West Coast travelled to the western suburbs of Sydney to take on the Swans in a sudden-death final. After taking the points in a tight first quarter, the Eagles were overcome by a dominant Sydney in the second, giving up five goals and failing to score as a massive thunderstorm hit the ground. Lightning threatened to delay play, but elimination for West Coast was inevitable as they crashed to their lowest ever score in a final and their lowest against the Swans. The Eagles' last remaining premiership player Drew Banfield worked hard to keep his side in it, but had too few fellow contributors.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 2.2.14 | 7.5.47 | 9.8.62 | 11.9.75 | ||||
| West Coast | 2.5.17 | 2.5.17 | 4.8.32 | 4.10.34 |
Goals: Judd 2, Banfield, Sampi
Best: Banfield, Judd, Embley, Fletcher, Wirrpanda, Cox
Injuries: Nil
Milestones: Morrison final appearance
Records: WCE lowest score vs Sydney, WCE lowest score in finals
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Sydney | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 17.Chick | 23.Glass | 44.Wirrpanda | B: | 28.Crouch | 25.Schauble | 6.C.Bolton |
| HB: | 6.Banfield | 39.Hunter | 5.Morrison | HB: | 21.Barry | 37.Goodes | 17.Kennelly |
| C: | 13.Wooden | 9.Cousins | 10.Braun | C: | 20.Ablett | 11.Maxfield | 4.Mathews |
| HF: | 28.Sampi | 21.Lynch | 41.Staker | HF: | 5.O'Keefe | 1.Hall | 32.Buchanan |
| F: | 33.Matera | 2.McDougall | 16.Adkins | F: | 10.Williams | 19.O'Loughlin | 23.Nicks |
| R: | 20.Cox | 3.Judd | 7.Fletcher | R: | 27.Ball | 31.Kirk | 24.J.Bolton |
| I: | 14.Seaby | 32.Embley | 26.Butler | I: | 13.Schneider | 15.Doyle | 2.Davis |
| 4.Kerr | 42.Bevan | ||||||
| E: | 38.B.Jones | 18.R.Jones | 43.Beeck | E: | 26.Dempster | 3.McVeigh | 29.Powell |
In: Kerr
Out: R.Jones
From the papers[]
The Sunday Age[]
"The Swans kicked clear to lead by five goals at half-time and the Eagles' forward line seemed totally dysfunctional.
Worsfold was forced to leave his premier player, Judd, in the forward line for much of the term in an effort to create something for his side, but the Eagles struggled.
Judd started forward again after the long break and his two goals early in the third term gave the visitors some hope.
The first of them came from a running snap that he made look easy; the second from a snap deep in the right forward pocket that brought the crowd to its feet.
The goal coincided with another patch of Eagles dominance, but for the second time in the match they were left almost empty-handed for their efforts."[1]
Players in the WAFL[]
Semi-Finals (5 Sept)
Swan Districts (Munro, Johnson, Edwards) vs South Fremantle (Graham)
Subiaco vs Claremont (Carroll, B.Jones, Rudeforth)
Prelim Final (12 Sept)
Swan Districts (Munro, Hansen, Johnson, Edwards) vs Claremont (Carroll, B.Jones, Rudeforth)
Grand Final (12 Sept)
Subiaco (Wooden) def. Claremont (Carroll, B.Jones, Rudeforth). In addition to Wooden, former Eagle Todd Holmes and future Eagles Matt Priddis and Brad Smith won premiership medals.
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2004/161820040904.html
- ↑ David Reed, The Sunday Age (5 September 2004), "Wasteful Eagles feel Sydney's thunder": http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=banfield+and+sampi+and+schneider&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=SAG0409057R50I57HA7P
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