1991 AFL Grand Final: Hawthorn v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 28 September 1991 between Hawthorn and West Coast in the grand final of the 1991 AFL season. Hawthorn hosted West Coast at Waverley Park. Michael Tuck captained the hosts. John Worsfold captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Joyce and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Hawthorn
Back: A. Collins, C. Langford, G. Ayres
Half-back: R. Jencke, C. Mew, M. Tuck (capt.)
Centre: A. Gowers, B. Allan, D. Pritchard
Half-forward: T. Hall, D. Brereton, P. Hudson
Forward: P. Dear, J. Dunstall, D. Jarman
Follower: S. Lawrence, A. Condon, J. Platten
Int.: D. Anderson, J. Morrissey

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), M. Brennan, D. Hart, B. Heady, D. Irving, G. Jakovich, D. Kemp, D. Lamb, C. Lewis, A. Lockyer, C. Mainwaring, P. Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, D. Pyke, P. Sumich, C. Turley, C. Waterman, S. Watters, P. Wilson

Hawthorn (20.19.139) defeated West Coast (13.8.86).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Dunstall (6), D. Brereton (4), P. Dear (2), P. Hudson (2), D. Pritchard (2), D. Anderson, A. Condon, T. Hall, J. Morrissey
West Coast: P. Sumich (5), B. Heady (4), C. Lewis (2), D. Pyke, P. Wilson

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were the premiers and West Coast were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Hawthorn v West Coast
Date: Saturday 28 September 1991
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: Waverley Park
Attendance: 75,230

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. West Coast
Score: 20.19.139 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 4 7 . 12 12 . 15 20 . 19 20 . 19 (139)
West Coast 5 . 1 7 . 2 12 . 5 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin WCST by 9 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 10 HWTH by 53 HWTH by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alan Joyce (Hawthorn), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: Michael Tuck (Hawthorn), John Worsfold (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Russo, B. Sheehan
Goal Umpire: D. Flegg, L. Keen
Boundary Umpire: D. Maxwell, M. Owen

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Gary Ayres HWTH 7 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
15 Allan, Ben C ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 2
8 Anderson, Dean INT ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Ayres, Gary BPR ? 0 0 20 13 7 1 1 3 4 2
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 4 5 20 16 4 9 0 0 2 3
4 Collins, Andy BPL ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1
3 Condon, Anthony RR ? 1 2 28 18 10 5 1 0 0 0
13 Dear, Paul FPL ? 2 1 26 18 8 11 2 1 0 2
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 6 2 9 9 0 3 0 0 1 2
16 Gowers, Andrew WL ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 2 0 1
6 Hall, Tony HFFL ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 1 0 1 3
33 Hudson, Paul HFFR ? 2 2 16 11 5 5 0 0 3 0
11 Jarman, Darren FPR ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 2
1 Jencke, Ray HBFL ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 0 1 1
24 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 0 1
12 Lawrence, Stephen RU ? 0 0 21 16 5 10 18 1 1 3
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 4 3 0 1
35 Morrissey, James INT ? 1 0 21 15 6 7 0 2 0 0
44 Platten, John RO ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 0 0 2 0
18 Pritchard, Darrin WR ? 2 1 20 17 3 7 0 1 1 0
17 Tuck, Michael (c) HBFR ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 20 19 311 234 77 83 27 20 17 25

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 2 1
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 2 1 2
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 4 1 15 14 1 4 0 1 3 1
34 Irving, Dean ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 9 1 0 0
48 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 1 3 2 1 1
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 0 0 2 0 0
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 1 0
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 0
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 1 1 1 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 2 2 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 3 23 18 5 6 1 6 1 4
53 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 1 1 1
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 5 0 1 3 0
10 Pyke, Don ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 3 0 1 1 0
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 5 0 8 8 0 5 0 2 0 0
7 Turley, Craig ? ? 0 2 19 11 8 4 0 1 2 2
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 0 1 2
13 Watters, Scott ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 1 1
9 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 5 0 0 1 1
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 8 249 181 68 61 15 32 25 17

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Alan Joyce
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






12 S. Lawrence 8 D. Anderson
11 D. Jarman 19 J. Dunstall 13 P. Dear 3 A. Condon 35 J. Morrissey
FORWARD 44 J. Platten

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33 P. Hudson 23 D. Brereton 6 T. Hall



HALF-FORWARD



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18 D. Pritchard 15 B. Allan 16 A. Gowers FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













17 M. Tuck (c) 2 C. Mew 1 R. Jencke



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













7 G. Ayres 24 C. Langford 4 A. Collins



BACK



West Coast Coach: Mick Malthouse