1992 AFL Qualifying Final: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1992 between Geelong and Footscray in the qualifying final of the 1992 AFL season. Geelong hosted Footscray at MCG. Doug Hawkins captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Terry Wheeler.

Geelong
G. Ablett, J. Barnes, A. Bews, P. Brown, B. Brownless, P. Couch, S. Handley, A. Hickmott, K. Hinkley, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, S. Malakellis, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, G. Miles, P. Riccardi, R. Scott, S. Simpson, B. Stoneham, A. Wills

Footscray
D. Hawkins (capt.), S. Atkins, D. Baxter, T. Campbell, J. Charles, G. Coleman, S. Corcoran, D. Del-Re, C. Grant, N. Kellett, S. Kolyniuk, S. Kretiuk, T. Liberatore, S. MacPherson, M. Mansfield, K. Reynolds, B. Royal, B. Standfield, B. Toohey, S. Wallis

Geelong (26.16.172) defeated Footscray (17.9.111).

Goalkickers
Geelong: B. Brownless (9), G. Ablett (5), G. Hocking (3), J. Barnes (2), M. Mansfield (2), R. Scott (2), A. Bews, P. Couch, B. Stoneham
Footscray: D. Del-Re (8), D. Hawkins (2), B. Royal (2), S. Atkins, J. Charles, C. Grant, N. Kellett, S. MacPherson

As a result of this match, Geelong faced West Coast in the second semi final and Footscray faced St Kilda in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 1992 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Sunday 6 September 1992
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,753

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 26.16.172 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 4 11 . 6 18 . 9 26 . 16 26 . 16 (172)
Footscray 7 . 2 14 . 4 15 . 7 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 16 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 61 GEEL by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink, H. Kennedy

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 5 1 16 13 3 3 0 0 2 0
6 Barnes, John ? ? 2 0 15 8 7 5 18 0 0 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 5 0 3 1 0
40 Brown, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 9 4 15 13 2 10 0 0 2 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 35 16 19 6 0 2 1 1
14 Handley, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 1 1 1
42 Hickmott, Adrian ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 1 4
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 3 0 1 0 4
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 3 1 29 16 13 9 0 3 1 0
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 0 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 8 0 0 1 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 2 3
2 Miles, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 1 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 2 0 2 1 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 4 0 3 1 3
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 4 0 0 2 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 3 11 2 2 3
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 0 0 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 26 16 330 215 115 77 29 22 20 25

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 6 1 5 1 2
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 3 25 21 4 7 0 2 0 0
6 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 2
1 Charles, Justin ? ? 1 3 13 10 3 7 19 1 2 1
20 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 2 3
11 Corcoran, Shannon ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
26 Del-Re, Danny ? ? 8 1 9 9 0 4 0 2 3 3
29 Grant, Chris ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 6 0 1 0 1
7 Hawkins, Doug (c) ? ? 2 1 19 13 6 7 0 2 1 0
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 6 0 3 1 1
21 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
46 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 1 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 3 0 11 3 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 3 0 4 1 0
25 Mansfield, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 1 2
2 Reynolds, Keenan ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 1 0
17 Standfield, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 2 1 0 1
8 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 2 3 3
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 5 0 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 9 263 179 84 68 22 39 25 20

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