Round 18 2011

Fremantle v West Coast
Round 18, 2011

Shuey was among West Coast's best. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 24 July 2011 (2:40 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

41,055

Result

Won by 1

Score

WCE 8.17.65 - 9.10.64 FRE

Brownlow

3 L.Shuey (WCE)
2 D.Cox (WCE)
1 N.Fyfe (FRE)

Ladder

5th

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In a dour thriller of a Western Derby, four straight West Coast goals either side of three-quarter time gave the Eagles a 22 point lead midway through the last term. Fremantle whittled away at that lead, and a controversial deliberate out-of-bounds call gave Hayden Ballantyne a chance to win the game after the siren. The pint-sized Docker hit the post and West Coast escaped with a 1-point win. Dean Cox dominated in the absence of Aaron Sandilands to win the Glendinning Medal.

Summmary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Fremantle		2.3.15		3.6.24		6.7.43		9.10.64
West Coast		1.6.12		3.7.25		6.14.50		8.17.65

Goals: Kennedy 3, LeCras 2, Darling, Priddis, Shuey

Best: Cox, Shuey, Waters, Kennedy, Glass, Rosa

Injuries: Nil

Sub: McGinnity for Darling in the third quarter

Milestones: Schofield 50th game

Named sides

	West Coast				Fremantle
B:	31.Schofield	23.Glass	25.Hurn	B:	14.Grover	36.Silvagni	37.Johnson
HB:	10.S.Selwood	16.MacKenzie	8.Waters	HB:	9.McPhee	18.McPharlin	13.Mzungu
C:	32.Embley	11.Priddis	24.Rosa	C:	32.Hill	21.Barlow	5.Ibbotson
HF:	5.Ebert	17.Kennedy	6.Nicoski	HF:	6.Broughton	23.Mayne	24.Roberton
F:	2.LeCras	21.Lynch	9.Naitanui	F:	1.Ballantyne	29.Pavlich	30.Clarke
R:	20.Cox	37.A.Selwood	13.Shuey	R:	12.Griffin	7.Fyfe	40.De Boer
I:	28.Smith	3.Gaff	35.McGinnity	I:	15.Crowley	41.Duffield	8.Suban
	27.Darling				34.Lower
E:	43.Hams	1.Brown	12.Sheppard	E:	10.Palmer	28.Faulks	4.Pitt

In: McGinnity

Out: Stevens

From the papers

The Age

"The Dockers booted two goals to one in the opening quarter but were soon on the backfoot as West Coast made their charge, with goals from Matt Priddis and Kennedy handing the ascendancy to the Eagles.

But a 50m penalty against Naitanui gifted a goal to Clarke late in the second quarter, halting the Eagles' momentum in its tracks.

West Coast missed a glut of opportunities in front of goal in the second half and the misses almost came back to haunt them, only for Ballantyne's long-range goal attempt to hit the post."

Herald-Sun

"Eagles midfielder Matt Rosa was penalised by umpire Dean Margetts in a highly controversial deliberate out of bounds decision with West Coast leading by two points in the dying seconds.

Ballantyne shot after the siren from 50m out on a tight angle and his drop punt looked a goal for much of its journey before hitting the padding on the right hand goalpost amid a sea of hands from both sides.

Several Dockers, including Ballantyne, were celebrating victory amid chaotic scenes having thought it was a goal."

WAFL

Round 18 (23 July)

Peel (J.Jones, Lycett) vs Claremont (B.Jones, Swift, Stevenson, Weedon). Broome and Hamp played reserves.

East Fremantle (Masten, Brown, Dalziell, Sheppard, Stevens, Brennan, Houlihan) vs East Perth (Oakley-Nicholls)

West Perth (Strijk) vs Perth

Subiaco vs Swan Districts

Bye: South Fremantle

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Neates		Elbow		Season		(placed on LTI, replaced by Hams)
Butler		Quad		2 weeks
Kerr		Soreness		Test

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2011/081820110724.html

http://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2011/18/fre-v-wce