1997 AFL Round 3: West Coast v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 13 April 1997 between West Coast and Fremantle during round 3 of the 1997 AFL season. West Coast hosted Fremantle at Subiaco Oval. John Worsfold captained the hosts. Peter Mann captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Gerard Neesham.

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), J. Ball, D. Banfield, B. Cousins, F. Gehrig, I. Grgic, B. Heady, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, A. Lovell, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, D. Metropolis, C. Morrison, P. Sumich, P. Symmons, R. Turnbull, M. White, D. Wirrpanda

Fremantle
P. Mann (capt.), W. Abraham, B. Allan, D. Bandy, C. Callaghan, S. Chisholm, J. Clement, T. Delaney, G. Harding, A. Jones, D. Kickett, S. Koops, Q. Leach, S. McManus, G. Mitchell, J. Norrish, S. O'Reilly, D. Parker, S. Parker, J. White, A. Wills

West Coast (16.15.111) defeated Fremantle (9.17.71).

Goalkickers
West Coast: P. Matera (4), D. Banfield (2), P. Sumich (2), M. White (2), J. Ball, B. Cousins, I. Grgic, B. Heady, A. McIntosh, D. Wirrpanda
Fremantle: B. Allan (2), P. Mann (2), D. Parker (2), S. Koops, Q. Leach, A. Wills

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 6th) and Fremantle were then 7th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: West Coast v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 13 April 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 39,294

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Fremantle
Score: 16.15.111 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 5 . 2 10 . 8 12 . 10 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Fremantle 2 . 2 4 . 7 6 . 12 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin WCST by 18 WCST by 37 WCST by 34 WCST by 40 WCST by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (West Coast), Gerard Neesham (Fremantle)
Captains: John Worsfold (West Coast), Peter Mann (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), D. McCauley (#31), G. Scroop (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ilija Grgic WCST 14 3
Guy McKenna WCST 17 2
Andrew Wills FREM 4 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 4 3 1 1 1
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 2 1 25 9 16 4 0 3 0 1
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 1 2 16 6 10 2 0 0 1 0
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 11 0 1 1
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 4 0 0 2 3
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 7 0 1 1 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 0 0 2 2 0
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 0 26 13 13 4 0 2 3 0
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 0 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 3 28 23 5 8 0 2 1 1
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 4 0 16 13 3 8 0 1 2 1
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 1 1
8 Metropolis, Daniel ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 1 1
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 0
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 2 3 6 5 1 1 0 2 1 1
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 0 1 25 11 14 4 0 2 1 2
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 8 1 0 1
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 1 1
44 Wirrpanda, David ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 5 0 4 2 0
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 2 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 16 15 331 185 146 71 22 28 23 15

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 2 0 1
7 Allan, Ben ? ? 2 1 24 16 8 5 0 0 2 0
44 Bandy, Daniel ? ? 0 2 11 5 6 6 6 0 1 0
42 Callaghan, Craig ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 2 1 3
13 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 3 0 1
31 Clement, James ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 2 1 0
30 Delaney, Tony ? ? 0 2 19 12 7 6 0 1 1 3
3 Harding, Greg ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 1 0 1 0 2
38 Jones, Anthony ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Kickett, Dale ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 3
28 Koops, Steven ? ? 1 0 10 2 8 1 0 0 0 0
36 Leach, Quenton ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 6 0 2 0 0
9 Mann, Peter (c) ? ? 2 3 19 13 6 5 0 0 2 4
8 McManus, Shaun ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
45 Mitchell, Gavin ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 5 0 0 1 0
25 Norrish, Jason ? ? 0 0 25 6 19 6 0 0 2 1
10 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 0 0 1
5 Parker, Dan ? ? 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 2
23 Parker, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 1 0
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 17 0 1 1
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 3 0 4 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 9 17 299 182 117 84 24 20 15 23

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