Enigmatic forward Taylor Walker kicked six goals to inspire Adelaide to a 19-point win against arch rival Port Adelaide in Sunday’s AFL twilight match.

The Crows came from behind at three-quarter time to win 16.14 (110) to 14.7 (91) at AAMI Stadium.

Walker’s haul and standout displays from midfielders Patrick Dangerfield and Scott Thompson helped the Crows, before 41,649 spectators, to their fourth triumph in five rounds.

Port’s tall forwards Justin Westhoff and John Butcher each kicked four goals but lost their attacking colleague Jay Schulz to an eye injury.

After a traditionally tight opening, Adelaide’s Walker stunned Port with three goals in three minutes.

Walker’s burst at the start of the second term created a 19-point buffer for the Crows at halftime – the ultimate winning margin.

Dangerfield had 21 touches and Walker four goals by the long break, with Port’s cause hampered by Schulz’s injury in the second quarter.

Schulz lowered his head and appeared to initiate contact with Adelaide veteran Michael Doughty, whose thumb poked the Power forward in the right eye.

Adelaide appeared on a path to victory when 27 points up four minutes into the third quarter after Jared Petrenko’s lively game was rewarded with a goal.

But Port, in an unheralded scoring burst, kicked six of the next seven goals to steal a three-point lead at the last change.

Port’s purple patch included a worrying incident for the Crows’ Walker, whose slide into a grounded Jacob Surjan will be scrutinised by the match review panel.

The Power’s tall forwards Westhoff and John Butcher were crucial to the revival, with Port holding valuable momentum at three-quarter time.

But the Crows stemmed Port’s flow in a tense nine-minute deadlock to open the last term which was broken by Adelaide goalsneak Ian Callinan.

The 29-year-old rookie marked and goaled, and two minutes later a 60m set shot bomb from Graham Johncock gave the Crows an 11 point break.

Walker then capped his influential performance with the next two goals and help deliver Port a fourth loss from five outings this season.