1997 AFL Season Round 22: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1997 between Sydney and Geelong during round twenty-two of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Geelong at the SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Sydney (13.12.90) were defeated by Geelong (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Saturday 30 August 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 46,168

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 13.12.90 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 5 5 . 7 9 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 8 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Love (#28)
M. Nash (#14)
R. Sawers (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brad Sholl GEEL 12 3
Ben Graham GEEL 36 2
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 0 2
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 3 8 6 2 0 0 1 1 0
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 6 0 2 2 2
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 2
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 27 12 15 1 0 0 1 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 1 2
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 5 0 1 0 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 0 0 2
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 1 0 0 1 2
38 Licuria, Paul ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 5 0 10 7 3 7 0 0 1 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 4 2 1
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 3 20 17 3 7 0 2 0 3
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 3 0 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 1 0 1 0
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 2 0
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 1 1 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 3 0 22 19 3 7 0 2 0 4
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 6 0 0 0 0
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 16 1 1 2
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 13 12 290 203 87 79 17 23 16 27

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 7 1 0 2 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 0 0 1
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 8 0 0 3 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 6 0 2 1 1
22 Hargreaves, Tim ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 6 0 2 2 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 1 28 12 16 7 1 1 2 3
3 Houlihan, Adam ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 5 0 2 0 0
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 4 0 1
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 5 11 2 0 1
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 7 0 2 3 0
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 6 3 0 0 3
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 4 0 1 2 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 1 1 0 0
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 4 1 1
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 5 2 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 1 1 3 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 28 16 12 10 0 0 2 0
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 6 4 0
25 Snell, Jason ? ? 3 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 0
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 15 10 339 220 119 106 18 35 27 16

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