1991 AFL Round 7: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1991 between Sydney and Geelong during round 7 of the 1991 AFL season. Sydney hosted Geelong at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Andrew Bews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, W. Capper, N. Cordy, B. Doolan, W. Henwood, L. Higgins, P. Kelly, J. Lawson, D. Lewis, J. Love, W. McKenzie, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, I. Roberts, T. Thripp, B. Toohey, B. Tunbridge, G. Williams, S. Wright

Geelong
A. Bews (capt.), M. Bairstow, D. Bourke, B. Brownless, T. Darcy, G. Exell, A. Fletcher, K. Hinkley, G. Hocking, S. Hooper, T. Malakellis, A. McCrabb, M. Neeld, T. Poole, A. Rogers, D. Russell, S. Simpson, R. Sterrett, B. Stoneham, A. Wills

Sydney (20.24.144) defeated Geelong (14.14.98).

Goalkickers
Sydney: M. Bayes (5), W. Capper (5), D. Lewis (2), J. Love (2), W. McKenzie (2), D. Carroll, B. Doolan, P. Kelly, B. Mitchell
Geelong: G. Exell (3), G. Hocking (3), M. Bairstow (2), D. Bourke (2), B. Brownless, T. Darcy, T. Malakellis, B. Stoneham

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Sunday 5 May 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 11,244

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Geelong
Score: 20.24.144 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 7 . 7 11 . 13 13 . 18 20 . 24 20 . 24 (144)
Geelong 2 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 13 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin SYDN by 35 SYDN by 37 SYDN by 23 SYDN by 46 SYDN by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Col Kinnear (Sydney), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Andrew Bews (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Bird, S. McDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams SYDN 2 3
Terry Thripp SYDN 12 2
Ray Sterrett GEEL 9 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 5 4 13 11 2 4 0 2 1 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 5 2 11 8 3 7 0 3 0 2
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 1 0 30 20 10 4 0 0 3 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 2 2
4 Doolan, Ben ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 3 0 0 5 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 7 0 0 2 2
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 4 1 3
14 Kelly, Paul ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 4 1 6 3 0
37 Lawson, Jamie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 4 0 0 2 1
32 Love, Jason ? ? 2 4 13 12 1 7 0 2 0 1
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 6 2 3 1 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 0 40 24 16 1 0 2 3 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 2 16 9 7 3 0 2 0 4
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 0 2 0
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 5 0 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 2 3
48 Tunbridge, Brad ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 4 41 19 22 6 0 1 5 3
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 24 326 214 112 68 5 35 32 27

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 2 1 20 15 5 1 0 1 3 3
27 Bews, Andrew (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 0 2 3
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 6 16 1 1 3
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 2 2
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 4 0 0 2 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 3 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 1 1
4 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 4 2 1
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 1 0 2
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 3 2 26 17 9 0 0 3 5 3
10 Hooper, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 4 1 1 1
11 Malakellis, Tony ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 1 0 0 1 1
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 0
22 Neeld, Mark ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 1 0 0 2 2
24 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 1 0 2 3
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 5 0 1 1 1
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 5 0 2 0 1
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
9 Sterrett, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 3 0 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 1 1 2
45 Wills, Andrew ? ? 0 3 10 7 3 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 14 254 168 86 55 21 20 27 32

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