Match Recap
Round 4·Sun, 20-Apr-1997 2:10 PM·M.C.G.·54,922 att.
Geelong
11.19 (85)
vs
Essendon
11.12 (78)
Geelong won by 7

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Geelong2.4 (16)2.11 (23)8.17 (65)11.19 (85)11.19 (85)
Essendon4.4 (28)5.8 (38)10.10 (70)11.12 (78)11.12 (78)

Geelong — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#6 John Barnes1431772213
#30 Craig Biddiscombe24621
#16 Bill Brownless2211
#8 Ronnie Burns7512222
#2 Leigh Colbert82105
#7 Paul Couch45912
#36 Ben Graham62833
#19 Derek Hall129216122
#22 Tim Hargreaves8311233
#32 Garry Hocking181028512
#3 Adam Houlihan12214521
#13 Glenn Kilpatrick1692531
#17 Tim McGrath115168
#28 Martin McKinnon157227234
#31 David Mensch119209313
#23 Liam Pickering1361933
#4 Matthew Robbins6171
#27 Brenton Sanderson154195
#12 Brad Sholl63931
#20 Carl Steinfort109194112
#26 Barry Stoneham10414212

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#27 Steven Alessio32541112
#20 Peter Berbakov1161732
#32 Justin Blumfield69152321
#28 Andrew Bomford8210122
#14 David Calthorpe391212
#9 Che Cockatoo-Collins651114
#7 Chris Daniher10818822
#38 Sean Denham13102333
#31 Dustin Fletcher1241651
#30 Mark Fraser74112
#39 Damien Hardwick7293411
#5 James Hird134111
#18 Matthew Lloyd10313331
#13 Michael Long347211
#25 Scott Lucas1361953
#24 Joe Misiti17133053
#3 Ryan OConnor52731123
#10 Gary ODonnell101112
#15 Michael Prior931251
#12 Michael Symons34722
#6 Sean Wellman1311451