From: marino@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.australian
Subject: AFL News Sat.-Mon. 8-10/8/1992
Date: 12 Aug 92 06:58:39 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

The AFL News for Saturday - Monday  8-10/8/1992.
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 This weekend round 21 matches were contested and there were some intesresting
results. The Saints lost to Carlton whne the Blues slammed on 11 goals to 2 in
the third quarter. Collingwood also lost to Hawthorn to leave Carlton, St.Kilda,
Collingwood and Hawthorn to take the last three spots available in the finals.
The scores and other details for the round 21 matches are:

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        N. Melb.  3.7  7.13  12.15  15.21 (111)
        Sydney    4.1  5. 6   8.10  11.14  (80)

Goals: N.M.: Dwyer 4, Longmire 3, Allison 2, McCarthy 2, Carey 2
       SYD.: Tunbridge 3, Minton-Connell 3, Kappler 2

Best: Crocker (NM), German (NM), Schwass (NM)

Injuries: Martyn (NM) hamstring; Nettlebeck (NM) groin

Reports: --

 Sydney suffered it's 12th consecutive loss after North cruised to a 31 point
victory. North opened strongly and was always in control apart from a short
burst in the third quarter by the Swans. At this point North full-back Martyn
left the field and the Swans got to within 13 points. North patched the hole
at FB and then the game was theirs.

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        Hawthorn     4.3  6.5  10.11  11.16 (82)
        Collingwood  3.1  5.5   7.10   8.15 (63)

Goals: HAW.: Hudson 6, Dunstall 2
       COLL.: Daicos 2

Best: Hudson (H), Shaw (C), Condon (H)

Injuries: Starcevich (C) groin [replaced in side by Hardie], Morwood (C) back

Reports: --

 Collingwood and Hawthorn fought out a dour struggle. Collingwood played loose
men in defence to cut out the Hawthorn forward line, but Hawthorn's Paul Hudson
cut loose and scored 6 goals. Throughout the game Hawthorn could always score
2 goals to break away, and then hold Collingwood at bay.

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        Essendon   3.4  10.7  15.10  19.12 (126)
        Melbourne  1.4   8.4  11.10  13.16  (94)

Goals: ESS.: Salmon 6, Anderson 3, Sporn 2, Hird 2, Flood 2
       MELB.: Jakovich 4, Lyon 2, Lovett 2, Schwarz 2

Best: Salmon (E), Wanganeen (E), Somerville (E)

Injuries: Kilpatrick (E) hamstring [replaced in selected side by Dick],
                Bewick (E) hamstring; Goodwin (M) ribs

Reports: --

 Essendon was in a mood to redeeem themselves after their 160 point pasting
last week. They packed the defence to make sure they didn't concede too many
goals, and then had a marking forward in Salmon who kicked 6 goals. Essendon
did well in the first quarter but in the second the Demons had a run to lead by
10 points with 25 minutes gone. Enter Anderson of Essendon who kicked 3 quick
goals to give the Bombers a 15 point lead at 1/2 time. Apart from a few Melbourne
surges the lead was maintained. Melbourne's full-forward Allen Jakovich didn't
help his sides cause kicking 4.9 for the game. The Bombers by 32 points.

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        Geelong  5.3  9.5  13.12  17.18 (120)
        Fitzroy  3.2  6.5   9. 5  10. 8  (68)

Goals: GEEL.: Miles 3, Couch 3, Ricardi 3, Ablett 2, MacNish 2
       FITZ.: Sartori 3, Lynch 3

Best: Ricardi (G), Roos (F), McGrath (G)

Injuries: S. Malakellis (G) back [replaced in side by Brownless,
            Ablett (G) hamstring, Simpson (G) corked thigh;
          Lyon (F) broken arm), Dundas (F) twisted knee

Reports: --

 The Cats were not that impressive against Fitzroy on Saturday. After all they
didn't score 20+ goals for the game! It was close in the first quarter, but at
the 17 minute mark, Ablett launched a 70 metre torpedo punt and put the Cats
ahead by 1 point. The Cats then just pulled away from then on to win by 50
points. The Lions were never in the race, and if it wasn't for Lynch and Roos,
it may have been 150 points.

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        Carlton   1.3  4.4   15. 7  18.14 (122)
        St.Kilda  5.3  7.10   9.10  12.15  (87)

Goals: CARL.: S. Kernahan 4, Alvin 4, Dorotich 3, De Iulio 2, Bradley 2
       St.K.: Lockett 5, Morris 2, Burke 2

Best: Gleeson (C), Dorotich (C), Bradley (C)

Injuries: --

Reports: Williams (C) of striking and unduly rough play on Vidovic (St);
         Winmar (St) charging Gleeson (C)

St.K.: In: Fletcher  Out: Georgiou

CARL.: In: Silvagni  Out: Aitken

 The Saints started great against the Blues kicking 5 goals to 1 in the first
quarter. Really they should have kicked more because they had more of the play.
In the second quarter they wasted many opportunities kicking 0.5 in the first
13 minutes. At the 19 minute mark, Winmar (St) was reported for charging Gleeson
(C) and that seemed to give the Blues a lift. After half time, the Blues swapped
Spalding and Dorotich at CHB/CHF and this did the trick. The Blues booted 11
goals to 2 in the third quarter and that was that. The Blues by 35 points.

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        Adelaide  5.1  9.1  14.7  17. 8 (110)
        Brisbane  5.2  8.6  10.8  11.11  (77)

Goals: ADEL.: Hodges 5, Lindner 4, McDermott 2
       BRIS.: Owen 3, Merrett 3

Best: McDermott (A), Tregenza (A), Bain (B)

Injuries: Abernethy (A) knee; Ashcroft (B) hamstring

Reports: --

BRIS.: In: Campbell, Worsfold, Schache, Palfreyman, Kerinaiua
       Out: Jeffrey (inj), White (inj), Retzlaff, Hutton, Green

ADEL.: In: Abernethy  Out: Jameson

 The Bears battled manfully against the Crows but good kicking kept Adelaide in
front. Even at 3/4 time the Bears still had a chance to win, but the could only
manage 1 goal with the wind against Adelaide's 3 to go down by 33 points. Bris-
bane's David Bain started the game well with 10 possessions in the first 20 min-
utes, but after that the Adelaide center players started getting on top. Hodges
put in another good performance kicking 5 goals to go with the 8 he kicked at
Football Park against the Bears earlier this year.

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        West Coast  3.2  6.7  10.11  15.14 (104)
        Richmond    3.4  3.4   8. 9  12.12  (84)

Goals: W.C.: Sumich 5, Heady 4, Jakovich 2
       RICH.: Breman 5, Menegola 2, Hogg 2

Best: Knights (R), Mainwaring (WC), Waters (WC)

Injuries: Wilson (WC) dislocated shoulder, White (WC) knee

Reports: Jackson (R) for striking White (WC)

W.C.: In: Hart, Heady, Hynes, McKenna, Watters
      Out: Lamb (hamstring), Evans (calf), Laidley, Lewis

RICH.: In: Edwards, Banik, Leys, Menegola, Lambert, Weightman
       Out: Gale (shoudler), McQueen (virus), Powell (hamstring), Livingstone,
              Keays, Honybun

 Richmond played well to push the Eagles who were unimpressive in their 20 point
victory. Richmond got to within 2 points of West Coast in the last quarter
before the Eagles pulled away. Fortunately for the Eagles St.Kilda and Colling-
wood lost to give them third position. Good news for the Eagles was the return
of Guy McKenna who played well.

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 The leading goalkickers after round 21 are:

        121 - J. Dunstall  (HAW)   2
        115 - T. Lockett   (St.K)  5
         73 - S. Kernahan  (CARL)  4
         59 - J. Longmire  (NM)    3
         56 - G. Ablett    (GEEL)  2
         54 - P. Salmon    (ESS)   6
         53 - P. Sumich    (WC)    5
         52 - D. Del'Re    (FOOTS) -
         50 - R. Osborne   (FITZ)  1
         47 - S. M.-Connell (SYD)  3
         46 - P. Daicos    (COLL)  2
         45 - B. Brownless (GEEL)  1

 Some information on this weekend's round of matches. I have tabulated some
statistics about the teams playing each other this weekend at the ground and
since 1987. Hopefully it will help you chose your teams in your tipping
competition. The statistics are given as WIN-LOSS-DRAW (Draw is excluded if
there were none:

                                     All        Since         At this
                                    time         1987          ground
                                    ----        -----         -------
 W.C.  v. Fitz. (WACA)           4-  5-0        4-5-0          2- 1-0
 Rich. v. Haw.  (MCG)           69- 52-0       0-10-0          7-13-0
 Carl. v. Foots.(Pr. Pk.)       70- 38-4        4-4-1         35-15-2
 Geel. v. Bris. (Kar. Pk.)       7-  3-0        7-3-0          3- 1-0
 N.M.  v. Coll. (MCG)           35- 86-1        3-5-1          4- 4-1
 Syd.  v. Melb. (SCG)           87- 80-1        3-6-1          6- 3-0
 Adel. v. St.K. (Foot. Pk.)      0-  3-0        0-3-0          0- 1-0

 Adelaide joined the competition in 1991.

 In other news:

 -Geelong's Damian Bourke is out for the rest of the season after his shoulder
  has refused to respond to treatment and he has had an operation to correct
  the dislocation he suffered against Sydney in Round 14.

 -Tasmania has asked the AFL to waive any licence fee payments if they get an
  AFL team to move to Hobart.

 -A report in Melbourne's 'Sunday Herald-Sun' stated that formal talks had been
  held between Melbourne and Richmond about merging. Both clubs have denied any
  talks having taken place, but Melbourne says that they are open to negotiate
  with any team.

 -AFL Commission chairman Ross Oakley has been in Barcelona finalising deals
  for the broadcast of AFL football on an almost direct basis with major inter-
  national TV networks. At the moment it is shown on a 1 or 2 week delayed
  broadcast. More details to come this week.

Hope you enjoy these. Until tomorrow.............

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