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North Adelaide vs Woodville West Torrens

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 14   Venue: Prospect Oval   Date: Sat, 26-06-2010 2:10 pm   Crowd: 2,292  
North Adelaide 1.3.95.7.376.10.468.13.61  
Woodville West Torrens 2.2.145.2.329.3.5714.4.88  
  W-WT by 5NORTH by 5W-WT by 11W-WT by 27  

Match Report

In the final match for Round 14, its back up to the north at Prospect Oval as the Roosters locked feathers with the Eagles. These two sides have had a long match list from the past few years -- 11 matches, three of them during finals in 2007 and last year. The last encounter was a forgettable one for North... a difference of two scoring shots, but a loss of 67 points at Woodville. 

The Eagles started off best, taking a five-point lead at quarter-time after scoring 2.2 to North's 1.3. The Roosters took it up to them in the second quarter though, only inaccuracy preventing the red & whites from commanding a bigger lead. They kicked 4.4 to the Eagles' three goals to overturn the quarter-time deficit, the five-point advantage now belonged to North. But after the long break, the Eagles came out a different team and proceeded to re-establish their dominance by kicking 4.1 and holding the Roosters to 1.3 in the third quarter to take a two-goal lead going into the final stanza. In a near re-hash of the match from earlier in the season, the scoring shots would show North ahead by three, but 2.3 to the Eagles' 5.1 would not reflect that point with a victory. The visitors left Menzies Avenue with a 27-point win, giving them a two-point lead over West Adelaide on the ladder. 

Scott Lewis was named best for the Eagles, while Nick Gill was voted best on ground for the Roosters.

Source

Match report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

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