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Port Adelaide vs Melbourne Match Centre

Friday 23-May-1997
Final Round 9
Port Adelaide logo
Port Adelaide Coach: John Cahill
78 10.18
27 3.9
Melbourne Coach: Neil Balme
Melbourne logo
Football Park Port Adelaide by 51 PTA by 51
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

15 Michael Wilson — · Position unavailable 19 Donald Dickie — · Position unavailable 21 David Brown — · Position unavailable 25 Nathan Eagleton — · Position unavailable 5 Shane Bond — · Position unavailable 9 Brayden Lyle — · Position unavailable 10 Josh Francou — · Position unavailable 39 Adam Heuskes — · Position unavailable 1 Gavin Wanganeen — · Position unavailable 2 Matthew Primus — · Position unavailable 20 Brendon Lade — · Position unavailable 3 Shayne Breuer — · Position unavailable 29 Adam Kingsley — · Position unavailable 6 Scott Cummings — · Position unavailable 8 Fabian Francis — · Position unavailable 38 Roger James — · Position unavailable 14 Stephen Paxman — · Position unavailable 33 Darren Mead — · Position unavailable 26 Peter Burgoyne — · Position unavailable 22 Bowen Lockwood — · Position unavailable 36 Stephen Carter — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

23 Alastair Clarkson — · Position unavailable 16 Robert Pyman — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 35 Anthony McDonald — · Position unavailable 31 Don Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 32 Damien Gaspar — · Position unavailable 36 Andrew Leoncelli — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Woewodin — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Seecamp — · Position unavailable 20 Matthew Febey — · Position unavailable 38 Darren OBrien — · Position unavailable 18 Craig Nettelbeck — · Position unavailable 33 Jeff Farmer — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 14 Leigh Newton — · Position unavailable 1 Sean Charles — · Position unavailable 4 Andrew Obst — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
PTA4.11.52.73.578
MEL0.40.21.22.127

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Scott CummingsPTA
Behinds
4
Scott CummingsPTA
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
Matthew PrimusPTA

Team Stats

PTAMEL

Scoring / Attack

10Goals3
14Behinds5
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

269Disposals279
177Kicks198
92Handballs81

Clearance / Contest

28Tackles19
15Hitouts14

Other

44Marks99
14Frees For7
7Frees Against14

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Port Adelaide beat Melbourne by 51 points, 78–27.

Port Adelaide extended a 41-point three-quarter-time lead with a 23–13 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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