Round 13 2002

West Coast v Adelaide
Round 13, 2002

Date

Sun, 30 June 2002 (1:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

34,937

Result

Won by 18

Score

WCE 20.15.135 - 18.9.117 ADL

Brownlow

3 B.Cousins (WCE)
2 A.McLeod (ADL)
1 D.Kerr (WCE)

Ladder

6th

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Birthday boy Ben Cousins ran rampant in the first quarter as West Coast built up an early lead, then held on as the Crows mounted a final-quarter comeback that saw them narrow the margin to just two goals. Cousins finished with 33 possessions and second-gamer Quinten Lynch proved a handful in attack with 5 goals.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		5.2.32		10.7.67		15.11.101		20.15.135
Adelaide		3.2.20		4.3.27		9.7.61		18.9.117

Goals: Lynch 5, Ph.Matera 4, Chambers 3, Cousins 2, Cox, Embley, Hunter, Judd, Kerr, Pe.Matera

Best: Cousins, Hunter, Lynch, Jakovich, Fletcher

Injuries: Jones (knee)

Milestones: Merenda 100th AFL game, Embley 50th game

Records: Adelaide highest score vs WCE

Named sides

	West Coast				Adelaide
B:	23.Glass	11.McIntosh	39.Hunter	B:	34.Hart	8.Bassett	6.Nelson
HB:	22.Collica	27.Jakovich	18.Jones	HB:	26.Bickley	16.McGregor	9.Edwards
C:	30.Pe.Matera	9.Cousins	13.Wooden	C:	20.Stenglein	32.Ricciuto	21.Gallagher
HF:	7.Fletcher	45.Lynch	44.Wirrpanda	HF:	24.Burton	19.Stevens	10.Bode
F:	20.Cox	32.Embley	33.Ph.Matera	F:	18.Johncock	22.Perrie	3.Massie
R:	1.Gardiner	6.Banfield	4.Kerr	R:	35.Biglands	36.Goodwin	23.McLeod
I:	21.Merenda	37.Williams	3.Judd	I:	1.Crowell	4.Clarke	11.Doughty
	15.Chambers				40.Ladhams
E:	48.Tuckey	35.Green	10.Braun	E:	12.Shirley	31.Marsh	39.Mattner

In: Gardiner, Chambers

Out: Gaspar (foot), Haynes

Late change: (ADL) Marsh for Stevens

From the papers

The Age

"Cousins set up the Eagles' seventh win at home this year with a magnificent first quarter, in which he collected 16 possessions and kicked two goals.

The game looked all over when the Eagles led by 45 points two minutes into the third term. But John Worsfold's team had to pull out all stops to get home against the never-say-die Crows.

Adelaide kicked nine goals in the last quarter to get within 12 points in the dying minutes. The game was finally put out of the Crows' reach when hulking rookie Quinten Lynch, 19, playing in just his second AFL game, kicked his fifth goal with less than two minutes to play.

It was a bitter, if not unexpected, result for the fourth-placed Crows, who then had to listen to more than 30,000 West Coast fans sing a rendition of happy birthday to Cousins."

Players in the WAFL

Round 12 (22 June)

East Perth (Prior, Humm, Tuckey) vs Swan Districts (Hansen)

South Fremantle (Sampi) vs Claremont (Carroll)

Subiaco (Braun) vs East Fremantle (Green)

West Perth (Williams, Seaby) vs Perth (Glass, McDougall)

Bye: Peel

Round 13 (29 June)

South Fremantle (Sampi) vs Peel

Swan Districts (Munro, Hansen) vs East Fremantle (Green)

Claremont (Carroll) vs West Perth (Seaby)

Subiaco (Braun, Haynes) vs Perth (McDougall)

Bye: East Perth

Injury list

In the lead-up to the round the following players were listed as injured:

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Read		Knee		Season
Morrison		Knee		Season
Gaspar		Foot		6 weeks
Wilson		Shoulder		2 weeks
Taylor		Knee		2 weeks
Sierakowski		Hamstring		2 weeks
Gardiner		Hamstring		2 weeks

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2002/011820020630.html