1997 AFL Season Round 22: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1997 between Essendon and Adelaide during round twenty-two of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Adelaide at Optus Oval. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. Mark Bickley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Essendon (16.6.102) defeated Adelaide (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Sunday 31 August 1997
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 25,636

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Adelaide
Score: 16.6.102 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 0 4 . 2 11 . 4 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Adelaide 6 . 4 8 . 9 10 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin ADEL by 16 ADEL by 31 ADEL by 1 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Adelaide

Captain: Mark Bickley
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore (#19)
S. McLaren (#11)
T. Shearer (#46)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dean Wallis ESSE 21 3
Rod Jameson ADEL 35 2
Peter Somerville ESSE 19 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 0 0 1
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 1 1 2
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 5 0 16 15 1 4 0 1 4 1
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 21 7 14 4 0 2 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 2 0 25 19 6 1 0 0 1 1
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 2 0 4 3 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 1 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 5 2 15 11 4 6 0 0 0 1
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 1 0 2
4 McAlister, Daniel ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 3 1 1 0 3
46 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 3 0 9 5 4 0 1 2 0 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 0 1
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 0 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 9 11 0 0 2
17 Stevenson, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 8 1 1 0 2
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 3 1 3 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 16 6 283 180 103 66 15 19 12 21

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 2 15 8 7 6 0 4 0 1
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 2 2 17 11 6 6 0 3 1 0
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 8 0 2 2 0
19 Chalmers, Brett ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 0
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 1 0 0
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 9 0 0 1 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 2 1
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 6 0 11 11 0 8 0 2 1 0
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 1 0 1 0 1
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1 1
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 3 2
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 5 3 1
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 5 0 0 0 0
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 7 0 1 1
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 5 14 0 1 0
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 4 0 2
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 7 0 0 0 1
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 1 1 0
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 3 1 1
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 3 0 2 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 14 14 253 186 67 85 21 32 21 12

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