State Teams (Men's)
1990-1999
Regular trips abroad returned to the agenda with Western Australia making a trio of trips to Indonesia before ending the decade with a two-game adventure in Malaysia.
A thrilling last-gasp win over German side Werder Bremen, who only a month earlier had lifted the European Cup Winners Cup, highlighted a steady flow of visitors from overseas and interstate.
28 January 1990
Western Australia 1 (John Hunter 33)
Moscow Torpedo 2 (Andrey Rudakov, Sergey Zhukov 76)
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Willie McNally, Dave Evans (M.Cairns), Noel Larkin, Jeff Curran, Mel Brown, Lou Collova (Ronnie Campbell), R.Hogan, Ross Greer, Paul Wormley, John Hunter (P.Farmer), Michael Roki
Moscow Torpedo:
Coaches:
Referee: David Mortimer
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 5,702
16 April 1990
Western Australia 4 (5p) (Alan Pottier, R.Hogan, Stan Lazaridis, Ronnie Campbell)
Singapore 4 (4p)
Status: Friendly
Western Australia (squad): Chris Barbas, Willie McNally, Michael Roki, M.Cairns, Dave Evans, Jeff Curran, Mel Brown, Lou Collova, Frank Bate, Ronnie Campbell, R.Hogan, Alan Pottier, Ross Greer, Gerry Christie, Oli Colli, Stan Lazardis, Paul Wormley
Singapore:
Coaches:
Referee: David Mortimer
Venue: Macedonia Park, Balcatta
Attendance:
10 April 1991
Western Australia 2 (Alan Pottier 2)
Selangor 1
Status: Friendly
Western Australia (squad): Willie McNally, M.Cairns (c), Brian Sweeney, Shaun Murphy, Michael Roki, Nicky Dyer, Gareth Naven, Ronnie Campbell, D.O’Brien, S.Whitehead, Alan Pottier, Andy Wright, Ian Cornthwaite, Scott Miller, Lou Collova, Tommy Maras
Selangor:
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Dorrien Gardens, West Perth
Attendance:
1991 Marah Halim Tournament
“I’ve never known anything like it,” said State coach Gary Marocchi following a string of withdrawals from West Australia’s squad for their fifth Marah Halim appearance. The squad flew out of Perth on Monday August 26, with Ori Colli called up just hours before departure to replace Peter Murphy due to family illness.
Murphy had been chosen in place of the injured Carl McDarby. Mark Brown and Sean Lynch were also late additions after Ian Cornthwaite and Gerry Christie declared themselves unavailable. Another withdrawal was Shaun Murphy, who was attending trials in Canberra for Australia’s Olympic Games team.
The State squad reached the semi-final stage of the tournament by defeating Indonesia PSSI 3-1 and grinding out scoreless draws with Indonesian clubs Persija Jakarata and Perstu Tapanuli Utara. They went down on penalties to the Chinese Army in the round of four then lost to Persija Jakarata in the play-off for 3rd/4th.
28 August 1991
Persija Jakarta 0
Western Australia 0
Status: Marah Halim Cup
Persija Jakarta:
Western Australia (squad): Willie McNally (c), Tommy Maras, A.D’Souza, Craig Naven, Oli Colli, Mel Brown, Alan Pottier, Marc Wingell, Gareth Naven, Alex Cummings, P.Connell, Ricky Davis, Dean Nicolaou, Michael Roki, Mark Brown, Sean Lynch, Rene de Koning
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance: 30,000
30 August 1991
Indonesia PSSI 1
Western Australia 3 (Michael Roki, Alex Cummings, Ori Colli)
Status: Marah Halim Cup
Indonesia PSSI:
Western Australia (squad): Willie McNally (c), Tommy Maras, A.D’Souza, Craig Naven, Oli Colli, Mel Brown, Alan Pottier, Marc Wingell, Gareth Naven, Alex Cummings, P.Connell, Ricky Davis, Dean Nicolaou, Michael Roki, Mark Brown, Sean Lynch, Rene de Koning
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:
1 September 1991
Perstu Tapanuli Utara 0
Western Australia 0
Status: Marah Halim Cup
Perstu Tapannuli Utara:
Western Australia (squad): Willie McNally (c), Tommy Maras, A.D’Souza, Craig Naven, Oli Colli, Mel Brown, Alan Pottier, Marc Wingell, Gareth Naven, Alex Cummings, P.Connell, Ricky Davis, Dean Nicolaou, Michael Roki, Mark Brown, Sean Lynch, Rene de Koning
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance: 6,000
5 September 1991
China (Army) 1 (4p)
Western Australia 1 (2p) (Dean Nicolaou)
Status: Marah Halim Cup
China (Army):
Western Australia (squad): Willie McNally (c), Tommy Maras, A.D’Souza, Craig Naven, Oli Colli, Mel Brown, Alan Pottier, Marc Wingell, Gareth Naven, Alex Cummings, P.Connell, Ricky Davis, Dean Nicolaou, Michael Roki, Mark Brown, Sean Lynch, Rene de Koning
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance: 30,000
6 September 1991
Persija Jakarta 0
Western Australia 2 (Ricky Davis, Michael Roki)
Status: Marah Halim Cup
Persija Jakarta:
Western Australia (squad): Willie McNally (c), Tommy Maras, A.D’Souza, Craig Naven, Oli Colli, Mel Brown, Alan Pottier, Marc Wingell, Gareth Naven, Alex Cummings, P.Connell, Ricky Davis, Dean Nicolaou, Michael Roki, Mark Brown, Sean Lynch, Rene de Koning
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:
23 March 1992
Western Australia 2 (Lou Collova, Paul Strudwick)
Selangor 0
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Willie McNally, Taki Nicolaidis, Brian Sweeney, Shaun Murphy, Craig Naven, Gareth Naven, Lou Colova, Brian McLatchie, Carl McDarby, Paul Strudwick, Stan Lazaridis — Tommy Maras, Rene de Koning, J.Merkouris, Alex Cummings, Ori Colli, Ray Kastropil
Selangor:
Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia)
Referee:
Venue: Macedonia Park, Balcatta
Attendance:
29 March 1992
Western Australia 1 (Gareth Naven)
Singapore 0
Status: Friendly
Western Australia (squad): Willie McNally, J.Merkouris, Craig Naven, Gareth Naven, Shaun Murphy, Lou Colova, Ori Colli, Brian Sweeney, Taki Nicolaidis, Stan Lazaridis, Rene de Koning, Alex Cummings, Brian McLatchie, Paul Strudwick, Tommy Maras
Singapore:
Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia)
Referee:
Venue: Bayswater Oval, Bayswater
Attendance:
6 June 1992
Western Australia 3 (Stan Lazaridis, Anthony Carbone, Carl McDarby)
Werder Breman 2
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Willie McNally (c), Brian Sweeney, Shaun Murphy, Marc Wingell, Gareth Naven, Craig Naven, Anthony Carbone, B.Roberts (Frank Bate), Trim Morgan, Stan Lazaridis, Carl McDarby
Werder Breman:
Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia)
Referee: Sam Davidson
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 13,000
24 June 1992
Western Australia 0
Shelbourne 0
Status: Friendly
Western Australia (squad): Willie McNally (c), Anthony Carbone, Sean Lynch, Craig Naven, Marc Wingell, Brian Sweeney, Gareth Naven, Carl McDarby, B.Roberts, Trom Morgan, Stan Lazaridis, Frank Bate, Brian McLatchie, Scott Miller, Lou Collova, Taki Nicolaidis, J.Faulkner, Tommy Maras
Shelbourne:
Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia)
Referee: David Mortimer
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 4,000
14 March 1993
Western Australia 1 (Frank Bate)
Marconi-Fairfield 2
Status: Friendly
Western Australia (squad): Tommy Maras, Vlad Beretovac, Sean Lynch, Craig Naven, Wayne Thorpe, Alex Cummings, Norrie Sutton, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Michael Roki, Frank Bate, Andy Hinchliff, M.Brown, Paul McVittie, Steve Bourne, Jason Petkovic
Marconi-Fairfield:
Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia)
Referee: Andy Gorton
Venue: Dorrien Gardens, West Perth
Attendance:
14 April 1993
Western Australia 0
Sarawak 0
Status: Friendly
Western Australia (squad): Tommy Maras, Vlad Beretovac, Wayne Thorpe, Craig Naven, Brian Sweeney, Sean Lynch, Gareth Naven, Norrie Sutton, Alex Cummings, M.Brown, Frank Bate, Paul McVittie, Steve Bourne, Jason Petkovic, Willie McNally
Sarawak:
Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia)
Referee:
Venue: Inglewood Reserve, Inglewood
Attendance:
30 July 1993
Western Australia 4 (Ian Ballantyne 2, Norrie Sutton, Frank Bate)
Iraklis 2
Status: Friendly
Western Australia (squad): Tommy Maras, Stephen Willey, Wayne Thorpe, Craig Naven, Alex Cummings, Andy Hinchliff, Gareth Naven, Norrie Sutton, Alan Pottier, Frank Bate, Ian Ballantyne — Jason Petkovic, Sean Lynch, Paul McVittie, Steve Bourne, Ian Cornthwaite
Iraklis:
Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia)
Referee:
Venue: Lake Monger Velodrome, Mount Hawthorn
Attendance:
19 September 1993
Western Australia 0
Adelaide City 4
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Tommy Maras, Stephen Willey, Andy Hinchliff, Craig Naven (c), Wayne Thorpe, Andy Wright, Norrie Sutton, Gareth Naven, Alan Pottier, Frank Bate, Ian Ballantyne — Vince Matassa, Paul McVittie, Brian Sweeney, Steve Bourne, Alex Cummings
Adelaide City:
Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Western Australia)
Referee:
Venue: Bayswater Oval, Bayswater
Attendance: 2,800
13 May 1994
Western Australia 1 (Bobby Despotovski)
Sheffield United 2
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Vince Matassa, Alan Armstrong, Paul Waddington, Craig Naven, Doug Hodgson, Gareth Naven, Stan Lazaridis (c), Bobby Despotovski, Troy Halpin, P.Murphy, Shaun Murphy — Willie McNally, Alan Pottier, Mark Pottier, Jim Tsekinis, F.Tibaldi
Sheffield United:
Coaches:
Referee: David Mortimer
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 13,000
29 May 1994
Western Australia 3 (Simon Collins, Bobby Despotovski 2)
Adelaide City 0
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Tommy Maras, Alan Armstrong, Shaun Murphy, Doug Hodgson (Rene de Koning 46), Paul McVittie, Stan Lazaridis, Paul Donnelly, Simon Collins, Bobby Despotovski, Peter Murphy (Paul Waddington 66), Troy Halpin (Craig Deans 75) — Willie McNally
Adelaide City: Michael Petkovic, Sergio Melta, Tony Vidmar, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Daniel Sabatino, Nick Lazarevski, Laughlin Armstrong, Joe Mullen, Brad Hassell, Goran Lozanovski — Jamie Perin, Renato Musolino
Coaches:
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Venue: Bayswater Oval, Bayswater
Attendance: 1,500
10 July 1994
Western Australia 1 (Frank Bate 75)
Australia Under-23 1 (Brad Hassell 92)
Status: Friendly
Western Australia (squad): Tommy Maras, Willie McNally, Alan Armstrong, Mark Brown, Rene de Koning, Alex Cummings, Paul Blakeley, Richard Watson, Craig Deans, Craig Moodie, Paul Waddington, Paul McVittie, Mark Pottier, Stan Lazaridis, Ross Greer, Troy Halpin, Bobby Despotovski, M.Stergiopoulos
Australia Under-23: Clint Bolton, Kevin Muscat, Luke Casserly, Vinko Buljubasic (Sean Cranney), Michael Valkanis, Peter Tsekenis, Ante Moric, Goran Lozanovski (Gabriel Mendez), Sasha Dimovski (Bradley Hassell), Adrian Cervinski, Joe Spiteri
Coaches: Eddie Thomson (Australia)
Referee: Andy Gorton
Venue: Dorrien Gardens, West Perth
Attendance:
1994 Piala Kemerdekaan Cup
The State team embarked on their second overseas adventure in four years by returning to Indonesia, this time for the Independence Cup. Eric Williams’ side opened their account positively by holding Thailand’s national team to a draw.
Bobby Despotovski’s hat-trick orchestrated a resounding win over Burma in game two, putting Western Australia on the cusp of a semi-final appearance. Unfortunately the State team were denied that opportunity after stumbling to an Indonesia league XI in their final outing of the group stage.
8 August 1994
Thailand 1
Western Australia 1 (Steve Bourne)
Status: Piala Kemerdekaan Cup
Thailand:
Western Australia (squad): Tommy Maras, Vince Matassa, Vlad Beretovac, P.Blakeley, Alex Cummings, Craig Deans, Steve Bourne, Rene de Koning, Paul McVittie, Scott Miller, Gareth Naven, Paul Waddington, Gary Lees, M.Brown, Dale Wingell, Bobby Despotovski, Frank Bate, Troy Halpin
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Piala Kemerdekaan, Indonesia
Attendance:
10 August 1994
Burma 1
Western Australia 4 (Bobby Despotovski 3, Steve Bourne)
Status: Piala Kemerdekaan Cup
Burma:
Western Australia (squad): Tommy Maras, Vince Matassa, Vlad Beretovac, P.Blakeley, Alex Cummings, Craig Deans, Steve Bourne, Rene de Koning, Paul McVittie, Scott Miller, Gareth Naven, Paul Waddington, Gary Lees, M.Brown, Dale Wingell, Bobby Despotovski, Frank Bate, Troy Halpin
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Piala Kemerdekaan, Indonesia
Attendance: 11,000
12 August 1994
Harimau 1
Western Australia 0
Status: Piala Kemerdekaan Cup
Harimau:
Western Australia (squad): Tommy Maras, Vince Matassa, Vlad Beretovac, P.Blakeley, Alex Cummings, Craig Deans, Steve Bourne, Rene de Koning, Paul McVittie, Scott Miller, Gareth Naven, Paul Waddington, Gary Lees, M.Brown, Dale Wingell, Bobby Despotovski, Frank Bate, Troy Halpin
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Piala Kemerdekaan, Indonesia
Attendance:
24 February 1995
Western Australia 1 (Paul Strudwick)
Cerezo Osaka 4
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Tommy Maras, Alan Armstrong, Alex Cummings, Craig Deans, Rene de Koning, Mark Brown, Paul McVittie, Gareth Naven, Ian Cornthwaite, Trim Morgan, Paul Strudwick — Michael Petkovic, Paul Blakeley, Paul Donnelly, Allan McTurk, Ian Ballantyne
Cerezo Osaka:
Coaches:
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Venue: Inglewood Reserve, Inglewood
Attendance: 750
1995 Marah Halim Tournament
Western Australia made an ill-fated final appearance at the Marah Halim Tournament in April 1995. The early signs were positive for the State team after Norrie Sutton and Ian Ballantyne found the back of the net to earn an opening game win over PSMS Medan.
But a draw a few days later with another Indonesia club, Pelita Jaya, put the pressure on Eric Williams’ team. Needing victory from their final group fixture to progress proved a bridge to far with Medan Jaya securing victory and a place in the last four.
16 April 1995
PSMS Medan 1
Western Australia 2 (Norrie Sutton, Ian Ballantyne)
Status: Marah Halim Cup
PSMS Medan:
Western Australia (squad): Richard Wilson, Michael Petkovic, Rene de Koning, Craig Deans, Paul Donnelly, Alan Pottier, Alex Cummings, Paul McVittie, Steve Bourne, Norrie Sutton, Jason Ainsley, Allan McTurk, Mark Brown, Paul Strudwick, Ian Ballantyne, Dale Wingell
Coaches: Eric Williams (Western Australia)
Referee:
Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance: 20,000
18 April 1995
Pelita Jaya 0
Western Australia 0
Status: Marah Halim Cup
Pelita Jaya:
Western Australia (squad): Richard Wilson, Michael Petkovic, Rene de Koning, Craig Deans, Paul Donnelly, Alan Pottier, Alex Cummings, Paul McVittie, Steve Bourne, Norrie Sutton, Jason Ainsley, Allan McTurk, Mark Brown, Paul Strudwick, Ian Ballantyne, Dale Wingell
Coaches: Eric Williams (Western Australia)
Referee:
Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:
20 April 1995
Medan Jaya 2
Western Australia 1 (Allan McTurk)
Status: Marah Halim Cup
Medan Jaya:
Western Australia (squad): Richard Wilson, Michael Petkovic, Rene de Koning, Craig Deans, Paul Donnelly, Alan Pottier, Alex Cummings, Paul McVittie, Steve Bourne, Norrie Sutton, Jason Ainsley, Allan McTurk, Mark Brown, Paul Strudwick, Ian Ballantyne, Dale Wingell
Coaches: Eric Williams (Western Australia)
Referee:
Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:
19 May 1995
Western Australia 2 (5p) (Michael Roki, Bobby Despotovski)
West Ham United 2 (2p) (Malcolm McPherson)
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Robbie Zabica (c), Alex Cummings, Shaun Murphy, Gavin Tait, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Michael Roki, Paul McVittie, Jason Ainsley, Bobby Despotovski, Stan Lazaridis
West Ham United: Les Sealy, Tim Breaker, Kenny Brown (Adrian Whitbread), Simon Webster, Steve Potts, Danny Williamson (Steve Blaney), Don Hutchison, Martin Allen, Darren Currie, Malcolm McPherson (Danny Shipp), Mark Watson
Coaches: Eric Williams (Western Australia)
Referee: David Mortimer
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 10,000
27 May 1995
Western Australia 2 (Stan Lazaridis, Bobby Despotovski)
Nottingham Forest 1
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Robbie Zabica (c), Alex Cummings, Shaun Murphy, Gavin Tait, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller, Michael Roki, Paul McVittie, Jason Ainsley, Bobby Despotovski, Stan Lazaridis — Michael Petkovic, Rene de Koning, Paul Donnelly, Craig Deans, Norrie Sutton, Allan McTurk, Terry Worsfold
Nottingham Forest:
Coaches: Eric Williams (Western Australia)
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance:
27 August 1995
Western Australia 1 (Terry Worsfold)
Adelaide City 3
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Robbie Zabica, Alex Cummings, Craig Naven, Scott Clissold, Richard Watson, A.Hind, Steve Bourne, Paul McVittie, Terry Worsfold, Scott Miller, Peter Coci — Mike Harkness, Andrew Chapman, Steve Morrissey, Chris Coyne, Dom Ando
Adelaide City:Jason Petkovic, Sasa Nedeljkovic, Mark yates, Alex Tobin, Milan Ivanovic, Craig Foster, John Gibson, Joe Mullen, Angelo Costanzo, Brad Hassell, Damian Mori, Joel Marino, Dino Menillo, Kosta Salapasidis, Daniel Mignano
Coaches: Eric Williams (Western Australia), John Perin (Adelaide City)
Referee: Andy Gorton
Venue: Bayswater Oval, Bayswater
Attendance:
9 July 1996
Western Australia 2 (3p) (Ross Greer, Alan MacKenzie)
Indonesia PSSI 2 (1p) (Widodo C Putra 31, Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 63)
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Robbie Zabica, Craig Moodie, Scott Clissold, Rene de Koning, Ross Greer, Scott Miller, Paul McVittie, Steve Bourne, Peter Coci, Alan MacKenzie, Willie Herd — Tommy Maras, Ray Kastropil, Doug Ithier, Scott Daley
Indonesia PSSI: Sumardi, Kurnia Sandi, Suwandi HS, Yeyen Tumena, Aples G Tecuari, Robby Darwis, Widodo C Putra, Pery Sandria, Supriono, Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto, Eri Irianto
Coaches:
Referee: Andy Gorton
Venue: Dorrien Gardens, West Perth
Attendance: 1,000
6 October 1996
Western Australia 0
Perth Glory 5 (Paul Strudwick 2, Bobby Despotovski, Dale Wingell, Gareth Naven)
Status: Friendly
Western Australia:
Perth Glory (incomplete): Gareth Naven, Dale Wingell, Paul Strudwick, Bobby Despotovski
Coaches: Gary Marocchi (Perth Glory)
Referee:
Venue: Bayswater Oval, Bayswater
Attendance:
21 September 1997
Western Australia 2 (Doug Ithier, Alan MacKenzie)
Singapore 0
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Mike Harkness (Chris Ball), Jamie Harnwell, Scott Clissold, Marc Wingell, Doug Ithier, Robyn Dyer (Michael Mirco), Steve Bourne, (Paul Hickey), Boza Erakovic (Ramon Westerberger), Alan MacKenzie, Joe Vaz, Carl McDarby (Scott Daley)
Singapore:
Coaches:
Referee: Andy Gorton
Venue: Dorrien Gardens, West Perth
Attendance: 3,500
11 November 1997
Sarawak 4
Western Australia 2 (Scott Clissold, Jamie Harnwell)
Status: Friendly
Sarawak:
Western Australia: Phil Trianidis, Marc Wingell, Jamie Harnwell, Doug Ithier, Scott Daley, Alex Christie, Jason Smith, Troy Bernard, Scott Clissold (c), Carl McDarby (Robbie Puca 80), Robyn Dyers (Paul Hickey 80)
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Sarawak, Malaysia
Attendance: 6,000
13 November 1997
Bintulu 1
Western Australia 4 (Robyn Dyers 3, Doug Ithier)
Status: Friendly
Bintulu:
Western Australia: Phil Trianidis, Marc Wingell, Jamie Harnwell, Alex Christie, Robbie Puca, Troy Bernard (Doug Ithier 40), Jason Smith, Paul Hickey, Scott Clissold (c), Scott Daley (Joe Vaz), Robyn Dyers
Coaches:
Referee:
Venue: Bintulu, Malaysia
Attendance: 5,000
17 May 1998
Western Australia 2 (Scott Halpin 2)
West Ham United Academy XI 4
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Mike Harkness, Marc Wingell, Scott Clissold (Evan Wallace), Jamie Harnwell, Jason Smith, Julio Moreno (Troy Bernard), Scott Halpin, Scott Daley (Michael Mirco), Robbie Puca (John Mirco), Alan MacKenzie, Alex Christie (Vlad Beretovac)
West Ham United Academy XI: Phil Trianedes, Jamie Coyne (Craig Surtees), Hugh Miller, Chris Coyne, Anthony Carbone, Willie Grubb (Richard Turnbull), Trim Morgan, Richard Garcia (Peter Murphy), Joe Vaz, Carl McDarby, Stan Lazaridis (Dale Wingell)
Coaches:
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Venue: Dorrien Gardens, West Perth
Attendance: 1,500
12 September 1998
Western Australia 1 (Ramon Westerberger)
Northern Spirit 2
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Robert Zabica, Evan Wallace, Craig Naven, Peter Vukmirovic, Marc Wingell, Troy Bernard (Gary Faria), Paul McVittie, Michael Mirco, Trim Morgan, Ramon Westerberger (Scott Daley), Craig Deans
Northern Spirit (incomplete): John Perosh, Nicholas Purdue (Paul Watkins), Eddie Bosnar (Phil Moss), Ian Crook, Mark Rudan, Luke Casserly, Kresimir Marusic (James Stubbs-Mills), Robbie Slater, Troy Cranney (Paul Wearne), Clayton Zane
Coaches:
Referee: Louis Prospero
Venue: Macedonia Park, Balcatta
Attendance: 500
3 October 1998
Western Australia 0
Perth Glory 2
Status: Friendly
Western Australia: Robbie Zabica (Mike Harkness 59), Craig Deans, Doug Ithier, Peter Vukmirovic (Ramon Westerberger 70), Craig Naven, Paul McVittie, Marc Wingell, Troy Bernard, Trim Morgan, Carl McDarby, Scott Daley (Jason Smith 46)
Perth Glory: Danny Milosevic, Vinko Buljubasic, Boza Erakovic, Gareth Naven, Scott Miller (John Markovski 75), Vasko Trpcevski (Vince Tana 27), James Afkos, Michael Garcia, Con Boutsianis, Bobby Despotovski, Vas Kalogeracos
Coaches:
Referee: Eddie Lennie
Venue: Joondalup Arena, Joondalup
Attendance: 2,950