1997 AFL Round 16: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1997 between Geelong and Richmond during round 16 of the 1997 AFL season. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Barry Stoneham captained the hosts. Matthew Knights captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Geelong
B. Stoneham (capt.), J. Barnes, R. Burns, L. Colbert, P. Corrigan, B. Graham, D. Hall, G. Hocking, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, D. Lowther, P. Lynch, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, M. McKinnon, L. Pickering, B. Sanderson, B. Sholl, J. Snell, C. Steinfort, G. Tanner

Richmond
M. Knights (capt.), C. Bond, D. Bourke, P. Broderick, P. Bulluss, W. Campbell, M. Chaffey, J. Charles, N. Daffy, B. Gale, D. Gaspar, B. Harrison, D. Kellaway, M. Merenda, R. Powell, A. Prescott, M. Richardson, M. Rogers, D. Ryan, E. Thompson, J. Torney

Geelong (16.14.110) defeated Richmond (12.6.78).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Hall (5), R. Burns (2), G. Hocking (2), P. Lynch (2), J. Barnes, L. Colbert, G. Kilpatrick, L. Pickering, B. Stoneham
Richmond: N. Daffy (3), M. Richardson (3), B. Harrison (2), R. Powell (2), M. Chaffey, M. Rogers

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 1st on the ladder and Richmond remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 19 July 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 24,099

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 16.14.110 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 7 . 6 11 . 8 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Richmond 7 . 1 9 . 2 10 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Margin RICH by 23 RICH by 8 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Geelong), Robert Walls (Richmond)
Captains: Barry Stoneham (Geelong), Matthew Knights (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), S. McInerney (#30), S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Mansfield GEEL 21 3
Glenn Kilpatrick GEEL 13 2
Derek Hall GEEL 19 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 3 2 1 2 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 2 0 13 6 7 1 0 0 0 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 8 2 2 1 1
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 3
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 2 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 5 0 22 15 7 10 0 1 0 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 0 26 15 11 2 1 2 2 1
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 1 1 29 20 9 6 0 2 4 0
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 16 2 1 0
29 Lowther, Daniel ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 1
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 2 0 2 1 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 9 0 2 2 0
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 1 1 0
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 1
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 4 0 6 2 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1
25 Snell, Jason ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 0 0 0
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 1 3 21 16 5 7 3 2 4 1
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 3 0 0
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 16 14 323 204 119 83 24 34 22 12

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1 1
30 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 1 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 5 13 0 0 2 2 0
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 1 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 1 0 2 2 3
40 Chaffey, Mark ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 4 0 0 0 0
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 6 2 0 2
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 3 0 1 1 2
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 4 7 1 1 2
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 6 0 1 0 3
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 0 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 9 0 4 1 0
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 1 0 1
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 1
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 0 1
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 3 1 15 14 1 9 0 1 0 1
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 4 0 3 0 1
37 Ryan, Damien ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 1 0
34 Thompson, Ewan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 0 2
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 9 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 12 6 263 165 98 66 13 35 12 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