1997 AFL Round 2: Brisbane Lions v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1997 between Brisbane Lions and St Kilda during round 2 of the 1997 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted St Kilda at Gabba. Michael Voss captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Stan Alves.

Brisbane Lions
M. Voss (capt.), M. Ashcroft, S. Bamford, A. Bews, R. Champion, M. Clarke, D. Dickfos, A. Fletcher, A. Gowers, S. Hart, C. Johnson, C. Keating, M. Kennedy, C. Lambert, N. Lappin, J. Leppitsch, S. McIvor, J. Molloy, B. Robbins, D. Scott, D. White

St Kilda
T. Brown, N. Burke, G. Coghlan, B. Cook, J. Cripps, J. Daniels, P. Everitt, T. Gray, B. Hall, R. Harvey, D. Healy, M. Hudghton, A. Jones, M. Lappin, S. Loewe, J. McLaren, R. Neill, J. Peckett, J. Shanahan, S. Sziller, M. Young

Brisbane Lions (23.16.154) defeated St Kilda (7.15.57).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: C. Keating (5), C. Johnson (4), J. Leppitsch (4), A. Fletcher (2), B. Robbins (2), S. Bamford, R. Champion, A. Gowers, S. McIvor, D. Scott, M. Voss
St Kilda: S. Loewe (2), J. Cripps, P. Everitt, B. Hall, A. Jones, M. Young

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 5th on the ladder (up from 14th) and St Kilda were then 16th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Brisbane Lions v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 6 April 1997
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 17,123

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. St Kilda
Score: 23.16.154 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 7 . 3 14 . 7 19 . 10 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
St Kilda 1 . 2 4 . 4 5 . 8 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin BRIL by 37 BRIL by 63 BRIL by 86 BRIL by 97 BRIL by 97
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Brisbane Lions), Stan Alves (St Kilda)
Captains: Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Humphery-Smith, A. Lewis, B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shaun Hart BRIL 32 3
Adrian Fletcher BRIL 6 2
Scott McIvor BRIL 7 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 0 0 2
34 Bamford, Scott ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 0
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 1 3 0 1
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 4 0 4 0 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 13 0 1 1
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 1 1
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 2 1 21 14 7 3 0 1 2 1
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 0 4 1 0
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 5 0 1 1 3
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 4 0 14 13 1 1 0 0 1 2
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 5 0 11 9 2 7 4 1 1 0
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 2 0 1
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 1 0 0 0
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 2 3 0
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 4 3 10 10 0 3 0 0 1 0
7 McIvor, Scott ? ? 1 2 21 13 8 5 0 0 2 0
20 Molloy, Jarrod ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 3 1 2
28 Robbins, Ben ? ? 2 0 22 12 10 5 0 2 1 0
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0
3 Voss, Michael (c) ? ? 1 3 16 10 6 5 0 1 1 0
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 0 2 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 23 16 290 201 89 62 20 31 17 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Brown, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 0 0 1
3 Burke, Nathan ? ? 0 0 30 23 7 2 0 2 0 0
30 Coghlan, Glen ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 0 0 1
42 Cook, Brett ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 5 1 0 1
18 Cripps, Jason ? ? 1 1 26 23 3 4 0 0 3 2
34 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 3 3 0
10 Everitt, Peter ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 5 7 2 1 2
21 Gray, Troy ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 1 1
25 Hall, Barry ? ? 1 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 1 2
35 Harvey, Robert ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 1 0 1 0 0
6 Healy, Daniel ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 1 0
8 Hudghton, Max ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 0
5 Jones, Aussie ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 1 0 0 0 2
22 Lappin, Matthew ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 0 0 3 1 1
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 2 3 15 9 6 2 9 2 2 1
26 McLaren, Joe ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
16 Neill, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 0
1 Peckett, Justin ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 1 0
31 Shanahan, Jamie ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 2 0 0
19 Sziller, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 0 2
20 Young, Matthew ? ? 1 1 19 10 9 4 0 1 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 7 15 266 169 97 53 21 24 16 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