Round 9, 2001
Port Adelaide vs Melbourne
Sunday 27 May
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 22,423
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Port Adelaide | 4.1 | 6.7 | 11.8 | 13.10.88 |
| Melbourne | 1.4 | 2.8 | 6.8 | 9.14.68 |
Port Adelaide win by 20 points
Goalkickers: Cameron Bruce 4, Nathan Brown 1, David Neitz 1, Alistair Nicholson 1, Russell Robertson 1, Daniel Ward 1
Brownlow Votes:
Nil
Best and Fairest
28 - Cameron Bruce
27 - Paul Wheatley
23 - Matthew Whelan
19 - David Neitz
18 - Adem Yze
Milestones:
First goal
Alistair Nicholson (39th game)
A small crowd turned out for a wet and windy Sunday at Football Park to see Port Adelaide win a midfield battle against a Demon side seeming to be suffering fall-out from the boardroom chaos which claimed Joseph Gutnick during the week. Even Neale Daniher had to plead for a proposed board election to be delayed until the end of the year as his side's season lurched from bad to worse.
Despite having a ruck division with eight AFL games experience between them Port opened up a lead of five goals in the first quarter and despite their shellshocked opponents launching a fightback kicking into the wind in the third-quarter the game was already won. The defeat was the start of a losing streak at Football Park that would stretch for the rest of the decade.
Best were Bruce, Whelan, Yze and Wheatley. Nathan Brown suffered a corked thigh, and James McDonald was fined $1200 for wrestling.
Lists
Tribunal
Media
Age - 25/05/2001, 27/05/2001
Herald Sun - 25/05/2001, 28/05/2001
Advertiser - 26/05/2001