2 1
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 23 9 14 7 16 4 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 2 0 4 3
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 7 1 1 4
48 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 3 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 11 319 207 112 58 28 34 35

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s