1997 AFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1997 between Melbourne and Geelong during round eight of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Melbourne (7.7.49) were defeated by Geelong (19.14.128).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 May 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,989

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 7.7.49 - 19.14.128

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 6 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Geelong 5 . 2 7 . 5 11 . 8 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Margin GEEL by 18 GEEL by 14 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 79 GEEL by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Neil Balme

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett (#1)
J. Love (#28)
K. Nicholls (#20)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brad Sholl GEEL 12 3
Tim McGrath GEEL 17 2
Tim Hargreaves GEEL 22 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 3 1 11 8 3 3 0 0 0 0
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 3 1 0
31 Cockatoo-Collins, Don ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 3 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 2 3
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 2 0 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 0 1 2
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 2 0
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 0 0
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 2
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 1 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 0 0
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 2 0 3
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 0
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 0 2 10 5 5 0 0 1 1 1
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 2 0
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 1 1 29 19 10 6 0 1 0 0
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 3 24 2 1 8
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 5 2 0
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 7 7 249 153 96 50 24 24 14 22

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 2 12 7 5 5 0 0 0 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 2 2 9 5 4 2 0 2 1 1
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 9 2 3 2 1
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 2 0 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 1 1 0
22 Hargreaves, Tim ? ? 5 1 17 7 10 4 0 3 0 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 6 0 2 1 1
3 Houlihan, Adam ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 2
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 1 0 20 9 11 3 0 2 1 0
1 King, Steven ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 6 3 2 2 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 7 0 0 0 1
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 4 0 3 2 2
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 7 0 1 0 1
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 3 1 2
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 2 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 0 1 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 35 23 12 6 0 1 2 0
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 3 2 5 0
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 19 14 309 200 109 94 8 32 22 14

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