North Melbourne vs Port Adelaide 17-May-1997 Match Centre

Saturday 17-May-1997

Final Round 8

North Melbourne Coach: Denis Pagan

128 19.14

100 15.10

Port Adelaide Coach: John Cahill

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
NTH	7.0	3.5	5.6	4.3	128
PTA	3.1	1.4	5.2	6.3	100

Match Leaders

Goals

Craig ShollNTH

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Julian KirznerNTH

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Martin PikeNTH

Team Stats

NTHPTA

Scoring / Attack

19Goals15

11Behinds9

6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

277Disposals282

190Kicks190

87Handballs92

Clearance / Contest

25Tackles38

9Hitouts23

Other

72Marks74

16Frees For18

18Frees Against16

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Port Adelaide by 28 points, 128–100.

North Melbourne took a 40-point lead into the last quarter. Port Adelaide cut that back to 28 by the final siren, scoring 39 points to 27 in the 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.

Understanding historical coverage