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Norwood vs South Adelaide

Scoreboard | Match report

Round: 4   Venue: Norwood Oval   Date: Fri, 28-04-2017 7:20 pm   Crowd: 2,491  
Norwood 3.1.197.4.4610.5.6513.7.85  
South Adelaide 5.3.337.6.4811.8.7413.11.89  
  SOUTH by 14SOUTH by 2SOUTH by 9SOUTH by 4  
Weather
min temp  12.0°C      max temp  17.4°C
rainfall  3.4mm    humidity  77%    air pressure  1027.3mb
wind speed 4km/h      wind direction  SSE

Match Report

The first match of the round has us heading up The Parade to the Coopers Stadium in Norwood for some Friday Night Mayhem, the Redlegs hosting the Panthers. In a rare feat, the Panthers took all the points on offer last season as they took a 23-point win at Noarlunga in Round 7, then improved on that effort at Norwood with a 29-point victory in Round 14. Both sides won their respective matches last week, with South continuing a trend of narrow wins and losses with their win against Glenelg while the 'Legs took the Bloods to task. 

The Redlegs drew first blood but it was the Panthers who were ahead at the quarter-time siren, their 5.3 to 3.1 saw them take a 14-point lead at the first break. They didn't maintain that tempo in the second quarter, the Panthers scoring 2.3 to the Redlegs' 4.3 as the gap was brought back to two points by the long break. Two of South's behinds in that quarter were rushed which probably meant two squandered opportunities. As well as that, those four Norwood goals were unanswered. South did get back into a groove when play resumed, ensuring they stayed ahead at three quarter-time with their score of 4.2 to the Redlegs' 3.1, an eight-point deficit for the visitors. The Redlegs took the lead just before time-on, but there was still plenty of time as the game turned into an all-out scrap. But to the dismay of the Norwood faithful, a favourable bounce allowed the Panthers the decisive possession, a 28th minute goal marking the final score of the match among South's 2.3 to Norwood's 3.2 as the blue & whites nicked a four-point win.

Source

Match report by RA Boyle

Footnotes

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