Round 7 2000

Melbourne v West Coast
Round 7, 2000

Debutant Bennett gets tackled. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 23 April 2000 (2:10 PM EST)

Venue

Docklands

Attendance

20,774

Result

Lost by 61

Score

MEL 20.18.138 - 12.5.77 WCE

Brownlow

3 J.White (MMEL)
2 D.Neitz (MEL)
1 J.Farmer (MEL)

Ladder

7th

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West Coast's up-and-down form continued when they were rolled by the Demons to the tune of 61 points. The Eagles remained in touch for the first half but a dominant third time by Melbourne ended the contest. Fraser Gehrig kicked three goals from 21 possessions and Glen Jakovich had 22 touches while nullifying the dangerous David Schwarz.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Melbourne		4.6.30		8.8.56		14.13.97		20.18.138
West Coast		3.2.20		7.3.45		9.3.57		12.5.77

Goals: Gardiner, Gehrig 3, Cummings, Pe.Matera 2, Bellotti, Metropolis

Best: Jakovich, Jones, Cousins

Injuries: Nil

Milestones: Bennett AFL debut

Records: Melbourne equal biggest win vs WCE

Named sides

	West Coast				Melbourne
B:	50.Turnbull	11.McIntosh	44.Wirrpanda	B:	21.S.Febey	27.Ingerson	10.Seecamp
HB:	17.McKenna	27.Jakovich	8.Metropolis	HB:	45.Whelan	9.Neitz	42.Walsh
C:	2.Kemp	10.Braun	41.Fletcher	C:	13.Yze	22.Woewodin	35.A.McDonald
HF:	37.Williams	45.Bellotti	7.Gehrig	HF:	32.Bruce	5.Schwarz	7.Powell
F:	5.Morrison	14.Cummings	18.Jones	F:	33.Farmer	24.Robertson	23.J.McDonald
R:	19.Gardiner	30.Pe.Matera	9.Cousins	R:	34.White	36.Leoncelli	43.Rigoni
I:	34.Bennett	35.Crabb	36.Read	I:	46.Simmonds	18.Green	47.Beams
	42/Rintoul				4.Grgic
E:	29.Donnelly	13.Wooden	23.Glass	E:	28.Collins	8.Cook	31.Wheatley

In: Williams, Crabb, Bennett

Out: Ph.Matera (thigh), Banfield (knee), Glass

Late change: (MEL) Wheatley for Seecamp

New: Scott Bennett (East Fremantle/Willetton JFC)

From the papers

The Age

"Shane Woewodin, its stand out on-baller this season, was well tagged yesterday by Rowan Jones. Several, rather than one Demon, stepped into the breach.

Yze, Stephen Powell, Guy Rigoni, Andrew Leoncelli and Anthony McDonald were all prolific ball-getters.

The scoreboard, in fact, was kind to the Eagles, whose 61-point loss was actually 8.13 less than Melbourne.

They might have lost by 80 or 90 points had the Dees been a little more efficient in the first quarter."

WAFL

Round 4 (22-24 April)

Subiaco (Donnelly, Holmes) vs East Fremantle (Green)

Peel (Hill) vs Claremont (Stone)

West Perth (Symmons, S.Duckworth) vs Swan Districts (Embley)

Perth (Glass) vs South Fremantle (Gaspar, McGrath)

Bye: East Perth

Injury list

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

Player		Injury		Expected return
Lewis		Personal		Indefinite
White		Knee		3 weeks
Munro		Collarbone		3 weeks
Banfield		Knee		2-3 weeks

References

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2000/111820000423.html