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Woodville West Torrens vs Adelaide Reserves

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 9   Venue: Woodville Oval   Date: Sat, 07-06-2014 1:40 pm   Crowd: 3,036  
Woodville West Torrens 5.3.337.4.468.8.569.9.63  
Adelaide Reserves 6.2.389.8.6211.12.7816.15.111  
  ADEL by 5ADEL by 16ADEL by 22ADEL by 48  
Weather
min temp  9.5°C      max temp  19.3°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  48%    air pressure  1032.4mb
wind speed 13km/h      wind direction  SSE

Match Report

At Woodville, the Maughan Thiem Hyundai Oval was the scene for a new aerial battle between the Eagles and the Crows. There is no history between these two clubs in any shape or form, the older incarnation of the Adelaide Football Club dissolved before West Torrens joined the competition in 1894 as Port Natives. Ironically, it was around the time that the Crows were formed and granted entry into the AFL that West Torrens and the Woodville Warriors would play their last games in the SANFL before they were merged in time for the 1991 season to be the Eagles that we know today. The Eagles, being so close to West Lakes, probably suffered greatest in regards to supporter base, so maybe a measure of payback was in order.

Both sides played out a goal-fest first quarter, the Crows holding a five-point advantage after kicking 6.2 to 5.3. The Crows have been starting to really gel as a newly-formed side, despite their second term inaccuracy they kicked a further 3.6 whilst keeping the Eagles to 1.1 to extend their advantage to 16 points by the long break. The Eagles were suddenly not playing like a top-five side, even their coach couldn't remember how many times they kicked it out on the full! The Crows were starting to pull away from the home side, although their third term scoring was down on previous quarters, they still kept the Eagles from doing too much themselves. Adelaide would add 2.4 to their score, the Eagles taking just 1.4 as the gap went out to 22 points. The closing term was all Crows, burying the Eagles with their 5.3 to 1.1 final quarter to take an eight-goal win.

The Crows named Matthew Crouch as their best, while the Eagles named Nathan Batley as their standout.

Source

Match report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

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