Round 21, 2008
Port Adelaide vs Melbourne
Saturday 23 August
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 18,875
1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
Port Adelaide | 6.6 | 9.10 | 10.17 | 18.21.129 |
Melbourne | 1.0 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 7.9.51 |
Port Adelaide win by 78 points
Goalkickers: Brad Miller 2, Matthew Bate 1, Cameron Bruce 1, Mark Jamar 1, Michael Newton 1, Austin Wonaeamirri 1
Brownlow votes
Nil
Coaches votes
1 - Daniel Bell
Milestones:
Nil
On a ground where they had been poor for years, Melbourne had another disaster at Football Park. Nearly seven goals down at half time, they won a low scoring third quarter before conceding eight goals to four in the final term.
Best were Buckley, McDonald and Morton.