1997 AFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 1997 between Geelong and Sydney during round seven of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Sydney at Kardinia Park. Barry Stoneham captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Geelong (11.10.76) defeated Sydney (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Saturday 10 May 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 22,151

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Sydney
Score: 11.10.76 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 7 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Sydney 0 . 2 2 . 6 3 . 7 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin GEEL by 24 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 36 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
G. Deller (#41)
C. Mitchell (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Glenn Kilpatrick GEEL 13 3
Ben Graham GEEL 36 2
Tim McGrath GEEL 17 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 3 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 0 0 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 1 2 23 14 9 8 0 4 0 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 0 2 0
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 6 0 0 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 2
3 Houlihan, Adam ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 5 0 0 1 1
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 28 18 10 7 0 3 1 0
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 11 0 0 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 0 0 0
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 1 28 21 7 9 1 3 0 1
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 2 0 1 0 0
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 0 2 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 6 0 4 1 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 1 1 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 1 2
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 1 0
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 8 1 1 0
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 2 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 11 10 313 202 111 92 20 28 11 12

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Arnott, Simon ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 0 0
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 3 7 5 2 3 1 3 0 0
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 1 2 0 2
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 1
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 0 0 3 0 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 1 0 0 1 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 0 0 1
25 King, Clinton ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 2 2 0
39 Kinnear, Mark ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 0 0
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 6 2 2 2 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 2
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 0 0
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 2 0
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 0 0
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 1 0 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 1 2 0 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 19 6 13 3 0 3 1 0
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 3 11 0 0 1
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 0 0 1 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 6 8 274 158 116 52 18 28 12 11

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