1997 Western Bulldogs Team Page

1997 Fixture

Rnd	Home Team							Away Team						Ground	Date
R1	Western Bulldogs	0.1	5.6	10.6	11.10	76	lost to	Fremantle	3.4	5.8	6.13	10.20	80	Optus Oval	Mar 29 (Sat)
R2	Western Bulldogs	1.3	9.5	12.9	13.12	90	dftd	Sydney	4.4	8.5	12.7	12.11	83	Optus Oval	Apr 5 (Sat)
R3	Richmond	5.3	7.6	10.12	12.14	86	lost to	Western Bulldogs	4.0	6.3	9.8	16.9	105	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Apr 12 (Sat)
R4	Melbourne	3.3	8.6	10.8	13.9	87	lost to	Western Bulldogs	2.2	5.6	9.8	13.11	89	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Apr 18 (Fri)
R5	Western Bulldogs	2.3	3.11	4.13	9.17	71	lost to	Adelaide	5.3	7.3	13.5	19.7	121	Optus Oval	Apr 26 (Sat)
R6	West Coast	3.4	7.7	8.11	14.15	99	lost to	Western Bulldogs	4.1	8.4	14.11	17.11	113	W.A.C.A.	May 2 (Fri)
R7	Western Bulldogs	2.3	8.10	11.13	19.19	133	dftd	Hawthorn	6.4	8.4	12.7	13.10	88	Optus Oval	May 10 (Sat)
R8	Collingwood	4.4	10.6	13.11	19.15	129	dftd	Western Bulldogs	4.3	6.11	7.14	11.17	83	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 16 (Fri)
R9	Western Bulldogs	3.1	10.2	14.4	16.7	103	dftd	North Melbourne	4.1	7.3	7.5	10.11	71	Melbourne Cricket Ground	May 25 (Sun)
R10	Essendon	3.3	7.7	12.9	17.12	114	lost to	Western Bulldogs	8.4	13.8	15.11	20.16	136	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Jun 1 (Sun)
R11	Western Bulldogs	2.5	7.7	8.10	14.12	96	dftd	Geelong	3.1	5.2	8.6	11.9	75	Optus Oval	Jun 7 (Sat)
R12	Western Bulldogs	8.2	8.5	10.10	12.10	82	lost to	Port Adelaide	1.4	5.7	8.10	14.10	94	Optus Oval	Jun 14 (Sat)
R13	St Kilda	0.6	4.8	8.12	11.18	84	lost to	Western Bulldogs	4.4	7.7	12.9	15.11	101	AFL Park	Jun 28 (Sat)
R14	Carlton	3.1	5.2	8.4	11.8	74	lost to	Western Bulldogs	2.2	5.8	12.11	16.14	110	Optus Oval	Jul 5 (Sat)
R15	Western Bulldogs	4.1	5.4	8.7	11.7	73	lost to	Brisbane Lions	4.4	11.6	15.8	21.11	137	Optus Oval	Jul 12 (Sat)
R16	Fremantle	5.2	9.4	12.7	15.7	97	dftd	Western Bulldogs	3.1	7.5	10.8	13.13	91	Subiaco Oval	Jul 20 (Sun)
R17	Sydney	6.2	10.10	16.14	22.17	149	dftd	Western Bulldogs	1.2	2.4	6.6	7.10	52	Sydney Cricket Ground	Jul 26 (Sat)
R18	Western Bulldogs	5.4	8.7	10.9	15.10	100	lost to	Richmond	4.3	8.6	13.8	17.13	115	Optus Oval	Aug 2 (Sat)
R19	Western Bulldogs	4.5	6.10	9.15	14.18	102	dftd	Melbourne	1.3	3.5	8.6	9.10	64	Optus Oval	Aug 9 (Sat)
R20	Adelaide	1.4	2.9	4.12	7.18	60	lost to	Western Bulldogs	6.0	10.2	13.6	16.7	103	Football Park	Aug 17 (Sun)
R21	Western Bulldogs	4.3	6.8	8.12	12.14	86	dftd	West Coast	1.1	2.5	5.6	10.8	68	Whitten Oval	Aug 23 (Sat)
R22	Hawthorn	4.2	6.5	8.7	13.9	87	lost to	Western Bulldogs	3.4	8.8	12.12	15.15	105	AFL Park	Aug 30 (Sat)
QF	Western Bulldogs	9.2	12.5	14.7	18.11	119	dftd	Sydney	0.5	4.7	6.10	12.12	84	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Sep 6 (Sat)
PF	Western Bulldogs	2.2	10.6	13.7	13.13	91	lost to	Adelaide	0.7	4.11	8.15	12.21	93	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Sep 20 (Sat)

1997 Player Statistics

Pos	Num	Player	MT	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	G	Avg	B	SC	Rat	Avg
1	3	Chris Grant	23	281	12.2	148	6.4	429	18.7	170	7.4	10	0.4	29	1.3	37	1.6	22	244	2019	87.8
2	7	Scott West	24	367	15.3	240	10	607	25.3	58	2.4	1	0	57	2.4	5	0.2	3	33	2017	84
3	6	Brad Johnson	24	375	15.6	125	5.2	500	20.8	122	5.1	0	0	25	1	16	0.7	15	111	1952	81.3
4	5	Rohan Smith	24	318	13.3	145	6	463	19.3	95	4	1	0	32	1.3	26	1.1	13	169	1827	76.1
5	28	Paul Dimattina	17	221	13	93	5.5	314	18.5	68	4	1	0.1	27	1.6	8	0.5	11	59	1221	71.8
6	39	Tony Liberatore	24	237	9.9	196	8.2	433	18	40	1.7	0	0	95	4	8	0.3	4	52	1655	69
7	36	Jose Romero	24	298	12.4	138	5.8	436	18.2	80	3.3	0	0	29	1.2	11	0.5	10	76	1602	66.8
8	14	Luke Darcy	23	208	9	92	4	300	13	131	5.7	123	5.3	14	0.6	24	1	13	157	1537	66.8
9	15	Scott Wynd	23	97	4.2	194	8.4	291	12.7	83	3.6	350	15.2	30	1.3	3	0.1	2	20	1418	61.7
10	21	Matthew Dent	20	189	9.5	126	6.3	315	15.8	76	3.8	0	0	29	1.5	5	0.3	1	31	1194	59.7
11	18	Leon Cameron	17	207	12.2	59	3.5	266	15.6	62	3.6	0	0	7	0.4	6	0.4	10	46	999	58.8
12	10	Brett Montgomery	16	139	8.7	48	3	187	11.7	79	4.9	0	0	15	0.9	18	1.1	18	126	936	58.5
13	11	Todd Curley	10	102	10.2	37	3.7	139	13.9	37	3.7	9	0.9	14	1.4	2	0.2	2	14	570	57
14	32	Craig Ellis	24	227	9.5	111	4.6	338	14.1	109	4.5	11	0.5	24	1	1	0	2	8	1345	56
15	22	Peter Quill	4	30	7.5	30	7.5	60	15	12	3	0	0	8	2	1	0.3	0	6	224	56
16	9	Paul Hudson	20	154	7.7	78	3.9	232	11.6	75	3.8	0	0	15	0.8	27	1.4	25	187	1090	54.5
17	12	James Cook	14	85	6.1	31	2.2	116	8.3	59	4.2	0	0	5	0.4	36	2.6	20	236	750	53.6
18	29	Stephen Powell	3	25	8.3	8	2.7	33	11	16	5.3	0	0	0	0	2	0.7	2	14	153	51
19	26	Simon Cox	10	91	9.1	38	3.8	129	12.9	43	4.3	0	0	2	0.2	3	0.3	2	20	506	50.6
20	16	Matthew Croft	20	129	6.5	81	4.1	210	10.5	73	3.7	3	0.2	23	1.2	17	0.9	4	106	969	48.5
21	2	Steven Kolyniuk	17	144	8.5	44	2.6	188	11.1	38	2.2	0	0	22	1.3	14	0.8	11	95	817	48.1
22	1	Simon Minton-Connell	17	90	5.3	25	1.5	115	6.8	58	3.4	0	0	9	0.5	43	2.5	26	284	814	47.9
23	27	Tyson Lane	3	26	8.7	8	2.7	34	11.3	10	3.3	0	0	2	0.7	1	0.3	3	9	141	47
24	8	Daniel Southern	17	100	5.9	81	4.8	181	10.6	67	3.9	3	0.2	19	1.1	2	0.1	0	12	754	44.4
25	34	Mark West	7	49	7	27	3.9	76	10.9	11	1.6	0	0	15	2.1	2	0.3	4	16	310	44.3
26	24	Brad Wira	16	118	7.4	85	5.3	203	12.7	43	2.7	0	0	7	0.4	1	0.1	0	6	687	42.9
27	17	Nathan G. Brown	14	107	7.6	35	2.5	142	10.1	34	2.4	0	0	7	0.5	10	0.7	11	71	592	42.3
28	35	Steven Kretiuk	15	88	5.9	64	4.3	152	10.1	38	2.5	4	0.3	14	0.9	0	0	1	1	567	37.8
29	43	Adam Contessa	4	25	6.3	20	5	45	11.3	1	0.3	0	0	5	1.3	0	0	1	1	139	34.8
30	4	Nigel Kellett	4	23	5.8	11	2.8	34	8.5	7	1.8	0	0	5	1.3	0	0	1	1	133	33.3
31	23	Michael Martin	6	29	4.8	16	2.7	45	7.5	9	1.5	0	0	6	1	1	0.2	3	9	179	29.8
32	38	Sedat Sir	8	39	4.9	10	1.3	49	6.1	15	1.9	0	0	9	1.1	0	0	1	1	219	27.4
33	37	Daniel Hargraves	4	10	2.5	0	0	10	2.5	8	2	0	0	2	0.5	3	0.8	1	19	81	20.3
34	25	Jason Watts	4	11	2.8	6	1.5	17	4.3	5	1.3	0	0	0	0	2	0.5	2	14	74	18.5
35	30	Scott Allen	2	3	1.5	1	0.5	4	2	3	1.5	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0	6	26	13
36	41	David Round	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4
Totals			504	4644	9.2	2451	4.9	7095	14.1	1835	3.6	518	1	602	1.2	336	0.7	244	2260	29525	58.6

1997 Wins

Round	Opposition	For	Against	Margin	Ground
Round 7	Hawthorn	19.19 (133)	13.10 (88)	45	Optus Oval
Round 20	Adelaide	16.7 (103)	7.18 (60)	43	Football Park
Round 19	Melbourne	14.18 (102)	9.10 (64)	38	Optus Oval
Round 14	Carlton	16.14 (110)	11.8 (74)	36	Optus Oval
Finals Week 1	Sydney	18.11 (119)	12.12 (84)	35	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Round 9	North Melbourne	16.7 (103)	10.11 (71)	32	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Round 10	Essendon	20.16 (136)	17.12 (114)	22	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Round 11	Geelong	14.12 (96)	11.9 (75)	21	Optus Oval
Round 3	Richmond	16.9 (105)	12.14 (86)	19	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Round 22	Hawthorn	15.15 (105)	13.9 (87)	18	AFL Park
Round 21	West Coast	12.14 (86)	10.8 (68)	18	Whitten Oval
Round 13	St Kilda	15.11 (101)	11.18 (84)	17	AFL Park
Round 6	West Coast	17.11 (113)	14.15 (99)	14	W.A.C.A.
Round 2	Sydney	13.12 (90)	12.11 (83)	7	Optus Oval
Round 4	Melbourne	13.11 (89)	13.9 (87)	2	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Average margin:				24.5

1997 Losses

Round	Opposition	For	Against	Margin	Ground
Round 17	Sydney	7.10 (52)	22.17 (149)	97	Sydney Cricket Ground
Round 15	Brisbane Lions	11.7 (73)	21.11 (137)	64	Optus Oval
Round 5	Adelaide	9.17 (71)	19.7 (121)	50	Optus Oval
Round 8	Collingwood	11.17 (83)	19.15 (129)	46	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Round 18	Richmond	15.10 (100)	17.13 (115)	15	Optus Oval
Round 12	Port Adelaide	12.10 (82)	14.10 (94)	12	Optus Oval
Round 16	Fremantle	13.13 (91)	15.7 (97)	6	Subiaco Oval
Round 1	Fremantle	11.10 (76)	10.20 (80)	4	Optus Oval
Finals Week 3	Adelaide	13.13 (91)	12.21 (93)	2	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Average margin:				32.9

1997 Quarter Statistics

Quarter	W	D	L	For	Against	%
1^st	10	0	14	87.58 (580)	73.78 (516)	112.40
2^nd	14	2	8	87.94 (616)	79.64 (538)	114.50
3^rd	8	1	15	76.74 (530)	78.71 (539)	98.33
4^th	10	0	14	86.68 (584)	94.82 (646)	90.40
Total	42	3	51	336.294 (2310)	324.295 (2239)	103.17

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