1992 AFL Grand Final

1992 AFL Grand Final
	The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the 1992 AFL Grand Final took place.
16.17 (113)	12.13 (85)
Date	26 September 1992
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	95,007
Umpires	Carey, Rich
Ceremonies
Pre-match entertainment	Joan Carden
Accolades
Norm Smith Medallist	Peter Matera (West Coast)
Broadcast in Australia
Network	Seven Network
Commentators	Bruce McAvaney (host); Dennis Cometti (commentator); Sandy Roberts (commentator); Ross Glendinning (expert commentator); Bernie Quinlan (boundary rider); Tim Watson (boundary rider); Don Scott (analyst); Peter McKenna (analyst)

The 1992 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the West Coast Eagles and the Geelong Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1992. It was the 96th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1992 AFL season. The match, attended by 95,007 spectators, was won by West Coast by a margin of 28 points, marking that club's first premiership victory and the first by a team based outside the state of Victoria.

Background

This was Geelong's first appearance in a grand final since losing the 1989 VFL Grand Final, whilst West Coast was making its second successive appearance in the premiership decider, having been defeated by Hawthorn in the 1991 AFL Grand Final

At the conclusion of the home and away season, Geelong had finished first on the AFL ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses, winning the McClelland Trophy. West Coast had finished fourth (behind Footscray and Collingwood) with 15 wins, 6 losses and a draw.

In the finals series leading up to the game, West Coast defeated Hawthorn in the elimination final, before convincingly defeating Geelong by 38 points in the second semi-final to advance to the grand final. Geelong defeated Footscray in the qualifying final, and after their loss to the Eagles in the second semi-final, defeated Footscray once again in the preliminary final to advance to the grand final.

Match summary

Team	1	2	3	Final
West Coast	2.6	6.8	11.15	16.17 (113)
Geelong	5.5	8.8	9.10	12.13 (85)

The match was fairly even until half time, with Geelong pushing hard in the first quarter and the Eagles initially looking nervous. The Cats held a 12-point half time lead.

The Eagles moved ahead in the third quarter when they kicked five goals to Geelong's one, leading by 17 points at three-quarter-time. The teams traded goals in the final term.

The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Eagles player Peter Matera for being judged the best player afield, with 18 disposals and 5 goals from the wing. One of these goals was a stunning right-foot 60-metre running goal from the right forward flank to put the Eagles in front.

Peter Sumich kicked 6 goals for the Eagles whilst Gary Ablett and Billy Brownless each kicked 3 goals for the Cats.

Teams

West Coast

Geelong

West Coast
B:	17 Guy McKenna	14 Michael Brennan	10 Don Pyke
HB:	24 John Worsfold (c)	27 Glen Jakovich	31 Mitchell White
C:	30 Peter Matera	2 Dean Kemp	39 Chris Waterman
HF:	3 Chris Mainwaring	19 Karl Langdon	28 Chris Lewis
F:	11 Ashley McIntosh	4 Peter Sumich	5 Dwayne Lamb
Foll:	23 Paul Harding	7 Craig Turley	18 Tony Evans
Int:	9 Peter Wilson	1 Brett Heady

Coach:	Mick Malthouse

Geelong
B:	37 Sean Simpson	28 Tim Darcy	20 Andrew Rogers
HB:	29 Ken Hinkley	17 Tim McGrath	24 Trevor Poole
C:	15 Peter Riccardi	7 Paul Couch	8 Robert Scott
HF:	5 Gary Ablett	26 Barry Stoneham	13 Russell Merriman
F:	2 Geoff Miles	16 Billy Brownless	21 Michael Mansfield
Foll:	6 John Barnes	3 Mark Bairstow (c)	32 Garry Hocking
Int:	4 Andrew Wills	19 Neville Bruns

Coach:	Malcolm Blight

Match Scorecard and Details


	1992 AFL Grand Final
Saturday, 26 September 2:30pm	West Coast	def.	Geelong	MCG (crowd: 95,007)
	2.6 (18) 6.8 (44) 11.15 (81) 16.17 (113)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.5 (35) 8.8 (56) 9.10 (64) 12.13 (85)	Umpires: Carey, Rich Norm Smith Medal: Peter Matera Television broadcast: Seven Network


6 Sumich 5 Matera 3 Evans 2 Wilson		Goals	Brownless, Ablett 3 Couch, Riccardi, Bruns, Poole, Stoneham, Hinkley 1
Matera, McIntosh, Kemp, Heady, Evans, Worsfold		Best	Hinkley, Ablett, Bairstow, Stoneham, Couch, Hocking, McGrath
Langdon (knee)		Injuries
nil		Reports

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References

Wright, Gerard (27 September 1992). "IT'S A VICTORIAN NIGHTMARE: THE FLAG'S GONE WEST". The Sydney Morning Herald.
Lovett, 2012, p. 914

West Coast Eagles 1992 AFL premiers
West Coast Eagles 16.17 (113) defeated Geelong 12.13 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Heady 2. Kemp 3. Mainwaring 4. Sumich 5. Lamb 7. Turley 9. Wilson 10. Pyke 11. McIntosh 14. Brennan 17. McKenna 18. Evans 19. Langdon 23. Harding 24. Worsfold (c) 27. Jakovich 28. Lewis 30. Matera 31. White 39. Waterman
Coach: Malthouse

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