Round 18 1990

Sydney v West Coast
Round 18, 1990

Date

Sun, 5 August 1990 (2:10 PM EST)

Venue

SCG

Attendance

6,970

Result

Won by 15

Score

WCE 12.11.83 - 10.8.68 SYD

Brownlow

3 S.Malaxos (WCE)
2 G.John (SYD)
1 M.Kennedy (SYD)

Ladder

3rd

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West Coast got the points over struggling Sydney in a scrappy encounter at the SCG. The Eagles squandered an early advantage to let the Swans get within a single point at the final change, before consolidating to run out 15 points ahead.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Sydney		1.3.9		4.4.28		8.7.55		10.8.68
West Coast		4.5.29		5.6.36		8.8.56		12.11.83

Goals: McGrath 3, Langdon 2, Lamb, Lewis, Malaxos, Turley, Ugle, Wilson, Worsfold

Best: Malaxos, Worsfold, Mainwaring, Lamb, Lewis, McGrath

Injuries: Nil

Reports: Worsfold for striking G.Williams

Milestones: Miles 100th AFL game

Named sides

	West Coast				Sydney
B:	24.Worsfold	14.Brennan	6.Miles	B:	14.Kennedy	13.Carter	46.Kellett
HB:	7.Turley	12.Scott	17.McKenna	HB:	15.Toohey	30.Bayes	28.G.Page
C:	3.Mainwaring	8.Malaxos	33.Kemp	C:	16.Bolton	2.Williams	35.Murphy
HF:	9.Wilson	40.McGrath	28.Lewis	HF:	40.Nettelbeck	20.West	47.Higgins
F:	44.Begovich	26.Melesso	35.Ugle	F:	33.McAsey	9.Henwood	37.Teal
R:	34.Irving	5.Lamb	36.Hart	R:	19.John	7.Carroll	26.Wright
I:	19.Langdon	10.Turner		I:	O'Dwyer	Denneman
E:	43.Gwilliam	25.Keene	1.Pyke	E:	34.Luff	23.Fell	44.Brinkkotter
					5.Roberts

In: Langdon

Out: Jackson

Late change: (SYD) Fell for McAsey

From the papers

The Age

"The Eagles expected a tough match from the Swans but looked set to drub the home team early in the match.

The inaccurate Sydney forwards let their team down as the visitors grabbed a 20-point lead at quarter-time. But the Swans quickly rallied to get within two points, and trailed by only eight at half-time.

For a team playing uninspiring football, the Eagles held on grimly. They had a chance to bury Sydney midway through the third term when they established a lead of 26 points, but the Swans, putting in one of their usual second-half comebacks, kept chipping away until one point separated the sides at the final change.

Early goals in the final quarter sealed the victory for the Eagles, with much of the groundwork being laid by the side's two best running players, Chris Lewis and Chris Mainwaring."

Players in the WAFL

Round 18 (4 August)

South Fremantle (Jackson, Watters) vs Swan Districts (Rance, Narkle)

East Perth vs Perth (Barich)

Subiaco (Keene, Breman, Hutchinson) vs East Fremantle (Lockyer, Waterman, Browning, Ellis)

Claremont (Annear, Cormack, Pyke, Higgins, Evans, Turnbull) vs West Perth (Gwilliam)

Injury list

In the lead-up to the match the following players were listed as injured or unavailable:

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Laidley		Knee reconstruction		Season
MacNish		Arm surgery		Season
Matera		Knee		3 weeks
Heady		Bruised back		2 weeks
Sumich		Hamstring		1-2 weeks
Langdon		Virus		OK

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1990/161819900805.html