Williamstown Vs Bendigo - Sunday 18th May
VFL Round 7

Sunday 18th May

Williamstown Vs Bendigo Bombers

QE Oval (View Street, Bendigo)

Seniors 2pm Reserves 11.10am

The Supporters Bus departs Seagulls Nest (1 Mason Street, Newport) at 10am - Cost of trip $10.00 - Bookings Trent Mosbey/Brendan Curry 9390 0611

Seniors V Bendigo Bombers - 2pm

B: Ray 75 ~ Meyer 25 ~ Williams 70

HB: Everitt 73 ~ Cloke 34 ~ Addison 22

C: Stretton 27 ~ Johnson 10 ~ Giansiracusa 79

HF: Ward 14 ~ Skipper 12 ~ Hill 20

F: Tiller 35 ~ McDougall 23 ~ Picken 18

R: Street 58 ~ Jolley 4 ~ Harbrow 40

I/C: Stack 19 ~ Cook 17 ~ Rose 1 ~ Little 6 ~ Greene 3 ~ McKenzie 9 ~ Lockwood 29 ~ Urch 8 ~ Grant 24 ~ Langlands 21 ~ O'Keefe 30 ~ Galea 7

Reserves V Bendigo Bombers - 11.10am

B: Cravino 36 ~ Boyd 26 ~ McKenzie 9

HB: Beaumont 5 ~ O'Shea 44 ~ Keddell 47

C: Wood 45 ~ Lockwood 29 ~ White 41

HF: Lynch 39 ~ Cook 17 ~ Little 6

F: Urch 8 ~ Galea 7 ~ Lyons 13

R: Mulligan 38 ~ Reid 28 ~ Langlands 21

I/C: Barling 2 ~ Cartelli 54 ~ Miller 61 ~ Grossman 49 ~ Dickson 16 ~ Young 52 ~ Black 51 ~ Chiu 11 ~ Dullard 46 ~ Scott 59 ~ Quinn 65

Bendigo Bombers 13.12-90
def. by
Williamstown 19.13-127

Bendigo Bombers

Goal Kickers: H. Skipworth 3, J. Johnson 2, J. Nash, J. Bowe, G. Weeks, J. Coghlan, D. Chartres, S. Davies, C. Hooker, J. Williams
Best Players: G. Weeks, T. Pears, S. Crameri, J. Bowe, J. Johnson, H. Skipworth

Williamstown

Goal Kickers: G. O''Keefe 5, B. Jolley 3, M. Little 2, F. Ray 2, J. Grant 2, B. Johnson, D. Stretton, D. Galea, L. Picken, M. Lynch
Best Players: P. Street, J. Cloke, G. O''Keefe, B. Jolley, F. Ray, D. Stretton

Good to see Street named best for Willy. Very promising to see Guy there with 5 goals.

Jolley once again in the best for Williamstown. The guy is a star.

Reserves

Bendigo Bombers 2.2-14
def. by
Williamstown 27.14-176

Bendigo Bombers

Goal Kickers: M. Pilcher, D. Granger
Best Players: D. Ayton, C. Wilmott, D. Young, D. Granger, B. Taylor, D. Anderson

Williamstown
Goal Kickers: P. O''Shea 7, M. Keddell 4, M. Cravino 3, C. Urch 2, A. Chiu 2, N. Black 2, S. Reid 2, E. Wood 2, J. Young, C. Lockwood, H. White
Best Players: M. Keddell, P. O''Shea, S. Reid, M. Cravino, T. Langlands, E. Wood

I'm finding it amazing that Bendigo managed to name 6 best players.

Great to see O'Shea with 7 goals!

omfg paul oshea 7 goals is that a typo ?

o'shea ripped it up forward. and how good iso'keefe. all the talk is about ward but o'keefe has been brilliant himself.

All the dogs performing well for Willy, it's a great sign.

How did Everitt go?

Wow HUGE win by the ressies.
Paul oshea, wow i thought he was a backman, awesome effort pidge.

GUY O'KEEFE SUPERSTAR HAHAAHAH, CANT BELIEVE I MISSED HIM KICK 5 GOALS, NOT GOOD ENOUGH MEL.

Great effort by both teams.

Anyone know why Callum Urch was in the ressies.

Seagulls soar to the top of the ladder

Williamstown went to the top of the ladder after a hard fought 37 point victory over the Bendigo Bombers on Sunday at QE Oval in Bendigo. Peter Street dominated the ruck winning 60 Hitouts and provided the Seagull midfielders with silver platter service as Williamstown overpowered their opposition in the last quarter to record our 6th win of the year.

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Williamstown ventured up the highway to play the Bendigo Bombers who had won their previous home game against Frankston last week. Williamstown made four changes to the side that defeated Sandringham. Malcolm Lynch, Adam Cook and Kane McKenzie were promoted from the Reserves and Jarrad Grant returned from injury. Out of the side went Tom Williams who was promoted to the Bulldogs. Wayde Skipper travelled to Perth and Callum Urch and Cameron Lockwood were dropped to the Reserves. Although it rained consistently on the Saturday, conditions on Sunday were very good with the ground in pretty good condition.

FIRST QUARTER

The early play saw both backlines on top with plenty of pressure being applied by both sides. Ruckman Peter Street was on top with his extra reach dominating the tapouts with onballers Brett Johnson, Ben Jolley, Jarrod Harbrow and Guy O’Keefe feasting on his dominance. Williamstown kicked the first goal of the game through Liam Picken and then Ben Jolley added another. David Stretton and Jason Cloke were other dominant players on the ground.

Williamstown 2.4 (16)
Bendigo 1.1 (7)

SECOND QUARTER

The game begun to open up in the second quarter and Jarrad Grant marked and goaled before Farren Ray kicked consecutive goals within a minute. When David Stretton goaled after a 50 metre penalty Williamstown had opened up a 4 goal lead. An errant Steven Greene kick-in resulted in a Bendigo goal and their experienced midfielders Jason Johnson, Hayden Skipworth and Ricky Dyson lifted as Bendigo closed the lead to one goal. On the siren Malcolm Lynch kicked a goal off the ground to re-establish a two goal lead at half time.

Williamstown 8.4 (52)
Bendigo 6.4 (40)

THIRD QUARTER

Bendigo opened the third quarter with the opening goal and appeared to be playing a confident brand of footy. The Seagulls defence was holding up and Scott Meyer, Andrew McDougall, Brennan Stack and Steven Greene were providing rebound. Peter Street was continuing to dominant at the stoppages as Jarrad Grant marked strongly and goaled and Guy O’Keefe snapped his second goal. Bendigo rallied again and kicked 4 consecutive goals to establish a 7 point lead at the 20 minute mark. Williamstown snapped into action with Ben Jolley kicking 2 goals and Guy O’Keefe another to again lead by 12 points

Williamstown 13.7 (85)
Bendigo 11.7 (73)

FOURTH QUARTER

A thrilling last quarter opened with Bendigo again kicking the opening goal which reduced the lead to 6 points. Liam Picken, Adam Cook, Callan Ward and Kane McKenzie lifted and Matthew Little marked and goaled on the run. Williamstown was now dominating central play but hit the post twice from set shots and Jason Cloke missed from 20m after a 50 metre penalty. The floodgates finally opened with Guy O’Keefe kicking 2 goals, Brett Johnson, Dean Galea and Matthew Little adding majors to win convincingly by 37 points and send the Seagulls top of the table.

Williamstown 19.13 (127)
Bendigo 13.12 (90)

Goalkickers: O’Keefe 5, Jolley 3, Little 2, Ray 2, Grant 2, Galea 1, Picken 1, Lynch 1, Stretton 1, Johnson 1

Best Players: Street, Cloke, O’Keefe, Jolley, Ray, Stretton


RESERVES WRAP

In the Reserves Williamstown continued their unbeaten start to the year under Saade Ghazi with a 162 point thrashing of the winless Bendigo Bombers. Bulldogs young key position player Paul O'Shea kicked 7 goals and young Seagulls Midfielder Mitch Keddell kicked 4 goals and was named Best on Ground. Jackson Barling returned for his first game after his hip operation and was his usual tough and bustling best.

Williamstown: 8.2.50 ~ 13.4.82 ~ 20.7.127 ~ 27.15.176

Bendigo: 0.1.1 ~ 1.2.8 ~ 2.2.14 ~ 2.2.14

Goalkickers: O’Shea 7, Keddell 4, Cravino 3, Wood 2, Chiu 2, Black 2, Urch 2, Reid 2, Lockwood 1, Young 1, White 1

Best Players: Keddell, O’Shea, Reid, Cravino, Langlands, Wood