Round 13 1998

Essendon v West Coast
Round 13, 1998

The winning side leaves the field. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Fri, 19 June 1998 (7:40 PM EST)

Venue

MCG

Attendance

45,277

Result

Won by 11

Score

WCE 11.17.83 - 11.6.72 ESS

Brownlow

3 Pe.Matera (WCE)
2 B.Cousins (WCE)
1 C.Waterman (WCE)

Ladder

3rd

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An epic performance from Peter Matera led West Coast to their sixth straight win in an enthralling battle with the Bombers. Matera kicked seven of his side's 11 goals, and Jason Ball had 23 possessions, 14 hitouts and the game-sealing goal.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Essendon		3.2.38		5.5.64		9.5.59		11.6.72
West Coast		1.2.8		5.5.35		7.7.49		11.17.83

Goals: Pe.Matera 7, Ball, Gehrig, Heady, Metropolis

Best: Pe.Matera, Cousins, McIntosh, Kemp, Banfield, Waterman, McKenna

Injuries: Ph.Matera (knee), Worsfold (calf)

Milestones: Jakovich 150th game

Named sides

	West Coast				Essendon
B:	17.McKenna	11.McIntosh	39.Waterman	B:	16.Barnard	20.Berbakov	29.Moorcroft
HB:	30.Pe.Matera	27.Jakovich	22.Stone	HB:	11.Hardwick	6.Wellman	2.Mercuri
C:	6.Banfield	9.Cousins	16.Symmons	C:	32.Blumfield	24.Misiti	47.Olarenshaw
HF:	7.Gehrig	29.Donnelly	42.Morrison	HF:	25.Lucas	27.Alessio	5.Hird
F:	24.Worsfold	12.White	26.Ball	F:	13.Long	18.Lloyd	8.Bewick
R:	19.Gardiner	2.Kemp	10.Braun	R:	36.Eastaugh	10.O'Donnell	14.Calthorpe
I:	1.Heady	33.Ph.Matera	8.Metropolis	I:	33.Caracella	7.Solomon	28.Bomford
	36.Read				17.Lalich
E:	18.Evans	23.Fewster	13.Wooden	E:	3.O'Connor	26.Heffernan	30.Fraser

In: Kemp, Jakovich

Out: Schofield (hand), Turnbull

From the papers

The Sunday Age

"In the last quarter it was Essendon's lack of discipline as opposed to the Eagles' quality that cost the Bombers the game.

Essendon sneaked inside 50 only five times to the Eagles' 20 and shot only three times to West Coast's 14. Not counting Hird, Essendon had 16 players who managed two kicks or fewer in the last quarter, the strong-starting Hardwick, Calthorpe, Lloyd, Lucas and Mercuri included.

Conversely the Eagles had players full of running.

Matera, who finished with seven goals, and Cousins, who had 10 possessions for the quarter, provided the last-term inspiration. Andrew Donnelly came from the bench and earned 12 touches and the chance to wrap up the game, which he wasted by kicking four behinds."

WAFL

Round 13 (20 June)

Peel (Lovell, Grgic) vs East Fremantle

Claremont (Lewis, Evans, Sikora, Marshall, Crabb, Jones, Bellotti) vs West Perth (Fewster, Williams, Younie)

East Perth vs Swan Districts (Nener)

South Fremantle vs Perth

Bye: Subiaco

Injury list

In the leadup to the match the following players were listed as injured:

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Cummings		Knee		Season
Wirrpanda		Calf		2 weeks
Mainwaring		Knee		1-2 weeks
Evans		Ankle		Test
Kemp		Thigh		Test
Jakovich		Ankle		Test
McKenna		Collarbone		Test
Schofield		Hand		Test

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1998/051819980619.html