1997 AFL Season Round 19: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 1997 between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. The 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.

The Western Bulldogs (14.18.102) defeated Melbourne (9.10.64).

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

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Terry Wallace

Melbourne

Captain: Glenn Lovett
Coach: Greg Hutchison (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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