1997 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 1997 between the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide in the first preliminary final of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Adelaide at the MCG. Scott Wynd captained the hosts. Mark Bickley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wallace and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

The Western Bulldogs (13.13.91) were defeated by Adelaide (12.21.93).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 20 September 1997
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 70,088

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Adelaide
Score: 13.13.91 - 12.21.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 2 . 2 10 . 6 13 . 7 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Adelaide 0 . 7 4 . 11 8 . 15 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Margin WBUL by 7 WBUL by 31 WBUL by 22 ADEL by 2 ADEL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Terry Wallace

Adelaide

Captain: Mark Bickley
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
G. Scroop (#21)
B. Sheehan (#9)
E: R. Sawers (#5)

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 0
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 0 2
12 Cook, James ? ? 6 2 12 8 4 7 0 0 0 0
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 0 0 1
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 1 2
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 3 0
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 11 6 0 3 3
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 1 0 20 8 12 4 0 3 0 0
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 2 1 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 2 2 19 10 9 8 0 2 1 1
9 Hudson, Paul ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 0
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 0 0 1
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 1 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 1 24 11 13 1 0 4 2 1
23 Martin, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 0
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 0
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 0 0 1 1 1
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 2 0 1 0 1
34 West, Mark ? ? 2 1 24 19 5 2 0 3 2 1
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 33 28 5 7 0 0 2 3
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 2 10 1 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 13 13 302 193 109 85 16 17 17 19

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 4 0 2 1 1
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 5 0 1 0 0
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 7 0 1 1 2
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 10 0 0 0 0
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 1 0
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 1 3 1 0
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 3 0 4 2 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 5 26 17 9 7 1 4 0 0
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 0 1
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 3 2 15 9 6 4 0 3 0 2
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 2 21 14 7 7 0 5 3 1
20 Keating, Aaron ? ? 0 1 5 1 4 3 8 1 1 1
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 1 1
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 4 0 3 2 1
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
21 Ormond-Allen, Trent ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 0
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 8 10 0 2 2
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 2 0 2 0 1
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 0 2 6 3 3 0 1 1 0 0
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 0 1
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 4 0 4 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 12 21 291 197 94 88 21 43 19 17

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