2005 AFL Semi Final 2: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 2005 between Sydney and Geelong in the second semi final of the 2005 AFL season. Sydney hosted Geelong at SCG. Barry Hall captained the hosts. Steven King captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

Sydney
Back: J. Crouch, L. Barry, C. Bolton
Half-back: B. Mathews, L. Roberts-Thomson, T. Kennelly
Centre: N. Davis, L. Ablett, J. Ball
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, B. Hall (capt.), J. Bolton
Forward: A. Goodes, M. O'Loughlin, A. Buchanan
Follower: D. Jolly, B. Kirk, P. Williams
Int.: P. Bevan, S. Dempster, N. Fosdike, A. Schneider

Geelong
Back: C. Gardiner, M. Scarlett, T. Harley
Half-back: M. Rooke, C. Mooney, D. Milburn
Centre: M. Egan, J. Bartel, B. Sanderson
Half-forward: G. Ablett, H. Playfair, S. Johnson
Forward: K. Kingsley, K. Tenace, J. Kelly
Follower: S. King (capt.), J. Corey, C. Ling
Int.: C. Enright, J. Hunt, D. Johnson, A. Mackie

Sydney (7.14.56) defeated Geelong (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Sydney: N. Davis (4), M. O'Loughlin (2), R. O'Keefe
Geelong: S. Johnson (2), C. Gardiner, D. Johnson, J. Kelly, H. Playfair, M. Rooke

As a result of this match, Sydney faced St Kilda in the first preliminary final and Geelong were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Friday 9 September 2005
Time: 8:00 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 39,079

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Geelong
Score: 7.14.56 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 2 2 . 6 3 . 12 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Geelong 2 . 6 5 . 8 6 . 11 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin GEEL by 4 GEEL by 20 GEEL by 17 SYDN by 3 SYDN by 3
Duration 31:56 30:30 29:11 30:41 2:02:18

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Sydney), Mark Thompson (Geelong)
Captains: Barry Hall (Sydney), Steven King (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), S. Ryan (#25), S. Wenn

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke C 81% 0 0 7 6 1 0 4 3 2 5 0 2 0 4
27 Ball, Jason WR 54% 0 0 4 1 3 2 25 0 1 2 1 1 0 2
21 Barry, Leo FB 100% 0 0 10 5 5 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
42 Bevan, Paul INT 36% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
6 Bolton, Craig BPR 100% 0 1 14 7 7 3 0 1 3 4 1 0 2 1
24 Bolton, Jude HFFR 87% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 10 4 6 1 3 1 5
32 Buchanan, Amon FPR 84% 0 0 23 10 13 2 0 5 5 4 1 3 5 2
28 Crouch, Jared BPL 95% 0 1 23 13 10 0 0 4 4 5 1 2 5 7
2 Davis, Nick WL 91% 4 2 24 15 9 3 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 4
26 Dempster, Sean INT 78% 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1
12 Fosdike, Nic INT 47% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 4 1
37 Goodes, Adam FPL 92% 0 0 13 10 3 2 1 4 3 5 2 2 0 3
1 Hall, Barry (c) CHF 100% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
16 Jolly, Darren RU 60% 0 1 6 2 4 2 33 4 0 3 0 1 1 0
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFR 100% 0 1 16 8 8 3 1 4 4 3 0 0 2 0
31 Kirk, Brett RR 97% 0 0 25 13 12 2 0 8 5 4 1 1 3 2
4 Mathews, Ben HBFL 94% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 6 1 1 3 0 2 0
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 97% 1 1 12 10 2 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 4
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FF 100% 2 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis CHB 79% 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0
13 Schneider, Adam INT 58% 0 2 5 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2
10 Williams, Paul RO 70% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 7 14 266 155 111 50 66 66 46 57 16 18 33 41

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary HFFL 94% 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 5 2 3 0 2 0 3
3 Bartel, Jimmy C 80% 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 2 0
11 Corey, Joel RR 92% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 9 2 3 1 1 1 3
19 Egan, Matthew WL 95% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
44 Enright, Corey INT 71% 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 2
16 Gardiner, Charlie BPL 93% 1 0 10 7 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 3
2 Harley, Tom BPR 94% 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1
41 Hunt, Josh INT 84% 0 0 8 3 5 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 3 2
28 Johnson, David INT 56% 1 0 10 7 3 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
20 Johnson, Steve HFFR 84% 2 2 23 18 5 6 0 3 0 6 3 0 0 2
9 Kelly, James FPR 85% 1 1 24 13 11 7 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 4
1 King, Steven (c) RU 43% 0 0 10 7 3 3 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
18 Kingsley, Kent FPL 94% 0 0 10 5 5 4 1 3 1 3 0 2 0 2
45 Ling, Cameron RO 96% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 6 4 3 2 0 1 2
4 Mackie, Andrew INT 55% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
39 Milburn, Darren HBFR 93% 0 0 9 7 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 0 3 0
21 Mooney, Cam CHB 79% 0 0 13 6 7 5 8 0 2 2 2 0 2 0
22 Playfair, Henry CHF 70% 1 0 8 6 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1
33 Rooke, Max HBFL 97% 1 1 10 9 1 3 0 15 3 3 1 2 1 4
27 Sanderson, Brenton WR 81% 0 1 14 9 5 5 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 6
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 100% 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
10 Tenace, Kane FF 64% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 5 3 0 1 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 7 11 270 177 93 78 22 83 31 41 18 16 30 42

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

Player Line-Up

Sydney Coach: Paul Roos
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 C. Gardiner 30 M. Scarlett 2 T. Harley 16 D. Jolly 42 P. Bevan
32 A. Buchanan 19 M. O'Loughlin 37 A. Goodes 31 B. Kirk 26 S. Dempster
FORWARD 10 P. Williams 12 N. Fosdike
HALF-BACK

13 A. Schneider
33 M. Rooke 21 C. Mooney 39 D. Milburn



24 J. Bolton 1 B. Hall (c) 5 R. O'Keefe



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



19 M. Egan 3 J. Bartel 27 B. Sanderson



27 J. Ball 20 L. Ablett 2 N. Davis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 S. King (c) 44 C. Enright
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Corey 41 J. Hunt
29 G. Ablett 22 H. Playfair 20 S. Johnson 45 C. Ling 28 D. Johnson
17 T. Kennelly 30 L. Roberts-Thomson 4 B. Mathews

4 A. Mackie
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 K. Kingsley 10 K. Tenace 9 J. Kelly



6 C. Bolton 21 L. Barry 28 J. Crouch



BACK



Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:40
GEEL Charlie Gardiner goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 06:47
SYDN Nick Davis behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 08:45
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 10:39
GEEL James Kelly goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 12:03
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 13:33
SYDN Adam Schneider behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 15:05
GEEL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 21:54
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 25:18
GEEL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 27:57
GEEL James Kelly behind 2.2.14 - 2.5.17 28:42
GEEL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 2.6.18 31:28
Q2 GEEL Henry Playfair goal 2.2.14 - 3.6.24 01:19
GEEL Brenton Sanderson behind 2.2.14 - 3.7.25 03:10
SYDN Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 3.7.25 05:16
SYDN Nick Davis behind 2.4.16 - 3.7.25 12:25
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 2.4.16 - 4.7.31 16:13
GEEL Corey Enright behind 2.4.16 - 4.8.32 17:32
GEEL Max Rooke goal 2.4.16 - 5.8.38 21:41
SYDN Tadhg Kennelly behind 2.5.17 - 5.8.38 28:17
SYDN Rushed behind 2.6.18 - 5.8.38 29:59
Q3 SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 2.7.19 - 5.8.38 04:30
SYDN Darren Jolly behind 2.8.20 - 5.8.38 07:24
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 2.8.20 - 6.8.44 08:18
SYDN Rushed behind 2.9.21 - 6.8.44 10:39
SYDN Rushed behind 2.10.22 - 6.8.44 13:55
SYDN Jared Crouch behind 2.11.23 - 6.8.44 15:21
GEEL Max Rooke behind 2.11.23 - 6.9.45 19:53
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 2.11.23 - 6.10.46 21:33
SYDN Adam Schneider behind 2.12.24 - 6.10.46 22:12
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 2.12.24 - 6.11.47 24:00
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 3.12.30 - 6.11.47 26:51
Q4 GEEL David Johnson goal 3.12.30 - 7.11.53 02:22
SYDN Rushed behind 3.13.31 - 7.11.53 03:26
SYDN Nick Davis goal 4.13.37 - 7.11.53 08:37
SYDN Craig Bolton behind 4.14.38 - 7.11.53 09:58
SYDN Nick Davis goal 5.14.44 - 7.11.53 14:41
SYDN Nick Davis goal 6.14.50 - 7.11.53 25:00
SYDN Nick Davis goal 7.14.56 - 7.11.53 29:58