1997 AFL Season Round 8: Adelaide v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 1997 between Adelaide and Sydney during round eight of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (22.12.144) defeated Sydney (8.7.55).

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

Adelaide

Captain: Mark Bickley
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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