1997 AFL Season Qualifying Final 2: Western Bulldogs v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1997 between the Western Bulldogs and Sydney in the second qualifying final of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Sydney at the MCG. Scott Wynd captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wallace and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

The Western Bulldogs (18.11.119) defeated Sydney (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Second Qualifying Final
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Date: Saturday 6 September 1997
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 62,432

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Sydney
Score: 18.11.119 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 9 . 2 12 . 5 14 . 7 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Sydney 0 . 5 4 . 7 6 . 10 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin WBUL by 51 WBUL by 46 WBUL by 45 WBUL by 35 WBUL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Terry Wallace

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
B. Sheehan (#9)
G. Vernon (#2)
E: S. McBurney (#29)

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 0 1
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 2 0 0 0 1
12 Cook, James ? ? 4 2 13 10 3 9 0 2 0 2
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 0 3 0
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 2
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 2 19 11 8 5 0 1 1 0
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 9 9 1 1 0
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 8 0 3 0 1
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 0 0 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 3 0 20 15 5 9 0 1 1 0
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 3 2 16 10 6 5 0 0 0 2
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 4 0 2 2 3
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 0 1 0 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 5 1 0
23 Martin, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 0
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 2
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 2 2 1
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 2 1 19 11 8 6 0 1 1 1
34 West, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 1 0 4 1 3
7 West, Scott ? ? 1 0 27 13 14 3 0 2 1 0
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 3 19 1 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 18 11 316 193 123 80 28 30 17 20

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Arnott, Simon ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 1 0 0
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 0 0 1
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 0 1 1
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 4 0
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 1 0 1
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 1 0 1 3 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 4 0 1 1 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 1 27 17 10 6 0 1 3 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 3 3 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 2
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 2 0 18 11 7 2 0 2 1 1
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 3 0 0 0 2
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 0 1 2 0 1
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 2 1 1
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 9 0 2 1 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 7 0 0
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 1 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 1 2 1
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 5 6 2 0 1
20 Stevens, John ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 3 0 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 12 12 278 181 97 67 7 27 20 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