Qualifying Final 1995

Essendon v West Coast
Qualifying Final, 1995

Date

Sat, 9 Sept 1995 (2:30 PM EST)

Venue

Waverley Park

Attendance

36,102

Result

Lost by 19

Score

ESS 11.8.74 - 8.7.55 WCE

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West Coast's hopes of a second straight premiership were dealt a blow when they fell to the hometown Bombers at Waverley Park. The Eagles finished on top of a tight tussle in the first half but Essendon seized control of the match with a dominant third term, kicking six goals to one. The visitors held the Bombers scoreless in the final term but could manage just a solitary goal as they limped home to await a second chance, with Chris Lewis breaking an arm and getting placed on report to add injury to insult. Chris Mainwaring amassed 32 possessions and Fraser Gehrig kicked three of his side's eight goals.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Essendon		2.4.16		5.6.36		11.8.74		11.8.74
West Coast		4.2.26		6.5.41		7.7.49		8.7.55

Goals: Gehrig 3, Heady, Kemp, Matera, McKenna, Worsfold

Best: Mainwaring, Gehrig, Kemp, Jakovich, Lyle, Matera

Injuries: Lewis (broken arm), McIntosh (knee), Worsfold (knee)

Reports: Lewis for striking D.Hardwick

Named sides

	West Coast				Essendon
B:	24.Worsfold	12.White	25.Gehrig	B:	4.Wanganeen	31.Fletcher	39.Hardwick
HB:	17.McKenna	27.Jakovich	39.Waterman	HB:	26.Thompson	1.Harvey	7.C.Daniher
C:	30.Matera	10.Pyke	3.Mainwaring	C:	47.Olarenshaw	13.Long	15.Prior
HF:	16.Symmons	26.Ball	1.Heady	HF:	5.Hird	27.Alessio	35.Young
F:	28.Lewis	11.McIntosh	18.Evans	F:	2.Mercuri	3.Salmon	18.Lloyd
R:	50.Turnbull	2.Kemp	6.Banfield	R:	19.Somerville	10.O'Donnell	38.Denham
I:	36.Hart	14.Brennan	37.Lyle	I:	14.Calthorpe	41.O'Connor	22.Doolan
E:	20.Bond	8.Metropolis	7.Turley	E:	29.Grenvold	23.Cransberg	11.Hills

In: Hart, Brennan, Waterman

Out: Wilson, Metropolis, Turley

Late change: (ESS) Grenvold for Calthorpe

From the papers

The Sunday Age

"So, suddenly, tenaciously, Essendon began to claw back, the Eagles having played their best football from early in the first quarter until early in the second, with Peter Matera and Mainwaring winning on the wings, Glen Jakovich leading a strong half-back line and Bomber Peter Somerville failing -at least until later in the game - to dominate Ryan Turnbull in the ruck as he had in the teams' previous meeting at Subiaco in round eight.

Just before half-time, Long, who had been tagged by Brayden Lyle but had still managed to gather a comparatively unobtrusive 16 possessions, passed to James Hird whose quick pass aimed for Olarenshaw was cut off by Somerville about 40 metres out. His goal brought the margin back to four points and, with full-back Ashley McIntosh joining skipper John Worsfold on the Eagles' injury sheet, the Bombers trooped inside having regained the momentum and maintained the sort of flexibility the Eagles had lost.

And so it proved in the third quarter. Damien Hardwick, who had been moved on to the ball in place of the out-of-sorts Sean Denham, grabbed the lead for the Bombers for the first time since early in the first quarter with a mark and goal after four minutes. Then came a stroke of luck in the form of a generous bounce to a long bomb from Gary O'Donnell from about 60 metres."

Canberra Times

"West Coast again struggled to kick goals, which contributed to its downfall.

Centre half-forward Fraser Gehrig kicked three goals but was the only Eagle to finish with more than one major.

The team's goal-kicking stocks were cut down by injuries, with Ashley Mcintosh and John Worsfold having little influence on the game after suffering early knee and groin problems respectively.

The Eagles lost Chris Lewis late in the game with a broken arm. Lewis also was reported for allegedly striking Essendon's Damien Hardwick."

Players in the WAFL

Semi Finals (10 Sept)

Subiaco (Langdon, Metropolis, Heatley, Schofield) vs West Perth (Turley, Blurton, Downsborough)

East Fremantle (Wilson, Harding) vs South Fremantle (Sumich, Hynes)

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1995/051819950909.html