1999 AFL Round 8: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1999 between Geelong and Sydney during round 8 of the 1999 AFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at Shell Stadium. In the absence of Leigh Colbert, vice-captain Garry Hocking captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

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

Sydney
L. Barry, G. Bennett, F. Campbell, S. Carey, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, A. Dunkley, P. Filandia, N. Fosdike, A. Goodes, T. Lockett, T. Luff, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, S. Russell, J. Saddington, W. Sangster, W. Schwass, R. Warfe

Geelong (14.16.100) were defeated by Sydney (21.15.141).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Mensch (3), B. Stoneham (3), J. Barnes (2), S. King (2), S. Arnott, J. Mooney, L. Pickering, B. Sanderson
Sydney: T. Lockett (6), D. Cresswell (3), S. Russell (3), P. Filandia (2), N. Fosdike (2), L. Barry, G. Bennett, F. Campbell, S. Maxfield, W. Schwass

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Sydney were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1999 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Sunday 16 May 1999
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Shell Stadium
Attendance: 21,581

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Sydney
Score: 14.16.100 - 21.15.141

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 8 . 10 9 . 14 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Sydney 6 . 3 11 . 5 17 . 12 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Margin SYDN by 11 SYDN by 13 SYDN by 46 SYDN by 41 SYDN by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Geelong), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: Garry Hocking (Geelong), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Harvey (#25), S. McBurney, V. Sercia

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Schwass SYDN 2 3
Troy Luff SYDN 34 2
Peter Filandia SYDN 10 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Arnott, Simon ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3
22 Bamford, Scott ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 6
6 Barnes, John ? ? 2 0 16 6 10 5 25 0 6 3 2 1 1 3
9 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2
32 Hocking, Garry (ac) ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 4 5 4 0 2 3 2
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 5
1 King, Steven ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 4 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 3
44 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 1
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 3 0 6 4 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 2 18 10 8 4 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 3
16 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 1 10 5 5 3 5 1 3 1 0 4 0 2
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 1 1 27 15 12 6 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 3
34 Rahilly, James ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 7 0 2 4 5 1 0 5 5
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 1 1 24 22 2 7 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 3
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4
4 Snell, Jason ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 3 2 13 9 4 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 16 294 190 104 87 45 19 47 37 12 12 22 60

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 1 2 22 10 12 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 5
42 Bennett, Gerrard ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
40 Campbell, Fred ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
15 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 3 3 24 14 10 6 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 5
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 4 0 2 4 1 0 2 1 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 2 0 21 10 11 7 0 3 1 1 3 0 1 5
12 Fosdike, Nic ? ? 2 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 14 0 2 0 1 2 0 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 6 2 10 8 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 7 2 0 1 1 1 1 5 1
36 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 4
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 4 6
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 6 1 3 2 1 0 2 7 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 3 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 5
25 Russell, Scott ? ? 3 1 27 17 10 6 0 0 2 5 1 1 1 6
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 5 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 1
29 Sangster, Will ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 0 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 1 27 22 5 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 6 2
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 21 15 319 184 135 83 33 16 40 22 12 12 42 51

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