| MATCH REVIEW by Ian Dunstan Played Saturday Night at Digger Daws Oval August 18th
Railways 2.5 5.10 8.11 15.14 (104)
Boulder 2.2 6.2 9.7 10.8 (68)
Goalscorers Railways: Brodie Peterson & Michael Towns 3, David Stubbs & Shane Properjohn 2, Carl Armstrong, Dave Harring, James Langley, Rhett Foster & Anthony Frayne 1.
Goalscorers Boulder: Tama Blackman, Chayne George & Chris Bowie 2, Daniel Coughlan, Adrian Hooks, Shane Cable & Clinton Rudd 1.
Best Players Railways: Rhett Foster, James Langley, Aaron Rymer, Dave Harring, Brodie Peterson & Stuart Gould.
Best Players Boulder: Blake Lawrence, Clinton Rudd, Tama Blackman & Brett Thompson.
Railways rounded out the home and away season with a comfortable (in the end) 36 point victory against Boulder. Head to Head the Panthers won all four clashes by an average just under 27 points. Panther Full Forward Michael Towns secured the Dick Robinson Medal with his season tally of 44 goals, continuing a firm Railways tradition with this particular award.
Boulder will now focus its attention to the cut throat first semi final against Kalgoorlie this Saturday Night, while Railways will resume battle with Mines, with the Panthers yet to defeat the Minor Premiers in 2007.
Played Sunday at Sir Richard Moore Sports Centre August 19th.
Kalgoorlie 6.6 8.11 13.14 17.18 (120)
Kambalda 1.1 7.5 9.8 11.12 (78)
Goalscorers Kalgoorlie: Peter Lehmann 4, Andrew Cullen & Justin Langridge 3, Dale Beeson & Wes Miller 2, Michael Roberts, Steve Wilson & Steve Uebergang 1.
Goalscorers Kambalda: Troy Wilson 7, Daniel Milton, Lorrence Farmer, Matt Freemantle & Dylan Ogilvie 1.
Best Players Kalgoorlie: Dale Beeson, Scott Freeman, Andrew Cullen, Wes Miller, Justin Langridge & Steve Wilson.
Best Players Kambalda: Jason Dowling, Matt Johnston, Jarrod Dubyna, Zane Burke, Jaye Fisher & Troy Wilson.
Making slight revenge Kalgoorlie ended Kambalda's season on a losing note. The last time the two teams met Kambalda broke through for their first win in many years and aside from Kambalda winning the second quarter the Roos had the match in hand throughout. Gun Recruit Troy Wilson completed his contract with the Eagles kicking seven goals and completed a 22 goal tally through his five games.
Kalgoorlie with key players in form enter the first semi final with some confidence despite failing to defeat Boulder this season with an average losing margin of 19 points, but included in that was a one point defeat in round 3.
Final Home and Away Ladder
Mines Rovers 14 wins from 16 games 160.08%
Railways 12 wins from 16 games 142.84%
Boulder 8 wins from 16 games 97.91%
Kalgoorlie 5 wins from 16 games 90.98%
Kambalda 1 win from 16 games 49.97%
Dick Robinson Medal (Leading Goalscorers for Home and Away)
Michael Towns (R) 44
Matt James (M) 41
Damien Dunlea (B) 33
Meshek White (R) 31
Matthew Wellstead (B) 30
Ral Finlayson (Kal) 29
Darrah Doutch (M) 25
Peter Lehamann (Kal) 24
Tama Blackman (B) 22
Marc Johnstone (M) 22
Troy Wilson (Kam) 22
This weeks Games..
Saturday Evening from 7pm at Digger Daws Oval First Semi Final Boulder v Kalgoorlie
Sunday Afternoon from 2pm at Digger Daws Oval Second Semi Final Mines Rovers v Railways
In Keeping with previous seasons Radio West will provide live coverage of all Finals. The Commentary Team will consist of Glenn Wilson and Ian Dunstan, with special and expert comments from Mark Brennan, while Richard Kew will patrol the Boundary. To tune in go to 981 on your AM dial.
Mitchell Medal
The 2007 awards night will be held this coming Monday Night August 27th at the Graduates Hall, where another player will enter football elite in the Goldfields in winning the Mitchell Medal.
Selections are...
Winner Trent Moon (Mines Rovers)
Runner Up Aaron Rymer (Railways)
3rd James Langley (Railways)
4th Mark McQueen (Mines Rovers)
5th Justin Langridge (Kalgoorlie)
Kalgoorlie have provided the last two Mitchell Medalists with youngster Kyal Horsley now playing league football with Subiaco winning in 2006, with teammate Wes Miller winner in 2005.
Boulder's Clinton Rudd won in 2004, the Last Diorite to win was Rob Hansen in 2002 who is a dual winner of the award also winning in 1998, while at Railways Jason Cox was the last winner for the Panthers in 2001. Kambalda who have a strong record of this award over the years haven't had a winner since 1996 when midfielder Danny Litchfield topped the votes. |