1997 AFL Round 16: Sydney v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 1997 between Sydney and West Coast during round 16 of the 1997 AFL season. Sydney hosted West Coast at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), S. Arnott, M. Bayes, S. Carey, T. Cook, D. Cresswell, A. Dunkley, S. Grant, D. Lewis, T. Lockett, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, J. Mooney, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, M. Orchard, P. Roos, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, J. Stevens, R. Warfe

West Coast
J. Ball, D. Banfield, A. Blurton, M. Braun, B. Cousins, T. Evans, M. Gardiner, F. Gehrig, I. Grgic, B. Heady, D. Kemp, A. Lovell, N. Marshall, C. Morrison, J. Schofield, N. Stone, P. Sumich, P. Symmons, R. Turnbull, C. Waterman, J. Wooden

Sydney (15.22.112) defeated West Coast (11.9.75).

Goalkickers
Sydney: S. Carey (5), S. Grant (2), M. Bayes, D. Cresswell, P. Kelly, T. Lockett, M. Nicks, P. Roos, G. Stafford, J. Stevens
West Coast: P. Sumich (4), B. Cousins (2), P. Symmons (2), T. Evans, B. Heady, R. Turnbull

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and West Coast were then 9th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Sydney v West Coast
Date: Saturday 19 July 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 39,318

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. West Coast
Score: 15.22.112 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 7 5 . 10 11 . 18 15 . 22 15 . 22 (112)
West Coast 3 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 7 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin SYDN by 3 WCST by 7 SYDN by 23 SYDN by 37 SYDN by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Sydney), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), unknown (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), M. Ellis (#23), B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Kelly SYDN 14 3
Dale Lewis SYDN 3 2
Stefan Carey SYDN 31 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Arnott, Simon ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 0 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 3 0 0 1 2
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 5 2 22 17 5 10 4 2 2 2
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 0 3
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 0 38 24 14 8 0 0 2 3
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 3 0 1 1 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 4 0 1 3 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 1 4 30 21 9 2 1 1 3 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 4 0 3 3 1
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 1 4 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 2
36 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 1 2 1 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 2 8 5 3 3 1 1 2 0
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 5 0 2 1 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 3 19 15 4 6 0 2 1 0
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 1 0 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 1 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 1 0 1
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 6 16 1 0 1
20 Stevens, John ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 2
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 3 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 15 22 313 207 106 73 23 27 23 21

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 2 2 1 2
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 1 2 0
32 Blurton, Ashley ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
38 Braun, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 0 3
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 2 2 12 7 5 1 0 2 1 2
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 1 2 0
19 Gardiner, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 15 0 1 1
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 3 0
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 4 1 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 5 0 4
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 3
43 Marshall, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 0 1
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 0 3 23 21 2 4 0 2 3 0
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 1 2 0
22 Stone, Nicholas ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 2 3 0
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 4 1 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 1
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 4 0 5 0 1
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 4 4 1 2 1
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 3 0 0
13 Wooden, Josh ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 11 9 245 164 81 60 22 39 21 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