West Coast suffered their first loss at Subiaco, dropping by 27 points to the ladder-leading Swans. The home side led at the final change but Sydney poured on six goals in the last to storm home by 27 points. John Annear had 32 possessions and skipper Ross Glendinning picked up 26 touches and 12 marks at centre-half back.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 4.3.27 | 9.5.59 | 13.13.91 | 14.13.97 | ||||
| Sydney | 5.5.35 | 9.8.62 | 12.9.81 | 18.16.124 |
Goals: Holmes, Matera 3, Bennett, Lewis 2, Annear, Gastev, Lamb, Scott
Best: Glendinning, Mainwaring, Lewis, Matera, Zanotti
Injuries: Nil
Milestones: Mainwaring AFL debut, O'Connell AFL debut, Scott AFL debut, Wiley WCE debut, Davidson final appearance
Records: First meeting between WCE and Sydney
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Sydney | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 5.Lamb | 23.Bartlett | 6.Miles | B: | 5.Roberts | 13.Carter | 29.N.Cordy |
| HB: | 27.Zanotti | 4.Glendinning | 20.Peos | HB: | 11.Browning | 7.Carroll | 15.Toohey |
| C: | 18.MacNish | 32.Wrensted | 7.Narkle | C: | 4.Neagle | 2.Williams | 35.Murphy |
| HF: | 33.Holmes | 14.Brennan | 8.Malaxos | HF: | 21.Morwood | 9.Henwood | 30.Bayes |
| F: | 28.Lewis | 19.Bennett | 30.Gastev | F: | 16.Bolton | 39.Capper | 10.Mitchell |
| R: | 25.Keene | 16.Annear | 1.Matera | R: | 1.Ironmonger | 3.Healy | 26.Wright |
| I (fr): | 2.Wiley | 3.Mainwaring | 11.Davidson | I (fr): | 37.Potter | 23.Coleman | 22.Holden |
| 12.Scott | 22.O'Connell | ||||||
| E: | E: | 20.Quirk | 33.Thripp |
In: Davidson, Mainwaring, O'Connell, Scott, Wiley
Out: Ishchenko (susp), Laidley (back)
Late changes: (WCE) Bartlett, Miles, MacNish out; (SYD) N.Cordy out
New: Chris Mainwaring (East Fremantle), Michael O'Connell (Claremont), Phil Scott (Subiaco), Rob Wiley (Richmond/Perth)
From the papers[]
The Age[]
"The Swans, who have earned a reputation this season for highly skilled run-on football, showed that physical pressure, intense tackling and tough man-to-man work could also be part of their make-up.
Twice they looked beaten by the Eagles.
At the 17-minute mark of the second quarter, the Eagles, led by a superb Ross Glendinning at centre half-back and hard-working little men in rovers Wally Matera and Don Holmes, were in front by 17 points.
But the Swans came back strongly in the last eight minutes of that quarter to finish the first half three points in front - a sign of things to come."[1]
Canberra Times[]
"Swan Brownlow medallist Greg Williams sparked their last term revival, after being quiet early in the match, generating countless opportunities from the centre.
Sydney's glamour spearhead, Warwick Capper, took full advantage of the bombardment and finished the match with five goals, including three in the last term, and could have been further in front on the league goalkicking ladder if not for some easy misses earlier in the match as he showed too much pace and class for Eagles fullback Michael O'Connell.
Swans veteran defender Ian Roberts, was a constant springboard and earned the player-of-the-match title.
The Eagles skipper, Ross Glendenning, was a rock at centre-half-back and his weary legs and powerful hands stopped what could have been a last term avalanche."[2]
Players in the WAFL[]
Round 2 (10-11 April)
West Perth (King, Warwick, Mifka) vs Claremont (Miles)
East Fremantle vs Swan Districts (Langsford)
Perth vs South Fremantle (Worsfold, Hart)
East Perth (Turner, Bartlett) vs Subiaco (MacNish, O'Loughlin)
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1987/161819870412.html
- ↑ Alan East, The Age (13 April 1987, p.34), "Centre line bails out Sydney just in time"
- ↑ Canberra Times (13 April 1987), "Swans soar as Eagles plunge": http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118184696/13036945
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