1997 AFL 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 AFL season.
St Kilda hosted Adelaide at MCG.
Mark Bickley captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Stan Alves and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.
St Kilda
T. Brown, N. Burke, B. Cook, J. Cripps, J. Daniels, B. Hall, R. Harvey, J. Heatley, M. Hudghton, A. Jones, R. Keogh, M. Lappin, S. Loewe, R. Neill, J. Peckett, J. Shanahan, D. Sierakowski, S. Sziller, A. Thompson, D. Wakelin, N. Winmar
Adelaide
M. Bickley (capt.), T. Bond, P. Caven, M. Connell, T. Edwards, S. Ellen, S. Goodwin, B. Hart, B. James, R. Jameson, D. Jarman, K. Johnson, A. Keating, K. Koster, A. McLeod, D. Pittman, S. Rehn, C. Rintoul, M. Robran, C. Sampson, N. Smart
St Kilda (13.16.94) were defeated by Adelaide (19.11.125).
Goalkickers
St Kilda: B. Hall (3), J. Heatley (3), S. Loewe (2), N. Burke, R. Harvey, A. Jones, J. Peckett, N. Winmar
Adelaide: D. Jarman (6), S. Ellen (5), T. Bond (4), P. Caven, S. Goodwin, C. Rintoul, N. Smart
As a result of this match, Adelaide were the premiers and St Kilda were the runners-up.
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
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
Coaches:
Stan Alves
(St Kilda),
Malcolm Blight
(Adelaide)
Captains:
unknown
(St Kilda),
Mark Bickley
(Adelaide)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
H. Kennedy
(#7),
M. Nash
(#14),
B. Sheehan
(#9), E:
D. Howlett
(#1)
Goal Umpire:
R. Davies,
M. Powell
Boundary Umpire:
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 | |||