of the quarter in the 24th minute. St Kilda held territory in the final minutes of the quarter missed two late chances – Leigh Montagna unable to convert a snap shot after Geelong's James Kelly turned over the ball deep in St Kilda's forward line; and Luke Ball taking a snap shot straight out of the ruck with six seconds remaining for no score. Geelong won the even quarter by two points, and St Kilda 8.4 (52) led Geelong 5.5 (35) by 17 points at half time. Third quarter Geelong opened the strongest in the third quarter, with six inside-50s to one in the first seven minutes, but managed only two behinds – both of them long bombs by Paul Chapman which were touched on the goal line. Then, in the 8th minute against the run of play, St Kilda launched an attack from a free kick, which ended with a mark and goal by Gardiner from 30m, extending the margin to 21 points. Geelong kicked the next three goals in less than four minutes to narrow the margin to only three points: in the 13th minute, a handpass chain through traffic ended with 50m set shot goal to Andrew Mackie; the ensuing centre clearance, won after a few repeat bounces, ended with a 50m set shot goal by Mooney; and the following centre bounce was won straight forward by Geelong, ending with a bouncing 40m snap shot by Joel Selwood which took an erratic bounce through for goal. St Kilda had the better of the last ten minutes of the quarter, the only goal kicked by Riewoldt from a 60m shot in the 27th minute, to extend the margin to ten points. Geelong won the quarter by seven points, although was the much stronger team for the quarter with a 15–8 advantage in inside-50s, and St Kilda led 10.5 (65) to Geelong 8.7 (55). Final quarter Geelong had the first chance, with Selwood taking a 50m shot at the end of a chain of handpasses but failing to score. St Kilda rebounded, and Koschitzke converted a 50m set shot in the third minute. St Kilda held territory over the following minutes, with Gardiner effective across the centre of the ground at marking and turning over Geelong's rebound attempts. An accurate snap shot by St Kilda's Stephen Milne was rushed through for a behind by Geelong's Harry Taylor in the