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Round: 7 Venue: Alberton Oval Date: Sat, 18-05-2019 1:40 pm Crowd: 1,538 | |||||
Port Adelaide Magpies | 2.2.14 | 5.5.35 | 11.6.72 | 16.9.105 | |
Adelaide Reserves | 5.3.33 | 11.5.71 | 14.8.92 | 18.13.121 | |
ADEL by 19 | ADEL by 36 | ADEL by 20 | ADEL by 16 |
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The rest of the weekend's football action continued on Saturday afternoon, the next match taking place at the Alberton Oval between the Magpies and the Crows. Last year's games between the two AFL reserves teams saw some intriguing results. The season opener at Alberton suggested that Port were an outfit ready to take over, smashing the hell out of Adelaide by 95 points. Port's fortunes dipped soon after, not that Adelaide's were any better but in Round 14 at Kadina, the Crows got some revenge with their 56 point victory which was their only one for the year. Both sides won their respective games in Round 6, the Crows surprising the previously undefeated Redlegs while Port's final term sunk the Bulldogs.
Adelaide put on a first half clinic, starting with the opening quarter where they scored three goals before Port got one of their own. At quarter-time it was 5.3 to 2.2, Adelaide ahead by 19 points. By the half-time break the Crows would be ahead by six goals, having scored a further 6.2 to Port's 3.3. Perhaps under the impression that they could relax a little bit, the Magpies hit the ground running when play resumed and caught the Crows off-guard. The gap was back down to 20 points by three quarter-time after the 'Pies kicked 6.1 to Adelaide's 3.3. Inaccuracy crept into the Crows camp in the final stanza, but Port were unable to bridge the gap in the end as the visitors left with a 16-point win after a 4.5 to 5.3 last term.
Josh Jenkins is surely poised for a senior return with his six goals and best afield honours for Adelaide, while Jackson Trengove is knocking on the Power's door with his 37 disposal-best player effort for Port.