1997 AFL Season Grand Final: St Kilda v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 27 September 1997 between St Kilda and Adelaide in the grand final of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. St Kilda hosted Adelaide at the MCG. Mark Bickley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Stan Alves and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

St Kilda (13.16.94) were defeated by Adelaide (19.11.125).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: St Kilda v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 27 September 1997
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 99,645

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Adelaide
Score: 13.16.94 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 6 7 . 11 9 . 13 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Adelaide 3 . 8 5 . 10 11 . 11 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Margin ADEL by 2 STKL by 13 ADEL by 10 ADEL by 31 ADEL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Stan Alves

Adelaide

Captain: Mark Bickley
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
M. Nash (#14)
B. Sheehan (#9)
E: D. Howlett (#1)

Goal Umpires

R. Davies
M. Powell

Boundary Umpires

A. Cook
D. Gooch
A. Wheeler

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Andrew McLeod ADEL 23 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Brown, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 0
3 Burke, Nathan ? ? 1 1 33 20 13 1 0 3 1 0
42 Cook, Brett ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 3 11 3 0 1
18 Cripps, Jason ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 0 2
34 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 5 0 1
25 Hall, Barry ? ? 3 1 17 8 9 5 0 1 0 1
35 Harvey, Robert ? ? 1 0 36 23 13 3 0 1 2 0
24 Heatley, Jason ? ? 3 3 10 7 3 3 0 0 1 1
8 Hudghton, Max ? ? 0 0 9 1 8 2 0 3 2 0
5 Jones, Aussie ? ? 1 1 29 17 12 4 0 4 4 1
17 Keogh, Rod ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 2 2 0
22 Lappin, Matthew ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 0
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 4 4 0 1 1
16 Neill, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 Peckett, Justin ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 1 1
31 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0 2
13 Sierakowski, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 1 1 0 0
19 Sziller, Steven ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 5 3 1
29 Thompson, Andrew ? ? 0 2 15 7 8 1 0 2 1 2
15 Wakelin, Darryl ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 1
7 Winmar, Nicky ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 1 0 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 13 16 292 170 122 46 16 41 21 15

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 6 0 0
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 4 0 8 7 1 5 0 0 1 2
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 6 0 0 2 1
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 1 0
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 1 0 1
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 5 1 12 8 4 6 1 3 1 0
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 4 0 5 0 2
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 0 2
11 James, Brett ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 5 0 1
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 6 2 19 15 4 5 1 7 2 2
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 2 1 2 1 1
20 Keating, Aaron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 7 1 4
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 0 0 31 18 13 11 0 3 0 1
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 1
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 16 4 0 0
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 1 0 3 3 0
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 5 4 1 0
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 5 1 3 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 19 11 253 172 81 68 30 58 15 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