Match

Geelong Cats vs Melbourne

Commentary / 13 Jul 2013

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Welcome to Simonds Stadium for today's contest between Geelong and Melbourne
00:01
Apologies for the late start in commentary. We have had technical difficulties
02:01
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
03:20
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
07:24
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jeremy Howe)
09:07
SCORE GOAL - Cats (George Horlin-Smith)
10:28
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jimmy Toumpas)
11:09
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jesse Stringer)
12:11
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Shannon Byrnes)
14:23
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
15:06
SCORE GOAL - Cats (George Horlin-Smith)
17:00
Horlin-Smith has two goals for the Cats with singles to Hawkins and Stringer. Byrnes has Melbourne's only goal
19:00
Greasy conditions here at Simonds Stadium. Still over seven minutes to go in the quarter. Geelong are pressing the ball into their forward half
20:25
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Billie Smedts)
20:30
BEHIND CATS: Kelly floats a high ball inside 50 and Smedts marks with a metre gap on his oppponent. His set shot from 35m drifts out to the left however
24:11
Too easy for the Cats. Hunt's win a free for in the back in the centre square and pumps it forward. Pods leaps for the ball and marks with Dunn in tow. His set shot from 40m doesn't make the distance
25:32
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
25:42
BEHIND CATS: Melbourne struggle to clear the ball from their defensive 50. Johnson profits but his flying shot for goal comes off hands for a point
26:35
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (James Kelly)
26:41
BEHIND CATS: Kelly tries a miraculous snap from the boundary and it trickles into the post. Nearly an amazing goal
29:00
QUARTER TIME: Melbourne fighting valiantly but Geelong hold sway by 21 points at the first break
29:01
Horlin-Smith, the late addition to the Geelong side for Mathew Stokes (groin), has been the spark up forward with a couple of goals. Byrnes the solitary goalkicker for the Dees
29:04
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:01
Second quarter is underway!!
01:20
Definitely wet weather football today. Huge numbers around the ball. Geelong look slightly classier but the Demons are holding their own in the scrimmages at the moment
01:50
GOAL CATS: Pods uses strength to fend off his opponent on the boundary, his kick to the hotspot is taken by Duncan at full speed and he dribbles through an easy goal. Great attack!
01:59
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
03:30
BEHIND CATS: The Cats go deep inside 50 again and McDonald gets up to thump the ball through for a rushed behind
03:32
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
04:19
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Steve Johnson)
04:30
BEHIND CATS: Johnson goes for goal from outside 50 and it sails through the big sticks!! But wait.....it's touched off the boot. Only a minor score
06:16
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Dawson Simpson)
12:07
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Billie Smedts)
19:00
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Rushed)
19:43
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Aaron Davey)
22:50
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Steve Johnson)
23:48
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Chris Dawes)
25:38
SCORE GOAL - Cats (James Podsiadly)
27:47
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Joel Selwood)
29:03
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
03:48
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jesse Stringer)
05:17
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Josh Caddy)
10:38
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Shannon Byrnes)
12:56
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Josh Caddy)
17:51
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
23:08
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (James Podsiadly)
28:08
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Steven Motlop)
31:23
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Aaron Davey)
31:33
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:41
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
02:49
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (George Horlin-Smith)
03:47
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
07:29
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
08:51
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Josh Caddy)
11:17
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Dean Terlich)
16:44
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jeremy Howe)
21:16
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Tom Lonergan)
22:12
SCORE GOAL - Cats (James Podsiadly)
24:10
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jordan Murdoch)
25:20
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (James Podsiadly)
28:59
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Steve Johnson)
30:23
The siren has sounded to end Q4.