1996 AFL Round 11: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 June 1996 between Geelong and Footscray during round 11 of the 1996 AFL season. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. With the presence of multiple Geelong co-captains, namely Gary Ablett and Barry Stoneham, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Alan Joyce.

Geelong
G. Ablett, C. Biddiscombe, S. Breuer, B. Brownless, R. Burns, L. Colbert, P. Couch, B. Graham, D. Hall, G. Hocking, S. King, A. Lord, M. McKinnon, D. Mensch, L. Pickering, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, B. Sholl, S. Simpson, B. Stoneham, G. Tanner

Footscray
S. Wynd (capt.), J. Cook, S. Cox, T. Curley, P. Dimattina, C. Ellis, C. Grant, I. Grgic, D. Hargraves, B. Johnson, S. Kolyniuk, S. Kretiuk, T. Liberatore, P. Quill, J. Romero, R. Smith, D. Southern, S. Wallis, J. Watts, S. West, B. Wira

Geelong (20.9.129) defeated Footscray (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Ablett (5), D. Mensch (4), S. Breuer (2), G. Hocking (2), G. Tanner (2), B. Brownless, R. Burns, L. Colbert, P. Couch, D. Hall
Footscray: D. Hargraves (3), J. Cook (2), T. Curley (2), S. Cox, I. Grgic, B. Johnson, T. Liberatore, R. Smith

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 4th on the ladder and Footscray were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 June 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,516

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 20.9.129 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 8 . 4 13 . 8 20 . 9 20 . 9 (129)
Footscray 4 . 3 6 . 8 10 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin FOOT by 6 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Geelong), Alan Joyce (Footscray)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), Scott Wynd (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), M. Prince (#12), S. Wenn (#22), E: M. Ellis (#35)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 3
David Mensch GEEL 31 2
Peter Quill FOOT 22 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 5 2 11 10 1 8 0 0 0 1
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 1 1
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 2 0 21 10 11 3 0 2 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 1
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 2 2 1 2 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 1 0 1 0 1
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 1 1 1 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 9 0 1 1 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 1 27 13 14 5 0 3 2 4
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 11 0 0 0
4 Lord, Aaron ? ? 0 1 13 5 8 2 0 2 1 2
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 1 1
31 Mensch, David ? ? 4 0 22 7 15 9 7 1 0 1
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 1 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 2 1 1
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 3 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 7 0 0 1 0
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 4 1 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 1 1
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 5 0 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 20 9 317 188 129 78 21 31 17 19

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Cook, James ? ? 2 3 12 9 3 6 0 0 1 1
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 1 2
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 4 0 1 0 0
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 2 0 2 2 2
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 1 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 7 1 3 4 4
1 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 3 4 1 0
37 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 6 1 0 1 0
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 1 0
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 3 0 6 5 4
22 Quill, Peter ? ? 0 0 32 17 15 7 0 4 0 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 1 0
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 0 0 0
25 Watts, Jason ? ? 0 4 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 0 0 1 0 2
45 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 1 0
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 4 20 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 12 13 278 177 101 64 25 28 19 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