1997 AFL Season 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 nine of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (10.18.78) defeated Melbourne (3.9.27).

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

Port Adelaide

Captain: Gavin Wanganeen
Coach: John Cahill

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Neil Balme

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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