1997 AFL Season Round 1: Adelaide v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 1997 between Adelaide and the Brisbane Lions during round one of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted the Brisbane Lions at Football Park. Mark Bickley captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Adelaide (20.12.132) defeated the Brisbane Lions (14.12.96).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Adelaide v Brisbane Lions
Date: Sunday 30 March 1997
Time: 1:40 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 36,602

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 20.12.132 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 6 . 1 12 . 3 17 . 6 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Brisbane Lions 5 . 2 7 . 7 10 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin ADEL by 5 ADEL by 26 ADEL by 39 ADEL by 36 ADEL by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Mark Bickley
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Burton (#36)
P. Carey (#8)
R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brett James ADEL 11 3
Mark Ricciuto ADEL 32 2
Darren Jarman ADEL 3 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 1 0 1 1 2
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 2 0 5 0 1
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 0 2 0
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 1 1 1
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 2
11 James, Brett ? ? 0 0 33 7 26 0 0 3 1 0
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 1 1
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 5 0 7 1 2
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
20 Keating, Aaron ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 10 1 1 1
8 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 3 2 19 12 7 3 0 1 0 1
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 7 3 12 11 1 7 0 0 3 1
15 Pittman, David ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 3 23 2 3 1
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 0 0 36 19 17 6 0 1 1 0
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 2 0 1 3 0
16 Standfield, Barry ? ? 5 1 9 9 0 4 0 1 1 1
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 1 3 14 12 2 1 0 4 0 0
29 Williams, Brent ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 20 12 302 187 115 50 33 30 22 17

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 2 2 29 18 11 1 0 2 0 0
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 3 3
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 10 1 3 2
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 1 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 3 0 0 0 0
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 2
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 0 0 28 14 14 6 0 1 0 2
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 4 2 0
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 0 0 0
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 0 2
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 1 28 18 10 1 0 0 1 3
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 2 7 1 0 3
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 0
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 McIvor, Scott ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 4 0 0 1 0
19 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Molloy, Jarrod ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 1 2
28 Robbins, Ben ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 1 1 1 2
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 2 1 6 3 3 1 3 1 2 0
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 3 1 23 12 11 1 0 3 1 0
33 White, Darryl ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 14 12 262 177 85 43 22 19 17 22

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