1997 AFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1997 between Essendon and Port Adelaide during round seventeen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Port Adelaide at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. Gavin Wanganeen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Cahill.

Essendon (10.12.72) were defeated by Port Adelaide (18.14.122).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Port Adelaide
Date: Friday 25 July 1997
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,076

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 10.12.72 - 18.14.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 7 6 . 11 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Port Adelaide 5 . 3 8 . 6 14 . 9 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Margin PADL by 17 PADL by 23 PADL by 46 PADL by 50 PADL by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Port Adelaide

Captain: Gavin Wanganeen
Coach: John Cahill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
G. Deller (#41)
S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Primus PADL 2 3
Scott Cummings PADL 6 2
Josh Francou PADL 10 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 2 21 15 6 7 0 0 0 1
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 5 1 2 0 1
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 5 0 0 0 1
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 2 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 0 3 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 0 0 0 0 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 1 9 2 7 1 0 1 0 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 1 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 1
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 1 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 3 14 12 2 5 0 0 2 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 11 1 1 1 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 1 0 2 2 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 3 2 3 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 27 13 14 7 0 2 2 2
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 6 0 0 2 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 1 1 13 5 8 3 0 2 0 2
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 10 12 291 183 108 87 5 21 21 16

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 7 0 1 1 1
3 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 1 0 22 10 12 4 0 6 1 3
26 Burgoyne, Peter ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 0 0
36 Carter, Stephen ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 7 0 3 0 1
44 Cotton, Jarrod ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0
6 Cummings, Scott ? ? 7 6 16 16 0 10 0 2 2 2
28 Daniels, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 0 0
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 1 1
25 Eagleton, Nathan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 0
8 Francis, Fabian ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 1 0 5 2 3
12 Heaver, Brent ? ? 2 1 11 10 1 1 0 0 0 1
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 7 0 2 1 0
38 James, Roger ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 1 0
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 2 0 1
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 1
30 Poole, Darryl ? ? 0 1 16 7 9 4 4 0 1 6
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 5 14 4 2 1
1 Wanganeen, Gavin (c) ? ? 4 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 2 0
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 0 1 2 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 18 14 270 174 96 68 21 40 16 21

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