1997 AFL Season Round 18: Richmond v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1997 between Richmond and the Western Bulldogs during round eighteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond "hosted" the Western Bulldogs at Optus Oval. Matthew Knights captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jeff Gieschen and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

Richmond (17.13.115) defeated the Western Bulldogs (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Richmond v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 2 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 18,373

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 17.13.115 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 8 . 6 13 . 8 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Western Bulldogs 5 . 4 8 . 7 10 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin WBUL by 7 WBUL by 1 RICH by 17 RICH by 15 RICH by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Jeff Gieschen (caretaker)

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Terry Wallace

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Ellis (#23)
M. Nash (#14)
G. Scroop (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Knights RICH 33 3
Nathan Brown WBUL 17 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 ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 3 0 2
30 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 3 1 18 11 7 2 1 1 1 2
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 0 0 2 1 1
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 2 2
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 40 26 14 4 2 6 6 2
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 5 6 0 0 2
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 3 0 3 1 3
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 13 1 3 4
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 1 0
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 1 0
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 4 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 1 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 8 1 7 3 0 0 0 0
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 2 1 2
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 2 1 14 8 6 3 0 3 1 1
28 Moore, Ben ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 6 1 0
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 0
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 3 0 2
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 2 4 16 10 6 10 0 0 0 4
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 4 0 0
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 17 13 276 164 112 58 22 40 21 30

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 3 0 20 14 6 3 0 1 2 1
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 0 0 0
12 Cook, James ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 3 0 0 1 1
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 3 1
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 5 0 0 2 0
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 6 0 1
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 1 1 1 2
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 4 1 14 7 7 6 0 1 0 3
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 7 0 3 1 3
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 0 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 1 0 7 2 2
1 Minton-Connell, Simon ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 5 0 1 1 0
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 6 0 1 3 1
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 3 0 1 1 1
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 1 1 5 0
25 Watts, Jason ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 1
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 0 0 4 2 0
24 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 3 1
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 16 1 2 3
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 15 10 276 167 109 64 18 30 30 21

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