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Port Adelaide vs Essendon Match Centre

Sunday 6-Apr-1997
Final Round 2
Port Adelaide logo
Port Adelaide Coach: John Cahill
60 8.12
93 14.9
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Football Park Essendon by 33 ESS by 33
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Port Adelaide

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

9 Brayden Lyle — · Position unavailable 21 David Brown — · Position unavailable 10 Josh Francou — · Position unavailable 39 Adam Heuskes — · Position unavailable 29 Adam Kingsley — · Position unavailable 3 Shayne Breuer — · Position unavailable 5 Shane Bond — · Position unavailable 19 Donald Dickie — · Position unavailable 26 Peter Burgoyne — · Position unavailable 8 Fabian Francis — · Position unavailable 33 Darren Mead — · Position unavailable 30 Darryl Poole — · Position unavailable 1 Gavin Wanganeen — · Position unavailable 22 Bowen Lockwood — · Position unavailable 14 Stephen Paxman — · Position unavailable 6 Scott Cummings — · Position unavailable 2 Matthew Primus — · Position unavailable 17 Nigel Fiegert — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Wilson — · Position unavailable 20 Brendon Lade — · Position unavailable 16 Warren Tredrea — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

24 Joe Misiti — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Mercuri — · Position unavailable 13 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 5 James Hird — · Position unavailable 14 David Calthorpe — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 12 Michael Symons — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Berbakov — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 27 Steven Alessio — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Barnard — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Fraser — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
PTA3.80.11.24.160
ESS1.44.25.14.293

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Mark MercuriESS
Behinds
4
Scott CummingsPTA
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
3 tied leaders
Darryl PoolePTA

Team Stats

PTAESS

Scoring / Attack

8Goals14
10Behinds9
3Behinds Rushed3

Possession

275Disposals259
164Kicks180
111Handballs79

Clearance / Contest

22Tackles23
34Hitouts18

Other

58Marks71
12Frees For27
27Frees Against12

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Port Adelaide by 33 points, 93–60.

Essendon extended a 32-point three-quarter-time lead with a 26–25 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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