1997 AFL Round 17: West Coast v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1997 between West Coast and Geelong during round 17 of the 1997 AFL season. West Coast hosted Geelong at Subiaco Oval. John Worsfold captained the hosts. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), D. Banfield, M. Braun, B. Cousins, T. Evans, M. Gardiner, F. Gehrig, I. Grgic, D. Hart, B. Heady, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, P. Matera, A. McIntosh, C. Morrison, N. Stone, P. Sumich, P. Symmons, R. Turnbull, C. Waterman, J. Wooden

Geelong
B. Stoneham (capt.), J. Barnes, R. Burns, L. Colbert, P. Corrigan, B. Graham, D. Hall, G. Hocking, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, D. Lowther, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, M. McKinnon, D. Milburn, L. Pickering, B. Sanderson, B. Sholl, S. Simpson, J. Snell, C. Steinfort

West Coast (20.9.129) defeated Geelong (12.10.82).

Goalkickers
West Coast: P. Sumich (4), F. Gehrig (3), C. Lewis (3), M. Gardiner (2), B. Heady (2), D. Kemp (2), D. Banfield, B. Cousins, T. Evans, P. Symmons
Geelong: R. Burns (4), G. Hocking (3), J. Barnes (2), L. Colbert, J. Snell, B. Stoneham

As a result of this match, West Coast remained 9th on the ladder and Geelong remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: West Coast v Geelong
Date: Sunday 27 July 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 34,565

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Geelong
Score: 20.9.129 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 4 7 . 7 15 . 7 20 . 9 20 . 9 (129)
Geelong 4 . 1 7 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin GEEL by 9 WCST by 1 WCST by 17 WCST by 47 WCST by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (West Coast), Gary Ayres (Geelong)
Captains: John Worsfold (West Coast), Barry Stoneham (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), J. Love (#28), G. Vernon (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chris Lewis WCST 28 3
Brett Heady WCST 1 2
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 4 0 4 0 1
38 Braun, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 1
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 1 1 13 6 7 3 0 0 1 0
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
19 Gardiner, Michael ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 4 11 0 1 0
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 3 3 22 18 4 7 1 2 1 1
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 0 0
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 2 2 2
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 2 0 24 16 8 8 0 2 1 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 2 0 21 9 12 1 0 3 2 0
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 3 1 25 17 8 8 0 3 3 1
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 2 1 2
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 3 3 1 2
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 0 0 30 22 8 8 0 3 4 0
22 Stone, Nicholas ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 0 2 2
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 4 2 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 1
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 3 1
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 4 0 1 0
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 4 0 1 2 2
13 Wooden, Josh ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 20 9 316 205 111 76 22 30 26 18

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 2 2 14 9 5 8 3 0 0 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 4 1 16 9 7 2 0 2 3 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 1 4 0 3
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 1 1 1 2
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 1 0 1 0
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 0 4 18 13 5 6 0 2 3 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 3 0 30 16 14 5 0 2 3 1
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 1
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 9 0 0 1
29 Lowther, Daniel ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 0 0 0
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 3 0 2 0
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 5
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 5 0 0 0 0
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 3 0 0 0 3
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 5 0 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 7 0 1 0 3
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
25 Snell, Jason ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 6 0 2 2 3
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 3 0 2 0 0
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 1 1 15 8 7 4 9 4 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 12 10 295 188 107 68 27 26 18 26

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