Blog log from R19 of 2024: St Kilda vs West Coast

Edwards taps through a loose bouncing ball for a point (Q1 1:07)
Wanganeen-Milera kicks short to Owens who marks 35m out on a slight angle, but he pokes the kick left for a behind (Q1 3:00)
Wood hooks a kick inside 50 and Higgins leads up to mark 40m out from goal. He opens the angle and splits the middle for the first goal of the day! (Q1 5:00)
Clark pops the ball inside 50 and two Saints raffle it off, Sinclair the winning bid. He pushes his set shot across the face for a point. (Q1 8:50)
Jones puts the Eagles under pressure after delaying the kick in the back pocket, Edwards is eventually caught cold as a result, with Wilson snapping it through from the pocket! (Q1 12:50)
A turnover at half back by West Coast results in St Kilda spreading the ball across the 50, Owens is the last in the chain and he streams to 40m out before plugging a goal through! (Q1 16:37)
Culley kicks a composed ball inside 50 which is marked by Maric floating down from the wing. Maric pops it through from 15m out! (Q1 18:05)
Witherden chips it inside 50 to the lead of Allen who marks on his chest. He lines up from 35m out along the boundary line and slides it through! (Q1 21:08)
St Kilda slice through the middle of the ground through Henry to find Sharman leading up to 45m out from goal. Sharman unloads a bit of a helicopter ball the squeaks through! (Q2 2:16)
Steele turns the ball over in the middle of the ground and Witherden chops it off. He kicks out the back to Allen who marks and runs into goal! (Q2 4:14)
Wood lurks in the pocket for a good while before he is rewarded with a Membrey pass. Wood curls it through! (Q2 7:15)
Hutchinson is caught high on the wing and he bombs it inside to the pack with Bailey Williams standing tall to mark! There’s a bit of argy bargy after the fact as Williams misses. (Q2 10:16)
Wood stops and props to snap for goal off his right, it flies high but wide for a point (Q2 13:00)
The Eagles get a slick movement down the wing going which ends in the hands of Hutchinson 30m out from goal on a slight angle. He steers the ball right for a point (Q2 14:29)
Ryan gets on the end of a chain of handballs and blazes a kick away from the pocket but misses. (Q2 16:03)
Ryan evades Bonner to get a falling snap away, he starts it out right but it bends back viciously, thudding into the post. (Q2 16:59)
Culley dumps the ball inside 50 and Jack Williams is rewarded a free kick in the pack. He lumbers in to 35 out and kicks true! (Q2 18:15)
Sharman kicks deep to the pocket where Membrey is leading to take a tumbling mark. He opts for the drop punt and caresses the ball through for a magnificent goal! (Q2 21:25)
Clark gets a snap away following a forward stoppage, but it’s touched off the boot by Hough. (Q2 23:30)
Butler is caught high by Edwards and wins a free kick from 25m out. He drills it through from close range for his second! (Q2 27:40)
Ryan slides a low ball towards goal but it slams into the post padding. (Q3 1:23)
Wood scoops up the ball through congestion and snaps off his right, but the ball only tumbles through for a point. (Q3 5:41)
Membrey beats out Cole to mark 40m out from goal but he plays on to Steele out the back and he marks 20m out. Steele chips it through! (Q3 7:38)
Wood gets a free kick as he tries to contest a wide running shot from Hill. He lines up from the pocket but flashes his snap wide off the right (Q3 8:24)
The ball pings around following a stoppage in the forward pocket for St Kilda. Membrey ends up with ball in hand and darts off before snapping across his body for a goal! (Q3 11:03)
Jack Williams slots his second goal from 45m out following a good contested grab! (Q3 14:25)
Wood comes in late onto a loose ball and tries to sneak a goal through, but again he misses. (Q3 17:41)
Wood marks 60m out on the flank but runs around the man on the mark to bomb through his second goal at last from 50m out! (Q3 20:38)
Owens brings the ball down for Butler who runs in to 35m out and curls through a neat snap to start the final term. (Q4 0:39)
Membrey marks on a lead and slots his third goal with a calm drop punt from 40 out! (Q4 4:04)
Sharman marks on a lead 45m out, but his attempt from just outside 50 fades right for a behind. (Q4 5:28)
Battle intercepts on the wing and Jack Williams concedes a 50m penalty for knocking the ball away. Battle walks to 35m out and pops it through. (Q4 6:05)
Higgins hacks a high ball towards goal that drops short and is marked by Membrey, he bursts away from Witherden and quickly slots his fourth goal! (Q4 8:09)
Wanganeen-Milera dumps the ball deep to Membrey who can’t outmark Barrass but runs away with ball in hand, and screws through his fifth goal! (Q4 10:50)
Owens hoists a high ball towards goal from outside 50, but it was always off to the right for a point (Q4 13:41)
Higgins wins a free kick at CHF but Wood takes the advantage to blast through his third goal from 40m out. (Q4 17:49)
Sharman notches up his second goal with another roost from outside 50. (Q4 25:04)
Jack Williams screws through his third goal from the pocket. (Q4 27:05)