Match Recap
Round 9·Sun, 25-May-1997 1:20 PM (3:20 PM)·Subiaco·38,984 att.
West Coast
16.14 (110)
vs
Essendon
13.7 (85)
West Coast won by 25

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
West Coast2.4 (16)7.9 (51)11.12 (78)16.14 (110)16.14 (110)
Essendon3.0 (18)5.1 (31)8.4 (52)13.7 (85)13.7 (85)

West Coast — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#26 Jason Ball314212
#6 Drew Banfield77145
#35 Ben Cousins101121321
#20 Trent Cummings11
#29 Andrew Donnelly96157132
#18 Tony Evans111
#23 Brendon Fewster639541
#7 Fraser Gehrig7512642
#14 Ilija Grgic9101961114
#27 Glen Jakovich135187112
#2 Dean Kemp11920311
#28 Chris Lewis145195111
#30 Peter Matera16824623
#33 Phillip Matera861453
#11 Ashley McIntosh124165
#17 Guy McKenna871524
#42 Chad Morrison111223521
#21 Jarrad Schofield142162
#16 Paul Symmons111021521
#50 Ryan Turnbull52716
#13 Josh Wooden931221

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#27 Steven Alessio7310425
#16 Paul Barnard2461
#32 Justin Blumfield11211
#7 Chris Daniher117187
#38 Sean Denham14923311
#22 Ben Doolan641032
#31 Dustin Fletcher12315411
#30 Mark Fraser10212311
#39 Damien Hardwick1672362
#5 James Hird19102931411
#18 Matthew Lloyd617321
#25 Scott Lucas10818621
#24 Joe Misiti113145
#36 Danny Morgan971631
#3 Ryan OConnor437224
#10 Gary ODonnell12315211
#47 Ricky Olarenshaw4481
#15 Michael Prior1151652
#19 Peter Somerville448411
#6 Sean Wellman871531
#35 Barry Young12321