1997 AFL Round 21: Fremantle v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1997 between Fremantle and Geelong during round 21 of the 1997 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Geelong at Subiaco Oval. Peter Mann captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Gerard Neesham and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Fremantle
P. Mann (capt.), W. Abraham, H. Black, M. Brown, C. Callaghan, J. Clement, G. Dhurrkay, M. Gale, K. Hunter, A. Jones, D. Kickett, Q. Leach, A. McGovern, G. Mitchell, S. O'Reilly, S. Parker, J. Sinclair, L. Toia, C. Waterhouse, M. Whitelaw, A. Wills

Geelong
J. Barnes, R. Burns, B. Graham, D. Hall, T. Hargreaves, G. Hocking, A. Houlihan, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, D. Lowther, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, M. McKinnon, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, L. Pickering, P. Riccardi, B. Sholl, S. Simpson, J. Snell, C. Steinfort

Fremantle (9.14.68) were defeated by Geelong (14.16.100).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: W. Abraham (3), C. Waterhouse (2), H. Black, K. Hunter, L. Toia, A. Wills
Geelong: R. Burns (2), G. Hocking (2), M. McKinnon (2), D. Milburn (2), P. Riccardi (2), D. Hall, T. Hargreaves, A. Houlihan, M. Mansfield

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Fremantle v Geelong
Date: Sunday 24 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 28,751

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. by Geelong
Score: 9.14.68 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 2 . 3 3 . 6 6 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Geelong 3 . 4 7 . 7 11 . 9 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gerard Neesham (Fremantle), Gary Ayres (Geelong)
Captains: Peter Mann (Fremantle), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Nash (#14), G. Scroop (#21), G. Vernon (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steven King GEEL 1 3
Peter Riccardi GEEL 15 2
Derek Hall GEEL 19 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 3 2 16 14 2 3 0 0 2 0
21 Black, Heath ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 4 0 1 1 0
18 Brown, Michael ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 2 1 3 5
42 Callaghan, Craig ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 5 0 5 2 1
31 Clement, James ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 0 0 0
19 Dhurrkay, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 1
37 Gale, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 8 0 0 3 1
14 Hunter, Kingsley ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 0
38 Jones, Anthony ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 2 3 1 0
11 Kickett, Dale ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 4 0 5 1 1
36 Leach, Quenton ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 0 0
9 Mann, Peter (c) ? ? 0 2 13 12 1 6 4 3 2 3
43 McGovern, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 1 0 1 0 0
45 Mitchell, Gavin ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 6 0 3 0 3
10 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 Parker, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 2 0
40 Sinclair, Jess ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 1 0
1 Toia, Luke ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 3 0 7 1 2
26 Waterhouse, Clive ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 6 0 2 0 0
20 Whitelaw, Marty ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 18 0 4 1
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 9 14 288 190 98 74 26 35 24 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 0 1 1
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 2 0 0
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 1 4 22 13 9 9 0 1 2 4
22 Hargreaves, Tim ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 2 0 1 1 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 0 28 15 13 6 0 2 1 0
3 Houlihan, Adam ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 7 0 1 0 0
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 28 12 16 5 0 3 2 1
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 13 2 2 4
29 Lowther, Daniel ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 4 0 0 3 3
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 7 1 2 0 0
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 2 2 10 5 5 2 0 0 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 2 2 3 3
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 7 1 3 1 1
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 29 17 12 7 0 3 0 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 2 5 29 23 6 7 0 4 0 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 1 1 0
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 8 0 2 3 1
25 Snell, Jason ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 2
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 14 16 322 210 112 100 20 32 21 24

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