#AFLDogsCrows Results and Report

The home-side went into this match as clear-cut favourites, with betting as far down as $1.33 and the visitors out to $3.90. But the Crows were determined not to be the whipees tonight as they soon got that live betting-odds worm facing the other way with goals to Tippett (2), McKernan, Vince, and Wright, and one to Rory Sloan in the last 8sec of the opening stanza. The score at the first break

Western Bulldogs 2.4 16 [goals to Griffen and Murphy] (betting out to $2.24)
Adelaide 6.2 38 (betting into $1.67)

The Crows led for the whole of the second quarter but we started seeing more from the Dogs than we had for the rest of the year! By the main break the Sons of the West were into $1.35 while the Pride of SA were out to $3.50 and the scores were

Western Bulldogs 6.9 45
Adelaide 7.5 47

Goals in the first half came from Giansiracusa (2), Sherman, Barlow, Griffen, and Murphy for the Dogs, and Tippett (2), McKernan, Sloane, Knights, Vince, and Wright for the Crows.  Major home-team ball-winners were Griffen, Ward  (17), Cross  (16), Murphy (13), Gia, and Boyd (12), and Henderson  (17), Thompson (16), Otten (13) and Symes (12) for the out-of-towners.

The Dogs took the lead after the twenty-minute mark of the third quarter, coming to within a point, and not looking like getting ahead, in the first ten minutes. The bookies had this turn-over on the cards, with the betting never being less than $1.40 for the home side once they were favoured, and comments on Twitter like, “The Crows are playing so shit they are making the Dogs look good” giving a dandy description of what the bookies saw coming! By the last break, the Dogs were into $1.18 but the Crows were out to $6 with a score-line of

Western Bulldogs 10.12 72 [Gia now has 4 and Sherman 2]
Adelaide 9.7 61  [goals to Schmidt and Otten]

Ten minutes into the last the Dogs were ahead 80-62, with the smart money getting short returns ($1.03 vs $20). Adelaide had a few quick stabs at getting back into the game (and the books) landing their tenth goal just inside the last seconds of the match. In the end, though, pride in the home-state just wasn’t enough. 

Final Scores

Western Bulldogs 2.4 6.9 10.12 14.16 (100)
Adelaide 6.2 7.5 9.7 10.10 (70)

Scorers

Western Bulldogs – Giansiracusa 4.1; Sherman 3.2; Griffen 2.0; Barlow 1.3; Minson, Wood, Dalhaus 1.1; Murphy 1.0; Jones, rushed 0.3; Djerrkura, Ward 0.1       

Adelaide – Tippett 3.2; McKernan 1.2; Sloane 1.1; Knights, Vince, Schmidt, Otten, Wright 1.0; rushed 0.2; Dangerfield, Henderson, Gunston 0.1

Key stats

Possessions 366:331 – C Ward, S Thompson 29

Tackles 68:56 – S Thompson 7; J Sherman, P Dangerfield 6

Hit-outs 25:34 – S Jacobs 23; W Minson, B Hudson 12

Frees 29:18