Round 6 2003

Melbourne v West Coast
Round 6, 2003

Read was among West Coast's best. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sat, 3 May 2003 (2:10 PM EST)

Venue

MCG

Attendance

17,534

Result

Won by 33

Score

WCE 19.13.127 - 14.10.94 MEL

Brownlow

3 C.Fletcher (WCE)
2 P.Read (WCE)
1 P.Matera (WCE)

Ladder

3rd

<--Prev

Next-->

West Coast trailed at halftime and were down to just one man on the bench, but rallied magnificently in the third quarter with ten goals, four of them to Phil Matera, to take control of the match away from the Demons. Matera finished with five goals, Daniel Chick had four goals and seven tackles in the best match of his short Eagles career and Phil Read had a team-high 23 possessions in his second game back from multiple knee injuries.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Melbourne		2.1.13		7.4.46		12.6.78		14.10.94
West Coast		5.3.33		6.5.41		16.8.104		19.13.127

Goals: Matera 5, Chick 4, Cox 3, Adkins, Embley, Hunter, Jakovich, Judd, Munro, Sampi

Best: Chick, Matera, Read, McIntosh, Fletcher, Gardiner

Injuries: Cousins (thigh), Gaspar (hamstring), Carroll (thigh)

Milestones: Adkins WCE debut

Named sides

	West Coast				Melbourne
B:	6.Banfield	11.McIntosh	46.Carroll	B:	25.Brown	35.Ferguson	3.Bizzell
HB:	39.Hunter	27.Jakovich	35.Green	HB:	26.Williams	37.Miller	45.Whelan
C:	3.Judd	9.Cousins	18.Jones	C:	1.Heffernan	36.Leoncelli	16.Johnstone
HF:	32.Embley	26.Gaspar	28.Sampi	HF:	6.Thompson	24.Robertson	32.Bruce
F:	33.Ph.Matera	38.Haynes	20.Cox	F:	19.Vardy	9.Neitz	23.J.McDonald
R:	1.Gardiner	7.Fletcher	17.Chick	R:	34.White	13.Yze	30.Godfrey
I:	24.Read	5.Morrison	12.Munro	I:	7.Moorcroft	11.Jolly	18.Green
	16.Adkins				42.P.Walsh
E:	8.Humm	10.Braun	21.Lynch	E:	2.Armstrong	31.Wheatley	43.Rigoni

In: Adkins, Gaspar, Munro

Out: Kerr (ankle), Johnson, Braun

New: Damien Adkins (Collingwood/Gippsland Power)

From the papers

The Sunday Age

"Trailing by 20 points at quarter-time, Melbourne finally lifted its intensity. Adem Yze increased his workrate and began to dominate the game. With White injured, the ruckwork fell to Darren Jolly, who was competing well against the in-form Michael Gardiner and Cox. Nathan Brown was running off the back line and Simon Godfrey was breaking even with Judd.

Yze's drive from the centre pulled Melbourne's other forwards into the game. Peter Vardy, Gary Moorcroft and Green all contributed goals before Yze kicked his second goal of the quarter with a perfect, 40-metre kick from the boundary to put Melbourne in front by five points at half-time.

Against the wind in the third quarter, Melbourne fought hard at first to set itself for a final-quarter burst, going goal-for-goal to frustrate the Eagles' efforts. Enter Phil Matera. With just one goal in the first half, Matera cut loose on Luke Williams, finding the space to kick three goals. Matthew Whelan was moved to stifle him, but by the time Matera kicked his fourth goal for the quarter, the Eagles had stamped their mark on the match."

Players in the WAFL

Round 7 (3 May)

East Perth (Selwood, Wilson, Beeck) vs Peel

West Perth (Chambers, Seaby) vs Swan Districts (Johnson, Hansen)

Subiaco (Braun, Wooden, Nicoski) vs South Fremantle

Claremont vs Perth (McDougall, Glass)

Bye: East Fremantle

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2003/111820030503.html