1997 AFL Round 2: Western Bulldogs v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1997 between Western Bulldogs and Sydney during round 2 of the 1997 AFL season. 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.

Western Bulldogs
S. Wynd (capt.), N. Brown, L. Cameron, S. Cox, T. Curley, L. Darcy, M. Dent, C. Ellis, C. Grant, D. Hargraves, P. Hudson, B. Johnson, S. Kolyniuk, S. Kretiuk, T. Liberatore, S. Minton-Connell, B. Montgomery, J. Romero, R. Smith, S. West, B. Wira

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), S. Carey, W. Chapman, S. Corcoran, D. Cresswell, K. Dyson, P. Filandia, S. Garlick, S. Grant, D. Lewis, P. Licuria, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, J. Mooney, D. Myles, C. O'Brien, M. O'Loughlin, M. Orchard, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, B. Wilson

Western Bulldogs (13.12.90) defeated Sydney (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: L. Cameron (3), L. Darcy (3), S. Minton-Connell (3), T. Liberatore (2), N. Brown, B. Wira
Sydney: C. O'Brien (3), T. Luff (2), S. Carey, W. Chapman, K. Dyson, P. Filandia, S. Garlick, S. Grant, J. Mooney

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 9th on the ladder and Sydney were then 14th on the ladder (up from 16th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: Scott Wynd (Western Bulldogs), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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