1997 AFL Season Round 2: Western Bulldogs v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1997 between the Western Bulldogs and Sydney during round two of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Sydney at Optus Oval. 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 (13.12.90) defeated Sydney (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Date: Saturday 5 April 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 12,604

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Sydney
Score: 13.12.90 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 1 . 3 9 . 5 12 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Sydney 4 . 4 8 . 5 12 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin SYDN by 19 WBUL by 6 WBUL by 2 WBUL by 7 WBUL by 7
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)
S. Hanley (#18)
S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chris Grant WBUL 3 3
Tony Liberatore WBUL 39 2
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 4 0 0 1 2
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 3 1 17 17 0 4 0 0 0 0
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0 0
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 3 2 15 12 3 9 4 0 1 2
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 1 0
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 4 2 1 1 1
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 9 2 2 1 1
37 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 5 0 2 1 1
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 2 0 1 3 0
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 2 1
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 1 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 1
1 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 3 4 11 8 3 8 0 1 0 0
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 1 0
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 6 0 2 3 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 4 1
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 3 0 5 1 2
24 Wira, Brad ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 0 2
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 11 1 10 4 17 1 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 13 12 268 176 92 76 25 29 21 18

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 3 3 1 0 0
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 0 0 3 0 0
16 Corcoran, Shannon ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 0 32 22 10 5 0 1 1 2
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 2 0 0 2 1
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 7 0 2 0 2
29 Garlick, Simon ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 7 0 4 0 1
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 7 0 0 0 3
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 2 0 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 7 0 2 3 1
38 Licuria, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 1 0 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 5 2 3 2 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 1 2 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 6 1 2 0 1
26 Myles, Dion ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 2 1 0
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 3 2 6 5 1 2 0 1 1 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 3 1 6
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 2 0 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 0 0 1
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 6 16 2 4 1
32 Wilson, Ben ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 7 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 12 11 288 195 93 84 22 32 18 21

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