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Western Bulldogs vs Sydney Match Centre

Saturday 6-Sep-1997
Final Qualifying Final
Western Bulldogs logo
Western Bulldogs Coach: Terry Wallace
119 18.11
84 12.12
Sydney Coach: Rodney Eade
Sydney logo
M.C.G. Western Bulldogs by 35 WBD by 35
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Western Bulldogs

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

18 Leon Cameron — · Position unavailable 7 Scott West — · Position unavailable 21 Matthew Dent — · Position unavailable 6 Brad Johnson — · Position unavailable 3 Chris Grant — · Position unavailable 5 Rohan Smith — · Position unavailable 11 Todd Curley — · Position unavailable 14 Luke Darcy — · Position unavailable 9 Paul Hudson — · Position unavailable 26 Simon Cox — · Position unavailable 12 James Cook — · Position unavailable 34 Mark West — · Position unavailable 15 Scott Wynd — · Position unavailable 39 Tony Liberatore — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Kretiuk — · Position unavailable 36 Jose Romero — · Position unavailable 10 Brett Montgomery — · Position unavailable 17 Nathan Brown — · Position unavailable 32 Craig Ellis — · Position unavailable 16 Matthew Croft — · Position unavailable 23 Michael Martin — · Position unavailable
Away team

Sydney

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

3 Dale Lewis — · Position unavailable 5 Craig OBrien — · Position unavailable 14 Paul Kelly — · Position unavailable 9 Shannon Grant — · Position unavailable 34 Troy Luff — · Position unavailable 1 Paul Roos — · Position unavailable 20 John Stevens — · Position unavailable 23 Matthew Nicks — · Position unavailable 12 Kevin Dyson — · Position unavailable 21 Leo Barry — · Position unavailable 6 Andrew Dunkley — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Orchard — · Position unavailable 11 Stuart Maxfield — · Position unavailable 31 Stefan Carey — · Position unavailable 19 Michael OLoughlin — · Position unavailable 15 Greg Stafford — · Position unavailable 2 Simon Arnott — · Position unavailable 17 Jason Mooney — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Lockett — · Position unavailable 8 Daryn Cresswell — · Position unavailable 41 Troy Cook — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
WBD9.23.32.24.4119
SYD0.54.22.36.284

Match Leaders

Goals
4
James CookWBD
Behinds
3
Tony LockettSYD
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
7
Michael OLoughlinSYD

Team Stats

WBDSYD

Scoring / Attack

18Goals12
11Behinds8
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

316Disposals278
193Kicks181
123Handballs97

Clearance / Contest

30Tackles27
28Hitouts7

Other

80Marks67
17Frees For20
20Frees Against17

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Western Bulldogs beat Sydney by 35 points, 119–84.

Western Bulldogs took a 45-point lead into the last quarter. Sydney cut that back to 35 by the final siren, scoring 38 points to 28 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. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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