1996 AFL Round 21: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1996 between West Coast and Melbourne during round 21 of the 1996 AFL season. West Coast hosted Melbourne at Subiaco Oval. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

West Coast
D. Banfield, B. Cousins, A. Donnelly, T. Evans, F. Gehrig, B. Heady, J. Heatley, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, A. Lovell, B. Lyle, C. Mainwaring, P. Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, D. Metropolis, C. Morrison, J. Schofield, P. Sumich, R. Turnbull, C. Waterman

Melbourne
A. Clarkson, J. Farmer, M. Febey, S. Febey, P. Hopgood, D. Irving, D. Kowal, A. Lamprill, A. Leoncelli, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, D. Neitz, C. Nettelbeck, L. Norman, D. O'Brien, A. Obst, C. Sampson, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, A. Yze

West Coast (24.7.151) defeated Melbourne (11.12.78).

Goalkickers
West Coast: P. Sumich (6), A. Donnelly (4), J. Schofield (4), B. Cousins (3), J. Heatley (3), C. Morrison (2), F. Gehrig, C. Mainwaring
Melbourne: J. Farmer (5), D. Neitz (2), B. Lovett, G. Lovett, S. Tingay, A. Yze

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Melbourne remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 25 August 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 33,689

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Melbourne
Score: 24.7.151 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 7 . 1 10 . 4 17 . 6 24 . 7 24 . 7 (151)
Melbourne 1 . 2 7 . 6 7 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin WCST by 35 WCST by 16 WCST by 55 WCST by 73 WCST by 73
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (West Coast), Neil Balme (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (West Coast), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis (#35), D. Rich (#3), G. Scroop (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Guy McKenna WCST 17 3
Fraser Gehrig WCST 7 2
Jarrad Schofield WCST 21 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 0 1
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 3 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 0
29 Donnelly, Andrew ? ? 4 0 18 12 6 11 0 0 1 1
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 2 0 1 1 0
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 6 1 0 1 1
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 5 0 1 3 1
31 Heatley, Jason ? ? 3 2 10 7 3 4 1 2 0 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 2 1 0
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 7 0 0 1 0
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 1 0 0
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 0 0 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 1 1 26 20 6 6 0 2 2 1
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 8 0 5 2 2
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 2 1 1 2
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 6 0 4 4 1
8 Metropolis, Daniel ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 4 1 1
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 0
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 4 0 27 17 10 6 0 2 0 0
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 6 2 13 13 0 9 0 0 0 2
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 5 0 0 0
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 24 7 345 216 129 102 9 28 19 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 3 0 3 0 1
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 5 1 9 8 1 2 0 1 2 2
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 8 0 1 0 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 2
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 0 0
34 Irving, Dean ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 0 1 0
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 1 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 2 0 0 1 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 0 17 6 11 5 0 1 0 2
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 1 0 25 19 6 5 0 2 1 0
9 Neitz, David ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 4 0 0 2 1
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 0 0 0
25 Norman, Luke ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 2 0 0
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 1 1
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 1 1 1
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 6 21 1 0 1
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 1 19 10 9 4 0 5 1 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 33 14 19 7 0 1 1 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 12 311 185 126 72 24 25 13 19

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