1997 AFL Round 11: Port Adelaide v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 7 June 1997 between Port Adelaide and Sydney during round 11 of the 1997 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Sydney at Football Park. Gavin Wanganeen captained the hosts. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Cahill and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Port Adelaide
G. Wanganeen (capt.), S. Bond, S. Breuer, D. Brown, J. Cotton, 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, J. Rombotis, M. Wilson

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), S. Arnott, M. Bayes, S. Carey, W. Chapman, T. Cook, D. Cresswell, S. Direen, A. Dunkley, S. Grant, D. Lewis, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, J. Mooney, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, M. Orchard, P. Roos, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, J. Stevens

Port Adelaide (4.17.41) were defeated by Sydney (10.16.76).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: S. Cummings (3), A. Kingsley
Sydney: J. Mooney (3), S. Grant (2), S. Carey, T. Cook, T. Luff, M. O'Loughlin, G. Stafford

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were then 9th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Sydney were then 11th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Port Adelaide v Sydney
Date: Saturday 7 June 1997
Time: 8:40 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 35,669

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Sydney
Score: 4.17.41 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 1 . 3 3 . 4 3 . 11 4 . 17 4 . 17 (41)
Sydney 2 . 3 7 . 13 8 . 13 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin SYDN by 6 SYDN by 33 SYDN by 32 SYDN by 35 SYDN by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Cahill (Port Adelaide), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: Gavin Wanganeen (Port Adelaide), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), A. Malcolm, G. Vernon (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Roos SYDN 1 3
Troy Cook SYDN 41 2
Stefan Carey SYDN 31 1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 2 1 0
3 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 3 18 11 7 6 0 2 0 1
21 Brown, David ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 6 0 2 1 0
44 Cotton, Jarrod ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 1
6 Cummings, Scott ? ? 3 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 2
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 0 1 0
25 Eagleton, Nathan ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 5 0 1 0 0
8 Francis, Fabian ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 1 1
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 9 0 1 1 2
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 1 1 0
38 James, Roger ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 3 0 1
29 Kingsley, Adam ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 5 0 2 0 0
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 10 0 1 1
22 Lockwood, Bowen ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 1 0
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 5 0 0 0 1
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 2 2 0
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 12 2 1 0
7 Rombotis, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 3 2
1 Wanganeen, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 1 0 2 2 1
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 1 1
Rushed 7
Total (21 players) 4 17 290 179 111 76 22 23 17 14

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Arnott, Simon ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 3 1 1
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 1
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 8 0 1 0 0
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 2 1
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 1 1 27 20 7 3 0 3 1 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 0 3 30 17 13 3 0 1 0 2
18 Direen, Scott ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 1 1 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 4 0 0 1 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 0 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 3 0 5 2 4
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 3 21 14 7 5 0 2 1 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 1 2 0 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 5 0 2 0 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 3 0 12 7 5 4 1 1 0 0
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 1 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 1 0 0 1 0
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 0 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 8 2 1 1 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 0
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 5 12 1 1 2
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 1 3
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 10 16 306 198 108 74 16 29 14 17

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