1984 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1984 between Geelong and Footscray during round two of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (16.9.105) defeated Footscray (9.11.65).

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

Geelong

Captain: Mick Turner
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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