Round 13 - Sunday July 14, 2002
Riverina Football League
Venue: Griffith Exies Oval 2.10pm
Umpires: Scott Crowley and Jason Fisher (RUA)
Griffith ..................... 7.7 .. 9.10 .. 10.18 .. 12.23 (95)
Leeton-Whitton ..... 0.0 .. 0.2 .. 1.4 .. 6.5 (41)
GRIFFITH: Shawn Conlan, Jonathan O'Dwyer, Matt Bunn; Damien Scott, Brendan Giason, Jason Malone; Matthew Kenny, Phillip Rowston, Michael Duncan; Craig Conlan, Warwick Armstrong*, Jeff Mickan; Ben Ford, Danny Beriman, Ben Wade; Matthew Olney, Rodney Duncan, Jamie Bennett; Myles Bunn, Graham Foley, Brett Owen
LEETON-WHITTON: Evan Hillman, Adrian Brown, Justin Davidson; David Elwin, Grant McLarty, David Harrison; Brenton Hillier, Matthew Sharman, Lee Whelan; Shane Whelan, Kurt Bullock, Kane Bullock; Paul Hanrahan, Trent Lang, Brent O'Mara; Michael Cunningham (c-c), Brad Waters, Matthew Flagg; Greg Looby, Daniel Sullivan, Jason Wells
GOALS
Griffith: D Beriman 4, P Rowston 2, B Wade, J Bennett, M Kenny, Craig Conlan, G Foley, Matt Bunn
Leeton-Whitton: M Sharman 3, K Bullock, T Lang, B Waters
BEST PLAYERS
Griffith: S Conlan, Matt Bunn, D Scott, M Olney, R Duncan
Leeton-Whitton: M Cunningham, G McLarty, E Hillman, B Waters, K Bullock
SENIOR DEBUT: Warwick Armstrong

A summary of match report, with thanks
After completely overwhelming Leeton-Whitton early on for a 62-point lead at half-time, the Griffith Swans survived a Crows resurgence to take a 12.23 (95) to 6.5 (41) victory in their Riverina Football League match at the Ex-Servicemen's Oval yesterday afternoon.

The Swans dominated the first half, Leeton held scoreless in the opening term and managed just two behinds in the second quarter as the home side booted 9.10 for a massive half-time lead. However, the Crows came out in the third quarter with nothing to lose and more than matched their opposition for the rest of the game as the Swans struggled to find their usual rhythm.

Denied easy shots by the Leeton defence, Griffith booted an unimpressive 1.8 for the third term and only just managed to better that in the last, two late goals the only Swans majors for the quarter.  The Crows kicked 6.5 for the second half to outscore their more fancied opposition, although in the end the margin was too great to bridge. (By Rebecca Kroek - The Area News, Monday July 15, 2002).

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OTHER MATCHES - SAT: East Wagga-Kooringal 130 def Coolamon 70, Narrandera 106 def Mangoplah-CUE 88; SUN: Ganmain-GGM 87 def by Turvey Park 126

Reserves: Griffith 23.17 (155) def Leeton-Whitton 1.2 (8)
Goals: S Driscoll 7, S Ruyg 6, A Gardner 3, J Way 2, R Simpkin 2, K Malone, L Testoni, A Hill
Best players: D Best, A Hill, S Driscoll, K Malone, J Way
Under 18: Leeton-Whitton 22.17 (149) def Griffith 5.3 (33)
Goals: A Gardner 2, T Webb, K Duncan, S Stubbs 
Best players: N Malone, L Catanzariti, A Gardner, E Gilbert, M Smythe