2 L.Darcy (WBD)
1 S.West (WBD)
In the last ever game at Western Oval, the Bulldogs rode the emotion of the occasion to a 20-point quarter time lead and West Coast were unable to bridge the gap, losing by 3 goals. The loss left the Eagles in seventh place with one round left to improve their position. The Matera brothers were prominent, with Phil picking up 22 touches and a goal and Peter having 19 possessions and 8 marks.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Bulldogs | 4.3.27 | 6.8.44 | 8.12.60 | 12.14.86 | ||||
| West Coast | 1.1.7 | 2.5.17 | 5.6.36 | 10.8.68 |
Goals: Banfield, Cousins, Gehrig, Heady, Lovell, Ph.Matera, Schofield, Symmons, Turnbull, Wooden
Best: Schofield, Pe.Matera, Ph.Matera, Lovell
Injuries: Pe.Matera (knee), McIntosh (quad)
Report: Ball for striking P.Dimattina
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Bulldogs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 13.Wooden | 11.McIntosh | 30.Pe.Matera | B: | 26.Cox | 35.Kretiuk | 8.Southern |
| HB: | 17.McKenna | 27.Jakovich | 24.Worsfold | HB: | 11.Curley | 16.Croft | 21.Dent |
| C: | 16.Symmons | 39.Waterman | 33.Ph.Matera | C: | 5.Smith | 28.Dimattina | 6.Johnson |
| HF: | 21.Schofield | 19.Gardiner | 1.Heady | HF: | 7.S.West | 3.Grant | 18.Cameron |
| F: | 35.Cousins | 7.Gehrig | 26.Ball | F: | 10.Montgomery | 12.Cook | 14.Darcy |
| R: | 14.Grgic | 2.Kemp | 5.Lovell | R: | 15.Wynd | 36.Romero | 39.Liberatore |
| I: | 50.Turnbull | 42.Morrison | 6.Banfield | I: | 17.Brown | 32.Ellis | 23.Martin |
| E: | 38.Braun | 34.Sikora | 22.Stone | E: | 4.Kellett | 2.Kolyniuk | 24.Wira |
In: McIntosh, Banfield
Late change: (WB) Kolyniuk for Curley (knee)
From the paper[]
The Sunday Age[]
"When Grant booted the first goal after half-time to send the margin out to six goals, a thrashing looked on the cards. That West Coast lost by only three probably accounted for much of the surprising upbeat atmosphere in the Eagles' rooms afterwards.
It was Fraser Gehrig who began the long haul back to scoreboard respectability with a good left-foot snap. Ryan Turnbull added another, and after 10 more minutes of slog, with interchange player Andy Lovell picking up plenty of touches, Heady reduced the gap to 17 points.
Besides Lovell, West Coast had the brothers Matera busting their gut, though Peter did seem to spend a lot of time trying to perfect the art of the torpedo punt on the run with a lot of success. Paul Symmons played a fine game on a wing, while Jarrad Schofield fought perhaps the most even duel of the match, against Scott West in the middle, to give the Eagles at least a sniff out of the middle."[1]
WAFL[]
Round 22 (23 Aug)
Subiaco (Donnelly, Braun, Blair, Simpson) vs Swan Districts
East Fremantle vs Claremont (Marshall)
East Perth (Nener) vs West Perth (Blurton, Fewster, Smoker, Webb)
Perth (Spinks, Sikora) vs South Fremantle (Sumich)
Bye: Peel
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 | Season | ||||
| Evans | Suspension | 1 week | ||||
| Lewis | Arm | Test | ||||
| Hart | Knee | Test | ||||
| McIntosh | Knee | Test | ||||
| Morrison | Knee | Test | ||||
| Stone | Groin | Test | ||||
| Braun | Groin | Test | ||||
| Fewster | Knee | Available | ||||
| Banfield | Flu | Available |
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1997/071819970823.html
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