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Essendon vs Adelaide Match Centre

Sunday 31-Aug-1997
Final Round 22
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
102 16.6
98 14.14
Adelaide Coach: Malcolm Blight
Adelaide logo
Princes Park Essendon by 4 ESS by 4
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 33 Blake Caracella — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable 35 Barry Young — · Position unavailable 39 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 4 Daniel McAlister — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 47 Ricky Olarenshaw — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 46 Gary Moorcroft — · Position unavailable 26 Chris Heffernan — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Cransberg — · Position unavailable 17 Robert Stevenson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Adelaide

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

14 Matthew Connell — · Position unavailable 44 Peter Caven — · Position unavailable 18 Troy Bond — · Position unavailable 23 Andrew McLeod — · Position unavailable 32 Mark Ricciuto — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Bickley — · Position unavailable 3 Darren Jarman — · Position unavailable 10 Matthew Robran — · Position unavailable 13 Shane Ellen — · Position unavailable 42 Chad Rintoul — · Position unavailable 5 Kym Koster — · Position unavailable 52 Shaun Rehn — · Position unavailable 7 Nigel Smart — · Position unavailable 28 Kane Johnson — · Position unavailable 35 Rod Jameson — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Vardy — · Position unavailable 34 Ben Hart — · Position unavailable 6 Tony Modra — · Position unavailable 15 David Pittman — · Position unavailable 19 Brett Chalmers — · Position unavailable 24 Clay Sampson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS4.00.27.25.2102
ADE6.42.52.24.398

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Rod JamesonADE
Behinds
2
3 tied leaders
Matthew LloydESS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
Andrew McLeodADE

Team Stats

ESSADE

Scoring / Attack

16Goals14
5Behinds11
4Behinds Rushed2

Possession

283Disposals253
180Kicks186
103Handballs67

Clearance / Contest

19Tackles32
15Hitouts21

Other

66Marks85
12Frees For21
21Frees Against12

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Adelaide by 4 points, 102–98.

Essendon came from 1 point down at three-quarter time, outscoring Adelaide 32–27 in the final term to take the win.

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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