Round 6 1999

West Coast v W.Bulldogs
Round 6, 1999

Date

Sat, 1 May 1999 (9:00 PM WST)

Venue

Subiaco Oval

Attendance

32,370

Result

Won by 72

Score

WCE 18.16.124 -7.10.52 WBD

Brownlow

3 Ph.Matera (WCE)
2 B.Cousins (WCE)
1 G.McKenna (WCE)

Ladder

1st

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West Coast held the Bulldogs scoreless for the first term en route to a sizeable win, their sixth in succession in the best start to a season since 1991. Ben Cousins led the way with 32 disposals and Phil Matera kicked 5 goals from 21 possessions.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
West Coast		7.5.47		10.8.68		12.10.82		18.16.124
Western Bulldogs		0.0.0		3.4.22		5.7.37		7.10.52

Goals: Ph.Matera 5, Cummings 4, Jones 2, Banfield, Cousins, Embley, Metropolis, Read, White, Williams

Best: Cousins, Ph.Matera, Gardiner, Braun, McIntosh, McKenna, Bellotti

Injuries: Nil

Named sides

	West Coast				Bulldogs
B:	44.Wirrpanda	11.McIntosh	23.Fewster	B:	13.Mahoney	16.Croft	32.Ellis
HB:	8.Metropolis	26.Ball	17.McKenna	HB:	11.Curley	8.Southern	18.Cameron
C:	10.Braun	2.Kemp	31.Jones	C:	6.Johnson	7.S.West	28.Dimattina
HF:	45.Bellotti	12.White	32.Embley	HF:	1.Winmar	3.Grant	5.Smith
F:	42.Rintoul	14.Cummings	33.Ph.Matera	F:	9.Hudson	12.Cook	14.Darcy
R:	19.Gardiner	30.Pe.Matera	9.Cousins	R:	15.Wynd	4.Garlick	39.Liberatore
I:	6.Banfield	5.Morrison	36.Read	I:	10.Montgomery	29.Powell	43.Contessa
	37.Williams				21.Dent
E:	29.Donnelly	16.Symmons	50.Turnbull	E:	17.Brown	30.Robbins	48.Tinsley

In: Fewster, Embley

Out: Jakovich (ankle), Gehrig (heel)

Late change: (WBD) Brown for Southern

From the papers

The Age

"A seven-goal first quarter stunned the Bulldogs and a six-goal final term left them on the canvas, bloodied and beaten 18.16 (124) to 7.10 (52).

The blood came from veteran tagger Tony Liberatore, left languishing by Ben Cousins in the first two quarters before copping an accidental blow from teammate Stephen Powell and leaving the field with blood pouring from his forehead.

Liberatore returned and had little influence while Cousins went from strength to strength and finished with 32 possessions in a best-afield performance.

The 20-year-old has wonderful poise and vision and was the man chiefly responsible for the first quarter burst that set the tone for the rest of the match."

WAFL

Round 5 (1 May)

Claremont (Wooden, Crabb, Antonowicz, Fletcher, O'Brien, Bennett, Younie, S.Duckworth, Pearson, Taylor) vs Subiaco (Donnelly)

East Fremantle (Mainwaring) vs Peel

Swan Districts vs East Perth (Turnbull)

South Fremantle vs West Perth (Symmons)

Bye: Perth

Injury list

In the leadup to the match the following players were listed as injured or unavailable:

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Holmes		Foot		Indefinite
Stone		Groin		3 weeks
Lewis		Ankle		3 weeks
Gehrig		Bruised heel		Test
Jakovich		Ankle		Test

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1999/071819990501.html