1994 AFL Preliminary Final 2: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1994 between West Coast and Melbourne in the second preliminary final of the 1994 AFL season. West Coast hosted Melbourne at WACA. John Worsfold captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), J. Ball, D. Banfield, S. Bond, M. Brennan, T. Evans, D. Hart, B. Heady, D. Hynes, G. Jakovich, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, C. Mainwaring, P. Matera, G. McKenna, D. Pyke, P. Sumich, R. Turnbull, C. Waterman, M. White, P. Wilson

Melbourne
G. Lyon (capt.), S. Charles, K. Dyson, M. Febey, S. Febey, J. Hilton, P. Hopgood, D. Irving, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, D. Neitz, J. Norrish, A. Obst, M. Pike, P. Prymke, D. Schwarz, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, S. Wight

West Coast (16.21.117) defeated Melbourne (8.4.52).

Goalkickers
West Coast: B. Heady (6), P. Sumich (3), J. Ball (2), T. Evans, D. Hynes, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, P. Wilson
Melbourne: G. Lyon (3), S. Charles (2), P. Hopgood, B. Lovett, G. Lovett

As a result of this match, West Coast faced Geelong in the grand final and Melbourne were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 1994 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 September 1994
Time: 4:45 PM
Venue: WACA
Attendance: 34,317

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Melbourne
Score: 16.21.117 - 8.4.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 4 . 7 7 . 9 13 . 16 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Melbourne 1 . 0 6 . 3 6 . 4 8 . 4 8 . 4 (52)
Margin WCST by 25 WCST by 12 WCST by 54 WCST by 65 WCST by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy, D. Rich, R. Sawers

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 2 4 2 1 1
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 1 1
20 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 1 1 1
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 2 1
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 1 2 19 16 3 4 0 0 1 1
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 2 0
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 6 2 15 11 4 5 0 0 1 0
22 Hynes, David ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 6 10 1 0 1
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 3 0 0 0 2
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 4 0 2 3 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 3 0 0 1 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 3 29 19 10 8 0 1 0 2
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 3 3 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 1 20 8 12 5 0 0 1 1
10 Pyke, Don ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 4 0 2 3 1
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 3 3 9 8 1 5 0 1 1 0
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 12 2 1 1
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 2 0
9 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 1 0 3 1 3
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 16 21 311 204 107 65 26 22 25 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
18 Charles, Sean ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 0 2
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 1 0 4 0 3
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 2 1
22 Hilton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 1 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 5 0 0 1 1
34 Irving, Dean ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 10 0 1 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 3 0 2 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 2 0 1 0 1
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 1 0 13 5 8 2 0 2 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 3 1 11 7 4 2 0 1 0 1
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 2 1 1 1
25 Norrish, Jason ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 2 5 3
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 1
10 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 0 0 1
19 Prymke, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 0 0 1 0 0
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 5 1 2 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 12 1 0 0
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 0 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 1 2 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 8 4 282 158 124 50 29 24 19 25

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