1997 AFL Round 16: Brisbane Lions v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1997 between Brisbane Lions and Adelaide during round 16 of the 1997 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Adelaide at Gabba. Mark Bickley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Brisbane Lions
J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, A. Bews, D. Bradshaw, R. Champion, M. Clarke, D. Dickfos, A. Fletcher, S. Hart, C. Keating, M. Kennedy, C. Lambert, N. Lappin, S. Lawrence, J. Leppitsch, A. Lynch, T. Lynch, C. McRae, J. Molloy, M. Voss, D. White

Adelaide
M. Bickley (capt.), T. Bond, P. Caven, M. Collins, M. Connell, T. Cook, S. Goodwin, B. Hart, R. Jameson, D. Jarman, K. Johnson, K. Koster, A. McLeod, T. Modra, D. Pittman, S. Rehn, M. Ricciuto, M. Robran, N. Smart, B. Standfield, P. Vardy

Brisbane Lions (17.16.118) defeated Adelaide (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: J. Leppitsch (3), J. Akermanis (2), M. Ashcroft (2), S. Hart (2), S. Lawrence (2), J. Molloy (2), D. Bradshaw, C. Keating, C. McRae, M. Voss
Adelaide: T. Modra (6), P. Vardy (2), M. Connell, D. Jarman, D. Pittman, S. Rehn, M. Robran

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Adelaide remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Adelaide
Date: Friday 18 July 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 21,348

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Adelaide
Score: 17.16.118 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 3 . 5 8 . 11 12 . 14 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Adelaide 2 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 6 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin BRIL by 9 BRIL by 18 BRIL by 26 BRIL by 31 BRIL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Brisbane Lions), Malcolm Blight (Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Mark Bickley (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Lewis, M. Nash (#14), R. Sawers (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Voss BRIL 3 3
Richard Champion BRIL 1 2
Jason Akermanis BRIL 12 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 2 1 21 17 4 6 0 0 1 3
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 4 0 5 0 0
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 6 1 0
36 Bradshaw, Daniel ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 0
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 0 0 0
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 2 6 1 3 1
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 4 0 1
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 3 17 8 9 5 0 4 2 0
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 2 1 23 17 6 3 0 1 1 0
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 6 5 0 1 2
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 29 11 18 2 0 3 3 2
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 1 28 20 8 10 0 3 0 1
15 Lawrence, Steven ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 1 1
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 3 3 14 13 1 9 0 0 0 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 1 2
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 2 0 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 1
20 Molloy, Jarrod ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 7 0 2 0 1
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 1 1 38 22 16 7 0 2 2 0
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 2 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 17 16 358 231 127 95 11 38 17 16

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 4 0 3
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 2 1
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 6 0 0 1 0
17 Collins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 1 0 0
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Cook, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 1 0 0
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 1
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 0 1
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 0 0 3 0
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 1 2 26 22 4 3 0 4 0 0
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 1 0
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 2 1 1
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 5 0 1 0 1
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 6 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 2 1
15 Pittman, David ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 3 10 0 3 4
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 8 3 2 1
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 1 0
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 2 1 0 0 0
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 1
16 Standfield, Barry ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 2 3 20 17 3 4 0 1 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 13 9 256 180 76 55 19 23 16 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