1997 AFL Round 9: Port Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1997 between Port Adelaide and Melbourne during round 9 of the 1997 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Melbourne at Football Park. Gavin Wanganeen captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Cahill and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Port Adelaide
G. Wanganeen (capt.), S. Bond, S. Breuer, D. Brown, P. Burgoyne, S. Carter, S. Cummings, D. Dickie, N. Eagleton, F. Francis, J. Francou, A. Heuskes, R. James, A. Kingsley, B. Lade, B. Lockwood, B. Lyle, D. Mead, S. Paxman, M. Primus, M. Wilson

Melbourne
S. Charles, A. Clarkson, D. Cockatoo-Collins, J. Farmer, M. Febey, D. Gaspar, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, A. Leoncelli, B. Lovett, A. McDonald, C. Nettelbeck, L. Newton, D. O'Brien, A. Obst, R. Pyman, M. Seecamp, J. Stynes, T. Viney, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Port Adelaide (10.18.78) defeated Melbourne (3.9.27).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: S. Cummings (4), B. Lade (3), S. Breuer, D. Brown, D. Dickie
Melbourne: L. Newton (2), J. Farmer

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were then 9th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Port Adelaide v Melbourne
Date: Friday 23 May 1997
Time: 8:40 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 32,958

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. Melbourne
Score: 10.18.78 - 3.9.27

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 4 . 1 5 . 6 7 . 13 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Melbourne 0 . 4 0 . 6 1 . 8 3 . 9 3 . 9 (27)
Margin PADL by 21 PADL by 30 PADL by 41 PADL by 51 PADL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Cahill (Port Adelaide), Neil Balme (Melbourne)
Captains: Gavin Wanganeen (Port Adelaide), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey (#8), V. Sercia (#39), R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Wilson PADL 15 3
Shane Bond PADL 5 2
Brendon Lade PADL 20 1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 1 0 0 0 0
3 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 0 1
21 Brown, David ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 2 0
26 Burgoyne, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0
36 Carter, Stephen ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cummings, Scott ? ? 4 4 9 9 0 3 0 2 0 2
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 1 0 27 15 12 2 0 2 4 0
25 Eagleton, Nathan ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 4 0 1 0 2
8 Francis, Fabian ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 0 2 0 0
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 1 0 2 0 0
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 2 0 1
38 James, Roger ? ? 0 3 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 0
29 Kingsley, Adam ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 1 0
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 7 7 3 0 0
22 Lockwood, Bowen ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 1 0
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 1 0 0 1
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 6 4 2 0
1 Wanganeen, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 2 0 1 2 0
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 0 1 27 17 10 3 0 2 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 10 18 269 177 92 44 15 28 14 7

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 10 0 2 0 1
31 Cockatoo-Collins, Don ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 0 2 0 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 0 1 0
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 9 0 1 2 0
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 0 1 2
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 1 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 0
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 8 0 3 0 0
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 0 0 0
14 Newton, Leigh ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
38 O'Brien, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 0 0
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2
16 Pyman, Robert ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 3 0 2 0 1
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 1 0 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 11 11 0 0 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 0 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 8 0 2 0 0
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 1 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 3 9 279 198 81 99 14 19 7 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