A horribly inaccurate West Coast continued their poor record at Football Park, going down to Port Adelaide despite having more scoring shots and a slight majority of possession. Phil Matera attempted to show his teammates how it was done with 4 goals, and Daniel Kerr stepped up in the midfield in the absence of injured captain Ben Cousins.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Adelaide | 5.0.30 | 10.4.64 | 12.4.76 | 16.6.102 | ||||
| West Coast | 2.5.17 | 4.8.32 | 7.16.58 | 9.22.76 |
Goals: Matera 4, Adkins, Braun, Judd, Kerr, Lynch
Best: Fletcher, Kerr, Braun, Matera, Waters, Morrison
Injuries: Nil
Milestones: Chick 200th official AFL game (179 premiership, 18 pre-season, 2 State, 1 international), Beeck AFL debut and only appearance, Butler Rising Star nomination
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Port Adel | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 17.Chick | 23.Glass | 39.Hunter | B: | 21.Wilson | 2.Wakelin | 19.Bishop |
| HB: | 5.Morrison | 21.Lynch | 44.Wirrpanda | HB: | 27.Poulton | 35.C.Cornes | 29.Kingsley |
| C: | 26.Butler | 7.Fletcher | 22.Waters | C: | 25.Cassisi | 38.James | 18.K.Cornes |
| HF: | 18.R.Jones | 41.Staker | 16.Adkins | HF: | 15.Pickett | 16.Tredrea | 17.Dew |
| F: | 33.Matera | 14.Seaby | 28.Sampi | F: | 6.Schofield | 28.Thurstans | 8.S.Burgoyne |
| R: | 20.Cox | 3.Judd | 4.Kerr | R: | 20.Brogan | 9.Carr | 7.P.Burgoyne |
| I: | 10.Braun | 43.Beeck | 6.Banfield | I: | 11.Hardwick | 5.Lade | 22.Mahoney |
| 13.Wooden | 24.White | ||||||
| E: | 46.Carroll | 38.B.Jones | 35.Green | E: | 33.Ebert | 36.Pettigrew | 23.Symes |
In: Staker, Beeck
Out: Hansen (hamstring), McDougall (shoulder)
New: Zach Beeck (East Perth/Busselton JFC)
From the papers[]
The West Australian[]
"During the three-quarter time break, the Eagles looked almost spent. They had just played one of the best quarters of their season but were still 18 points down. So little to show for the fine team effort and the prospect of having the mountain to climb again.
It proved too much and once the Power got a sniff of blood it killed the game with the first three goals of the last term. It did not stop the Eagles fight but, comically, they added 2.6 for the final term to end the farce in appropriate circumstances.
In all they had 14 individual point kickers, and only six goal kickers. Matera kicked a goal after the siren to finish with 4.3 and his "only-if" day and that of Chris Judd summed up West Coast's match."[1]
The Age[]
"Port Adelaide always looked like winning its six match in a row, but it was West Coast's woeful kicking for goal that allowed Port to control yesterday's clash at AAMI Stadium. Port's winning margin was a comfortable 26 points, yet it had only 22 scoring shots to West Coast's 31 and also had fewer kicks, marks, handballs and inside-50 entries than the Eagles.
The Power used the ball more effectively, particularly up forward where its 16.6 was in stark contrast to West Coast's 9.22, which included a wasteful 5.14 to Port's 6.2 in the second half.
Centre half-forward Warren Tredrea (six) was one of Port's 10 goalkickers, while little Phil Matera (four) was one of only six goalkickers for the Eagles, who had 14 of their 22 players scoring at least one behind."[2]
Players in the WAFL[]
Round 18 (24-25 July)
Swan Districts (Munro, Edwards) vs Peel. Johnson played reserves
South Fremantle (Graham) vs Subiaco
East Perth (Humm, Selwood, McConnell) vs East Fremantle (Green, Collica)
West Perth (Chambers) vs Perth
Bye: Claremont
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2004/131820040725.html
- ↑ David Reed, The West Australian (26 July 2004, p. GAM6), "Eagles are kicked in their behinds"
- ↑ Alan Shiell, The Age (26 July 2004), "Eagles win stats, but not the contest": http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=matera+and+adkins+and+thurstans&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=AGE040726U17AP45VQ85
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