1997 AFL Season Round 1: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 1997 between the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle during round one of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Fremantle at Optus Oval. Scott Wynd captained the hosts. Peter Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wallace and the visitors were coached by Gerard Neesham.

The Western Bulldogs (11.10.76) were defeated by Fremantle (10.20.80).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 29 March 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 8,664

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Fremantle
Score: 11.10.76 - 10.20.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 0 . 1 5 . 6 10 . 6 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Fremantle 3 . 4 5 . 8 6 . 13 10 . 20 10 . 20 (80)
Margin FREM by 21 FREM by 2 WBUL by 17 FREM by 4 FREM by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Terry Wallace

Fremantle

Captain: Peter Mann
Coach: Gerard Neesham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. McCauley (#31)
D. Rich (#3)
T. Shearer (#46)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andrew Wills FREM 4 3
Shaun McManus FREM 8 2
Scott West WBUL 7 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 0 3 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 0
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 2 0 0
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 1 1
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 3 6 2 1 0
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 1 0 0
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 1 2 2 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 5 0 2 3 1
37 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 3 0 2 3 0
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 9 0 2 1 1
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 1
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 2 7 0
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 1 2 0 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 3 0 0
1 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 3 2 6 6 0 4 0 1 0 0
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 3 1 1
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 2 0 2 1 0
25 Watts, Jason ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 4 0 4 1 1
24 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 0 2 0
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 19 3 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 10 271 187 84 70 27 34 25 7

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 1 3 14 8 6 2 0 0 0 1
7 Allan, Ben ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 1
44 Bandy, Daniel ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 3 0 3 1 1
42 Callaghan, Craig ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 1 0 0 0 3
13 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 1 0 0 0 5
31 Clement, James ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 0
30 Delaney, Tony ? ? 0 2 21 15 6 2 0 2 0 1
3 Harding, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 3 1 0
38 Jones, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 0
11 Kickett, Dale ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 4 2 1
36 Leach, Quenton ? ? 1 2 19 12 7 2 0 3 0 3
9 Mann, Peter (c) ? ? 1 2 11 5 6 4 4 0 0 2
8 McManus, Shaun ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 7 0 1 0 1
45 Mitchell, Gavin ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 5 1 3 0 0
25 Norrish, Jason ? ? 0 1 21 9 12 2 0 3 0 1
10 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 3 1 1
5 Parker, Dan ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 5 1 0 0 1
23 Parker, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 1 0 2 1 0
1 Toia, Luke ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 3 0 1
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 9 13 0 0 1
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 3 2 22 17 5 5 0 3 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 10 20 294 187 107 72 19 35 7 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