1997 AFL Round 8: Adelaide v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1997 between Adelaide and Sydney during round 8 of the 1997 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Sydney at Football Park. Mark Bickley captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Adelaide
M. Bickley (capt.), P. Caven, T. Edwards, B. Hart, B. James, R. Jameson, D. Jarman, K. Johnson, K. Koster, M. Liptak, A. McLeod, T. Modra, T. Ormond-Allen, D. Pittman, S. Rehn, M. Ricciuto, M. Robran, N. Smart, B. Standfield, S. Tregenza, P. Vardy

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), L. Barry, S. Carey, T. Cook, D. Cresswell, A. Dunkley, S. Grant, C. King, M. Kinnear, D. Lewis, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, M. Orchard, P. Roos, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, J. Stevens, R. Warfe, B. Wilson

Adelaide (22.12.144) defeated Sydney (8.7.55).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: D. Jarman (4), T. Modra (4), B. Standfield (4), K. Johnson (2), M. Liptak (2), M. Ricciuto (2), M. Robran (2), S. Rehn, P. Vardy
Sydney: S. Carey (3), T. Cook, S. Maxfield, M. O'Loughlin, M. Orchard, J. Stevens

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Sydney were then 14th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Adelaide v Sydney
Date: Saturday 17 May 1997
Time: 8:10 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 40,147

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Sydney
Score: 22.12.144 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 8 . 3 12 . 8 17 . 11 22 . 12 22 . 12 (144)
Sydney 2 . 0 5 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin ADEL by 39 ADEL by 48 ADEL by 73 ADEL by 89 ADEL by 89
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Adelaide), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: Mark Bickley (Adelaide), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. McKenzie (#24), G. Vernon (#2), R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Jarman ADEL 3 3
Mark Ricciuto ADEL 32 2
Nigel Smart ADEL 7 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 3 25 12 13 2 0 2 0 0
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 3 1
9 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 3 1 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 1 1 0
11 James, Brett ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 1
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 1 1 0
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 4 0 28 24 4 13 0 2 1 3
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 8 0 2 3 0
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1 0
27 Liptak, Matthew ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 1 0
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 0 0 0 0 0
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 4 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 2
21 Ormond-Allen, Trent ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 0 1
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 13 0 2 0
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 4 12 0 0 0
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 2 1 36 19 17 9 0 1 0 1
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 10 2 0 0 1
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 3 1 0
16 Standfield, Barry ? ? 4 3 10 8 2 5 0 1 1 0
12 Tregenza, Simon ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 2 0 0 0 1
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 22 12 336 227 109 97 27 25 16 11

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 0 0
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 3 1 14 10 4 7 1 1 0 0
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 2 0 3 0 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 2 26 15 11 5 0 1 0 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 1 2 1
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 1 0 1 0 1
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 37 19 18 9 0 1 1 1
25 King, Clinton ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
39 Kinnear, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 2
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 1 1 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 5 0 1 1 2
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 1 1 0
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 1 25 16 9 7 0 2 0 0
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 1 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 1 1 0 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 5 1 1 1 2
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 16 1 0 2
20 Stevens, John ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 0 0 0
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 0 2 0
32 Wilson, Ben ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 8 7 322 187 135 70 19 21 11 16

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