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Melbourne vs West Coast Match Centre

Saturday 26-Apr-1997
Final Round 5
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Neil Balme
78 12.6
126 19.12
West Coast Coach: Mick Malthouse
West Coast logo
M.C.G. West Coast by 48 WCE by 48
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

23 Alastair Clarkson — · Position unavailable 16 Robert Pyman — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 36 Andrew Leoncelli — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Seecamp — · Position unavailable 28 Nick Pesch — · Position unavailable 18 Craig Nettelbeck — · Position unavailable 35 Anthony McDonald — · Position unavailable 20 Matthew Febey — · Position unavailable 9 David Neitz — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 7 Darren Kowal — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Woewodin — · Position unavailable 32 Damien Gaspar — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 14 Leigh Newton — · Position unavailable
Away team

West Coast

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

5 Andy Lovell — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Matera — · Position unavailable 28 Chris Lewis — · Position unavailable 2 Dean Kemp — · Position unavailable 24 John Worsfold — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Symmons — · Position unavailable 21 Jarrad Schofield — · Position unavailable 26 Jason Ball — · Position unavailable 35 Ben Cousins — · Position unavailable 42 Chad Morrison — · Position unavailable 6 Drew Banfield — · Position unavailable 22 Nicholas Stone — · Position unavailable 11 Ashley McIntosh — · Position unavailable 33 Phillip Matera — · Position unavailable 14 Ilija Grgic — · Position unavailable 12 Mitchell White — · Position unavailable 44 David Wirrpanda — · Position unavailable 50 Ryan Turnbull — · Position unavailable 7 Fraser Gehrig — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Sumich — · Position unavailable 36 David Hart — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.11.11.25.278
WCE4.16.38.31.5126

Match Leaders

Goals
6
David NeitzMEL
Behinds
3
Chris LewisWCE
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
Jason BallWCE

Team Stats

MELWCE

Scoring / Attack

12Goals19
6Behinds9
2Behinds Rushed4

Possession

288Disposals317
180Kicks204
108Handballs113

Clearance / Contest

17Tackles35
24Hitouts22

Other

71Marks78
24Frees For14
14Frees Against24

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

West Coast beat Melbourne by 48 points, 126–78.

West Coast took a 69-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 48 by the final siren, scoring 32 points to 11 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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