1997 AFL Season Round 1: West Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 1997 between West Coast and Sydney during round one of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Sydney at Subiaco Oval. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

West Coast (12.6.78) defeated Sydney (5.7.37).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: West Coast v Sydney
Date: Saturday 29 March 1997
Time: 6:40 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 29,965

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Sydney
Score: 12.6.78 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 1 5 . 2 9 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Sydney 1 . 1 3 . 2 5 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Margin WCST by 6 WCST by 12 WCST by 24 WCST by 41 WCST by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Ellis (#23)
R. Sawers (#5)
G. Scroop (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Matera WCST 30 3
Ilija Grgic WCST 14 2
Ben Cousins WCST 35 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 2 1 10 7 3 3 5 1 2 1
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 1 0 26 15 11 4 0 2 0 3
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 3 0 22 14 8 4 0 0 0 0
29 Donnelly, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 0
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 2 2 1
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 8 2 0 1 1
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 10 1 1 0
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 5 0 0 0 0
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 4 0 3 3 1
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 2 1 31 24 7 8 0 1 7 0
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 1 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 4 0 0 2 1
8 Metropolis, Daniel ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 2 1
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 2 0
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 1 1 0
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 3 0 0 0
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 0 1 0
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 0 3
13 Wooden, Josh ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 12 6 303 198 105 73 20 16 26 15

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 0
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 3 1 0 2
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1
16 Corcoran, Shannon ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 0 3
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 1 27 20 7 6 0 3 0 3
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 2 0 1
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 2 0
29 Garlick, Simon ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 2 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 1 3 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 33 20 13 7 1 1 1 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 3 21 15 6 9 0 1 0 1
38 Licuria, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 1 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 0 4
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 3 0 1
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 1 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 24 12 12 3 0 1 0 1
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 1 0 2 2 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 2 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 2 0 1
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 9 0 1 2
32 Wilson, Ben ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 5 7 314 203 111 70 14 28 15 26

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