1997 AFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 1997 between Geelong and Port Adelaide during round eighteen of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Port Adelaide at Kardinia Park. Barry Stoneham captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by John Cahill.

Geelong (25.9.159) defeated Port Adelaide (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 2 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,867

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Port Adelaide
Score: 25.9.159 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 2 11 . 4 15 . 9 25 . 9 25 . 9 (159)
Port Adelaide 2 . 1 4 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin GEEL by 19 GEEL by 42 GEEL by 52 GEEL by 85 GEEL by 85
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Cahill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
D. Goldspink (#32)
S. Kronja (#37)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steven King GEEL 1 3
Peter Riccardi GEEL 15 2
Brad Sholl GEEL 12 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 4 1 1 2 1
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 4 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 2
33 Corrigan, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 1 1 2
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 7 0 1 0 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 3 0 29 13 16 5 0 3 2 3
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 27 11 16 2 0 3 0 0
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 1 25 17 8 10 14 5 2 3
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 4 1 15 10 5 3 0 0 1 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 2 1
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 2 2 2
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 4 0 2 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 2 4 2 2
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 1 3 1 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 3 2 42 29 13 6 0 3 5 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 9 0 1 2 1
25 Snell, Jason ? ? 5 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 0
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 1 2 15 8 7 5 0 3 1 2
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 3 3 1
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 1 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 25 9 341 208 133 92 18 41 27 25

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 0 2 0
21 Brown, David ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 1 0
26 Burgoyne, Peter ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 0 3
42 Carr, Tom ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1
36 Carter, Stephen ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 1
6 Cummings, Scott ? ? 2 5 11 10 1 3 0 1 3 2
28 Daniels, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 1 1
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 9 0 0 1 1
25 Eagleton, Nathan ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 5 0 1 1 1
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 0 0 4 1 3
12 Heaver, Brent ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 3 1 1
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 0 2
38 James, Roger ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 7 0 1 0 0
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 9 1 0 1
22 Lockwood, Bowen ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 1
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 1 1 1 0
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 2 0 1
30 Poole, Darryl ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 2
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 5 10 2 4 5
7 Rombotis, John ? ? 1 0 12 4 8 3 0 5 2 1
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 11 8 231 156 75 55 21 32 25 27

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