1995 AFL Round 16: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1995 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 16 of the 1995 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at Optus Oval. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), G. Doyle, K. Dyson, M. Febey, S. Febey, J. Hilton, P. Hopgood, D. Kowal, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, D. Neitz, A. Obst, P. Prymke, C. Sampson, M. Seecamp, S. Smith, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, S. Wight

Geelong
G. Ablett, J. Barnes, S. Breuer, P. Brown, B. Brownless, L. Colbert, P. Couch, B. Graham, D. Hall, S. Handley, G. Hocking, P. Lynch, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, L. Pickering, P. Riccardi, B. Sholl, S. Simpson, G. Tanner, L. Tudor

Melbourne (12.10.82) were defeated by Geelong (15.21.111).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (4), S. Smith (4), S. Tingay (2), A. Lovell, G. Lyon
Geelong: G. Ablett (6), S. Breuer (4), L. Pickering (2), P. Riccardi (2), J. Barnes

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Geelong remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 22 July 1995
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 18,416

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 12.10.82 - 15.21.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 6 7 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Geelong 4 . 6 10 . 11 10 . 16 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Balme (Melbourne), Gary Ayres (Geelong)
Captains: Garry Lyon (Melbourne), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), J. Russo (#18), G. Scroop (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shayne Breuer GEEL 9 3
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 2
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Doyle, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 5 0 0 1 1
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 0 0 0
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 2 0 0 1
22 Hilton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 2 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 0 2 1
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 1 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 5 0 0 1 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 4 0 2 3 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 1 5 14 11 3 2 0 2 1 0
9 Neitz, David ? ? 4 0 16 12 4 7 3 2 0 2
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 1 1 0
19 Prymke, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 8 0 1 0 0
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 0 1
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 4 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 11 1 2 3
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 2 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 6 0 3 0 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 12 10 282 180 102 68 16 22 17 18

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 6 9 18 17 1 7 0 1 2 2
6 Barnes, John ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 2 3 3 1 0
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 4 2 15 11 4 4 0 1 1 1
40 Brown, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 0 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 10 1 0 0 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 2 0 5 1 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 1 0
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Handley, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 2 1 1 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 6 0 3 2 3
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 5 0 1 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 0 1 5
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 0 3 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 2 2 3 3
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 5 0 1 0 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 2 0 6 0 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 9 0 2 2 1
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 0
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 0
11 Tudor, Leigh ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 3 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 15 21 267 186 81 76 8 35 18 17

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