1997 AFL Season Round 2: Geelong v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1997 between Geelong and West Coast during round two of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted West Coast at Kardinia Park. Barry Stoneham captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Geelong (11.12.78) defeated West Coast (11.6.72).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v West Coast
Date: Saturday 5 April 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,988

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. West Coast
Score: 11.12.78 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 6 4 . 8 7 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
West Coast 3 . 1 6 . 4 8 . 4 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Margin WCST by 13 WCST by 8 WCST by 1 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Callaghan (#33)
A. Coates (#6)
H. Kennedy (#7)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Riccardi GEEL 15 3
Ben Graham GEEL 36 2
John Barnes GEEL 6 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 10 15 1 0 0
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 1 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 0 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 8 2 1 1 1
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 6 0 1 2 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 2 0 2 0 2
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 8 0 0 1 2
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 6 0 1 1 1
22 Hargreaves, Tim ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 0 6 2 3
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 3 0 0 1 0
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 0 0
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 1
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 1 14 5 9 5 0 0 1 3
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 6 2 23 19 4 6 0 2 3 1
4 Robbins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 2 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 0 0
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 5 0 0 1 1
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 7 1 1 4
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 11 12 281 193 88 86 24 26 17 22

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 0 0 23 7 16 5 3 0 2 0
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 2 0 6 0 0
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 1
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 2 2
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 4 4 0 2 1
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 0 3 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 3 0 2 1 0
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 2 1 18 9 9 2 0 2 1 1
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 6 0 5 2 2
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 2 1 2 1 0
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 6 0 3 0 1
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 4 1 4
8 Metropolis, Daniel ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 1 0
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 0 0
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 2
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 0 0
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 2 0 5 2
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 3 1 1
13 Wooden, Josh ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 11 6 288 178 110 65 10 39 22 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