1997 AFL Round 17: Adelaide v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1997 between Adelaide and Richmond during round 17 of the 1997 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Richmond at Football Park. Mark Bickley captained the hosts. Matthew Knights captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Adelaide
M. Bickley (capt.), T. Bond, P. Caven, M. Collins, M. Connell, S. Goodwin, B. Hart, B. James, R. Jameson, D. Jarman, K. Koster, A. McLeod, T. Modra, T. Ormond-Allen, D. Pittman, S. Rehn, M. Ricciuto, C. Rintoul, M. Robran, C. Sampson, P. Vardy

Richmond
M. Knights (capt.), C. Bond, D. Bourke, P. Broderick, P. Bulluss, W. Campbell, M. Chaffey, J. Charles, N. Daffy, B. Gale, B. Harrison, D. Kellaway, M. Merenda, C. Naish, A. Prescott, M. Richardson, M. Rogers, D. Ryan, J. Tape, E. Thompson, J. Torney

Adelaide (29.11.185) defeated Richmond (7.6.48).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: D. Jarman (7), T. Modra (4), M. Robran (4), P. Vardy (3), M. Ricciuto (2), T. Bond, M. Connell, S. Goodwin, B. Hart, B. James, K. Koster, A. McLeod, S. Rehn, C. Sampson
Richmond: M. Merenda (2), C. Naish (2), N. Daffy, B. Gale, M. Rogers

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Richmond remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Adelaide v Richmond
Date: Saturday 26 July 1997
Time: 8:10 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 36,297

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Richmond
Score: 29.11.185 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 8 . 3 16 . 4 23 . 7 29 . 11 29 . 11 (185)
Richmond 0 . 2 2 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin ADEL by 49 ADEL by 84 ADEL by 109 ADEL by 137 ADEL by 137
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Adelaide), Robert Walls (Richmond)
Captains: Mark Bickley (Adelaide), Matthew Knights (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. Burton (#36), H. Kennedy (#7), M. McKenzie (#24), E: J. Schmitt (#44)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Jarman ADEL 3 3
Matthew Robran ADEL 10 2
David Pittman ADEL 15 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 2 32 21 11 2 0 3 1 1
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 2 0 2 1 0
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 2 24 15 9 5 0 2 2 0
17 Collins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 4 0 4 0 1
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 0 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 3 0
11 James, Brett ? ? 1 0 31 15 16 1 0 4 2 0
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 1 1 1
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 7 0 23 18 5 4 0 3 1 1
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 1 0 1 0 3
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 1 0 24 13 11 6 0 3 0 0
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 4 1 6 6 0 2 0 0 3 1
21 Ormond-Allen, Trent ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 3 1 1
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 23 1 2 0
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 3 15 2 1 0
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 2 0 22 13 9 3 0 0 0 3
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 0
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 4 1 20 10 10 9 1 2 2 2
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 3 0 0 1 0
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 3 0 7 5 2 3 0 4 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 29 11 333 215 118 71 39 41 22 17

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 3
30 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 4 1 0
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 2
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 4 1 2 3 0
40 Chaffey, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 0
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 3 8 2 0 3
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 1 1 18 17 1 2 0 1 2 0
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 6 13 1 3 2
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 3 2 1
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 3
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 0
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 5 0 2 2 3
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 0 0
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 1
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 0 0
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 3 0 1 0 1
37 Ryan, Damien ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 Tape, Jamie ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 2 2 3
34 Thompson, Ewan ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 1 1 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 7 6 237 163 74 47 24 28 17 22

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