From: marino@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.australian
Subject: AFL News Monday 7/9/1992
Date: 11 Sep 92 00:31:58 +1000
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

The AFL News for Monday 7/9/1992.
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 The two games on Sunday were excellent games in their own right. The details
and summaries of the games are:

        Geelong    5.4  11.6  18.9  26.16 (172)
        Footscray  7.2  14.4  15.7  17. 9 (111)

Goals: GEEL.: Brownless 9, Ablett 5, G. Hocking 3, Scott 2, Mansfield 2,
                Barnes 2, Couch 1, Stoneham 1, Bews 1
       FOOTS.: Del'Re 8, Hawkins 2, Royal 2, Charles 1, Kellett 1, MacPherson 1,
                Grant 1, Atkins 1

Best: GEEL.: Stoneham, Brownless, Couch, G. Hocking, Mansfield, Ricardi
      FOOTS.: Del'Re, Liberatore, Atkins, Grant, Baxter, MacPherson, Kretiuk

Injuries: S. Hocking (G) suspected fractured shoulder;
          Royal (F) torn hamstring, Hawkins (F) concussion

Reports: --

 Footscray and Geelong opened the game at a great pace. Charles took over the
ruck for Footscray from the injured Scott Wynd, and he was making a great impact
on the game. Liberatore and Atkins were playing well for the Dogs, and Del'Re
was strong at full-forward. After 12 minutes in the first quarter both teams
had scored two goals each. Five goals to Footscray and two to Geelong had the
Bulldogs up by 10 points at 1/4 time. After 7 minutes in the second quarter
Footscray had kicked a further 4 goals to 0 and they held a 34 point lead. Then
Geelong made a few changes. Stoneham went into the ruck against Charles and
stopped Footscray's drive from the center. Geelong then kicked 6 goals to 2 to
bring the margin back to 16 points at 1/2 time. Ablett and Brownless started
playing better and consequently had Toohey and Campbell taken off them respec-
tively.
 The second half was all Geelong. Fifteen goals to three by Geelong in the half
destroyed Footscray. Garry Hocking and Paul Couch lifted their workrate in the
center, and Footscray's only good player was Del'Re who continued his good form
from his five goals in the second quarter. The final quarter was just a blitz
by Geelong. Brownless kicked 4 goals in the second half to back up his 5 in the
first to take the record of most goals kicked in a preliminary final.
 Unfortunately for Geelong, Mark Bairstow's replacement in Steven Hocking frac-
tured his shoulder and is out for the rest of the season. Footscray lost Brian
Royal for the rest of the season with a torn hamstring.

 The rankings of each player's performance in the game out of 10 are noted next
to each name are:

GEELONG
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B: S. Malakellis 3, Handley 3, Hinkley 5
HB: S. Hocking 1, McGrath 4, Brown 2
C: Riccardi 7, Couch 7, Simpson 7
HF: Ablett 7, Stoneham 8, Hickmott 3
F: Scott 6, Brownless 9, Mansfield 7
FOLL: Barnes 4, G. Hocking 8, Bews 6
INTER: Miles 3, Wills 6

FOOTSCRAY
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B: Reynolds 3, T. Campbell 4, Kretiuk 4
HB: Toohey 3, Stanfield 2, Mansfield 3
C: Wallis 4, Atkins 5, Kellett 4
HF: MacPherson 3, Coleman 3, Grant 4
F: Hawkins 7, Del-Re 8, Royal 2
FOLL: Charles 7, Baxter 6, Liberatore 8
INTER: Corcoran 1, Kolyniuk 2

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        West Coast  1.3  6.5  10.10  14.16 (100)
        Hawthorn    4.6  6.8  10.13  12.15  (87)

Goals: W.C.: Sumich 4, Matera 3, Pyke 2, Langdon 2, Heady 1, Kemp 1, Lewis 1
       HAW.: Dunstall 6, Hudson 2, Anderson 1, Jarman 1, Gowers 1, Platten 1

Best: W.C.: Matera, Kemp, McKenna, Pyke, Jakovich, Harding, Waterman
      HAW.: DJencke, Gowers, Dunstall, Maginness, Pritchard, Taylor, Collins

Injuries: Brennan (WC) groin; Mew (H) hamstring

Reports: G. Dear (H) for allegedly kicking Kemp (WC)

 What a game between West Coast and Hawthorn. Hawthorn started the game excell-
ently kicking 4 goals to 0 in the first 18 minutes. Everything was looking great
for the Hawks to repeat their victory in Perth last year. At the end of the
quarter Hawthorn suffered a major loss with center half-back Mew. Jason Taylor
was then moved onto Langdon.
 The second quarter saw the Eagles kick 5 goals and 4 of them from Sumich.
Sumich missed a couple of easy ones but kicked some miraculous ones in this
quarter. West Coast pulled the lead back to 3 points at 1/2 time.
 The third quarter was tight. In the 23rd minute of this quarter the Eagles
finally took the lead but the Hawks came back. Both teams were missing some easy
goals, but in the end it was 3 points the difference in Hawthorn's favour.
 The last quarter was fantastic. Heady and Matera kicked two goals at the start
of the quarter gave the Eagles a two goal break. Dunstall then kicked a goal
for the Hawks, then Matera, and then Dunstall again to make the difference only
a goal with 12 minutes gone. It wasn't until the 24th minute that Pyke of the
Eagles kicked a goal to sew the game up.
 Dunstall's 6 goals gave him the season total of 145 in 23 games at an average
of 6.4 goals per game. He was only 5 short of the all time record of 150 goals
in a season.

 The rankings of each player's performance in the game out of 10 are noted next
to each name are:

WEST COAST
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B: Worsfold 5, Brennan 5, Jakovich 6
HB: Waterman 6, White 4, Laidley 2
C: Mainwaring 6, Kemp 8, Matera 7
HF: Wilson 6, Langdon 5, Heady 5
F: Pyke 7, Sumich 6, McIntosh 4
FOLL: Harding 6, Turley 5, Evans 5
INTER: Lewis 5, McKenna 6

HAWTHORN
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B: Collins 4, Langford 4, Maginness 4
HB: Allan 5, Mew 2, Jencke 7
C: Gowers 5, Condon 3, Pritchard 5
HF: Ayres 2, Taylor 4, Jarman 4
F: Hudson 5, Dunstall 6, P. Dear 5
FOLL: G. Dear 5, Hall 2, Platten 6
INTER: Anderson 5, McDonald 3

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