1994 season

1994

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Position

Premiers

H&A record

16-6 (1st)

Finals

Won Grand Final

Captain

John Worsfold

Coach

Mick Malthouse

Best & Fairest

Glen Jakovich

Most goals

Peter Sumich (49)

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After their premiership defence fizzled out in 1993, West Coast started strongly in 1994 and a couple of months into the season had taken top spot, where they remained for most of the year. After beating Footscray in the final round to win the minor premiership for the first time since 1991, the Eagles squeaked past Collingwood in the opening round of the finals to earn a week off. Melbourne proved no match in the prelim, and West Coast scheduled another date with Geelong on the final day of the season. This time they made short work of the Cats, winning by 80 points to win the club's second flag.

Defender Glen Jakovich won a second Club Champion award, a year after tying with Don Pyke, and was also named in the All-Australian side for the first time. He was joined by Guy McKenna and Peter Matera, both of whom were in the side for the third time, and David Hart following a career-best year by the back pocket. Small forward Shane Bond was named the club's best rookie after a successful debut season in which he won a premiership medal, and Drew Banfield and Brett Spinks were other youngsters to impress.

Honour board

Coach: Mick Malthouse

Captain: John Worsfold

Vice-captain: Michael Brennan

Club Champion: Glen Jakovich

Rookie of the Year: Shane Bond

Best Clubman: Guy McKenna

Leading Goalscorer: Peter Sumich (49)

All-Australians: David Hart, Glen Jakovich, Peter Matera, Guy McKenna

Rising Star nominees: Brett Spinks (round 4), Drew Banfield (round 9)

Milestones:

150 games: Dwayne Lamb (round 10), Michael Brennan (round 12), Chris Mainwaring (round 14), John Worsfold (round 16), Chris Lewis (round 24)

100 games: Chris Waterman (round 11), Dean Kemp (round 15), Don Pyke (round 24), Peter Wilson (preliminary final)

Squad

Offseason player movements

Player reviews

26	Jason Ball	23	Paul Harding	28	Chris Lewis	29	Brett Spinks	9	Peter Wilson
6	Drew Banfield	36	David Hart	37	Brayden Lyle	4	Peter Sumich	24	John Worsfold
20	Shane Bond	1	Brett Heady	3	Chris Mainwaring	38	Paul Symmons
14	Michael Brennan	31	Jason Heatley*	30	Peter Matera	42	Scott Thomson*
32	Matt Clape	22	David Hynes	11	Ashley McIntosh	7	Craig Turley
16	Matthew Connell	27	Glen Jakovich	17	Guy McKenna	50	Ryan Turnbull
18	Tony Evans	2	Dean Kemp	8	Daniel Metropolis	35	Troy Ugle
34	Fraser Gehrig*	15	Brendan Krummel	10	Don Pyke	25	Lee Walker
33	Tony Godden	5	Dwayne Lamb	41	Ben Robbins*	39	Chris Waterman
40	Damian Hampson	19	Karl Langdon	21	Jarrad Schofield	12	Mitchell White

(* indicated new addition to playing list)

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Heady	21	44
2	Kemp	22	19
3	Mainwaring	23	7
4	Sumich	18	49
5	Lamb	5	0
6	Banfield	24	7
7	Turley	15	10
9	Wilson	24	14
10	Pyke	25	13
11	McIntosh	24	22
12	White	6	3
14	Brennan	23	2
15	Krummel	1	0
17	McKenna	25	5
18	Evans	14	12
19	Langdon	3	1
20	Bond	21	15
21	Schofield	4	1
22	Hynes	13	12
23	Harding	6	0
24	Worsfold	19	2
26	Ball	16	10
27	Jakovich	25	2
28	Lewis	25	39
29	B.Spinks	15	10
30	Matera	24	21
32	Clape	6	2
33	Godden	6	3
36	Hart	25	9
38	Symmons	4	0
39	Waterman	18	3
40	Hampson	2	0
50	Turnbull	23	6

Results

Fosters Cup

Rd	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
1	Essendon	MCG	L	79-82	9th
2	Adelaide	Subiaco	W	97-78	6th
3	Richmond	MCG	W	135-39	4th
4	Fitzroy	WACA	W	129-53	4th
5	Hawthorn	Subiaco	L	58-129	4th
6	North Melbourne	MCG	W	123-86	2nd
7	Carlton	Subiaco	W	115-49	2nd
8	Bye				1st
9	Footscray	Western Oval	W	83-52	1st
10	Sydney	WACA	W	101-75	1st
11	Melbourne	MCG	W	118-74	1st
12	Brisbane	Subiaco	W	78-69	1st
13	Collingwood	MCG	L	84-121	1st
14	Geelong	Kardinia Park	W	93-75	1st
15	St Kilda	WACA	W	128-49	1st
16	Essendon	Subiaco	W	80-44	1st
17	Adelaide	Football Park	L	78-82	1st
18	Richmond	Subiaco	W	101-53	1st
19	Fitzroy	Western Oval	W	92-26	1st
20	Hawthorn	Waverley	L	54-100	1st
21	North Melbourne	WACA	W	73-64	1st
22	Carlton	Princes Park	L	62-126	1st
23	Bye				2nd
24	Footscray	Subiaco	W	117-46	1st
QF	Collingwood	WACA	W	82-80
SF	Bye
PF	Melbourne	WACA	W	117-52
GF	Geelong	MCG	W	143-63

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Jakovich		45		25
2nd	Pyke		39		25
3rd	McKenna		38		25
4th	Matera		37		24
5th	Hart		36		25
6th	Kemp		35		22
7th	Lewis		35		24
8th	McIntosh		35		25
9th	Mainwaring		34		23
10th	Brennan		30		23

Stats leaders

#	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Sumich	49 .	Pyke	506 .	Mainwaring	21.30 .	Jakovich	130
2nd	Heady	44	Jakovich	496	Kemp	21.23	McIntosh	107
3rd	Lewis	39	Mainwaring	490	Pyke	20.24	McKenna	103
4th	McIntosh	22	Kemp	467	Jakovich	19.84	Mainwaring	101
5th	Matera	21	McKenna	429	Matera	17.21	Pyke	98
	Kicks		Handballs		Tackles		Hit-outs
1st	Pyke	392 .	McKenna	202 .	Matera	68 .	Turnbull	267
2nd	Mainwaring	360	Kemp	163	Wilson	49	Hynes	90
3rd	Jakovich	359	Jakovich	137	McKenna	49	Harding	66
4th	Lewis	306	Mainwaring	130	Pyke	48	Ball	58
5th	Matera	305	Hart	118	Banfield	46	Jakovich	38