West Coast seized control of the match in the second quarter and did enough to hold off the Hawks from that point on, taking a 21 point win to celebrate milestone games for premiership stars Chris Waterman (150th) and Tony Evans (100th). Fraser Gehrig dominated up forward with five goals and Brett Heady added two from 22 possessions.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn | 2.4.16 | 4.4.28 | 7.5.47 | 10.6.66 | ||||
| West Coast | 2.3.15 | 8.7.55 | 8.9.57 | 13.9.87 |
Goals: Gehrig 5, Heady 3, Sumich 2, Evans, Kemp, Turnbull
Best: Gehrig, Kemp, Turnbull, McKenna, Pe.Matera
Injuries: Lewis (arm)
Reports: Evans for striking B.Krummel
Milestones: Waterman 150th game, Evans 100th game, Gardiner Rising Star nomination
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Hawthorn | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 30.Pe.Matera | 11.McIntosh | 50.Turnbull | B: | 28.Scott | 24.Langford | 10.Robran |
| HB: | 17.McKenna | 27.Jakovich | 42.Morrison | HB: | 9.S.Crawford | 12.Lawrence | 34.Graham |
| C: | 39.Waterman | 28.Lewis | 16.Symmons | C: | 44.Platten | 5.Harford | 18.Pritchard |
| HF: | 33.Ph.Matera | 7.Gehrig | 1.Heady | HF: | 32.Dixon | 2.Holland | 17.Chick |
| F: | 19.Gardiner | 4.Sumich | 2.Kemp | F: | 23.J.Crawford | 14.Krummel | 26.Hay |
| R: | 14.Grgic | 21.Schofield | 18.Evans | R: | 4.Salmon | 30.Woods | 6.Taylor |
| I: | 22.Stone | 35.Cousins | 13.Wooden | I: | 15.Lord | 37.Lekkas | 21.Stevenson |
| E: | 43.Marshall | 38.Braun | 25.Spinks | I: | 20.Rawlings | 29.Tallis | 13.Hassall |
In: Jakovich, Ph.Matera
Out: Hart (knee), Banfield (ill)
Late change: (HAW) Rawlings for Holland
From the papers[]
The Sunday Age[]
"Three of Gehrig's goals came in the first three-and-a-half minutes of the second term, which the Hawks had started with a one-point lead after West Coast kicked the first two goals of the game.
Then Gehrig went on his rampage. Within 50 seconds, he had his first from a snap when Hawthorn turned the ball over after winning the centre bounce. A minute later, Peter Sumich danced around Chris Langford and popped the ball over to Gehrig, who booted his second with his right foot.
Judge was prompted to drag third-gamer Jonathan Hay and switch Angelo Lekkas on to Gehrig, but within two minutes, the West Coast forward had marked in front of Lekkas 30 metres out for another. When Sumich goaled five minutes later, West Coast led by 23 points, and the Hawks were unable to get any closer than two goals thereafter."[1]
WAFL[]
Round 20 (9-10 August)
South Fremantle vs Claremont (Marshall)
East Perth (Nener) vs Swan Districts (Ball)
Peel (Cummings) vs West Perth (Blurton, Smoker, Webb)
Subiaco (Donnelly, Braun, Blair, Simpson) vs Perth (Spinks, Sikora)
Bye: East Fremantle
Injury list[]
In the lead-up to the match the following players were listed as injured or unavailable:[2]
| Player | Injury | Expected duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainwaring | Knee | Season | ||||
| White | Knee | Season | ||||
| Dunstan | Ankle | Season | ||||
| Wirrpanda | Groin | Season | ||||
| Metropolis | Groin | 4-6 weeks | ||||
| Fewster | Knee | 4 weeks | ||||
| Hart | Knee | 2 weeks | ||||
| Jakovich | Knee | Test | ||||
| Lovell | Shin | Test | ||||
| Sumich | Concussion | Test | ||||
| Worsfold | Calf | Test | ||||
| Ph.Matera | Ankle | Available |
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1997/101819970809.html
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