ROUND SIX
Saturday 15th of April.

WEST 4.2 10.6 12.8 14.14 (98)
GLENELG 6.1 8.1 10.7 14.10 (94)

Glenelg must now go to Alberton next week and attempt to address a 1 win 4 loss start to the season. The only positive is that the eveness of the competition means that Glenelg is still only a 2 games away from third spot.
The match report is extracted from"The Sunday Mail."

LETHAL RICHO BOOSTS WEST'S FORTUNES

By Paul Kermode.
The burly frame of West Adelaide full forward Adam Richardson stood between Glenelg and its second win of the season yesterday at Richmond Oval.
The Bloods defence held out Glenelg in a frantic finish to secure an important 4 point victory, but it was their full forward who set up the win with a brilliant burst in the opening minutes of the second term.
After the Tigers held sway during the first term and worked their way to a 13-point quarter time lead, Richardson took over in the second.
He was too big and strong for 19-year old Craig Tasborski, kicking 3.3 for the term and handing off a certain goal to Matthew Connell after marking strongly in the goal square.
Richardson's burst was the difference in a game which, for the other three quarters, was tough and tight with both sides struggling to get full rewards for their efforts.
This was certainly true for the Tigers, who should have been leading by more at quarter-time as they rode a brilliant quarter from centreman Martin Mellody.
And Glenelg could not deliver the knockout punch in the final term as it pressed bravely for victory and looked to be finishing with greater running than the home side.
Richardson found a willing ally in Crows wingman Matt Connell, who set up the bulk of his goals in that term.
But it was the poise of Dion Myles, playing in an uncustomary role accross half-back, who provided the drive for West from start to finish.
A dangerous forward who can let himself down in front of goals, Myles was able to use his pace and reading of the play to great advantage in the back half, and was a steadying influence when his team was under the pump.
West coach Michael Taylor hopes his side can use yesterday's win as a springboard for the rest of the season.
"Being such a close game, they threw everything at us, and both sides were playing, not for their season, but pretty close to it," he said.
"Our blokes withstood that and it's a credit to them the way they did that."
"We're 2-3 and that seems to be a big difference to 1-4. We've got to play Central next weekand we look forward to it. Our record out there's not too bad."
Glenelg coach Tony McGuiness, whose side now faces the daunting task of travelling to Alberton to take on a Port Adelaide side smarting from its first loss of the season a fortnight ago, was left lamenting his side's "really poor" second quarter.
The Tigers gave away complete control in the first 16 minutes, as West turned an 11-point quarter time deficit into a 22-point lead before Glenelg kicked its first score of the term.
"It's certainly an improvement on the last three weeks. I thought we worked a lot harder and used the ball a lot better," he said.

BEST PLAYERS: Mellody, Chigwidden, M.Raidis, Draper, Carr, Cook.
SCORERS: Hams 3.3, Mellody, Cook 2.1, Carr 2.0, Tasborski, Tipaumantamerri 1.1, D Raidis, M Raidis, Hele 1.0, Chigwidden 0.1, rushed 0.1.
INJURIES: Shir (quad).
CROWD: 1673.

RESERVES: West 12.15 (87 d Glenelg 13.7 (85)
UNDER 19: Glenelg 11.13 (79) d West 9.13 (67)
UNDER 17: Glenelg 19.12 (126) d West 11.14 (80)