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Glenelg vs Woodville West Torrens

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 15   Venue: Glenelg Oval   Date: Sat, 16-07-2022 1:05 pm   Crowd: 1,533  
Glenelg 6.5.418.6.5411.8.7413.8.86  
Woodville West Torrens 0.0.00.4.43.5.239.7.61  
  GLEN by 41GLEN by 50GLEN by 51GLEN by 25  

Match Report

The first Saturday afternoon contest for the weekend takes us to the ACH Group Stadium in Glenelg where the Tigers faced the Eagles. It was back in Round 4 that these two sides last met and provided us with one of the games of the season. It went right down to the wire at Oval Avenue, the Eagles nicking the lead deep into extra time before the Tigers snatched it at the death with one last killer blow. The Tigers won by five points, a small measure of vengeance after last year's Grand Final capitulation. The Tigers have had a rough couple of weeks, falling to the Crows and South by a combined gap of over 21 goals, while the Eagles recovered from their visit to The Parade a fortnight by winning the Battle of Port Road against the Magpies. But it seems that the Eagles were having a hangover from that victory and the Tigers claws were out, they began the afternoon's proceedings by keeping the reigning premiers scoreless in the first term while bagging 6.5 for themselves to lead by 41 points at quarter-time. The goals slowed to a trickle in comparison from here, the Tigers adding a further 2.1 while the Eagles were still unable to find the big sticks, scoring four behinds as the gap widened out to 50 points going into the half-time break. If anything that the Eagles were guilty of, was perhaps overuse of the ball and indecisiveness if their handball count is anything to go by. The Eagles finally got onto the goals column in the third quarter, but the task would remain almost the same at the final change as the Tigers matched the Eagles score for score. Glenelg scored 3.2 to the Eagles' 3.1, a further point added to the Tigers' lead. The Eagles finally showed a bit of initiative in the final term, but by then it was far too late. They would cut the Tigers' three quarter-time lead in half by game's end, kicking 6.2 to two goals, eventually going down by a somewhat respectable 25 points. Matt Snook was named Glenelg's best, with 29 disposals and 10 clearances, while the Eagles named Riley Knight with his tally of 25 disposals and 12 tackles.

Source

Match Report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

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