1999 AFL Round 1: Geelong v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 1999 between Geelong and Kangaroos during round 1 of the 1999 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Kangaroos at MCG. In the absence of Leigh Colbert, vice-captain Garry Hocking captained the hosts. Wayne Carey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Geelong
G. Hocking (capt.), S. Arnott, S. Bamford, J. Barnes, C. Bizzell, R. Burns, B. Graham, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, D. Lowther, T. Lynch, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Mensch, D. Milburn, J. Mooney, L. Pickering, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, B. Sholl, J. Snell, B. Stoneham

Kangaroos
W. Carey (capt.), W. Abraham, B. Anderson, P. Bell, J. Blakey, M. Capuano, S. Clayton, G. Dhurrkay, S. Grant, B. Harvey, D. King, J. Longmire, M. Martyn, J. McCartney, C. McKernan, B. Pickett, M. Pike, R. Scott, C. Sholl, A. Simpson, A. Stevens, S. Welsh

Geelong (22.9.141) defeated Kangaroos (21.9.135).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Mensch (4), S. Arnott (3), J. Mooney (3), R. Burns (2), B. Stoneham (2), J. Barnes, B. Graham, G. Hocking, G. Kilpatrick, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, D. Milburn, B. Sholl
Kangaroos: W. Carey (4), C. McKernan (4), S. Welsh (4), P. Bell (3), W. Abraham (2), B. Harvey (2), G. Dhurrkay, S. Grant

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 7th on the ladder and Kangaroos were then 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Kangaroos
Date: Friday 26 March 1999
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,674

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Kangaroos
Score: 22.9.141 - 21.9.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 0 8 . 7 14 . 8 22 . 9 22 . 9 (141)
Kangaroos 8 . 3 15 . 5 19 . 7 21 . 9 21 . 9 (135)
Margin KANG by 21 KANG by 40 KANG by 29 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Geelong), Denis Pagan (Kangaroos)
Captains: Garry Hocking (Geelong), Wayne Carey (Kangaroos)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), D. Goldspink (#32), R. Kelsey (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Glenn Kilpatrick GEEL 13 3
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 2
Peter Bell KANG 26 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Arnott, Simon ? ? 3 0 19 10 9 2 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 3
22 Bamford, Scott ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3
6 Barnes, John ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 17 1 3 1 0 1 2 1
9 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 2 2 19 13 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 6
7 Graham, Ben ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 3 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 3
32 Hocking, Garry (ac) ? ? 1 0 28 19 9 8 0 2 9 3 2 0 2 9
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 1 1 24 17 7 4 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 7
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 1
29 Lowther, Daniel ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3
44 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 4 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1
31 Mensch, David ? ? 4 2 13 7 6 6 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 1 0 28 21 7 7 4 1 6 0 1 1 3 5
16 Mooney, Jason ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 2
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 6
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 28 16 12 7 0 0 4 2 0 1 5 2
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 5
4 Snell, Jason ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 8 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 2
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 22 9 319 210 109 86 34 17 48 32 14 14 30 64

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 2 0 17 8 9 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 1
14 Anderson, Brady ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 3 0 17 14 3 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 4
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 4
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 10 1 3 2 1 0 2 2
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 4 3 18 16 2 8 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 4
23 Clayton, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Dhurrkay, Gary ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 4
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 11 1 2 0 1 0 0 6
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 4 0 12 10 2 8 8 0 0 2 2 2 0 2
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 9 1
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 1 5 1 1 3 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
7 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 4 0 3 13 0 0 2 4 6
30 Welsh, Scott ? ? 4 0 9 8 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 21 9 290 206 84 72 32 15 36 22 14 14 39 55

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