Melbourne caused a massive upset and snapped West Coast's six game winning streak, overcoming a halftime deficit to win in Perth for the first time in eight years.Chris Waterman led West Coast with 27 possessions and Paul Symmons had 26 and a goal.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 3.6.38 | 6.9.64 | 7.10.52 | 11.13.79 | ||||
| Melbourne | 2.1.13 | 5.5.35 | 9.9.63 | 14.12.96 |
Goals: Heady 3, Donnelly 2, Ball, Fewster, Gehrig, Kemp, Pe.Matera, Symmons
Best: McIntosh, Symmons, McKenna, Waterman, Metropolis, Donnelly
Injuries: McKenna (arm)
Milestones: Sikora final appearance
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Melbourne | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | Guy McKenna | Ashley McIntosh | Nick Stone | B: | Daniel Ward | Anthony Ingerson | Marcus Seecamp |
| HB: | Chris Waterman | Glen Jakovich | Daniel Metropolis | HB: | Steven Febey | Brent Grgic | Adem Yze |
| C: | Paul Symmons | Chad Morrison | Shane Sikora | C: | Shane Woewodin | Todd Viney | Stephen Tingay |
| HF: | Drew Banfield | Fraser Gehrig | Michael Braun | HF: | Guy Rigoni | Mark Bradly | Anthony McDonald |
| F: | Brett Heady | Peter Matera | Brendon Fewster | F: | James McDonald | Garry Lyon | Russell Robertson |
| R: | Jason Ball | Dean Kemp | Ben Cousins | R: | Jeff White | Andrew Leoncelli | Paul Hopgood |
| I: | Andrew Donnelly | Michael Gardiner | Andy Lovell | I: | Nathan Brown | Shaun Smith | Matthew Bishop |
| Phil Read | Matthew Febey | ||||||
| E: | Tony Evans | Jarrad Schofield | Ryan Turnbull | E: | Darren Kowal | Craig Smoker | Don Cockatoo-Collins |
WAFL[]
Round 14 (27 June)
Swan Districts (Nener) vs Claremont (Lewis, Evans, Marshall, Crabb, Jones, Bellotti)
West Perth (Williams, Younie) vs Subiaco (Schofield, Wooden, Simpson, Fletcher)
Perth vs Peel (Grgic)
East Fremantle vs East Perth (Turnbull)
Bye: South Fremantle