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Western Bulldogs vs Adelaide Match Centre

Saturday 20-Sep-1997
Final Preliminary Final
Western Bulldogs logo
Western Bulldogs Coach: Terry Wallace
91 13.13
93 12.21
Adelaide Coach: Malcolm Blight
Adelaide logo
M.C.G. Adelaide by 2 ADE by 2
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Western Bulldogs

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

7 Scott West — · Position unavailable 34 Mark West — · Position unavailable 39 Tony Liberatore — · Position unavailable 21 Matthew Dent — · Position unavailable 3 Chris Grant — · Position unavailable 5 Rohan Smith — · Position unavailable 14 Luke Darcy — · Position unavailable 6 Brad Johnson — · Position unavailable 32 Craig Ellis — · Position unavailable 26 Simon Cox — · Position unavailable 18 Leon Cameron — · Position unavailable 11 Todd Curley — · Position unavailable 12 James Cook — · Position unavailable 10 Brett Montgomery — · Position unavailable 16 Matthew Croft — · Position unavailable 36 Jose Romero — · Position unavailable 23 Michael Martin — · Position unavailable 15 Scott Wynd — · Position unavailable 9 Paul Hudson — · Position unavailable 17 Nathan Brown — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Kretiuk — · Position unavailable
Away team

Adelaide

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

34 Ben Hart — · Position unavailable 23 Andrew McLeod — · Position unavailable 28 Kane Johnson — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Bickley — · Position unavailable 14 Matthew Connell — · Position unavailable 44 Peter Caven — · Position unavailable 18 Troy Bond — · Position unavailable 7 Nigel Smart — · Position unavailable 13 Shane Ellen — · Position unavailable 3 Darren Jarman — · Position unavailable 52 Shaun Rehn — · Position unavailable 42 Chad Rintoul — · Position unavailable 9 Tyson Edwards — · Position unavailable 36 Simon Goodwin — · Position unavailable 24 Clay Sampson — · Position unavailable 5 Kym Koster — · Position unavailable 35 Rod Jameson — · Position unavailable 10 Matthew Robran — · Position unavailable 20 Aaron Keating — · Position unavailable 21 Trent Ormond-Allen — · Position unavailable 6 Tony Modra — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
WBD2.28.43.10.691
ADE0.74.44.44.693

Match Leaders

Goals
6
James CookWBD
Behinds
5
Ben HartADE
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Not available yet
Tackles
5
Kane JohnsonADE

Team Stats

WBDADE

Scoring / Attack

13Goals12
13Behinds21
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

302Disposals291
193Kicks197
109Handballs94

Clearance / Contest

17Tackles43
16Hitouts21

Other

85Marks88
17Frees For19
19Frees Against17

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Adelaide beat Western Bulldogs by 2 points, 93–91.

Adelaide came from 22 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Western Bulldogs 30–6 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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