1997 AFL Round 19: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1997 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 19 of the 1997 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Optus Oval. Scott Wynd captained the hosts. Glenn Lovett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wallace and the visitors were coached by Greg Hutchison.

Western Bulldogs
S. Wynd (capt.), N. Brown, L. Cameron, J. Cook, S. Cox, T. Curley, L. Darcy, M. Dent, P. Dimattina, C. Ellis, C. Grant, B. Johnson, S. Kretiuk, T. Liberatore, M. Martin, B. Montgomery, J. Romero, R. Smith, D. Southern, M. West, S. West

Melbourne
G. Lovett (capt.), S. Charles, A. Clarkson, J. Farmer, S. Febey, B. Grgic, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, D. Kowal, A. Lamprill, B. Lovett, A. McDonald, D. Neitz, L. Newton, R. Pyman, D. Schwarz, M. Seecamp, J. Stynes, T. Viney, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Western Bulldogs (14.18.102) defeated Melbourne (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Cook (2), L. Darcy (2), B. Johnson (2), B. Montgomery (2), L. Cameron, M. Dent, P. Dimattina, T. Liberatore, J. Romero, S. West
Melbourne: J. Farmer (4), A. Clarkson, B. Lovett, L. Newton, D. Schwarz, S. Woewodin

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 13,058

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Melbourne
Score: 14.18.102 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 5 6 . 10 9 . 15 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 5 8 . 6 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin WBUL by 20 WBUL by 23 WBUL by 15 WBUL by 38 WBUL by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs), Greg Hutchison (Melbourne)
Captains: Scott Wynd (Western Bulldogs), Glenn Lovett (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Harvey (#25), D. Rich (#3), M. Sexton (#45), E: S. Kronja (#37)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Darcy WBUL 14 3
Todd Viney MELB 12 2
Nathan Brown WBUL 17 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 3 0 1 2 1
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 1 3 16 11 5 4 0 0 1 0
12 Cook, James ? ? 2 2 8 5 3 3 0 0 2 2
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 5 0 0 0 0
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 9 0 0 0
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 2 3 15 12 3 9 0 0 3 1
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 6 0 0 0 1
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 4 0 2 2 1
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 1
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 0 2 1
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 2 2 21 18 3 5 0 1 2 2
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 2 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 5 0 3 6 1
23 Martin, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 3 0 0
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 2 2 16 12 4 10 0 2 1 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 3 0 0 4 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 0 0 0
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 0
34 West, Mark ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 2 0 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 3 0 3 3 0
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 3 17 3 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 14 18 293 205 88 92 26 22 33 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 1
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 1 4
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 4 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 0 1
48 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 0 2
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 4 0 0 0 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 0 0 1
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 3 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 6 0 1 0 2
6 Lovett, Glenn (c) ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 3 0 1 0 1
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 5 0 0 0 3
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 4 1 1 0 2
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 1 1 2 2 0
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 4 1 3 1 0
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 3 12 9 3 7 2 1 1 3
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 1 2 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 5 18 0 0 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 33 17 16 5 0 4 1 5
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 0 2 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 9 10 283 174 109 74 23 21 14 33

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