1996 AFL Round 8: West Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 1996 between West Coast and Sydney during round 8 of the 1996 AFL season. West Coast hosted Sydney at WACA. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

West Coast
J. Ball, D. Banfield, A. Blurton, B. Cousins, A. Donnelly, I. Downsborough, T. Evans, F. Gehrig, D. Hart, G. Jakovich, D. Kemp, A. Lovell, B. Lyle, C. Mainwaring, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, J. Schofield, P. Symmons, M. White

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), S. Arnott, W. Chapman, D. Cresswell, A. Dunkley, K. Dyson, P. Filandia, S. Garlick, S. Grant, A. Heuskes, D. Kickett, T. Lockett, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, P. Roos, G. Rose, B. Seymour, G. Stafford

West Coast (14.16.100) defeated Sydney (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
West Coast: J. Ball (4), T. Evans (3), M. White (3), B. Cousins, I. Downsborough, F. Gehrig, A. Lovell
Sydney: T. Lockett (2), S. Garlick, D. Kickett, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, P. Roos

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 8th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: West Coast v Sydney
Date: Saturday 18 May 1996
Time: 8:40 PM
Venue: WACA
Attendance: 31,411

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Sydney
Score: 14.16.100 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 5 5 . 9 9 . 11 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Sydney 3 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin SYDN by 3 SYDN by 1 WCST by 4 WCST by 36 WCST by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (West Coast), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (West Coast), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), J. Love (#28), M. Nash (#14), E: S. Kronja (#39)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Kelly SYDN 14 3
Ashley McIntosh WCST 11 2
Dean Kemp WCST 2 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 4 2 19 14 5 10 5 0 2 1
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 7 1 0 0 0
32 Blurton, Ashley ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 4 0 1 1 3
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 0 0 0
29 Donnelly, Andrew ? ? 0 2 7 4 3 5 0 3 0 1
22 Downsborough, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 5 17 0 1 2
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 3 1 25 16 9 4 0 2 1 0
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 3 2 1 1 0
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 0 2 2
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 1 0 3 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 1 33 24 9 11 0 2 3 2
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 0 0
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 1
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 2 0 0 2 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 9 0 3 2 0
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 0
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 9 0 0 1 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 9 0 3 1 1
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 1 0
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 1 0
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 3 2 19 16 3 9 0 1 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 14 16 331 233 98 113 26 19 23 14

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
42 Arnott, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 2 1
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 0 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 2 22 14 8 8 0 2 0 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 2 1 1
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 8 0 1 1 1
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 4 0 2 1 1
29 Garlick, Simon ? ? 1 3 17 12 5 5 0 1 1 4
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 1 0 6 4 2
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 0 0 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 38 23 15 9 0 0 1 1
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 2 19 9 10 3 0 1 0 2
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 2 1 9 5 4 4 0 0 0 2
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 6 0 0 1 2
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 0 0
32 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 0 1 0
36 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 7 0 2 0 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 6 4 2 0 2
22 Rose, Gavin ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 4 0 0 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 4 0 1 0 1
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 25 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 9 10 334 202 132 92 33 22 14 23

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