1997 AFL Round 20: Adelaide v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1997 between Adelaide and Western Bulldogs during round 20 of the 1997 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Western Bulldogs at Football Park. Mark Bickley captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

Adelaide
M. Bickley (capt.), T. Bond, B. Chalmers, M. Collins, M. Connell, S. Ellen, B. Hart, B. James, R. Jameson, D. Jarman, K. Johnson, K. Koster, A. McLeod, T. Modra, D. Pittman, S. Rehn, M. Ricciuto, M. Robran, C. Sampson, N. Smart, P. Vardy

Western Bulldogs
S. Wynd (capt.), N. Brown, L. Cameron, J. Cook, S. Cox, T. Curley, L. Darcy, M. Dent, P. Dimattina, C. Ellis, C. Grant, B. Johnson, S. Kretiuk, T. Liberatore, M. Martin, B. Montgomery, J. Romero, R. Smith, D. Southern, M. West, S. West

Adelaide (7.18.60) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (16.7.103).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: M. Bickley, D. Jarman, K. Koster, T. Modra, S. Rehn, C. Sampson, P. Vardy
Western Bulldogs: J. Cook (2), C. Grant (2), B. Montgomery (2), J. Romero (2), R. Smith (2), S. Cox, T. Curley, L. Darcy, C. Ellis, B. Johnson, M. Martin

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Western Bulldogs were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Adelaide v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 17 August 1997
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 39,632

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 7.18.60 - 16.7.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 1 . 4 2 . 9 4 . 12 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Western Bulldogs 6 . 0 10 . 2 13 . 6 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Margin WBUL by 26 WBUL by 41 WBUL by 48 WBUL by 43 WBUL by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Adelaide), Terry Wallace (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Mark Bickley (Adelaide), Scott Wynd (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett (#1), V. Sercia (#39), B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chris Grant WBUL 3 3
Scott Wynd WBUL 15 2
Jose Romero WBUL 36 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 7 0 7 1 1
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 3 0 1 0 0
19 Chalmers, Brett ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 3 4 2 3 1
17 Collins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 2 1 0
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 1 1
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 2 0
11 James, Brett ? ? 0 0 19 6 13 0 0 1 1 1
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 1
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 4 0 3 1 3
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 5 0 2 3 0
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 5 1 1
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 0 0 0
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 1 2 4 4 0 2 0 1 1 0
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 4 0 2 3
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 1 3 15 7 8 2 14 2 2 2
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 5 8 1 0 4 1 1
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 3 0 2 0
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 1 1 7 3 4 0 0 2 0 2
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 3 4 0
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 1 2
Rushed 6
Total (21 players) 7 18 269 176 93 58 25 40 29 19

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Brown, Nathan ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 1
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 0
12 Cook, James ? ? 2 2 12 6 6 3 0 1 1 4
26 Cox, Simon ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 8 0 0 1 0
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 2 1
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 6 7 0 1 3
21 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 0 1 1
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 1 1 1
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 5 1 1 1 2
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 10 0 3 0 2
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 4 0 0 0 0
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 1 0 1 0 1
23 Martin, Michael ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
10 Montgomery, Brett ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 2 0 26 18 8 11 0 3 3 2
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 2 1 19 15 4 4 0 3 1 2
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 1 2 2
34 West, Mark ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 2
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 0 0 3 0 0
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 19 4 15 9 10 1 5 3
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 16 7 291 185 106 80 18 20 19 29

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