Round 18 1995

N.Melbourne v West Coast
Round 18, 1995

Lyle in action. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 5 August 1995 (2:10 PM EST)

Venue

Princes Park

Attendance

11,822

Result

Lost by 62

Score

NM 15.16.106 - 7.2.44 WCE

Brownlow

3 W.Schwass (NM)
2 A.Stevens (NM)
1 J.Blakey (NM)

Ladder

5th

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West Coast fell to a heavy loss at Princes Park, failing to score in the final term as North stormed to a 62 point win. Chris Lewis had 21 possessions and a goal to be his side's best.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
North Melbourne		3.3.21		7.6.48		9.10.64		15.15.106
West Coast		2.1.13		4.1.25		7.2.44		7.2.44

Goals: Ball, Gehrig 2, Lewis, Turley, Turnbull

Best: Jakovich, Lewis, Brennan, White, Turnbull

Injuries: Nil

Milestones: Gehrig Rising Star nomination

Records: North Melbourne biggest win vs WCE, WCE lowest score vs North Melbourne

Named sides

	West Coast				North Melb
B:	36.Hart	12.White	14.Brennan	B:	12.Blakey	11.Archer	15.Smith
HB:	17.McKenna	37.Jakovich	16.Symmons	HB:	7.Laidley	6.Fairley	17.Freeborn
C:	39.Waterman	2.Kemp	30.Matera	C:	34.King	14.Armstrong	2.Schwass
HF:	28.Lewis	25.Gehrig	20.Bond	HF:	5.Anderson	18.Carey	22.Roberts
F:	24.Worsfold	26.Ball	32.Peos	F:	33.Allison	35.Longmire	3.Rock
R:	50.Turnbull	6.Banfield	37.Lyle	R:	31.McKernan	10.A.Stevens	8.Scott
I:	9.Wilson	10.Pyke	7.Turley	I:	26.Ishchenko	37.Simpson	30.Pyman
E:	35.Blurton	22.Hynes	8.Metropolis	E:	23.Clarkson	13.Nichols	20.Reynolds

In: Kemp, Pyke

Out: Blurton, Metropolis

From the papers

The Sunday Age

"Running into a fierce breeze in the first quarter, North Melbourne employed the usual damage-control methods to keep the Eagles' lead to a minimum. Wayne Carey went into the bounce, and was often backward of the centre, trying to bottle up the West Coast forward line.

Strange thing was, the Kangaroos were also so hard at the ball, they kept moving it forward. Their forwards such as Archer were so far on top, they created some scoring chances. West Coast's own forward line was so overwhelmed by the desperate North defence, it failed to fire. And by quarter-time, North had an unlikely eight-point lead. and a stranglehold on the contest.

All it took was another three quarters of likeminded desperation and North had shrugged the West Coast gorilla from its shoulders and given it a good kicking on the way down."

Players in the WAFL

Round 17 (5 Aug)

Swan Districts vs Claremont (Evans)

East Fremantle (Mainwaring) vs East Perth

West Perth (Blurton, Downsborough) vs Perth (Robbins, Sikora, Dyer)

Subiaco (Langdon, Schofield, Godden, Heatley) vs South Fremantle (Hynes)

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
J.Spinks		Knee		TBA		(not on official list)
Harding		Knee		3 weeks
B.Spinks		Ankle		2 weeks
Dunstan		Arm		2 weeks
McIntosh		Quad		1 week
Evans		Ankle		Test
Heady		Back/shoulder		Test
Hynes		Hamstring		Test
Kemp		Thigh		Test
Pyke		Hamstring		Test
Sumich		Quadriceps		Test
Mainwaring		Shoulder		Available

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1995/121819950805.html