1997 AFL Season Round 3: Port Adelaide v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1997 between Port Adelaide and Geelong during round three of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Port Adelaide hosted Geelong at Football Park. Gavin Wanganeen captained the hosts. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Cahill and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Port Adelaide (18.21.129) defeated Geelong (14.6.90).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Port Adelaide v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 April 1997
Time: 8:40 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 32,074

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. Geelong
Score: 18.21.129 - 14.6.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 3 . 5 8 . 11 13 . 17 18 . 21 18 . 21 (129)
Geelong 0 . 2 3 . 2 7 . 4 14 . 6 14 . 6 (90)
Margin PADL by 21 PADL by 39 PADL by 49 PADL by 39 PADL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

Captain: Gavin Wanganeen
Coach: John Cahill

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Burton (#36)
G. Dore (#19)
R. Williams (#34)
E: M. Avon (#40)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Don Dickie PADL 19 3
Matthew Primus PADL 2 2
Stephen Paxman PADL 14 1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 1 2
3 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 4 0 3 1 2
21 Brown, David ? ? 1 1 30 24 6 5 0 1 1 0
26 Burgoyne, Peter ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 2
36 Carter, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cummings, Scott ? ? 5 4 12 12 0 9 0 0 1 0
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 1 2 26 21 5 9 0 3 0 2
4 Downsborough, Ian ? ? 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 Francis, Fabian ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 0 0 2 0 0
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 2 2 12 8 4 1 0 1 0 0
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 1 0 1
29 Kingsley, Adam ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 1 0 0
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 4 4 0 1 0
22 Lockwood, Bowen ? ? 4 2 14 12 2 5 0 0 0 1
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 8 0 0 0 2
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 0 1
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 0 1 0
30 Poole, Darryl ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 2 2
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 13 2 0 2
1 Wanganeen, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 0 0 2 2 0
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 3 0 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 18 21 295 198 97 68 17 19 11 19

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 7 15 0 1 2
30 Biddiscombe, Craig ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 1 0
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 3 1 15 8 7 6 0 2 0 1
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 0 0
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 27 20 7 3 0 0 2 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 2 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 1 0 24 11 13 6 0 3 2 0
22 Hargreaves, Tim ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 0 3 3 0
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 2 17 10 7 6 0 2 1 1
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 3 1 20 15 5 8 0 0 0 1
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 6 0 1 0 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 0 2 2
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 1 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 0
4 Robbins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 1 2 1
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 7 0 2 1 0
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 6 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 14 6 286 184 102 84 21 22 19 11

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