1995 AFL Round 2: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1995 between Sydney and Geelong during round 2 of the 1995 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 Gary Ayres.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), M. Bayes, E. Considine, D. Cresswell, J. Daniels, S. Direen, A. Dunkley, D. Gaspar, S. Grant, T. Gray, A. Heuskes, L. Higgins, D. Kappler, D. Kickett, D. Lewis, T. Luff, D. McRae, J. Mooney, P. Roos, B. Seymour, G. Stafford

Geelong
G. Ablett, J. Barnes, S. Breuer, P. Brown, B. Brownless, L. Colbert, P. Couch, R. Di Rosa, B. Graham, K. Hinkley, A. Lord, P. Lynch, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, L. Pickering, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, B. Sholl, S. Simpson, G. Tanner

Sydney (10.15.75) were defeated by Geelong (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Sydney: T. Luff (6), S. Grant, A. Heuskes, L. Higgins, D. Kickett
Geelong: G. Ablett (3), K. Hinkley (3), S. Breuer, B. Brownless, D. Mensch, P. Riccardi, B. Sholl

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Sunday 9 April 1995
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 12,973

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 10.15.75 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 2 4 . 7 6 . 14 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Geelong 3 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Sydney), Gary Ayres (Geelong)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney, A. McKernan, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Kelly SYDN 14 3
Ken Hinkley GEEL 29 2
Peter Riccardi GEEL 15 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 11 0 1 1 1
12 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 1 1 0 1 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 1
5 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 1 0 0
18 Direen, Scott ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 4 0 0 0 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 4 1 0 1
20 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 0 1 1
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 3 10 7 3 3 0 2 3 1
25 Gray, Troy ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 2
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 4 0 2 1 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 1 0
11 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 3 0 3 1 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 5 4 1
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 0 13 5 8 3 0 1 1 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 4 7 7 0 2 0 2 3 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 6 2 14 9 5 4 0 2 3 0
2 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 0 1 1
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 1 1 1 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 4 1 1
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 6 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 10 15 276 171 105 61 12 28 23 17

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 3 3 11 10 1 6 1 0 2 1
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 7 14 2 1 0
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 5 0 3 0 1
40 Brown, Paul ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 5 0 0 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 6 3 2 2 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 2 2 0 0 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 2 0 0
24 Di Rosa, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 3
29 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 3 2 15 13 2 2 0 0 2 0
4 Lord, Aaron ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 0 1 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 4 1 4
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 4 0 1
31 Mensch, David ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 31 20 11 8 0 2 2 2
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 2 0 2 1 1
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 1 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0 2
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 3 1 1
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 11 14 258 170 88 70 20 25 17 23

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