CATS TESTED BY BULLDOGS BUT HANG ON
Ben Jensen 27 April 2013

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG defeated the Western Bulldogs by 21 points at Etihad Stadium after being held goalless in the final term while the Bulldogs kicked three goals. The Cats lead by 46 points at three quarter time and seemed to be cruising to a ten goal win. Harry Taylor added three more for the quarter for a total of five after starting up forward. Steven Motlop three goals while at the other end Liam Jones booted four goals and Jake Stringer three.

Recruits Josh Caddy and Jared Rivers took no further part in the match in the first half, Rivers incurring a knee injury and subbed of for Taylor Hunt, Caddy a more precautionary move after receiving a knock to the head. Skipper Joel Selwood briefly left the field during the third quarter after a whack to the guts by opposite number Matthew Boyd.

In the VFL the Cats thumped Frankston by 79 points.

GEELONG: 5.5, 10.9, 15.12, 15.15 (107)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.1, 6.3, 10.6, 13.8 (86)

GOALS
GEELONG: Taylor 5, Motlop 3, Selwood 2, Johnson, Christensen, Kelly, Podsiadly, Smedts
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Jones 4, Stringer 3, Cooney 2, Smith 2, Dahlhaus, Roughead

BEST
GEELONG: Taylor, Motlop, Johnson, Selwood, Mackie, Enright, Bartel
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Jones, Morris, Stringer, Minson, Boyd, Cross, Liberatore

CHANGES
GEELONG: Tom Hawkins replaced in selected side by Cameron Guthrie
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Nil

INJURIES
GEELONG: Rivers (knee), Caddy (concussion)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Nil

SUBS
GEELONG: Taylor Hunt, replaced injured Jared Rivers at quarter time
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Jackson Macrae replaced Patrick Veszpremi in the third quarter

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Sam Hay (20) Robert Findlay (23) Leigh Fisher (33) EM: Brett Rosebury (8)
BOUNDARY: Michael Marantelli Shane Thiele Chris Roberts Justin Bennison
GOAL: Jason Venkataya Michael Hammond EM: Adam Wojcik

CROWD: 26,153 at Ethiad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands

PRE-MATCH TIP: "Cats by 42 points"

BULLDOGS V CATS; THREE QUARTER TIME SCORE
GEELONG lead the Western Bulldogs by 46 at three quarter time. Harry Taylor added three more this quarter for a total of five after starting up forward. Steven Motlop has three goals as does Liam Jones at the other end for the Bulldogs. Recruits Josh Caddy and Jared Rivers have not taken any part in the game since the first half, Rivers incurring a knee injury and subbed of for Taylor Hunt, Caddy a more precautionary move after receiving a knock to the head. Skipper Joel Selwood briefly left the field during the third quarter after a whack to the guts by opposite number Matthew Boyd.

GEELONG: 5.5, 10.9, 15.12 (102)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.1, 6.3, 10.6 (66)

GOALS
GEELONG: Taylor 4, Motlop 3, Selwood 2, Johnson, Christensen, Kelly, Podsiadly, Smedts
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Jones 3, Smith 2, Stringer 2, Dahlhaus, Cooney

BULLDOGS V CATS; HALF TIME SCORE
GEELONG overcome a slow start to lead the Western Bulldogs by thirty points at half time in their clash at Etihad Stadium this evening. Harry Taylor, who started as a forward, leads the goal kicking effort with two, Liam Jones dominating at the other end with three.

GEELONG: 5.5, 10.9 (69)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.1, 6.3 (39)

GOALS
GEELONG: Taylor 2, Motlop 2, Selwood 2, Johnson, Kelly, Podsiadly, Smedts
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Jones 3, Stringer, Dahlhaus, Cooney

VFL ROUND 4

FRANKSTON V GEELONG

SUNDAY 28 APRIL 2013 14:00 AEST

FRANKSTON OVAL

TEAM LIST

GEELONG 4.8, 7.10, 11.11, 19.17 (131) DEFEATED
FRANKSTON 2.0, 4.4, 7.7, 7.10 (52)

GOALS
GEELONG: J. Hamling 6, B. Raidme 3, C. Eardley 3, J. Barham 2, J. Hollmer 2, M. Brown , N. Vardy , S. Kersten
FRANKSTON: D. Gallagher 2, M. Lourey , D. Garner , J. Dyson , Z. Alwan , J. Cass

BEST
GEELONG: C. Eardley, M. Sully, J. Murdoch, J. Schroder, J. Hunt, J. Hamling
FRANKSTON: R. Gabriel, C. Irving, D. Gallagher, T. Purcell, R. Heddles, S. Lloyd

GROUND: Frankston Oval