1997 AFL Qualifying Final 1: Adelaide v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 1997 between Adelaide and West Coast in the first qualifying final of the 1997 AFL season. Adelaide hosted West Coast at Football Park. Mark Bickley captained the hosts. John Worsfold captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Adelaide
M. Bickley (capt.), T. Bond, P. Caven, M. Connell, T. Edwards, S. Ellen, S. Goodwin, B. Hart, R. Jameson, D. Jarman, K. Johnson, K. Koster, A. McLeod, T. Modra, D. Pittman, S. Rehn, C. Rintoul, M. Robran, C. Sampson, N. Smart, P. Vardy

West Coast
J. Worsfold (capt.), D. Banfield, B. Cousins, A. Donnelly, T. Evans, F. Gehrig, I. Grgic, B. Heady, G. Jakovich, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, Peter Matera, Phillip Matera, G. McKenna, C. Morrison, J. Schofield, N. Stone, P. Sumich, P. Symmons, R. Turnbull, C. Waterman

Adelaide (14.15.99) defeated West Coast (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: T. Modra (3), T. Bond (2), C. Rintoul (2), M. Connell, B. Hart, K. Johnson, K. Koster, M. Robran, N. Smart, P. Vardy
West Coast: Peter Matera (2), D. Banfield, F. Gehrig, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, Phillip Matera, P. Sumich, P. Symmons

As a result of this match, Adelaide faced Geelong in the second semi final and West Coast faced North Melbourne in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 1
Teams: Adelaide v West Coast
Date: Sunday 7 September 1997
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 43,831

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. West Coast
Score: 14.15.99 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 4 . 4 6 . 10 10 . 10 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
West Coast 3 . 1 4 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin ADEL by 9 ADEL by 16 ADEL by 19 ADEL by 33 ADEL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Adelaide), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: Mark Bickley (Adelaide), John Worsfold (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), D. Rich (#3), R. Sawers (#5), E: M. McKenzie (#24)

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 31 14 17 6 0 2 0 1
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 1
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 3 4 1
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 5 0 3 1 0
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 2 0 0 0 0
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 0 0 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 1 0 28 24 4 6 0 0 4 0
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 3 0 2
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 2 0 1 1 3
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 1 1
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 0 1
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 4 1 1
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 3 2 10 8 2 4 0 0 0 1
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 3 17 0 0 0
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 5 19 2 1 4
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 4 0 1 0 0
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 4 3 1 3 1
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 0 1
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 2 2 4 1 1
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 3 1 1
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 14 15 291 196 95 63 41 32 19 20

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 4 0 2 0 0
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 0 0 0 1 1
29 Donnelly, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 2 0 1 0
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 5 0 1 2 0
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 1 0 1 1 4
14 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 11 2 2 1
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Jakovich, Glen ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 6 1 0 2 4
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 4 0 4 1 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 3 0 0 0 2
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 4 0 1 2 1
33 Matera, Phillip ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 2 0 2 1 2
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 0 0
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 6 0 0 2 2
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 2 0 1 1 0
22 Stone, Nicholas ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 2 0
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 0
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 6 1 0 0
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 0 1
24 Worsfold, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 9 12 284 200 84 57 20 20 20 19

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