1994 AFL Grand Final: West Coast v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 1 October 1994 between West Coast and Geelong in the grand final of the 1994 AFL season. West Coast hosted Geelong at MCG. John Worsfold captained the hosts. Mark Bairstow captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), J. Ball, D. Banfield, S. Bond, M. Brennan, T. Evans, D. Hart, B. Heady, D. Hynes, G. Jakovich, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, C. Mainwaring, P. Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, D. Pyke, P. Sumich, R. Turnbull, C. Waterman, P. Wilson

Geelong
M. Bairstow (capt.), G. Ablett, J. Barnes, S. Breuer, P. Brown, B. Brownless, L. Colbert, P. Couch, S. Handley, A. Hickmott, K. Hinkley, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, S. O'Reilly, L. Pickering, P. Riccardi, L. Tudor, A. Wills

West Coast (20.23.143) defeated Geelong (8.15.63).

Goalkickers
West Coast: T. Evans (3), J. Ball (2), S. Bond (2), B. Heady (2), D. Kemp (2), C. Lewis (2), P. Sumich (2), C. Waterman (2), P. Wilson (2), D. Banfield
Geelong: B. Brownless (4), G. Ablett, P. Couch, P. Riccardi, A. Wills

As a result of this match, West Coast were the premiers and Geelong were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: West Coast v Geelong
Date: Saturday 1 October 1994
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 93,860

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Geelong
Score: 20.23.143 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 4 . 3 8 . 12 12 . 18 20 . 23 20 . 23 (143)
Geelong 4 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 12 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin GEEL by 1 WCST by 23 WCST by 36 WCST by 80 WCST by 80
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (West Coast), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: John Worsfold (West Coast), Mark Bairstow (Geelong)

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Dean Kemp WCST 2 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 4 0 2 0 5
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 0 2
20 Bond, Shane ? ? 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 1
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 1 0
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 3 0 17 10 7 0 0 2 2 1
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 0 1
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 2 2 10 7 3 4 0 0 0 2
22 Hynes, David ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 9 5 0 0 1
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 2 0 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 5 0 3 0 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 8 0 0 0 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 1 2 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 4 0 5 2 0
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 1 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 5 0 4 1 0
10 Pyke, Don ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 7 0 4 3 2
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 2 4 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 0
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 3 0 0 1
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 2 4 18 13 5 8 0 1 0 1
9 Wilson, Peter ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 3 1 2 0 0
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 1 1 1
Rushed 8
Total (21 players) 20 23 299 204 95 80 9 33 15 19

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 1 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
3 Bairstow, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 1 1 2
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 25 0 2 1
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 5 1 0
40 Brown, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 4 3 10 9 1 7 0 1 0 1
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 1 0 0 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 1 0 10 1 2
14 Handley, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 5 0 3 0
42 Hickmott, Adrian ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 2 0
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 2 20 13 7 3 0 2 1 2
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 2 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 8 0 2 2 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 0 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 1 13 2 11 2 1 2 0 0
20 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 2 0
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 1 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 0 0 3 2 1
11 Tudor, Leigh ? ? 0 2 16 8 8 1 0 1 0 0
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 3 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 8 15 244 156 88 47 32 31 19 15

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