1996 AFL Season Round 14: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1996 between Sydney and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Geelong at the SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Gary Ablett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Sydney (18.17.125) defeated Geelong (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Sunday 7 July 1996
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 44,047

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Geelong
Score: 18.17.125 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 5 10 . 9 14 . 14 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Geelong 2 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin SYDN by 16 SYDN by 36 SYDN by 51 SYDN by 51 SYDN by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Geelong

Captain: Gary Ablett
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
M. Prince (#12)
G. Vernon (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Roos SYDN 1 3
Greg Stafford SYDN 15 2
Kevin Dyson SYDN 12 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 6 0 1 0 2
18 Direen, Scott ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 1 1 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 2 0 3 1
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 1 29 19 10 6 0 3 4 2
29 Garlick, Simon ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 1 1
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 2 15 8 7 2 0 2 0 0
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 2 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 3 0 3 0 2
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 2 2 0
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 1 2
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 6 1 10 8 2 8 0 2 0 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 7 7 1 0 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 2 1 19 16 3 6 0 7 0 2
32 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 1 1
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 4 0 2
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 2 3 7 7 0 6 0 1 0 2
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 0 1
16 Rocca, Anthony ? ? 0 3 6 6 0 4 0 1 2 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 2 33 19 14 13 0 1 1 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 1 2 2
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 8 8 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 18 17 326 224 102 99 17 39 22 24

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary (c) ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 2 1
6 Barnes, John ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 1 4 0 2 0
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 0 3 1
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 0 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 5 0 0 1 3
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 6 0 1 2 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 29 20 9 9 1 2 2 3
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 0 4
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 0
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 6 2 0 0 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 4 0 3 1 2
1 King, Steven ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 5 4 0 0 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 1 0 3
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 3 0 3 1 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 6 0 0 2 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 0 2 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 1
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 3 0 3 2 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 1 0
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 1 0
11 Tudor, Leigh ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 11 8 277 177 100 81 12 22 24 22

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