1997 AFL Season Round 21: Richmond v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1997 between Richmond and Port Adelaide during round twenty-one of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Port Adelaide at the MCG. Matthew Knights captained the hosts. Gavin Wanganeen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jeff Gieschen and the visitors were coached by John Cahill.

Richmond (22.14.146) defeated Port Adelaide (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Richmond v Port Adelaide
Date: Sunday 24 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,516

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Port Adelaide
Score: 22.14.146 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 3 10 . 6 19 . 10 22 . 14 22 . 14 (146)
Port Adelaide 3 . 7 5 . 9 7 . 11 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin RICH by 8 RICH by 27 RICH by 71 RICH by 85 RICH by 85
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Jeff Gieschen (caretaker)

Port Adelaide

Captain: Gavin Wanganeen
Coach: John Cahill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
A. Malcolm
S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Broderick RICH 17 3
Matthew Knights RICH 33 2
Robert Powell RICH 13 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
32 Baldwin, Jason ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 0 1
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 2 1 1 0 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 1 40 20 20 5 0 6 3 1
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 0 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 1 1 36 19 17 10 0 0 1 1
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 2 0 1
27 Funcke, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 3 0 1
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 1 0 24 8 16 7 10 3 4 0
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 0 1 0
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 0 0 30 17 13 9 0 1 0 1
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 2 0 10 4 6 0 3 2 2 3
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 5 0 7 0 0
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 30 14 16 3 0 5 0 0
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 4 4 18 12 6 2 0 2 1 1
28 Moore, Ben ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 1
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 3 2 21 13 8 6 0 1 1 5
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 1 1 11 5 6 3 0 3 0 0
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 5 0 11 10 1 9 0 1 0 2
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 3 0 1 0 0
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 22 14 369 204 165 76 14 40 13 19

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 0 3 0
3 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 0 0 0
21 Brown, David ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 4 0 1 2 0
26 Burgoyne, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 2 0 1
6 Cummings, Scott ? ? 3 3 8 8 0 4 0 0 1 3
28 Daniels, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 2 1 0 1 0
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 3 1 1
4 Downsborough, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
25 Eagleton, Nathan ? ? 0 2 20 18 2 1 0 1 0 1
8 Francis, Fabian ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 7 0 2 3 0
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 1 1 2
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 0 1
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 4 3 0 0 1
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 1 2 1 0
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 2 2 0 0
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 1 0 0
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 2 16 2 3 3
24 Squire, Damian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
34 Steinberner, Nathan ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
1 Wanganeen, Gavin (c) ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 0 1 0
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 3 0 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 8 13 273 179 94 59 23 22 19 13

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