1997 AFL Round 8: Richmond v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1997 between Richmond and West Coast during round 8 of the 1997 AFL season. Richmond hosted West Coast at MCG. Wayne Campbell captained the hosts. John Worsfold captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Richmond
W. Campbell (capt.), C. Bond, D. Bourke, J. Bowden, N. Bower, P. Broderick, P. Bulluss, M. Chaffey, J. Charles, N. Daffy, R. Funcke, B. Gale, M. Gale, D. Gaspar, B. Holland, D. Kellaway, M. Merenda, T. Nichols, A. Prescott, J. Tape, S. Turner

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), J. Ball, B. Cousins, A. Donnelly, F. Gehrig, I. Grgic, D. Hart, B. Heady, G. Jakovich, C. Lewis, A. Lovell, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, C. Morrison, J. Schofield, P. Symmons, R. Turnbull, D. Wirrpanda, J. Wooden

Richmond (18.11.119) defeated West Coast (9.13.67).

Goalkickers
Richmond: J. Bowden (4), N. Daffy (3), D. Bourke (2), N. Bower (2), P. Bulluss (2), J. Charles (2), C. Bond, P. Broderick, M. Gale
West Coast: C. Lewis (3), A. Donnelly (2), J. Ball, F. Gehrig, P. Matera, J. Schofield

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 12th on the ladder (up from 14th) and West Coast were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v West Coast
Date: Monday 19 May 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,721

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. West Coast
Score: 18.11.119 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 2 12 . 4 15 . 10 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
West Coast 1 . 4 1 . 8 5 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin RICH by 16 RICH by 62 RICH by 59 RICH by 52 RICH by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Robert Walls (Richmond), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: Wayne Campbell (Richmond), John Worsfold (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Deller (#41), H. Kennedy (#7), R. Sawers (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Broderick RICH 17 3
Michael Gale RICH 1 2
Wayne Campbell RICH 9 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 0 0 3 2 2
30 Bourke, David ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 4 0 2 1 0
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 4 0 16 8 8 5 0 3 1 0
22 Bower, Nathan ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 0 0 2 0 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 1 1 29 15 14 2 0 0 0 1
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 1 1
9 Campbell, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 0 33 20 13 3 0 4 0 0
40 Chaffey, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 0 1
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 4 5 2 0 1
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 3 2 18 15 3 0 0 1 0 3
27 Funcke, Ross ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 2
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 10 1 1 2
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 5 0 0 1 3
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 4 1 2
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 5 1 0 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 21 7 14 4 0 2 0 1
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
26 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 2 0 1
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 6 3 3
5 Tape, Jamie ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 0 0
41 Turner, Scott ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 2 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 18 11 309 192 117 52 20 37 13 24

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 7 4 0 0 2
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 2 0 0
29 Donnelly, Andrew ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 5 1
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 6 0 0 0 2
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 8 6 2 1 1
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 1
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 0 0 33 21 12 9 0 2 3 2
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2 0
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 3 1 19 14 5 3 0 1 1 0
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 2 1 0
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 3 0 2 3 1
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 1 14 5 9 4 1 2 0 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 1 0
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 0 0 28 18 10 5 0 4 1 0
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 0 0
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 1 1
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Wirrpanda, David ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 1 1
13 Wooden, Josh ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 3 0
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 5 0 1 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 9 13 300 185 115 70 11 29 24 13

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