1991 season

1991

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Position

2nd

H&A record

19-3 (1st)

Finals

Lost Grand Final

Captain

John Worsfold

Coach

Mick Malthouse

Best & Fairest

Craig Turley

Most goals

Peter Sumich (111)

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Fresh off their impressive finals run in 1990, West Coast set all sorts of records during the regular season, winning the first twelve matches and spending the entire season on top of the ladder. The Eagles lost just three home-and-away matches - a pair of 3-point losses in Melbourne and then a surprise final-round loss to lowly Fitzroy. West Coast earned the right to host the first-ever final played outside of Melbourne, but were beaten by a much more experiences Hawks side. After that hiccup, the Eagles were forced onto the road for the rest of the finals series, defeating Melbourne easily and then Geelong in a tight tussle to book an historic first Grand Final appearance. Unfortunately, once again Hawthorn proved too experienced and too strong, winning by 9 goals to end West Coast's dream of a fairytale.

Craig Turley had a stunning year, the fan favourite winning the Club Champion award and finishing second in the Brownlow Medal. He earned selection in the All-Australian team, and was joined by three teammates - Peter Matera and Chris Mainwaring picked on the wings and Guy McKenna in the backline. Up forward, Peter Sumich kicked a club record 111 goals, the most-ever by a left footer and still the most goals ever kicked by an Eagle in a single season, although he was beaten to the Coleman Medal by giant Saint Tony Lockett. Some highly talented youngsters emerged onto the scene, in particular key defenders Glen Jakovich and Ashley McIntosh who both played big parts in their first seasons.

Honour board

Coach: Mick Malthouse

Captain: John Worsfold

Vice-captain: Michael Brennan

Club Champion: Craig Turley

Rookie of the Year: Glen Jakovich

Best Clubman: Chris Waterman

Leading Goalscorer: Peter Sumich (111)

All-Australians: Chris Mainwaring, Peter Matera, Guy McKenna, Craig Turley

Milestones:

100 games: Dwayne Lamb (round 19), Chris Mainwaring (round 22), Michael Brennan (round 24)

Squad

Offseason player movements

38	Adrian Barich	49	Derek Hall*	33	Dale Kickett*	17	Guy McKenna	35	Troy Ugle
44	Tony Begovich	36	David Hart	15	Dean Laidley	55	Craig McNaughton	39	Chris Waterman
11	Todd Breman	36	David Hart	5	Dwayne Lamb	6	Geoff Miles	13	Scott Watters
14	Michael Brennan	16	Mark Hepburn*	19	Karl Langdon	41	Phil Narkle	37	Robert West*
60	Matthew Burton*	29	Peter Higgins	28	Chris Lewis	20	Paul Peos	47	Mitchell White*
32	Matt Clape*	22	David Hynes	45	Andrew Lockyer	10	Don Pyke	9	Peter Wilson
58	Gavin Cooney*	34	Dean Irving	18	Andrew MacNish	23	Murray Rance	24	John Worsfold
31	Ian Dargie*	27	Stevan Jackson	3	Chris Mainwaring	12	Phil Scott	42	Cory Young*
51	Brad Edwards*	48	Glen Jakovich*	8	Steve Malaxos	4	Peter Sumich
40	Tony Evans	25	Laurie Keene	30	Peter Matera	7	Craig Turley
43	Brad Gwilliam	2	Dean Kemp	21	Craig McGrath	50	Ryan Turnbull
	Under 19s
53	Ashley McIntosh	46	Shane Porter*	54	Mark Williams*

(* indicated new addition to playing list)

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Heady	26	47
2	Kemp	23	12
3	Mainwaring	21	16
4	Sumich	25	111
5	Lamb	23	8
7	Turley	26	25
9	Wilson	22	23
10	Pyke	24	4
13	Watters	15	4
14	Brennan	24	3
16	Hepburn	5	0
17	McKenna	26	2
19	Langdon	18	17
20	Peos	7	6
21	McGrath	4	2
22	Hynes	9	4
24	Worsfold	21	1
27	Jackson	7	10
28	Lewis	21	31
30	Matera	26	32
31	Dargie	1	0
33	Kickett	2	0
34	Irving	25	6
35	Ugle	1	1
36	Hart	21	12
37	West	1	1
38	Barich	7	8
39	Waterman	26	6
40	Evans	2	1
42	Young	1	1
45	Lockyer	20	0
47	White	2	0
48	Jakovich	16	8
50	Turnbull	5	1
53	McIntosh	17	11

Results

Pre-season 1991

Rd	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
1	Melbourne	Subiaco	W	99-20	1st
2	Collingwood	Waverley	W	85-58	1st
3	Bye				1st
4	North Melbourne	WACA	W	127-55	1st
5	Adelaide	Subiaco	W	130-65	1st
6	Geelong	Waverley	W	134-89	1st
7	Hawthorn	Princes Park	W	144-62	1st
8	Essendon	Windy Hill	W	94-87	1st
9	Fitzroy	Subiaco	W	125-26	1st
10	Sydney	Subiaco	W	106-72	1st
11	Richmond	Waverley	W	117-80	1st
12	Brisbane	Carrara	W	145-93	1st
13	Footscray	WACA	W	165-47	1st
14	Carlton	Princes Park	L	80-83	1st
15	St Kilda	Subiaco	W	137-93	1st
16	Melbourne	MCG	W	100-76	1st
17	Collingwood	WACA	W	135-54	1st
18	Bye				1st
19	North Melbourne	MCG	L	82-85	1st
20	Adelaide	Football Park	W	95-80	1st
21	Geelong	WACA	W	82-81	1st
22	Hawthorn	Subiaco	W	99-75	1st
23	Essendon	Subiaco	W	115-52	1st
24	Fitzroy	Princes Park	L	89-99	1st
QF	Hawthorn	Subiaco	L	101-124
SF	Melbourne	Waverley	W	117-79
PF	Geelong	Waverley	W	79-64
GF	Hawthorn	Waverley	L	86-139

Final ladder

Pos.		Team		W		D		L		%
1		West Coast		19		0		3		162.2
2		Hawthorn		16		0		6		135.9
3		Geelong		16		0		6		131.6
4		St Kilda		14		1		7		120.4
5		Melbourne		13		0		9		110.9
6		Essendon		13		0		9		109.2
____	_	______________	_	___	_	___	_	___	_	_______
7		Collingwood		12		1		9		115.5
8		North Melbourne		12		0		10		91.2
9		Adelaide		10		0		12		89.4
10		Footscray		9		1		12		87.9
11		Carlton		8		0		14		88.9
12		Sydney		7		1		14		85.0
13		Richmond		7		0		15		87.4
14		Fitzroy		4		0		18		66.3
15		Brisbane		3		0		19		69.5

Qualifying Final: Hawthorn def. West Coast

Elimination Finals: Geelong def. St Kilda; Melbourne def. Essendon

Semi Finals: Hawthorn def. Geelong; West Coast def. Melbourne

Prelim Final: West Coast def. Geelong

Grand Final: Hawthorn 20.19.139 def. West Coast 13.8.86

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Turley		43		26
2nd	McKenna		42		26
3rd	Matera		41		26
4th	Sumich		39		25
5th	Waterman		39		26
6th	Heady		37		26
7th	Brennan		36		24
8th	Mainwaring		34		21
9th	Lamb		34		23
10th	Kemp		33		23

Stats leaders

	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Sumich	111 .	Turley	577 .	Mainwaring	24.19 .	Sumich	171
2nd	Heady	47	Matera	535	Turley	22.19	Heady	149
3rd	Matera	32	Mainwaring	508	Matera	20.58	Mainwaring	114
4th	Lewis	31	McKenna	469	Watters	19.60	Matera	87
5th	Turley	25	Heady	450	Kemp	18.65	Wilson	83
6th	Wilson	23	Waterman	435	Lamb	18.52	Turley	83
7th	Langdon	17	Kemp	429	McKenna	18.04	McKenna	80
8th	Mainwaring	16	Lamb	426	Lewis	17.90	Irving	74
9th	Hart	12	Pyke	395	Heady	17.31	Jakovich	69
10th	Kemp	12	Lewis	376	Jakovich	17.00	Langdon	66
	Kicks		Handballs		Tackles		Hit-outs
1st	Matera	401 .	Turley	247 .	Matera	56 .	Irving	284
2nd	Mainwaring	369	McKenna	210	Lewis	54	Jakovich	83
3rd	Heady	350	Kemp	170	Kemp	46	Hynes	38
4th	Turley	330	Lamb	154	McKenna	41	Hepburn	29
5th	Waterman	308	Mainwaring	139	Pyke	39	Langdon	24
6th	Pyke	301	Matera	134	Worsfold	31	Wilson	24
7th	Sumich	297	Worsfold	130	Wilson	31
8th	Lewis	277	Waterman	127	Turley	31
9th	Lamb	272	Irving	115	Lamb	30
10th	Kemp	259	Wilson	114	Waterman	29
	McKenna	259