1994 AFL Round 8: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1994 between Sydney and Geelong during round 8 of the 1994 AFL season. Sydney hosted Geelong at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), M. Bayes, N. Brunton, W. Chapman, D. Cresswell, J. Daniels, A. Dunkley, P. Filandia, L. Higgins, D. Kappler, D. Kickett, J. Lawson, D. Lewis, T. Luff, D. McRae, S. Minton-Connell, J. Mooney, R. Neill, G. Rose, S. Smith, S. Watters

Geelong
G. Ablett, J. Barnes, S. Breuer, L. Colbert, P. Couch, T. Darcy, D. Forssman, B. Graham, A. Hickmott, K. Hinkley, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, S. O'Reilly, L. Pickering, P. Riccardi, R. Scott, D. Steele, A. Wills

Sydney (9.17.71) were defeated by Geelong (25.15.165).

Goalkickers
Sydney: M. Bayes (2), D. Lewis (2), S. Minton-Connell (2), D. McRae, G. Rose, S. Smith
Geelong: G. Ablett (14), A. Wills (3), S. Breuer (2), P. Couch, D. Forssman, G. Hocking, D. Mensch, L. Pickering, P. Riccardi

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 15th on the ladder and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Sunday 15 May 1994
Time: 2:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 11,142

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 9.17.71 - 25.15.165

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 6 5 . 13 8 . 15 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Geelong 5 . 5 13 . 9 17 . 12 25 . 15 25 . 15 (165)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 51 GEEL by 94 GEEL by 94
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Sydney), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. McKernan, M. Prince, B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 3
Andrew Wills GEEL 4 2
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 3 0 4 2 1
13 Brunton, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 2 0
42 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 0 0 3 2 3
28 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 3 1 0
5 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 1 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
37 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 7 19 4 0 2 3 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 0 0
11 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 2 1 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 2 17 9 8 4 0 1 0 0
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 3 1 2
1 Lawson, Jamie ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 5 0 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 2 4 21 15 6 9 0 0 0 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 0
4 McRae, Dean ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 3 0 2 2 5
8 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 5 0 2 2 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 3 0 3 2
23 Neill, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 0
22 Rose, Gavin ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 7 14 0 1 1
40 Smith, Shayne ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 0
10 Watters, Scott ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 3 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 9 17 269 167 102 59 18 37 25 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 14 5 21 20 1 11 0 0 2 1
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 14 0 1 1
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 2 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 0 5
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 1 1 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 5 0 2 1 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 1 0 0
33 Forssman, Darren ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 0 2 1 1
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 1 5 1 4 1 3 0 0 3
42 Hickmott, Adrian ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 0 2 0
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 4 0 2 2 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 1 25 14 11 5 0 2 0 3
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 2 1 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 8 0 1 3 1
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 0 1
31 Mensch, David ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 0 3
20 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 1 0
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 1 1 23 12 11 7 0 1 0 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 3 0 3 2 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 2
25 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 3 0 20 16 4 8 0 4 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 25 15 307 199 108 93 17 28 17 25

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