West Coast continued their recent good run against the Lions and remained in touch with the top eight with a win in enemy territory. Forwards Andrew McDougall and Phil Matera proved dangerous throughout, combining for 7 goals and Matera could have had more than 3 goals with some improved accuracy.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane | 2.1.13 | 6.6.42 | 8.7.55 | 10.13.73 | ||||
| West Coast | 4.6.30 | 8.9.57 | 10.14.74 | 12.15.87 |
Goals: McDougall 4, Matera 3, Embley, Fletcher, Lynch, Morrison, Sampi
Best: Judd, Morrison, McDougall, Matera, Lynch, Sampi
Injuries: Nil
Reports: Kerr for headbutting R.Copeland
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Brisbane | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 44.Wirrpanda | 23.Glass | 39.Hunter | B: | 2.Johnson | 15.Michael | 33.White |
| HB: | 22.Waters | 21.Lynch | 17.Chick | HB: | 26.Macdonald | 23.Leppitsch | 30.Copeland |
| C: | 5.Morrison | 7.Fletcher | 4.Kerr | C: | 1.Caracella | 3.Voss | 8.Notting |
| HF: | 18.R.Jones | 41.Staker | 16.Adkins | HF: | 6.Power | 13.Pike | 44.Lappin |
| F: | 33.Matera | 2.McDougall | 14.Seaby | F: | 4.McRae | 36.Bradshaw | 27.Keating |
| R: | 20.Cox | 3.Judd | 6.Banfield | R: | 25.McLaren | 20.Black | 12.Akermanis |
| I: | 13.Wooden | 10.Braun | 32.Embley | I: | 18.Corrie | 9.McGrath | 14.Hadley |
| 28.Sampi | 32.Hart | ||||||
| E: | 12.Munro | 38.B.Jones | 35.Green | E: | 22.C.Scott | 35.Rischitelli | 37.Pratt |
In: Embley
Out: Butler (groin)
From the papers[]
The West Australian[]
"Two goals to Andrew McDougall and another to Matera were sprinkled among more Eagles misses, one of which was the third West Coast poster for the term for Matera.
But it was an unfortunate behind. The pint-sized forward marked next to the goal post, played on and kicked the goal but the umpire had blown time-on, forcing Matera to take a set shot from a tight angle. He drove the checkside kick into the post.
Matera's woes worsened in the second term, with him missing two set shots he normally would have swallowed.
And West Coast's 17-point quarter-time lead evaporated partly on those early misses and partly because of some individual brilliance from several Lions stars." [1]
The Age[]
"In their absence Matthews started Justin Leppitsch at full-forward yesterday and, when his influence and drive was needed in defence, he tried just about everyone, except full-back Mal Michael, in the key forward posts with minimal success.
The Lions bettered the Eagles for forward-50 entries 56-54 and took 18 contested marks to the visitors' 14, but their work in the scoring zone was ineffective.
West Coast led by 17 points at quarter-time and only some poor conversion, mainly from Phil Matera, prevented them taking an early stranglehold. But, much to Worsfold's delight, whenever the home side threatened to stamp their authority on the contest the visitors responded."[2]
Players in the WAFL[]
Round 20 (7 Aug)
West Perth (Chambers) vs Claremont (Carroll, B.Jones, Rudeforth)
Swan Districts (Munro, Johnson, Edwards) vs East Fremantle (Collica)
Subiaco vs Peel
South Fremantle vs Perth
Bye: East Perth
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2004/181920040808.html
- ↑ David Reed, The West Australian (9 August 2004, p. GAM6), "Road warrior Fletcher stands tall"
- ↑ Peter Blucher, The Age (9 August 2004), "Eagles keep finals hopes alive": http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=matera+and+sampi+and+notting&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=AGE040809PS4GD1F27VG
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