1997 AFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1997 between Melbourne and West Coast during round five of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted West Coast at the MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. John Worsfold captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Melbourne (12.6.78) were defeated by West Coast (19.12.126).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Saturday 26 April 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,655

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by West Coast
Score: 12.6.78 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 1 6 . 2 7 . 4 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
West Coast 4 . 1 10 . 4 18 . 7 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin MELB by 6 WCST by 26 WCST by 69 WCST by 48 WCST by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

West Coast

Captain: John Worsfold
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey (#8)
G. Deller (#41)
S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Symmons WCST 16 3
David Neitz MELB 9 2
Chris Lewis WCST 28 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 0 32 22 10 3 0 1 1 3
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 2 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 1 2 23 12 11 5 0 1 1 0
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 2 0
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 2 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 6 2 0 1 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 3 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 3 2
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 4 1 0 1 2
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 1 2
9 Neitz, David ? ? 6 2 11 10 1 5 1 0 0 0
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 0 0
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 0 1 0
28 Pesch, Nick ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 1 0
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 1 26 11 15 5 0 2 1 1
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 1 0 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 8 18 0 4 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 3 1 1
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1 2
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 12 6 288 180 108 71 24 17 24 14

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 7 8 5 0 2
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 4 1 5
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 5 0 15 13 2 6 0 3 1 1
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 1 0
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 4 12 3 0 3
36 Hart, David ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 1
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 1 0 0
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 2 3 26 20 6 4 0 2 1 2
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 0 31 20 11 6 0 4 0 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 1 29 21 8 6 1 1 3 1
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 2 1
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 0 1 2
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 1 0
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 2 0 1
22 Stone, Nicholas ? ? 2 0 14 6 8 3 0 1 0 1
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 3 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 0 1
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 5 0 2 1 1
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 1 1 0 1
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 4 0 0 0 0
44 Wirrpanda, David ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 1
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 19 12 317 204 113 78 22 35 14 24

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