1998 AFL Round 1: Port Adelaide v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 1998 between Port Adelaide and Sydney during round 1 of the 1998 AFL season. Port Adelaide hosted Sydney at Football Park. Paul Kelly captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Cahill and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Port Adelaide
M. Bode, S. Bond, P. Burgoyne, S. Cummings, S. Daniels, S. Dew, D. Dickie, N. Eagleton, N. Fiegert, J. Francou, A. Heuskes, A. Kingsley, B. Lade, B. Lyle, D. Mead, D. Morton, C. Naish, S. Paxman, D. Poole, M. Primus, W. Tredrea, M. Wilson

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), R. AhMat, L. Barry, S. Carey, T. Cook, D. Cresswell, P. Filandia, D. Lewis, T. Lockett, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, J. Mooney, M. Nicks, C. O'Brien, M. O'Loughlin, M. Orchard, P. Roos, J. Saddington, G. Stafford, J. Stevens, R. Warfe

Port Adelaide (17.15.117) were defeated by Sydney (20.4.124).

Goalkickers
Port Adelaide: P. Burgoyne (4), N. Eagleton (4), S. Cummings (2), C. Naish (2), M. Bode, J. Francou, B. Lade, D. Mead, D. Poole
Sydney: P. Filandia (5), T. Lockett (4), M. O'Loughlin (3), D. Cresswell (2), P. Kelly (2), S. Maxfield (2), R. AhMat, J. Mooney

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were then 10th on the ladder and Sydney were then 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Port Adelaide v Sydney
Date: Sunday 29 March 1998
Time: 2:40 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 31,230

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by Sydney
Score: 17.15.117 - 20.4.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 3 . 3 6 . 10 12 . 12 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Sydney 6 . 1 12 . 2 17 . 2 20 . 4 20 . 4 (124)
Margin SYDN by 16 SYDN by 28 SYDN by 20 SYDN by 7 SYDN by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Cahill (Port Adelaide), Rodney Eade (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Port Adelaide), Paul Kelly (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Ackland (#17), H. Kennedy (#7), V. Sercia (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nathan Eagleton PADL 11 3
John Stevens SYDN 20 2
Peter Filandia SYDN 10 1

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
25 Bode, Matthew ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
5 Bond, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 3 4 0 3 0 2 5
26 Burgoyne, Peter ? ? 4 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2
6 Cummings, Scott ? ? 2 3 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 Daniels, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
37 Dew, Stuart ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Dickie, Don ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0
11 Eagleton, Nathan ? ? 4 1 22 17 5 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 8
17 Fiegert, Nigel ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Francou, Josh ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 6
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2
29 Kingsley, Adam ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
20 Lade, Brendon ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1
9 Lyle, Brayden ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 6
33 Mead, Darren ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
13 Morton, Danny ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Naish, Chris ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
14 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 1
30 Poole, Darryl ? ? 1 0 19 5 14 3 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 1
2 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 8 1 7 1 7 1 3 0 1 1 0 0
16 Tredrea, Warren ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Wilson, Michael ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 4
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 17 15 273 172 101 58 18 25 19 1 17 12 26 50

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 AhMat, Robbie ? ? 1 0 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 2 0 18 8 10 5 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 4
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 5 0 20 12 8 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 6
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 2 0 26 17 9 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 7
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 4 0 9 5 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 2 0 16 15 1 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 5
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 3 1 20 9 11 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 2 3 0 1 0 1 3 0
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 4
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 7 2 4 0 0 2 0 5
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 20 4 296 180 116 66 15 26 16 12 14 19 23 56

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