1994 AFL Round 23: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1994 between Geelong and Sydney during round 23 of the 1994 AFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at Kardinia Park. Mark Bairstow captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong
M. Bairstow (capt.), G. Ablett, J. Barnes, S. Breuer, P. Brown, B. Brownless, L. Colbert, P. Couch, T. Darcy, S. Handley, A. Hickmott, K. Hinkley, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, P. Lynch, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, S. Simpson, G. Tanner, A. Wills

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), M. Bayes, N. Brunton, P. Caven, W. Chapman, D. Cresswell, S. Direen, A. Dunkley, P. Filandia, T. Gray, A. Heuskes, L. Higgins, D. Kappler, D. Kickett, D. Lewis, G. McMahon, S. Minton-Connell, J. Mooney, G. Rose, B. Seymour, S. Watters

Geelong (16.15.111) defeated Sydney (15.9.99).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Ablett (6), T. Darcy (3), M. Bairstow (2), S. Breuer (2), G. Hocking, P. Lynch, A. Wills
Sydney: D. Lewis (4), P. Filandia (3), L. Higgins (2), S. Minton-Connell (2), D. Cresswell, D. Kappler, J. Mooney, G. Rose

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Sydney remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Saturday 27 August 1994
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 22,208

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Sydney
Score: 16.15.111 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 6 . 4 14 . 9 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Sydney 2 . 4 9 . 7 10 . 8 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin GEEL by 4 SYDN by 21 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy, M. Nash, M. Westgarth

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 3
Derek Kickett SYDN 24 2
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 6 4 14 12 2 5 0 0 2 3
3 Bairstow, Mark (c) ? ? 2 1 29 15 14 4 0 2 1 3
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 6 23 2 0 1
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 2 1 19 10 9 4 0 0 1 4
40 Brown, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 3 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 6 0 2 2 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 4 1 2 1 3
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 30 16 14 4 0 0 0 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 3 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0
14 Handley, Steven ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
42 Hickmott, Adrian ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 0 0
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 2 25 10 15 0 0 1 0 4
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 6 0 3 0 1
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 1 0 23 21 2 2 0 1 1 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 10 0 1 0 1
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 1 0
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 5 2 0
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 9 0 1 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 16 15 351 213 138 82 25 27 16 21

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 0 0 3
13 Brunton, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 3 1 0
26 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 6 0 0 0 1
42 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 1 31 16 15 8 0 1 1 0
33 Direen, Scott ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 6 0 0 1 1
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 1 9 3 6 3 0 1 1 0
37 Filandia, Peter ? ? 3 2 18 14 4 6 0 4 1 0
25 Gray, Troy ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1 0
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 4 2 0
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 1 3
11 Kappler, Darren ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 2 0 2 2 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 26 10 16 1 0 3 2 1
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 6 0 2 1 0
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 4 0 20 15 5 6 0 0 3 2
16 McMahon, Gavin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 2 4 8 6 2 6 0 1 0 1
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 1 0
22 Rose, Gavin ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 3 12 2 2 2
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 1 1 1
10 Watters, Scott ? ? 0 0 8 1 7 0 0 1 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 15 9 318 189 129 74 12 28 21 16

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