1998 AFL Preliminary Final 1: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 1998 between Western Bulldogs and Adelaide in the first preliminary final of the 1998 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Adelaide at MCG. Scott Wynd captained the hosts. Mark Bickley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wallace and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Western Bulldogs
S. Wynd (capt.), N. Brown, L. Cameron, M. Croft, T. Curley, L. Darcy, M. Dent, S. Garlick, C. Grant, P. Hudson, B. Johnson, S. Kolyniuk, S. Kretiuk, T. Liberatore, M. Martin, S. Minton-Connell, B. Montgomery, J. Romero, R. Smith, M. West, S. West, B. Wira

Adelaide
M. Bickley (capt.), P. Caven, M. Connell, A. Eccles, T. Edwards, S. Ellen, S. Goodwin, B. Hart, B. James, D. Jarman, K. Johnson, K. Koster, A. McLeod, D. Pittman, S. Rehn, M. Ricciuto, C. Rintoul, M. Robran, N. Smart, M. Stevens, J. Thiessen, P. Vardy

Western Bulldogs (13.15.93) were defeated by Adelaide (24.17.161).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: P. Hudson (5), B. Johnson (2), R. Smith (2), M. Croft, C. Grant, B. Montgomery, M. West
Adelaide: A. McLeod (7), M. Robran (6), T. Edwards (2), S. Ellen (2), B. James (2), P. Vardy (2), M. Connell, D. Jarman, K. Johnson

As a result of this match, Adelaide faced North Melbourne in the grand final and Western Bulldogs were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 19 September 1998
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 67,557

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Adelaide
Score: 13.15.93 - 24.17.161

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	2	.	5	7	.	10	9	.	13	13	.	15	13	.	15	(93)
Adelaide	5	.	6	13	.	8	18	.	11	24	.	17	24	.	17	(161)
Margin	ADEL by 19			ADEL by 34			ADEL by 52			ADEL by 68			ADEL by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs), Malcolm Blight (Adelaide)
Captains: Scott Wynd (Western Bulldogs), Mark Bickley (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), D. Goldspink (#32), H. Kennedy (#7), E: J. Harvey (#25)

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Brown, Nathan	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	3
18	Cameron, Leon	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1
16	Croft, Matthew	?	?	1	0	17	11	6	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	3
11	Curley, Todd	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	3
14	Darcy, Luke	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	6	6	1	3	1	0	2	2	0
21	Dent, Matthew	?	?	0	0	14	6	8	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2
4	Garlick, Simon	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	1
3	Grant, Chris	?	?	1	1	10	7	3	6	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	4
9	Hudson, Paul	?	?	5	2	19	11	8	2	0	2	2	4	1	1	1	3
6	Johnson, Brad	?	?	2	1	20	16	4	8	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	8
2	Kolyniuk, Steven	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	4	0	4	1	2	0	0	1	2
35	Kretiuk, Steven	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	6	0
39	Liberatore, Tony	?	?	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	0
23	Martin, Michael	?	?	0	0	21	17	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	8
1	Minton-Connell, Simon	?	?	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Montgomery, Brett	?	?	1	1	10	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
36	Romero, Jose	?	?	0	1	32	19	13	7	0	2	6	3	0	2	2	4
5	Smith, Rohan	?	?	2	0	13	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	2
34	West, Mark	?	?	1	2	15	13	2	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	7
7	West, Scott	?	?	0	0	35	14	21	3	0	3	9	2	1	3	3	1
24	Wira, Brad	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
15	Wynd, Scott (c)	?	?	0	0	11	2	9	4	19	2	4	1	1	2	1	1
Rushed					6
Total (22 players)				13	15	310	193	117	72	29	30	44	30	7	15	38	55

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Bickley, Mark (c)	?	?	0	0	14	4	10	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
44	Caven, Peter	?	?	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	4
14	Connell, Matt	?	?	1	0	18	12	6	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	5
33	Eccles, Andrew	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	4
9	Edwards, Tyson	?	?	2	0	15	10	5	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
13	Ellen, Shane	?	?	2	1	11	9	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	4
36	Goodwin, Simon	?	?	0	3	19	15	4	2	0	7	2	0	1	1	1	5
34	Hart, Ben	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	6	0	1	0	0	5	0
11	James, Brett	?	?	2	1	11	7	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
3	Jarman, Darren	?	?	1	0	12	6	6	3	0	1	4	0	0	1	1	3
28	Johnson, Kane	?	?	1	1	13	9	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	4
5	Koster, Kym	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	1	0	3	2	2	1	1	3	4
23	McLeod, Andrew	?	?	7	0	19	13	6	4	0	1	3	0	1	1	1	3
15	Pittman, David	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	1	9	1	2	0	4	0	0	5
52	Rehn, Shaun	?	?	0	1	17	12	5	7	25	0	5	0	1	1	3	6
32	Ricciuto, Mark	?	?	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	3
42	Rintoul, Chad	?	?	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	Robran, Matthew	?	?	6	3	20	13	7	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5
7	Smart, Nigel	?	?	0	1	17	13	4	5	1	3	2	0	2	1	3	6
19	Stevens, Mark	?	?	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
29	Thiessen, James	?	?	0	2	17	13	4	2	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	2
30	Vardy, Peter	?	?	2	0	10	6	4	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				24	17	292	192	100	74	37	41	33	10	15	7	30	72

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

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