1991 AFL Round 18: Adelaide v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1991 between Adelaide and Sydney during round 18 of the 1991 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Sydney at Football Park. Chris McDermott captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Cornes and the visitors were coached by Col Kinnear.

Adelaide
C. McDermott (capt.), A. Bartlett, M. Bickley, D. Brown, G. Fielke, D. Hart, S. Hodges, R. Jameson, A. Jarman, S. Lee, B. Lindner, M. Liptak, R. Maynard, T. McGuinness, P. McIntyre, M. Mickan, S. Rehn, N. Smart, S. Tasker, S. Tregenza

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Athorn, M. Bayes, D. Bolton, W. Capper, N. Cordy, B. Doolan, L. Higgins, D. Holmes, P. Kelly, R. Kerr, J. Lawson, D. Lewis, J. Love, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, B. Toohey, B. Tunbridge, J. West, S. Wright

Adelaide (16.22.118) were defeated by Sydney (19.8.122).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: R. Jameson (6), P. McIntyre (4), M. Liptak (3), S. Hodges, T. McGuinness, S. Tasker
Sydney: J. Love (5), W. Capper (3), J. West (3), M. Athorn (2), L. Higgins (2), B. Mitchell (2), D. Carroll, D. Lewis

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Sydney were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Adelaide v Sydney
Date: Sunday 21 July 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 40,794

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Sydney
Score: 16.22.118 - 19.8.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 5 . 6 10 . 11 12 . 15 16 . 22 16 . 22 (118)
Sydney 2 . 0 8 . 2 13 . 7 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
Margin ADEL by 24 ADEL by 21 ADEL by 2 SYDN by 4 SYDN by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Graham Cornes (Adelaide), Col Kinnear (Sydney)
Captains: Chris McDermott (Adelaide), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Johnson, H. Kennedy

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dennis Carroll SYDN 7 3
Brad Tunbridge SYDN 48 2
Grant Fielke ADEL 30 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Bartlett, Allan ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 3 1 1 1 5
26 Bickley, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 3 0 1
21 Brown, David ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 1 0 1 2 0
30 Fielke, Grant ? ? 0 0 29 15 14 3 0 3 2 0
3 Hart, Darel ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 1 0
17 Hodges, Scott ? ? 1 5 14 9 5 5 0 3 2 2
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 6 2 14 11 3 7 0 1 2 3
2 Jarman, Andrew ? ? 0 0 23 5 18 4 0 2 0 0
13 Lee, Scott ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 1 1 1
9 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 4 1 2
27 Liptak, Matthew ? ? 3 3 35 18 17 6 0 3 1 1
18 Maynard, Rodney ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 2 0 0 2 1
10 McDermott, Chris (c) ? ? 0 1 29 7 22 2 0 4 1 2
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 0 28 17 11 2 0 0 1 0
23 McIntyre, Peter ? ? 4 4 10 10 0 6 0 0 2 0
25 Mickan, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 9 20 1 0 1
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 0 1 0
49 Tasker, Sean ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 0 0
12 Tregenza, Simon ? ? 0 2 33 30 3 5 0 1 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 22 378 203 175 72 23 30 21 19

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Athorn, Mark ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 3 0 1 0 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 2 1 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 1 0 0 1 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 3 0 9 5 4 4 0 2 0 4
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 5 0 4 2 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 8 0 0 1 4
4 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 4 0 4 1 1
31 Holmes, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Kelly, Paul ? ? 0 2 18 10 8 4 0 3 0 2
39 Kerr, Robert ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 1 0
37 Lawson, Jamie ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 0 0 0
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 4 1 1 0 0
32 Love, Jason ? ? 5 0 19 13 6 2 0 0 1 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 2 2 46 26 20 5 0 1 3 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 1 1 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 2 2 2
48 Tunbridge, Brad ? ? 0 0 18 5 13 8 31 2 0 0
20 West, Jim ? ? 3 1 17 9 8 7 0 1 1 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 29 21 8 1 0 2 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 8 336 192 144 71 32 28 19 21

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s