1995 season

1995

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Position

6th

H&A record

14-8 (5th)

Finals

Lost Semi Final

Captain

John Worsfold

Coach

Mick Malthouse

Best & Fairest

Glen Jakovich

Most goals

Jason Ball (48)

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West Coast got its premiership defence off to a solid start by winning the first three games, but suffered losses regularly thereafter and struggled to build momentum. The Eagles hovered around the middle of the top eight for most of the year but failed to earn a home final, finishing fifth and facing a fired-up Bombers outfit in Melbourne in the first week of the finals. After being comfortably defeated, West Coast got a second chance but once again had to travel to Melbourne and once again suffered a sizeable loss, this time to North Melbourne which brought their season to a premature end.

Star defender Glen Jakovich was again the standout, winning a third straight Club Champion award and a second straight All-Australian Guernsey. Others from the 1994 premiership side who performed well included Dean Kemp, Guy McKenna and Peter Matera, while the new faces included a young Fraser Gehrig who impressed as an athletic and versatile tall.

Honour board

Coach: Mick Malthouse

Captain: John Worsfold

Vice-captain: Michael Brennan

Club Champion: Glen Jakovich

Rookie of the Year: Fraser Gehrig

Best Clubman: Michael Brennan

Leading Goalscorer: Jason Ball (48)

All-Australians: Glen Jakovich

Rising Star nominees: Fraser Gehrig (round 18)

Milestones:

150 games: Guy McKenna (round 2), David Hart (round 16)

100 games: Peter Matera (round 2), Brett Heady (round 3), Craig Turley (round 6), Glen Jakovich (round 13), Karl Langdon (round 15)

Squad

Offseason player movements

26	Jason Ball	33	Tony Godden	37	Brayden Lyle	21	Jarrad Schofield	9	Peter Wilson
6	Drew Banfield	23	Paul Harding	3	Chris Mainwaring	34	Shane Sikora	24	John Worsfold
32	Ashley Blurton	36	David Hart	30	Peter Matera	29	Brett Spinks
20	Shane Bond	1	Brett Heady	11	Ashley McIntosh	38	Jason Spinks
14	Michael Brennan	31	Jason Heatley	17	Guy McKenna	4	Peter Sumich
40	Ian Downsborough	22	David Hynes	8	Daniel Metropolis	16	Paul Symmons
15	Michael Dunstan	27	Glen Jakovich	42	Chad Morrison	7	Craig Turley
41	Jeremy Dyer	2	Dean Kemp	32	Paul Peos	50	Ryan Turnbull
18	Tony Evans	19	Karl Langdon	10	Don Pyke	39	Chris Waterman
25	Fraser Gehrig	28	Chris Lewis	41	Ben Robbins	12	Mitchell White

Player reviews

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Heady	15	30
2	Kemp	23	16
3	Mainwaring	9	1
4	Sumich	5	7
6	Banfield	23	6
7	Turley	17	18
8	Metropolis	17	9
9	Wilson	16	8
10	Pyke	21	15
11	McIntosh	10	12
12	White	23	2
14	Brennan	16	2
15	Dunstan	5	1
16	Symmons	23	7
17	McKenna	23	5
18	Evans	16	7
19	Langdon	4	2
20	Bond	10	5
21	Schofield	2	1
22	Hynes	13	6
24	Worsfold	20	13
25	Gehrig	16	21
26	Ball	22	48
27	Jakovich	24	1
28	Lewis	21	20
29	B.Spinks	1	1
30	Matera	20	31
31	Heatley	1	2
32	Peos	4	6
33	Godden	2	1
35	Blurton	3	0
36	Hart	19	1
37	Lyle	15	4
39	Waterman	20	8
40	Downsborough	1	0
50	Turnbull	24	5

Results

Rd	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
	Ansett Cup
1	Melbourne	Waverley	W	111-77
QF	Adelaide	Football Park	L	47-98
	Home & Away
1	St Kilda	WACA	W	121-75	3rd
2	Collingwood	MCG	W	80-76	3rd
3	North Melbourne	WACA	W	91-43	2nd
4	Adelaide	Football Park	L	46-56	4th
5	Melbourne	WACA	W	90-74	4th
6	Carlton	Princes Park	L	67-90	5th
7	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	151-66	5th
8	Essendon	Subiaco	L	90-108	5th
9	Fitzroy	Bruce Stadium	W	82-54	5th
10	Brisbane	Subiaco	W	112-67	5th
11	Richmond	Princes Park	L	63-123	5th
12	Sydney	Subiaco	W	73-72	5th
13	Geelong	Kardinia Park	L	64-116	6th
14	Hawthorn	Waverley	W	97-56	6th
15	Footscray	Subiaco	L	61-87	6th
16	St Kilda	Waverley	W	122-64	5th
17	Collingwood	Subiaco	W	129-79	5th
18	North Melbourne	Princes Park	L	44-106	5th
19	Adelaide	Subiaco	W	177-42	5th
20	Melbourne	MCG	W	104-75	5th
21	Carlton	Subiaco	L	104-105	5th
22	Fremantle	Subiaco	W	111-58	5th
QF	Essendon	Waverley	L	55-74
SF	North Melbourne	MCG	L	71-129

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Jakovich		36		24
2nd (tie)	Kemp		33		23
2nd (tie)	White		33		23
4th	McKenna		31		23
5th	Turnbull		31		24
6th	Matera		30		20
7th	Banfield		30		23
8th	Ball		29		22
9th	Waterman		28		20
10th	Symmons		28		23

Stats leaders

#	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Ball	48 .	Kemp	463 .	Kemp	20.13 .	Ball	128
2nd	Matera	31	Jakovich	451	Mainwaring	19.78	Jakovich	107
3rd	Heady	30	Matera	366	Jakovich	18.79	Waterman	103
4th	Gehrig	21	Pyke	366	Waterman	18.15	White	102
5th	Lewis	20	Waterman	363	Pe.Matera	19.08	McKenna	81

#	Kicks		Handballs		Tackles		Hit-outs
1st	Jakovich	298 .	McKenna	208 .	Kemp	69 .	Turnbull	268
2nd	Matera	284	Kemp	196	Lewis	55	Hynes	43
3rd	Kemp	267	Banfield	179	Banfield	48	Jakovich	43
4th	Pyke	255	Jakovich	153	McKenna	44	Ball	38
5th	Waterman	243	White	134	Matera	40	Gehrig	19