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Glenelg vs Sturt

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 6   Venue: Adelaide Oval   Date: Sun, 01-05-2005 2:10 pm   Crowd: 3,579  
Glenelg 3.0.186.2.389.5.5910.10.70  
Sturt 3.4.226.7.4311.9.7520.13.133  
  STURT by 4STURT by 5STURT by 16STURT by 63  

Match Report

Neutral territory at Adelaide Oval saw the Tigers play host to the Double Blues. 

The first half was almost equal, the two sides having a bit of a shootout with the Blues riding shotgun. They led by four points at quarter time and at the long break by five points, inaccuracy the only thing giving the Bays any hope at all. Sturt started their breakaway run in the third quarter, a 5.2 to 3.3 scoreline seeing them in front by 16 points. Glenelg couldn't find the goals in the last quarter, as the Blues laid on another 9.4 to 1.5 to win by 63 points. Michael Coad efforts bagged him five goals

Source

Match report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

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