West Coast finished on top of the Bulldogs after an amazing first half, during which the visitors had an eight-goals to nil first term before the Eagles did the same in the second, taking the lead just before half-time. Jason Ball took control in the ruck after quarter-time and finished with 19 hitouts and a goal, and youngster Michael Braun had 23 disposals.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 0.4.4 | 8.6.54 | 13.12.90 | 16.17.113 | ||||
| Western Bulldogs | 8.4.52 | 8.5.53 | 12.7.79 | 15.10.100 |
Goals: Morrison 4, Gehrig, Symmons 3, Ball, Banfield, Cousins, McKenna, Read, White
Best: White, Ball, McKenna, Braun, Kemp, Metropolis
Injuries: Evans (ankle)
Milestones: Evans final appearance
Named sides[]
| West Coast | W.Bulldogs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 24.Worsfold | 11.McIntosh | 42.Morrison | B: | 26.Cox | 16.Croft | 24.Wira |
| HB: | 17.McKenna | 27.Jakovich | 39.Waterman | HB: | 18.Cameron | 32.Ellis | 11.Curley |
| C: | 30.Pe.Matera | 2.Kemp | 16.Symmons | C: | 4.Garlick | 7.S.West | 6.Johnson |
| HF: | 6.Banfield | 7.Gehrig | 29.Donnelly | HF: | 9.Hudson | 3.Grant | 10.Montgomery |
| F: | 18.Evans | 12.White | 28.Lewis | F: | 14.Darcy | 8.Southern | 5.Smith |
| R: | 26.Ball | 21.Schofield | 9.Cousins | R: | 15.Wynd | 36.Romero | 17.Brown |
| I: | 19.Gardiner | 10.Braun | 36.Read | I: | 23.Martin | 29.Powell | 2.Kolyniuk |
| 8.Metropolis | 38.Sir | ||||||
| E: | 23.Fewster | 33.Ph.Matera | 22.Stone | E: | 43.Contessa | 31.Alvey | 1.Minton-Connell |
In: Braun, White, Read
Out: Wooden, Fewster, Stone
Late change: (WCE) Fewster for Schofield; (WB) Alvey for Ellis
From the papers[]
The Sunday Age[]
"Chris Waterman came off the bench to be a key player as the Eagles answered the Bulldogs' eight first quarter goals with eight of their own in the second term, three to the versatile Chad Morrison, to take a one point lead into the long break.
In the second half, this effort was backed up by disciplined defence from Guy McKenna and Daniel Metropolis.
After their opening onslaught, the Bulldogs had to wait until 21 minutes into the third quarter for their ninth major.
Three goals in three minutes then brought them back into the match again, but Paul Symmons' third goal of the quarter and another to Phil Read again extended West Coast's lead and all but extinguished the Bulldogs' hopes."[1]
WAFL[]
Round 10 (30 May-1 June)
Peel (Grgic) vs Swan Districts (Nener)
Claremont (Sikora, Stone, Crabb, Jones, Bellotti) vs Subiaco (Wooden, Holmes, Simpson, Fletcher)
East Perth (Turnbull, Wirrpanda) vs West Perth (Williams, Younie)
South Fremantle (Ph.Matera) vs East Fremantle
Bye: Perth
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1998/071819980529.html
- ↑ Scott Coghlan, The Sunday Age (31 May 1998, p.SPORT13), "Bulldogs go west"
| 1998 season |
|---|
|
<--1997-98 offseason | 1998-99 offseason--> |