North skipper Wayne Carey led his side to a crucial win over West Coast, the big Roo dominant in the second quarter with four goals. An injury-hit Eagles couldn't work their way back into the game and went down by 14 points. Ben Cousins fought hard with 30 disposals and a goal and big man Brendon Fewster had 22 possessions and 13 hitouts.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 4.4.28 | 6.6.42 | 9.10.64 | 11.14.80 | ||||
| North Melbourne | 3.2.20 | 9.8.62 | 11.12.78 | 13.16.94 |
Goals: Gehrig, Read 3, Ball, Cousins, Heady, Symmons, White
Best: Ball, Fewster, McIntosh, Pe.Matera, Cousins, Braun
Injuries: Kemp (shoulder), Jakovich (ankle), Wooden (hamstring), Metropolis (cut head), Gehrig (leg), Pe.Matera (hip)
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Kangaroos | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 36.Read | 11.McIntosh | 17.McKenna | B: | 28.Pickett | 4.Martyn | 11.Archer |
| HB: | 24.Worsfold | 27.Jakovich | 22.Stone | HB: | 34.King | 31.McKernan | 13.Pike |
| C: | 30.Pe.Matera | 10.Braun | 16.Symmons | C: | 10.A.Stevens | 9.Chandler | 12.Blakey |
| HF: | 7.Gehrig | 12.White | 9.Cousins | HF: | 22.Roberts | 18.Carey | 15.Abraham |
| F: | 33.Ph.Matera | 23.Fewster | 42.Morrison | F: | 27.Crocker | 24.Sholl | 29.Harvey |
| R: | 26.Ball | 39.Waterman | 2.Kemp | R: | 21.Hewitt | 6.Grant | 26.Bell |
| I: | 6.Banfield | 1.Heady | 8.Metropolis | I: | 14.Anderson | 3.Rock | 8.Scott |
| 13.Wooden | 37.Simpson | ||||||
| E: | 19.Gardiner | 43.Marshall | 34.Sikora | E: | 33.Allison | 17.Freeborn | 36.Watt |
In: White, Wooden
Out: Williams (susp), Donnelly (knee)
From the papers[]
The Age[]
"The much-awaited clash between Jakovich and Carey was in place from the first bounce, playing traditional key-position roles. But Carey maintained his supremacy with a brilliant first quarter where his quick hands and creative play helped set up two of North's three goals.
But then the Carey show exploded. In seven devastating minutes, the North star kicked his team's fourth, fifth and sixth goals.
His third goal was a gem. Playing one-on-one with Jakovich, Carey outplayed the Eagles champ with a handball to himself on the boundary line, ducking around the somewhat immobile Jakovich and gathering the ball to goal from a tight and demanding 45 metres.
That classic goal was followed by a brilliant snap from Winston Abraham to put the Roos 13 points up - a 27-point turn-around from the eight-minute mark."[1]
WAFL and State of Origin[]
State of Origin (10-11 July) Allies v Victoria
South Australia v Western Australia (Waterman, Jakovich, McIntosh, others)
State representative game (11 July)
Round 16 (12 July)
Claremont (Lewis, Sikora, Marshall, Bellotti) vs Perth
Subiaco (Wooden, Holmes, Antonowicz, Simpson, Fletcher) vs East Fremantle
South Fremantle vs East Perth (Turnbull)
Swan Districts (Nener) vs West Perth (Fewster, Younie)
Bye: Peel
Round 17 (18 July)
Perth vs Subiaco (Schofield, Holmes, Antonowicz, Simpson, Fletcher)
East Perth (Turnbull) vs Peel (Lovell, Grgic)
South Fremantle vs Claremont (Lewis, Sikora, Marshall, Gardiner, Crabb, Bellotti)
West Perth (Younie) vs East Fremantle
Bye: Swan Districts
Injury list[]
In the leadup to the match the following players were listed as injured:[2]
| Player | Injury | Expected duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cummings | Knee | Season | ||||
| Jones | Ankle | 2-3 weeks | ||||
| Williams | Suspension | 1 week | ||||
| Banfield | Knee | Test | ||||
| Gardiner | Knee | Test | ||||
| Gehrig | Shin | Test | ||||
| Mainwaring | Knee | Test | ||||
| Ph.Matera | Calf/ankle | Test | ||||
| Symmons | Hamstring | Test | ||||
| Kemp | Hamstring | Available | ||||
| McKenna | Shoulder | Available | ||||
| White | Ankle | Available | ||||
| Wooden | Ankle | Available |
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1998/121819980719.html
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