1991 AFL Round 1: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 March 1991 between West Coast and Melbourne during round 1 of the 1991 AFL season. West Coast hosted Melbourne at Subiaco Oval. John Worsfold captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), M. Brennan, T. Evans, D. Hart, B. Heady, M. Hepburn, D. Hynes, D. Irving, D. Lamb, C. Lewis, A. Lockyer, C. Mainwaring, P. Matera, C. McGrath, G. McKenna, P. Sumich, C. Turley, C. Waterman, S. Watters, P. Wilson

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), D. Bennett, T. Campbell, S. Clark, P. Egan, S. Febey, D. Flintoff, R. Grinter, G. Healy, R. Jackson, A. Jakovich, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, S. O'Dwyer, R. Owen, D. Schwarz, E. Spalding, J. Stynes, T. Viney, S. Wight

West Coast (14.15.99) defeated Melbourne (2.8.20).

Goalkickers
West Coast: P. Sumich (5), M. Brennan (3), C. Mainwaring (2), T. Evans, D. Irving, P. Matera, P. Wilson
Melbourne: G. Lovett, G. Lyon

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 1st on the ladder and Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 24 March 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 26,105

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Melbourne
Score: 14.15.99 - 2.8.20

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 3 . 2 3 . 4 10 . 6 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Melbourne 0 . 0 0 . 1 1 . 5 2 . 8 2 . 8 (20)
Margin WCST by 20 WCST by 21 WCST by 55 WCST by 79 WCST by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (West Coast), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: John Worsfold (West Coast), Garry Lyon (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore, S. McDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Matera WCST 30 3
Peter Sumich WCST 4 2
Chris Mainwaring WCST 3 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 2 1 1 0 0
40 Evans, Tony ? ? 1 4 14 9 5 3 0 1 0 1
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 0 1 4
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 6 0 0 2 0
16 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 0 2
22 Hynes, David ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 3 2 2 1 1
34 Irving, Dean ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 1 12 0 3 1
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 2 0 0 1 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 3 0 3 1 3
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 1 1 1 2
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 2 1 32 29 3 3 0 2 6 2
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 1 3 25 21 4 7 0 2 2 3
21 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 3 2 2 2 2
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 5 3 12 12 0 7 0 1 0 2
7 Turley, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 1 1 0
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 2 0
13 Watters, Scott ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
9 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 5 3 1 1 5
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 3 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 15 333 227 106 58 24 20 24 32

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 1 0
32 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 0 0 0 2 1
34 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 1 2 2
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 5 0 1 4 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 3 3 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 0 4 3
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 Jakovich, Allen ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 0 3 1
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 1 1 26 18 8 6 1 1 3 1
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 2 0 1 3 3
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 11 25 0 0 2
7 Owen, Rod ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 0 0 1 2 2
44 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 12 1 0 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 4 1 1 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 4 0 0 1 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 0 1 2 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 2 8 290 206 84 57 35 11 32 24

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

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