1997 AFL Round 21: Western Bulldogs v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1997 between Western Bulldogs and West Coast during round 21 of the 1997 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted West Coast at Whitten Oval. Scott Wynd captained the hosts. John Worsfold captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wallace and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

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

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), J. Ball, D. Banfield, B. Cousins, M. Gardiner, F. Gehrig, I. Grgic, B. Heady, G. Jakovich, D. Kemp, A. Lovell, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, C. Morrison, J. Schofield, P. Symmons, R. Turnbull, C. Waterman, J. Wooden

Western Bulldogs (12.14.86) defeated West Coast (10.8.68).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: C. Grant (3), R. Smith (3), J. Cook (2), L. Darcy, S. Kolyniuk, B. Montgomery, J. Romero
West Coast: D. Banfield, B. Cousins, F. Gehrig, B. Heady, A. Lovell, P. Matera, J. Schofield, P. Symmons, R. Turnbull, J. Wooden

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and West Coast were then 7th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Western Bulldogs v West Coast
Date: Saturday 23 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Whitten Oval
Attendance: 26,704

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. West Coast
Score: 12.14.86 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 3 6 . 8 8 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
West Coast 1 . 1 2 . 5 5 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin WBUL by 20 WBUL by 27 WBUL by 24 WBUL by 18 WBUL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: Scott Wynd (Western Bulldogs), John Worsfold (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy (#7), J. Love (#28), R. Sawers (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chris Grant WBUL 3 3
Luke Darcy WBUL 14 2
Scott West WBUL 7 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 5 0 2 2 1
12 Cook, James ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 0 0
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 1 0 0
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 8 7 1 0 2
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 1 1
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 7 0 3 2 3
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 1 2
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 3 0 18 14 4 8 0 2 4 3
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 1 0 3
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 4 0 3 2 2
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 3 1 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 1 0 5 0 0
23 Martin, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 1
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 3 0 1 1 0
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 1 1 28 20 8 3 0 2 1 1
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 3 4 20 18 2 7 0 0 1 0
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 3 0 0 1 3
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 15 3 12 6 14 0 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 12 14 329 230 99 77 21 24 19 24

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 3 2 2 1
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 2 0 1 1 0
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 1 0
19 Gardiner, Michael ? ? 0 2 5 3 2 2 1 0 0 1
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 0
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 4 3 4 2
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 1 1
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 1 2
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 3 1 1
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 0 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 8 0 1 2 2
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 2 1
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 4 0 2
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 0
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 7 0 1 0 2
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 2 0 5 2 1
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 3 0 1 1
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 2 4 0
13 Wooden, Josh ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 10 8 255 185 70 63 11 35 24 19

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