1997 AFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 1997 between Richmond and Geelong during round one of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Wayne Campbell captained the hosts. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Richmond (15.14.104) defeated Geelong (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Sunday 30 March 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,358

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 15.14.104 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 3 9 . 8 14 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Geelong 4 . 3 7 . 5 11 . 9 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin RICH by 18 RICH by 15 RICH by 20 RICH by 9 RICH by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Wayne Campbell
Coach: Robert Walls

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
A. Lewis
M. Prince (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Campbell RICH 9 3
Glenn Kilpatrick GEEL 13 2
Matthew Richardson RICH 12 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 4 2 1
30 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 4 2 3 0
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 6 0 2 0 3
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 1 0 0
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
9 Campbell, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 0 0 1 1 4
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 2 8 2 3 3
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 5 1 17 14 3 3 0 0 0 1
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 3 10 0 2 0
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 0 1
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 5 2 1 0 0
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 1 1 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 6 2 2
36 Manfield, Matthew ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 0 0 2 1 1
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 6 1 0
26 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 1 1
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 2 2 18 13 5 12 0 1 0 1
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 0 3 11 8 3 2 0 2 0 2
37 Ryan, Damien ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 15 14 274 180 94 61 24 37 19 20

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 4 11 0 2 2
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 2 0 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 3 2 9 6 3 3 0 3 1 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 10 0 3 3 0
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 0 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 1 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1 0
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 2 0 1 0 1
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 5 1 0
1 King, Steven ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 3 0 2 2
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 9 0 0 0 1
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 1 2 1
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 4 0 1 0 0
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 2 0 17 7 10 5 1 6 0 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 3 5 0 0 2 1 1
4 Robbins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 0 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 2 0 1 0 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 4 1
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 2 1
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 3 2 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 13 17 241 159 82 66 17 32 20 19

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