Saturday, July 30, 2011

#AFLCatsDees #AFLRound19

What an absolute shellacking! Thirty-Seven goals to 7, with 12.1 to 1.3 kicked in the second quarter, and 11.3 to 2.1 in the last.

This is the fourth-highest score ever in the history of the VFL/AFL, the others being:-
  1. Geelong 7.4 16.9 23.14 37.17 (239) def Brisbane Bears 2.2 2.4 7.8 11.9 (75): game details – Round 7, 1992 at Carrara Stadium in front of 7,645
  2. Fitzroy 7.7 14.14 26.17 36.22 (238) def Melbourne 2.1 2.5 4.8 6.12 (48): game details – Round 17, 1979 at Waverley Park in front of 12,149
  3. Sydney 5.4 15.8 23.13 36.20 (236) def Essendon 5.2 8.2 10.5 11.7 (73): game details – Round 17, 1987 at the S.C.G. in front of 23,009
Previous to this afternoon, the fourth and fifth records were held by:-
4. Hawthorn 7.4 17.4 25.11 36.15 (231) def Fitzroy 2.2 3.6 7.7 11.8 (74): game details – Round 6, 1991 at North Hobart in front of 13,335
5. North Melbourne 11.5 15.7 25.10 35.19 (229) def Sydney 1.3 8.5 12.8 16.9 (105): game details: Round 6, 1993 Princes Park in front of 9,230

In this game, the final break-down was like this:-
Geelong 8.3 20.4 28.8 37.11 (233)
Melbourne 0.3 1.4 5.4 7.5 (47)

Scorers
Geelong
S Johnson 7.1
C Mooney 5.3
T Hawkins 5.0
T Varcoe 3.1
M Duncan, M Stokes 3.0
J Bartel, J Corey, T West 2.0
C Ling, A Christensen 1.1
J Selwood, A Mackie, B Ottens 1.0
J Kelly 0.1
rushed 0.3
Melbourne
L Dunn 2.0
J Watts, J Howe 1.1
M Bate, L Jurrah, J Trengrove 1.0
D Nicholson, J Gysberts 0.1
rushed 0.1

Stats Summary
Geelong
510 Disposals - J Selwood 43; C Enright 36; J Corey 35; S Johnson 34; J Kelly 32
51 Hitouts - B Ottens 28; T West 17
93 Tackles - J Selwood 11; J Corey 9; A Christensen, J Kelly, M Stokes 7; T West 6
26 Frees - J Selwood, J Corey 3
Melbourne
282 Disposals - J McKenzie 25; N Jones 19; J Gysberts 18; J Watts 17
40 Hitouts - M Jamar 27
82 Tackles - J Trengrove 10; C Sylvia, McKenzie, L Tapscott 8; D Nicholson 6
21 Frees - J McKenzie, J Rivers 4; L Dunn 3

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