West Coast beat the Demons at the MCG to keep touch with the top four, stunning Melbourne with a seven-goal opening term. Dean Kemp had 19 possessions, seven tackles and two goals and young Fraser Gehrig kicked five.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 1.3.9 | 4.6.30 | 6.10.46 | 10.15.75 | ||||
| West Coast | 7.2.44 | 8.5.53 | 11.7.73 | 16.8.104 |
Goals: Gehrig 5, Hynes, Kemp, Matera, Worsfold 2, Banfield, Lewis, Waterman
Best: Waterman, Kemp, Mainwaring, Gehrig, White, Matera, Jakovich
Injuries: McKenna (thigh), Hynes (ankle), Brennan (hamstring)
Milestones: Worsfold 100th game as captain
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Melbourne | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 36.Hart | 14.Brennan | 12.White | B: | 15.Hopgood | 27.Wight | 32.Gaspar |
| HB: | 17.McKenna | 27.Jakovich | 8.Metropolis | HB: | 10.Seecamp | 19.Prymke | 21.S.Febey |
| C: | 16.Symmons | 2.Kemp | 30.Matera | C: | 20.M.Febey | 23.Dyson | 44.Yze |
| HF: | 39.Waterman | 22.Hynes | 24.Worsfold | HF: | 4.Obst | 9.Neitz | 17.B.Lovett |
| F: | 10.Pyke | 26.Ball | 28.Lewis | F: | 29.Smith | 3.Lyon | 33.Farmer |
| R: | 50.Turnbull | 37.Lyle | 6.Banfield | R: | 11.Stynes | 6.G.Lovett | 16.Lovell |
| I: | 25.Gehrig | 3.Mainwaring | 7.Turley | I: | 7.Kowal | 8.Yeats | 22.Hilton |
| E: | 20.Bond | 18.Evans | 9.Wilson | E: | 26.Doyle | 24.Sampson | 41.Rohde |
In: Mainwaring, Hynes
Out: Peos, Wilson
Late change: (MEL) Rohde for Wight (knee)
From the papers[]
The Age[]
"After half-time the Eagles coasted, stepping up a notch only when required and teasing Melbourene in the process to such an extent that the Demons' skill level deteriorated even further.
Apart from the fact that the Eagles now have a decent sniff of Richmond's tentative hold on fourth place - and a Perth final - the positive aspect of victory was the return of Chris Mainwaring.
The veteran wingman, playing his first game since dislocating his shoulder in the fourth round, collected the best part of 20 possessions before running out of puff in the final quarter of the game.
The Demons struggle to beat teams placed above them at the best of times, but rarely when spearhead Garry Lyon is well held, as he was by Mitchell White."[1]
Canberra Times[]
"Skipper John Worsfold, David Hynes and the promising Fraser Gehrig combined for six goals between them in the first term as the Eagles strode to a 35 point lead at the first change.
From then on Melbourne battled gamely to get back into the match and at one stage got to within 14 points in the third term.
However, turnovers cost them dearly and none was worse than Andy Lovell's poor kick to Brett Lovett in the last term which was intercepted by Peter Matera who then sealed the game with a great right foot snap.
Matera was just one of many dominant Eagle midfielders with Dean Kemp and Chris Waterman also winning plenty of the ball and using it with the precision their Demon counterparts could only envy."[2]
Players in the WAFL[]
Round 19 (19 Aug)
Subiaco (Heady, Langdon, Schofield, Godden, Heatley) vs Perth (Robbins, Sikora, Dyer)
East Fremantle vs West Perth (Blurton, Downsborough)
Claremont (Evans) vs East Perth (Peos, Bond)
Swan Districts vs South Fremantle (Sumich)
Injury list[]
In the lead-up to the match the following players were listed as injured or unavailable:[3]
| Player | Injury | Expected duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.Spinks | Knee | Season | ||||
| Dunstan | Arm | Season | ||||
| Evans | Ankle | Test | ||||
| Harding | Knee | Test | ||||
| McIntosh | Quad | Test | ||||
| Sumich | Quadriceps | Test | ||||
| Heady | Back/shoulder | Available | ||||
| Langdon | Calf | Available | ||||
| B.Spinks | Ankle | Available |
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1995/111819950819.html
- ↑ Greg Denham, The Age (21 August 1995, p.36), "Class win puts Eagles in race for fourth spot"
- ↑ Canberra Times (20 August 1995, p.12), "Melbourne's final hopes in jeopardy": https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130558872/14743444
- ↑ The Age (16 August 1995, p.41), "AFL injury list"
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