ROUND FOURTEEN
Saturday the 3RD of July.

WEST 6.1 10.8 14.9 19.13 (127)
GLENELG 1.6 3.10 4.11 6.16 (52)

Many Glenelg supporters felt that their team was disadvantaged by some poor umpiring, especially in the opening quarter, when West kicked two goals from highly questionable decisions. This should not be allowed to mask the fact that Glenelg was completely outplayed, all day, in every department.
The stats tell the story- 207 kicks to 174, 113 handballs to 88 and 113 marks to 73. Glenelg had absolutely no system when moving the ball into their forward zone, all day Glenelg managed to allow West defenders to take uncontested marks accross their half back line. This happened on no less than 6 occaisons in the third quarter alone. Those not at the game might think that 6.16 indicated poor kicking for goal. This was not really the case, with most of Glenelg's points resulting from either difficult shots taken under extreme pressure, or set shots from 40-50 metres that fell in the goal square and resulted in rushed behinds.
The Tiger outfit is desperatly missing AFL players Liptak, Jameson and Harwood, none of whom are likely to return in the near future. Glenelg's best was clearly Bode who is very likely to be recalled by Port Power. During the first term Byrne was concussed in an of the ball "incident"and played no further part in the match. Cornes was also concussed early in the second term, this time in a marking contest, and he too was forced to sit out the rest of the game.
All is not lost for the Tigers, a finals spot is still on offer, but their mid season form slump must be arrested quickly, or the promising start to the season will have been in vain. The match report is extracted from the "Sunday Mail."

WEST CRUSHES BAYS IN 75-POINT WALKOVER.

By Brett Clancy
A focussed and fiery West Adelaide blasted Glenelg out of the contest at the Bay yesterday, crushing the hapless Tigers 19.13 (127 to 6.16 (52) in a devastating four-quarter blitz.
The Bloods, criticised for their erratic displays this season, king hit Glenelg in the first quarter with six goals to one and then maintaned their classy display which has shoved them back into finals calculations.
In a hard fought, sometimes spiteful game, West's defence was watertight, while a fleet of hard running midfielders bulldozed a path to goals where Dion Myles and Adam Richardson led the Tiger defence on a merry dance.
There was no weak link in the West Adelaide machine which drove the ball through the centre corridor and made the Tigers pay for some shoddy disposal and wayward kicking for goal.
Bigger cracks emerged in the suspect Glenelg forward line early, with Chad Cornes, after kicking the side's only goal in the first quarter, leaving the ground early in the second quarter after a collision which left the Power listed forward concussed.
Earlier, midfielder James Byrne was concussed in an off-the-ball incident while sheparding and sat the game out on the side lines.
With Cornes gone, and the side's other attacking options totally nullified by the likes of the rebounding Ed Richardson (13 marks), Dean Howard, Anthony Banik (25 disposals) and Sam Jones, Glenelg was in major strife.
West had 113 marks, 40 more than Glenelg, and there were none better than those by Matthew Twomey, who combined consistently with Clinton Kirey, Matthew Bruhn, Chris Barrett and Robert Di Rosa.
Significantly, the Bloods increased the tempo after half time and finished the game with a procession of goals, banging on five in the last quarter to build on their percentage and banish the Tigers to three straight losses.
The four-quarter intensity buoyed coach Michael Taylor, who described the win as the most consistent performance this year. "We just put four blocks togethor very, very well and the ball was shared by every one," Taylor said.
"I think the bye freshened them up physically and mentally... we had to do something to keep in touch with the (final) five and credit goes to all the players because it is one of the most convincing wins we have had."
Glenelg coach Tony McGuinness kept his players locked away after the game for a tense 20-minute talk.
For Glenelg, there were few winners, with Simon Hele, Sudjai Cook, Richard Kelly and Matthew Bode the club's best. Ben Physick skowed promise on debut, but crows listed ruckman Matthew Golding struggled to impose his will at any stage and was benched temporarily in the first quarter.
In a crunching, bruising opening to the first quarter, West Adelaide slammed on six goals to forge a match winning 25 point break.
The game flared only four minutes into the contest, with Dion Myles felled after taking a mark.
He goaled from the resulting 50 metres and, after a tussle between several players just outside the goal square, the the umpire awarded [plucked?] a free kick to Chris Barrett, who goaled. He followed up in the tenth minute to give the Bloods a 17-point buffer and a perfect start.

BEST PLAYERS: Bode, Hele, Sherwood, Kelly, Viska.
SCORERS: Kelly, Hele 1.1, Cornes, Grenvold, Sherwood, Fogden, 1.0, Chigwidden, Jones 0.2, Nathan, Cook, Ellis, Bode, Physick 0.1, rushed 0.5.
INJURIES: Cornes, Byrne (both concussed).
CROWD: 2590.

RESERVES: Glenelg 17.6 (108) defeated West 8.10 (58)
UNDER 19: Glenelg 15.18 (108) defeated West 7.6 (48)
UNDER 17: Glenelg 18.10 (118) defeated West 12.8 (80)