1998 AFL Round 2: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1998 between Geelong and Richmond during round 2 of the 1998 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 Jeff Gieschen.

Geelong
B. Stoneham (capt.), C. Biddiscombe, C. Bizzell, R. Burns, P. Corrigan, T. Finocchiaro, B. Graham, D. Hall, G. Hocking, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, D. Lowther, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, M. McKinnon, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, S. Simpson, J. Snell, B. Spinks

Richmond
M. Knights (capt.), A. Blurton, P. Broderick, P. Bulluss, W. Campbell, M. Chaffey, N. Daffy, B. Gale, M. Gale, D. Gaspar, B. Harrison, B. Holland, D. Kellaway, M. Merenda, B. Moore, B. Ottens, R. Powell, A. Prescott, M. Richardson, M. Rogers, D. Ryan, J. Torney

Geelong (14.15.99) defeated Richmond (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Geelong: R. Burns (3), D. Hall (3), D. Lowther (2), M. Mansfield (2), B. Spinks (2), C. Biddiscombe, B. Stoneham
Richmond: M. Merenda (4), B. Holland (3), B. Harrison, B. Ottens, R. Powell, A. Prescott

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 8th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Richmond were then 9th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 4 April 1998
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 26,669

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 14.15.99 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 8 . 8 10 . 8 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Richmond 4 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 9 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin RICH by 1 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Geelong), Jeff Gieschen (Richmond)
Captains: Barry Stoneham (Geelong), Matthew Knights (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy (#7), V. Sercia (#26), R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sean Simpson GEEL 37 3
Jason Torney RICH 29 2
Tim McGrath GEEL 17 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
9 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 3 2 10 7 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 3
43 Finocchiaro, Tim ? ? 0 2 13 5 8 1 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 2
7 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 3 0 18 13 5 9 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 2
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 1 24 9 15 2 0 2 5 2 0 4 0 4
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 2
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
29 Lowther, Daniel ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 7 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 2 1 22 16 6 4 0 0 6 3 2 2 5 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 2
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 6 12 1 3 3 1 0 0 6
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 4
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 4 2 2 1 2 2 3
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 4
4 Snell, Jason ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 Spinks, Brett ? ? 2 4 10 8 2 4 1 1 2 3 3 3 0 3
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 5 6 0 1 2 1 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 15 305 205 100 81 27 26 36 33 21 22 27 53

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Blurton, Ashley ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 4 4 0 0 1 1 2
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 0 0 5 4 0 4 0 2 1
6 Chaffey, Mark ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 9
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 16 0 4 0 1 1 2 5
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 5 1 1 0 3 0 2 2 3
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 0
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 3 0 9 9 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 3 1 5 0 3 2 0
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 3 0 2 2 0 3 3 4 5
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 4 4 16 13 3 7 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3
28 Moore, Ben ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
5 Ottens, Brad ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 6 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 1
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 7
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 Ryan, Damien ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 5 1 0 1 1 6 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 11 14 259 168 91 70 22 41 19 12 22 21 28 45

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