1991 AFL Round 3: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1991 between Footscray and Geelong during round 3 of the 1991 AFL season. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Doug Hawkins captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Terry Wheeler and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Footscray
D. Hawkins (capt.), S. Atkins, D. Baxter, L. Cameron, G. Coleman, D. Del-Re, M. Ford, P. Foster, C. Grant, J. Grant, M. Hunter, S. Kolyniuk, T. Liberatore, T. Moloney, K. Reynolds, B. Royal, T. Wallace, S. Wallis, S. Wigney, S. Wynd

Geelong
M. Bairstow, D. Bourke, B. Brownless, M. Christensen, P. Couch, T. Darcy, G. Exell, A. Fletcher, K. Hinkley, G. Hocking, S. Hooper, S. Malakellis, T. Malakellis, A. McCrabb, M. Neeld, A. Rogers, D. Russell, R. Scott, S. Simpson, B. Stoneham

Footscray (10.8.68) were defeated by Geelong (15.27.117).

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Royal (4), D. Hawkins (3), P. Foster, C. Grant, S. Kolyniuk
Geelong: G. Exell (4), D. Russell (4), B. Brownless (2), S. Simpson (2), M. Bairstow, P. Couch, T. Malakellis

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Sunday 7 April 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,875

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 10.8.68 - 15.27.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 6 . 7 9 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Geelong 9 . 3 10 . 9 12 . 19 15 . 27 15 . 27 (117)
Margin GEEL by 43 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 49 GEEL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Terry Wheeler (Footscray), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: Doug Hawkins (Footscray), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink, H. Kennedy

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sean Simpson GEEL 37 3
Barry Stoneham GEEL 26 2
Robert Scott GEEL 8 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 3 0 0 1 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 0 1 1
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 0 0 1
20 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 8 1 0 2 1
26 Del-Re, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 0 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 1 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 8 0 0 2 0
29 Grant, Chris ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 4 0 0 1 0
44 Grant, Jamie ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 1 0
7 Hawkins, Doug (c) ? ? 3 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0 0
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 3 3 0
21 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 1 0 0 1 3
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 1 26 13 13 1 0 4 3 2
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 3
14 Reynolds, Keenan ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 5 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 4 0 14 12 2 3 0 4 2 4
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 26 9 17 5 0 3 4 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 0 0 5 2 1
6 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 16 3 13 4 12 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 8 302 196 106 55 13 25 31 20

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 1 1 29 25 4 1 0 1 1 0
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 3 12 0 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 3 14 11 3 7 0 2 0 2
15 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 3 4 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 31 19 12 4 0 2 3 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 3 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 4 2 12 9 3 7 0 0 0 3
4 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 26 12 14 6 0 1 0 0
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 9 0 2 1 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 3 19 14 5 2 0 1 1 6
10 Hooper, Stephen ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 5 1 1 2
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 0 0 4 2 2
11 Malakellis, Tony ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 2
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 0 0
22 Neeld, Mark ? ? 0 2 9 5 4 0 0 1 1 1
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 3 1 1
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 4 2 14 11 3 7 0 1 1 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 1 27 14 13 2 0 3 0 1
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 2 1 28 21 7 10 0 1 0 3
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 6 2 1 1 3
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 15 27 331 229 102 74 19 27 20 31

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