West Coast won a tight home contest against the Bulldogs, fighting back after the Scrays hit the front during the last term. Dean Turner had 25 possessions and kicked the winning goal, while skipper Ross Glendinning was best afield with 11 marks and seven goals.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 3.4.22 | 6.9.45 | 12.12.84 | 14.16.100 | ||||
| Footscray | 4.4.28 | 6.7.43 | 9.9.63 | 14.9.93 |
Goals: Glendinning 7, Miles 4, Annear, Lockyer, Turner
Best: Worsfold, Glendinning, Lamb, Turner, Gastev, Miles
Injuries: Nil
Milestones: Waterman VFL debut
Records: WCE first win vs Footscray
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Footscray | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 3.Mainwaring | 6.Miles | 27.Zanotti | B: | 43.Hogg | 42.Fitzpatrick | 17.Cronan |
| HB: | 14.Brennan | 12.Scott | 24.Worsfold | HB: | 45.Ford | 12.Eppelstun | 35.D.Baxter |
| C: | 31.Waterman | 32.Wrensted | 5.Lamb | C: | 4.Davies | 16.Wallace | 7.Hawkins |
| HF: | 38.Barich | 23.Rance | 15.Laidley | HF: | 38.Petraglia | 32.Foster | 39.Liberatore |
| F: | 22.M.O'Connell | 4.Glendinning | 2.Annear | F: | 14.Allday | 18.Beasley | 21.Kolyniuk |
| R: | 26.Ishchenko | 10.Turner | 30.Gastev | R: | 2.Cousins | 11.McGuinness | 33.Royal |
| I: | 45.Lockyer | 35.Ugle | I: | 27.MacPherson | 19.Tzatzaris | ||
| E: | 9.Hutton | 1.Matera | 16.Cormack | E: | 44.Hunter | 6.Williams | 37.Nicol |
In: Barich, Waterman, Lockyer, Ugle
Out: McKenna (ankle), Hart (collarbone), Keene (inj), Hutton
New: Chris Waterman (East Fremantle)
From the papers[]
Canberra Times[]
"The game was a tight checking affair from the start, though Glendinning and his counterpart Simon Beasley starred in the first half with four goals apiece. Beasley broke Kelvin Templeton's Footscray record of 494 when he kicked his first goal.
Geoff Miles started the game on the Bulldog's spearhead but was moved on to the Eagles half forward line in the second quarter after Beasley's initial success. Miles and Glendinning kicked two goals each to push the home side to a 21-point advantage at the last change.
The last 15 minutes were tense as the Footscray defence almost deprived the Eagles of four premiership points in front of a crowd of 16,000."[1]
Players in the WAFL[]
Round 5 (30 April)
Claremont (D.O'Connell) vs Swan Districts (Holmes, Hutton, Cormack)
Subiaco (MacNish) vs Perth
South Fremantle (Matera) vs West Perth
East Perth vs East Fremantle
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1988/071819880429.html
- ↑ Canberra Times (1 May 1988, p.9), "Eagles' late goal": http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111970146/12747443
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