AustralianFootball.com Celebrating the history of the great Australian game
Round: 9 Venue: Woodville Oval Date: Sat, 07-06-2014 1:40 pm Crowd: 3,036 | |||||
Woodville West Torrens | 5.3.33 | 7.4.46 | 8.8.56 | 9.9.63 | |
Adelaide Reserves | 6.2.38 | 9.8.62 | 11.12.78 | 16.15.111 | |
ADEL by 5 | ADEL by 16 | ADEL by 22 | ADEL by 48 |
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At Woodville, the Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval was the scene for a new aerial battle between the Eagles and the Crows. There is no history between these two clubs in any shape or form, the older incarnation of the Adelaide Football Club dissolved before West Torrens joined the competition in 1894 as Port Natives. Ironically, it was around the time that the Crows were formed and granted entry into the AFL that West Torrens and the Woodville Warriors would play their last games in the SANFL before they were merged in time for the 1991 season to be the Eagles that we know today. The Eagles, being so close to West Lakes, probably suffered greatest in regards to supporter base, so maybe a measure of payback was in order.
Both sides played out a goal-fest first quarter, the Crows holding a five-point advantage after kicking 6.2 to 5.3. The Crows have been starting to really gel as a newly-formed side, despite their second term inaccuracy they kicked a further 3.6 whilst keeping the Eagles to 1.1 to extend their advantage to 16 points by the long break. The Eagles were suddenly not playing like a top-five side, even their coach couldn't remember how many times they kicked it out on the full! The Crows were starting to pull away from the home side, although their third term scoring was down on previous quarters, they still kept the Eagles from doing too much themselves. Adelaide would add 2.4 to their score, the Eagles taking just 1.4 as the gap went out to 22 points. The closing term was all Crows, burying the Eagles with their 5.3 to 1.1 final quarter to take an eight-goal win.
The Crows named Matthew Crouch as their best, while the Eagles named Nathan Batley as their standout.