1997 AFL Season Round 20: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1997 between West Coast and Melbourne during round twenty of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Melbourne at WACA. John Worsfold captained the hosts. Glenn Lovett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Greg Hutchison.

West Coast (15.7.97) defeated Melbourne (7.17.59).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Friday 15 August 1997
Time: 6:40 PM
Venue: WACA
Attendance: 21,164

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Melbourne
Score: 15.7.97 - 7.17.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 6 . 1 9 . 3 12 . 4 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Melbourne 0 . 3 1 . 8 3 . 14 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Margin WCST by 34 WCST by 43 WCST by 44 WCST by 38 WCST by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: John Worsfold
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Melbourne

Captain: Glenn Lovett
Coach: Greg Hutchison (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Malcolm
G. Scroop (#21)
G. Vernon (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Ball WCST 26 3
Peter Matera WCST 30 2
Dean Kemp WCST 2 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 8 3 1 3 3
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 1 1 0
19 Gardiner, Michael ? ? 3 1 13 9 4 7 8 0 2 2
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 5 0 16 11 5 8 0 0 0 1
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 6 13 6 2 1
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 2 0 0 2 0
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 3 3 0 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 1 0 28 15 13 1 0 4 2 0
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 1 0
43 Marshall, Neil ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 2
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 3 3 0
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 3 1 1
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 24 9 15 7 0 2 0 0
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 2 0 2 1 0
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 2 0 0 2 1
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 1 0 22 13 9 2 0 1 1 0
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 1 3 1 0
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 3 0 0 2 1
13 Wooden, Josh ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 2 1
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 15 7 335 200 135 75 28 35 26 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 0 3 10 7 3 0 0 1 3 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 0 0 3 2 1
48 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 1 1
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 0 0 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 1 1 1
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 0 1
6 Lovett, Glenn (c) ? ? 0 0 28 13 15 3 0 2 0 2
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 3 0 2 3 3
9 Neitz, David ? ? 4 3 18 13 5 5 0 1 0 0
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 1
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 0
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 0 0 0 2
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 1 0 2
42 Robertson, Russell ? ? 1 2 6 3 3 4 0 1 1 0
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 3 4 0 0 1
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 2 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 24 12 12 4 24 1 1 6
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 32 20 12 1 0 5 1 4
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 1 0 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 6 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 7 17 311 192 119 51 28 24 15 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