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West Coast vs Geelong

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Round: 21   Venue: Subiaco Oval   Date: Sat, 17-08-2013 5:40 pm   Crowd: 34,394  
West Coast 2.1.132.3.154.5.296.5.41 C:  John Worsfold
Geelong 6.1.3711.5.7115.9.9916.11.107 C:  Chris Scott
  GEEL by 24GEEL by 56GEEL by 70GEEL by 66  
Weather
min temp  11.2°C      max temp  19.0°C
rainfall  6.8mm    humidity  83%    air pressure  1020.5mb
wind speed 7km/h      wind direction  SSW
Brownlow Medal 3 Joel Selwood (GEEL)2 Steve Johnson (GEEL)1 Mathew Stokes (GEEL)

Match Report

A consummate performance from Geelong against West Coast at Subiaco on Saturday night has allowed the Cats to maintain its hold on a top-two place of the AFL ladder.

Chris Scott's team put on a virtual footy clinic in the first half against the Eagles, kicking 11 goals to two to lead by 56 points at half time. The Cats eased off in the second half kicking five goals to four, but still won in a canter by 66 points against a side that still had hopes of making the to eight prior to the match.

The win was set up by skipper Joel Selwood, who kicked four goals and had 29 touches, Steve Johnson (37 possessions) and Matthew Stokes (30 disposals and two goals). For West Coast, Sharrod Wellingham (29 touches and a goal), Scott Selwood (26 disposals and a goal) and Matthew Priddis (29 possessions) all fought hard to keep the Eagles in the match.

While Geelong maintains its top two spot, it will probably have to win its last two games if it is to continue to do so. The Cats will play their last two home-and-away matches in front of their adoring fans at Kardinia Park, against Sydney next Saturday and against Brisbane in round 23.

West Coast, while out of the running for a place in the top eight, could still technically take part in the finals if Essendon is stripped of its premiership points. The Eagles woulds have to win their last two matches though. Those games are against Collingwood at the MCG and Adelaide at home in round 23. Even if they were to win those games, the Eagles would need several other results to go their way.

GOALS
West Coast: Wellingham, Hill, Dalziell, Schofield, S Selwood, Darling
Geelong: J Selwood 4; Podsiadly, Kelly, Stokes, Motlop 2; Christensen, Vardy, Walker, Murdoch

BEST - AFL.COM.AU
West Coast: Wellingham, S Selwood, Priddis, Glass, Cox
Geelong: Selwood, Christensen, Mackie, Stokes, Bartel, Kelly, Johnson

BEST - THE SUNDAY AGE
West Coast: Wellingham, S Selwood, Priddis, Cox, Sheppard, Dalziell
Geelong: Selwood, Johnson, Stokes, Bartel, Kelly, Motlop

INJURIES
West Coast: Masten (thigh) replaced in selected side by Embley
Geelong: Motlop (hamstring tightness); Walker (shoulder)

SUBSTITUTES
West Coast: Andrew Embley replaced Luke Shuey in the third quarter.
Geelong: Josh Caddy replaced Steven Motlop at half-time.

REPORTS: Dean Cox reported for striking Joel Selwood in the third quarter.

UMPIRES: Margetts, Stewart, Kamolins

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, Luke Darcy, Matthew Richardson, Cameron Ling

Source

Match report by Andrew Gigacz

Match stats

West Coast Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
1 Brown, Mitchell 3 3 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 24y 243d 68 10
26 Butler, Sam 11 3 7 18 0 1 0 7 0 1 27y 215d 106 13
19 Carter, Adam 14 7 3 17 0 0 0 4 1 0 19y 122d 5 0
20 Cox, Dean 8 1 7 15 0 1 29 6 3 0 32y 16d 271 161
15 Cripps, Jamie 6 2 6 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 21y 116d 29 28
18 Dalziell, Bradd 9 4 10 19 1 0 0 4 0 2 26y 155d 41 21
27 Darling, Jack 7 3 5 12 1 0 0 2 2 1 21y 65d 67 118
32 Embley, Andrew 6 1 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 32y 51d 249 216
3 Gaff, Andrew 11 5 11 22 0 0 0 2 0 2 21y 62d 61 21
23 Glass, Darren 8 7 10 18 0 0 0 1 1 0 32y 95d 260 8
33 Hill, Josh 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 24y 210d 106 139
17 Kennedy, Josh 8 6 6 14 0 0 0 3 1 3 25y 357d 118 227
29 Lycett, Scott 4 4 7 11 0 0 16 4 0 1 20y 325d 8 4
16 Mackenzie, Eric 9 6 3 12 0 0 1 2 0 0 25y 90d 97 4
35 McGinnity, Patrick 7 2 3 10 0 0 0 4 1 1 24y 180d 69 15
11 Priddis, Matt 10 4 19 29 0 0 0 3 1 0 28y 149d 149 46
31 Schofield, Will 6 2 9 15 1 1 1 4 1 0 24y 205d 93 19
10 Selwood, Scott 12 1 14 26 1 0 0 11 4 3 23y 143d 108 32
5 Sheppard, Brad 13 5 4 17 0 1 0 4 2 0 22y 86d 44 12
13 Shuey, Luke 4 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 23y 76d 66 58
28 Smith, Ashley 9 3 4 13 0 0 0 5 0 1 23y 28d 41 7
12 Wellingham, Sharrod 21 2 8 29 1 1 0 2 3 1 25y 41d 100 62
  Totals 187 73 151 338 6 5 47 76 20 20 24y 353d 2156 1221
Geelong Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
3 Bartel, Jimmy 22 5 10 32 0 0 0 4 0 2 29y 256d 244 161
46 Blicavs, Mark 6 4 11 17 0 2 18 6 0 0 22y 142d 17 7
23 Caddy, Josh 11 5 10 21 0 1 0 4 1 0 20y 323d 38 25
28 Christensen, Allen 8 2 21 29 1 0 0 6 1 2 22y 90d 52 47
11 Corey, Joel 9 4 14 23 0 0 0 3 0 1 31y 181d 271 77
22 Duncan, Mitch 13 9 14 27 0 2 0 1 1 1 22y 68d 71 61
44 Enright, Corey 15 4 4 19 0 0 0 2 0 1 31y 337d 263 54
29 Guthrie, Cameron 9 6 6 15 0 1 0 1 1 2 20y 363d 36 5
20 Johnson, Steve 17 7 20 37 0 2 0 7 1 0 30y 44d 210 394
9 Kelly, James 16 2 7 23 2 0 0 7 1 2 29y 231d 228 86
13 Lonergan, Tom 4 2 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 29y 92d 117 51
4 Mackie, Andrew 17 7 10 27 0 1 0 2 0 1 29y 10d 193 85
32 Motlop, Steven 9 1 7 16 2 0 0 0 1 0 22y 158d 46 64
21 Murdoch, Jordan 5 2 2 7 1 0 0 3 1 0 21y 147d 18 14
31 Podsiadly, James 8 4 5 13 2 0 0 2 0 1 31y 341d 78 164
25 Rivers, Jared 10 4 5 15 0 0 0 1 1 0 28y 303d 155 18
14 Selwood, Joel 15 7 14 29 4 1 0 5 2 2 25y 83d 155 86
27 Stokes, Mathew 16 6 14 30 2 0 0 4 5 0 28y 268d 150 192
7 Taylor, Harry 9 4 2 11 0 0 0 3 1 2 27y 66d 131 36
5 Varcoe, Travis 6 2 12 18 0 0 0 3 2 1 25y 129d 110 118
30 Vardy, Nathan 3 2 8 11 1 0 13 3 1 0 22y 53d 17 16
34 Walker, Josh 4 1 3 7 1 0 1 5 0 2 20y 278d 9 5
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 232 90 202 434 16 11 32 73 20 20 26y 31d 2609 1766

Match highlights

Allen Christensen had 21 handballs for Geelong vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Steve Johnson had 20 handballs for Geelong vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Scott Selwood had 11 tackles for West Coast vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Sharrod Wellingham played his 100th V/AFL game: West Coast vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Mathew Stokes played his 150th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.