1997 AFL Season Semi Final 2: Adelaide v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 1997 between Adelaide and Geelong in the second semi final of the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. Adelaide hosted Geelong at Football Park. Mark Bickley captained the hosts. Barry Stoneham captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Adelaide (11.10.76) defeated Geelong (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Adelaide v Geelong
Date: Saturday 13 September 1997
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 46,319

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Geelong
Score: 11.10.76 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 1 . 2 7 . 6 7 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Geelong 4 . 4 6 . 5 8 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin GEEL by 20 ADEL by 7 GEEL by 8 ADEL by 8 ADEL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: Mark Bickley
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Geelong

Captain: Barry Stoneham
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
M. Nash (#14)
G. Vernon (#2)
E: A. Coates (#6)

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Bickley, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 5 2 0
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 3 0 7 5 2 3 0 3 2 1
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 0 0
14 Connell, Matt ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 1 1 2
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 1
36 Goodwin, Simon ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 3 0 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 0 0 4 2 1
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 1 4
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 4 0 6 3 2
28 Johnson, Kane ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 0 0 0
5 Koster, Kym ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 2 0
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 4 0 0 0 1
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 2
21 Ormond-Allen, Trent ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 4 1 1
15 Pittman, David ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 6 0 2 2
52 Rehn, Shaun ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 7 25 2 3 2
42 Rintoul, Chad ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 1 1 1
10 Robran, Matthew ? ? 2 2 17 9 8 6 1 3 2 1
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 1 0
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 7 1 2 1 1
30 Vardy, Peter ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 11 10 268 191 77 69 34 43 24 22

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 5 15 1 3 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 1 0 0 2 1
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 2 0 17 8 9 5 1 2 0 3
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 2 1 1
22 Hargreaves, Tim ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 2 0 2 3 2
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 26 16 10 6 0 4 0 1
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 28 17 11 5 0 1 2 1
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 1 2
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 0 0 1
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 2 7 2 5 1 0 0 0 0
39 Milburn, Darren ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 0
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 3 1 23 19 4 3 1 3 2 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 0 3 1
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 6 0 1 0 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 5 0 1 0 1
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 2 1 1
25 Snell, Jason ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 10 0 2 0 0
20 Steinfort, Carl ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 1 1
26 Stoneham, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 3 1 3 1
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 9 14 309 193 116 70 21 25 22 24

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