1994 AFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 1994 between Melbourne and Geelong during round one of the 1994 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. Mark Bairstow captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Melbourne (26.18.174) defeated Geelong (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday 27 March 1994
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 39,741

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 26.18.174 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 3 12 . 8 17 . 14 26 . 18 26 . 18 (174)
Geelong 3 . 3 8 . 8 12 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin MELB by 18 MELB by 24 MELB by 34 MELB by 65 MELB by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Geelong

Captain: Mark Bairstow
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Agnew
T. Garrett
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Stephen Tingay MELB 2 3
Garry Lyon MELB 3 2
Jeff Hilton MELB 22 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Doyle, Greg ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 8 0 1 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 2 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 0 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 1 2
22 Hilton, Jeff ? ? 3 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 1 2
13 Jakovich, Allen ? ? 8 8 22 21 1 12 0 0 2 2
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 4 1 18 14 4 8 0 0 2 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 2 0 1 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 5 1 23 17 6 10 0 1 1 1
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0 1
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 1 28 18 10 6 0 3 1 2
19 Prymke, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 0
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 4 1 18 14 4 6 1 1 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 4 15 10 5 8 15 0 2 0
4 Sullivan, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 0 30 21 9 5 0 1 0 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 32 10 22 3 0 4 2 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 3 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 26 18 331 221 110 89 24 23 19 20

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 0
3 Bairstow, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 2 0 2 2 1
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 9 15 0 1 4
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 0
40 Brown, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 3 0 17 11 6 1 0 5 1 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 Forssman, Darren ? ? 2 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 0 0
14 Handley, Steven ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 3 0 1 3
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 3 0 21 16 5 6 0 3 3 3
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 2 2
35 Liddle, Cain ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 2 0 1 1 1
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 5 2 2
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
20 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 5 0 0 0 0
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 1 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 2 0 2 1 1
11 Tudor, Leigh ? ? 0 4 16 12 4 2 0 2 2 0
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 3 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 16 13 234 161 73 54 18 29 20 19

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