1995 AFL Round 17: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1995 between Geelong and Sydney during round 17 of the 1995 AFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at Kardinia Park. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

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

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), W. Chapman, J. Crawford, D. Cresswell, J. Daniels, S. Direen, A. Dunkley, D. Gaspar, S. Grant, T. Gray, A. Heuskes, D. Kickett, D. Lewis, T. Lockett, T. Luff, D. McRae, M. O'Loughlin, A. Rocca, G. Rose, B. Seymour, G. Stafford

Geelong (23.13.151) defeated Sydney (11.8.74).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Ablett (7), G. Hocking (3), B. Brownless (2), M. Mansfield (2), D. Mensch (2), J. Barnes, P. Couch, D. Hall, L. Pickering, S. Simpson, G. Tanner, L. Tudor
Sydney: T. Lockett (4), D. Kickett (3), S. Grant (2), T. Luff, D. McRae

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Sydney were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Saturday 29 July 1995
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 28,600

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Sydney
Score: 23.13.151 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 0 10 . 6 17 . 9 23 . 13 23 . 13 (151)
Sydney 3 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 7 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin GEEL by 15 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 56 GEEL by 77 GEEL by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. McKernan (#20), B. Sheehan (#9), J. Van Beek (#36)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 3
Paul Couch GEEL 7 2
Paul Kelly SYDN 14 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 7 5 18 16 2 12 0 1 2 1
6 Barnes, John ? ? 1 1 8 3 5 2 9 0 1 1
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 0 0 0
40 Brown, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 3 0 2 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 0 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 28 20 8 3 0 4 0 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 4 0 0 0 0
14 Handley, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 2 1 0 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 3 1 28 15 13 4 1 5 1 3
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 0 0 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 2 0 19 9 10 6 0 2 4 1
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 5 1 1 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 3 7 0 2 2
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 1 0 35 21 14 5 0 1 1 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 1 2 2
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 2 0 1 1 5
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
11 Tudor, Leigh ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 23 13 319 188 131 73 20 24 17 17

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 5 0 0
23 Crawford, Justin ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 1 0 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 1 27 13 14 6 0 0 2 0
5 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 0 1
18 Direen, Scott ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 3 0 1 2 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 2 1 1
20 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 1 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 2
25 Gray, Troy ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 2 3 1
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 9 1 2 0 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 1 2 0
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 3 1 20 12 8 7 0 3 2 0
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 1
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 4 3 11 9 2 7 0 0 1 2
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 0
2 McRae, Dean ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 0 1 1
38 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 1 0
16 Rocca, Anthony ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 4 1 0 2
22 Rose, Gavin ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 10 2 0 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 1 0
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 4 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 11 8 267 164 103 73 19 24 17 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