1997 AFL Season Round 7: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1997 between Adelaide and Essendon during round seven of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Essendon at Football Park. Mark Bickley captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Adelaide (18.18.126) defeated Essendon (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Sunday 11 May 1997
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 39,275

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 18.18.126 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 4 . 8 8 . 12 9 . 13 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 4 10 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin ADEL by 12 ADEL by 20 ADEL by 1 ADEL by 53 ADEL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Mark Bickley
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Avon (#40)
M. Nash (#14)
R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Robran ADEL 10 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) ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 3 0 2 1 0
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 0 2 1
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 7 0 6 0 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 1 1
11 James, Brett ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 0
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 1 1 28 23 5 10 0 2 0 3
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 1 1 1 0
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 4 3 1
27 Liptak, Matthew ? ? 2 1 21 16 5 5 0 1 1 1
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 0 0
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 5 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 2 0
21 Ormond-Allen, Trent ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 1 1
15 Pittman, David ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 4 27 0 0 1
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 11 0 0 2
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 0 1 35 22 13 8 0 1 0 3
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 2 2 18 13 5 11 0 3 1 0
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 6 0 0 0 0
16 Standfield, Barry ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0
12 Tregenza, Simon ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 0
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 7 0 0 0 0
29 Williams, Brent ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 18 18 300 211 89 88 39 26 14 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
48 Banks, Matthew ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 1
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 0 0
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 0 0 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 0 0 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 1
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 3 0 1 1 1
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 1 0 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 0 0 2
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 7 0 2 2 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 1 0 0 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 5 0 14 11 3 8 0 0 1 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 10 0 1 1 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 31 16 15 6 3 0 0 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 2 1 15 7 8 4 11 2 2 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 2 0 2 1
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 3 0 2 2 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 7 0 0 0 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 6 0 3 0 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 11 7 288 183 105 91 18 15 14 14

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