1998 AFL Round 5: Adelaide v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1998 between Adelaide and Geelong during round 5 of the 1998 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Geelong at Football Park. Mark Bickley captained the hosts. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Adelaide
M. Bickley (capt.), N. Bassett, T. Bond, P. Caven, M. Connell, I. Downsborough, A. Eccles, S. Ellen, B. Hart, B. James, R. Jameson, D. Jarman, K. Johnson, K. Koster, A. McLeod, S. Rehn, M. Ricciuto, C. Rintoul, C. Sampson, N. Smart, M. Stevens, J. Thiessen

Geelong
B. Stoneham (capt.), C. Biddiscombe, R. Burns, L. Colbert, P. Corrigan, T. Finocchiaro, B. Graham, D. Hall, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, P. Lynch, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, M. McKinnon, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, L. Pickering, C. Roberts, B. Sanderson, B. Sholl, H. Simpson, S. Simpson

Adelaide (12.15.87) defeated Geelong (8.13.61).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: R. Jameson (3), A. Eccles, D. Jarman, K. Koster, A. McLeod, C. Rintoul, C. Sampson, N. Smart, M. Stevens, J. Thiessen
Geelong: B. Stoneham (2), R. Burns, L. Colbert, P. Lynch, D. Mensch, B. Sanderson, B. Sholl

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 9th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Geelong were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Adelaide v Geelong
Date: Sunday 26 April 1998
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 39,974

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Geelong
Score: 12.15.87 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 3 . 3 4 . 8 8 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Geelong 2 . 6 4 . 9 5 . 12 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin ADEL by 3 GEEL by 1 ADEL by 18 ADEL by 26 ADEL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Adelaide), Gary Ayres (Geelong)
Captains: Mark Bickley (Adelaide), Barry Stoneham (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), G. Dore (#19), S. Hanley (#18)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shaun Rehn ADEL 52 3
Brad Sholl GEEL 12 2
Andrew McLeod ADEL 23 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Bassett, Nathan ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 0 2 2 4 0 2
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
17 Downsborough, Ian ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 3
33 Eccles, Andrew ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 6 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 4
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 1 9 1 2 1 1 2 3
11 James, Brett ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 3 1 15 9 6 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 5 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 3
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 5 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 3
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 2
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 1 3 22 19 3 10 0 5 0 0 3 0 3 5
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 8 28 4 3 2 1 0 3 4
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 4 0 0 4 1 0 1 4 2
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 6 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 1
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 6
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 5 1 10 1 1 0 2 5 2
19 Stevens, Mark ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
29 Thiessen, James ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 15 289 204 85 87 36 59 24 26 16 16 26 54

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 1 4 9 9 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 1 4
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 5
43 Finocchiaro, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
7 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 10 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 6 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 3
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 1 2 21 15 6 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 2
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 1 9 3 6 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 5 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 3
11 Roberts, Cameron ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 1 0 31 20 11 8 0 0 6 0 0 1 9 3
24 Simpson, Hamish ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 12 2 10 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 13 308 198 110 82 17 34 26 8 16 16 35 40

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