2 S.Alessio (ESS)
1 B.Caracella (ESS)
After a promising first half, West Coast lost veterans Guy McKenna and Peter Matera and quickly lost control of the game, with the Bombers kicking eight goals in each of the last two quarters to storm to a 10-goal win. Drew Banfield kicked three goals from 24 touches to be West Coast's best.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 2.2.14 | 7.7.49 | 15.11.101 | 23.15.153 | ||||
| West Coast | 5.1.31 | 9.1.55 | 11.3.69 | 15.3.93 |
Goals: Banfield, Cummings, White 3, Donnelly 2, Cousins, Jakovich, Kemp, Morrison
Best: Gehrig, Banfield, White, Read, Wirrpanda
Injuries: Pe.Matera (hamstring), McKenna (corked hip), Cousins (leg)
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Essendon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 44.Wirrpanda | 7.Gehrig | 29.Donnelly | B: | 16.Barnard | 31.Fletcher | 28.M.Johnson |
| HB: | 17.McKenna | 27.Jakovich | 8.Metropolis | HB: | 7.Solomon | 6.Wellman | 11.Hardwick |
| C: | 42.Rintoul | 6.Banfield | 16.Symmons | C: | 32.Blumfield | 26.Heffernan | 8.Bewick |
| HF: | 30.Pe.Matera | 23.Fewster | 12.White | HF: | 2.Mercuri | 27.Alessio | 33.Caracella |
| F: | 2.Kemp | 14.Cummings | 33.Ph.Matera | F: | 13.Long | 18.Lloyd | 29.Moorcroft |
| R: | 19.Gardiner | 36.Read | 9.Cousins | R: | 19.Somerville | 24.Misiti | 38.Denham |
| I: | 45.Bellotti | 10.Braun | 5.Morrison | I: | 35.Young | 43.Rioli | 15.Prior |
| 37.Williams | 21.Wallis | ||||||
| E: | 35.Crabb | 32.Embley | 31.Jones | E: | 12.Symons | 30.Fraser | 17.Lalich |
In: Bellotti
Out: McIntosh (knee)
Late change: (WCE) Embley for Bellotti (ill); (ESS) Symons, Fraser for Long (calf), Prior (calf)
From the papers[]
The Age[]
"The Bombers more than doubled their first-half score by booting eight goals to the Eagles' two in the third term to race to a commanding 32-point three-quarter-time lead.
West Coast held a six-point lead at half-time despite having lost three of its best players to injury.
Peter Matera and Guy McKenna were rendered useless in the first half, while Ben Cousins was forced off in the second quarter with a corked leg after a crude block from Joe Misiti.
Matera tore his hamstring and will not play again before the finals, while McKenna received a corked hip after a crude tackle by Wallis. McKenna showed courage to resume after half-time, but the Eagles were rocked by the losses of Matera and Cousins and McKenna was severely restricted."[1]
WAFL[]
Round 18 (7 Aug)
Claremont (Wooden, Crabb, Chambers, Jones, Antonowicz, Fletcher, O'Brien, Bennett, S.Duckworth, Younie, Taylor) vs Peel
East Perth (Turnbull) vs Perth
Swan Districts (Ball) vs East Fremantle
Subiaco vs South Fremantle
Bye: West Perth
Injury list[]
In the lead-up to the round the following players were listed as injured:[2]
| Player | Injury | Expected duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis | Ankle | Indefinite | ||||
| McIntosh | Knee | Test | ||||
| Stone | Hand | Test | ||||
| Hill | Concussion | Test |
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1999/051819990806.html
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