1997 AFL Season Round 17: Sydney v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1997 between Sydney and the Western Bulldogs during round seventeen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted the Western Bulldogs at the SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

Sydney (22.17.149) defeated the Western Bulldogs (7.10.52).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Sydney v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 26 July 1997
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 32,534

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 22.17.149 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 6 . 2 10 . 10 16 . 14 22 . 17 22 . 17 (149)
Western Bulldogs 1 . 2 2 . 4 6 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin SYDN by 30 SYDN by 54 SYDN by 68 SYDN by 97 SYDN by 97
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Terry Wallace

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
S. McInerney (#30)
S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Troy Cook SYDN 41 3
Daryn Cresswell SYDN 8 2
Tony Lockett SYDN 4 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Arnott, Simon ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 0 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 5 2 2 0 1
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 2
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 3 0 6 1 3
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 4 1 21 15 6 0 0 1 1 1
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 7 0 2 2 1
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 4 2 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 5 0 0 2 5
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 2 25 19 6 9 0 3 2 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 8 3 11 11 0 9 0 1 3 2
36 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 0 1 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 1 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 1 0
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 4 0 3 0 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 5 0 1 1 0
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 6 0 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 1 29 17 12 10 1 0 0 2
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 1 1 0
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 11 1 2 0
20 Stevens, John ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 5 0 0 2 1
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 4 0 0
Rushed 6
Total (21 players) 22 17 307 201 106 87 14 43 23 18

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 5 0 0 0 0
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 4 0 0 0 0
43 Contessa, Adam ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 1
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 2 3
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 5 0 2 5 2
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 5 0 0 1
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 1 2
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 1 2 9 6 3 5 0 2 0 2
37 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 2 0 1
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 2 4 2
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 9 0 1 0 2
22 Quill, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 5 11 7 0 4 0 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 0 0 2 1 2
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 2 0
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 1 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 26 11 15 0 0 3 0 0
24 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 17 4 13 4 25 2 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 7 10 252 150 102 62 30 25 18 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