Round 3 1999 | Demonwiki (original) (raw)

Round 3, <1999>
vs Melbourne
Saturday 10 April
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 27,417

Match Statistics

Geelong win by 6 points

Goalkickers: Stephen Tingay 3, Matthew Febey 2, Anthony McDonald 2, Jeff Farmer 1, Darren Kowal 1, Glenn Lovett 1, Guy Rigoni 1, Russell Robertson 1

Brownlow Votes:
2 - Todd Viney

Milestones:
Last Game
Glenn Lovett

50 Games
Shane Woewodin

After an encouraging Round 1 victory over Richmond, the Demons had been shocked by St Kilda and looked set for a similar beating at half time of the match at the newly christened Shell Stadium.

Melbourne were without talls White, Shanahan, Lyon and Grgic - allowing Geelong to do as they pleased before Todd Viney sparked a revival in the third term and helped his side drag the margin back to 13 points.

Ten minutes into the last scores were level, and a goal to Russell Robertson helped extend the margin to seven points at the 23 minute mark but the Cats goalled, and then kicked two behinds in a row to take the lead. They then kicked the sealer from a mark 30m out from goal, to continue Melbourne's miserable run at the ground where they hadn't won since <1988>.

Viney, Matthew Febey and Adem Yze were best.

Reserves
Melbourne 21.8.134 d. Geelong 15.12.102
Best - Carter, Beams, Peverill
Goals - Beams 5, Newton 4, Cockatoo-Collins 3, Bruce 2, Ferraro 2, Simmonds 1, Carter 1, Collins 1, Williams 1, Frost 1

Media
Age - 11/04/1999
Football Record R4 1999