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Sturt vs Adelaide Reserves

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 12   Venue: Unley Oval   Date: Sun, 01-07-2018 2:10 pm   Crowd: 3,469  
Sturt 3.3.217.9.5114.11.9520.16.136  
Adelaide Reserves 3.6.245.7.377.10.529.10.64  
  ADEL by 3STURT by 14STURT by 43STURT by 72  
Weather
min temp  3.3°C      max temp  16.1°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  42%    air pressure  1030.2mb
wind speed 9km/h      wind direction  N

Match Report

The last match for the round finds us heading to the leafy streets of Adelaide's inner south, the Double Blues hosting the Crows at the Peter Motley Oval in Unley. It was only the early stages of Adelaide's state league doldrums that the reigning premiers grounded the Crows in their 49-point hiding back in Round 2 and nothing has improved since then. Heck, Channel Seven won't be putting them on TV again this season! The Blues have had a shocking couple of rounds though, with consecutive losses to South and Port. Early on it seemed that Adelaide were going to finally test someone, but wayward shooting stopped them from being ahead by more than three points. 

The Crows scored 3.6 to 3.3 to begin the afternoon. But the Blues weren't going to be upstaged again, not this week. Although the inaccuracy bug changed camps at quarter-time, the Blues would be up by 14 points at half-time after scoring 4.6 to 2.1 in the second term. Now it was time to put the boots in, and put the boots in they did when they returned to the ground. Sturt went on to ram through 7.2 to Adelaide's 2.3 in the third quarter to lead by 43 points going into the final change. They weren't done rubbing them in the dirt yet though, the Blues went on their merry way with a 6.5 to two goal final quarter to run out 12-goal victors. 

James Battersby was named best for the Blues, the Crows named former Sturt player Patrick Wilson as their best.

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.