1997 AFL Season Round 2: Port Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1997 between Port Adelaide and Essendon during round two of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Port Adelaide hosted Essendon at Football Park. Gavin Wanganeen captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Cahill and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Port Adelaide (8.12.60) were defeated by Essendon (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Port Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Sunday 6 April 1997
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 32,747

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Essendon
Score: 8.12.60 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 3 . 8 3 . 9 4 . 11 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Essendon 1 . 4 5 . 6 10 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin PADL by 16 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

Captain: Gavin Wanganeen
Coach: John Cahill

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Burton (#36)
M. Nash (#14)
R. Williams (#34)
E: J. Schmitt (#44)

Goal Umpires

A. Squeo
E: S. Murphy

Umpire Replacements

S. Murphy replaced A. Squeo.

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brayden Lyle PADL 9 3
Michael Long ESSE 13 2
Joe Misiti ESSE 24 1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 3 0 2 0 1
3 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 1 1 1 0 0
21 Brown, David ? ? 0 1 27 18 9 1 0 1 0 1
26 Burgoyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 0 1 2
6 Cummings, Scott ? ? 1 4 8 7 1 7 0 0 0 3
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 1 2
17 Fiegert, Nigel ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
8 Francis, Fabian ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 0 2
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 0 1 2
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 2 1 3 1 3
29 Kingsley, Adam ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 0 2 0
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 6 0 0 0
22 Lockwood, Bowen ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 1 0 0 0
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 1 2 35 23 12 5 3 3 2 3
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 2 0 0 0
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 4 0 1 0 1
30 Poole, Darryl ? ? 1 0 12 3 9 5 5 4 0 4
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 0 7 5 15 2 0 0
16 Tredrea, Warren ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 2
1 Wanganeen, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 4 0
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 8 12 275 164 111 58 34 22 12 27

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 3 0 8 8 0 2 8 1 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 0
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 2 2 4 0
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 1 4 2 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 0 1
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 3 0 0 0 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 1 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 2 4 2 1
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 4 0 1 1 1
13 Long, Michael ? ? 2 2 18 11 7 8 0 0 2 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 5 2 1 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 3 3 22 18 4 7 0 0 3 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 10 0 1 1 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 2 1 1 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 3 0 1 2 1
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 1 2 1 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 2 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 14 9 259 180 79 71 18 23 27 12

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