1996 AFL Season: Brisbane Bears

Season Team Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Team: Brisbane Bears
Home Ground: Gabba

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-1-6, P%: 125.6%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Michael Voss (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alastair Lynch (39)
Brisbane Bears Club Champion Recipient(s): Michael Voss

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Roger Merrett

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Akermanis, Jason #20 21 R04-R22, QF, SF 32 4
Ashcroft, Marcus #10 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 10 0
Bartlett, Trent #17 14 R01-R10, R12-R14, R21 0 0
Bews, Andrew #25 17 R03-R19 0 6
Bradshaw, Daniel #36 3 R18-R20 0 0
Champion, Richard #1 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 4 5
Chapman, Nathan #5 6 R03-R05, R18, R22, PF 0 0
Clarke, Matthew #16 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 3 8
Clarke, Troy #12 2 R12-R13 0 0
Corcoran, Shannon #26 2 R21-R22 0 0
Dickfos, Danny #14 22 R01-R11, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF 0 0
Fletcher, Adrian #6 24 R01-R06, R08-R22, QF, SF, PF 15 14
Gowers, Andrew #8 22 R01-R03, R07-R22, QF, SF, PF 6 1
Green, Brent #21 2 R15-R16 0 0
Hart, Shaun #32 20 R01-R07, R09, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF 25 5
Johnson, Troy #29 2 R01-R02 0 0
Keating, Clark #27 14 R06-R08, R10-R20 9 0
Kennedy, Matthew #41 24 R01-R18, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 4 0
Lambert, Craig #18 20 R01-R11, R13-R18, QF, SF, PF 10 9
Lappin, Nigel #44 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 15 9
Leppitsch, Justin #23 19 R02-R11, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 45 2
Lynch, Alastair #11 18 R01-R04, R07-R09, R11-R14, R16-R17, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 52 2
Lynch, Tristan #42 21 R02-R11, R14-R15, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 1 0
McAdam, Gilbert #2 19 R01-R06, R10-R19, R21-R22, PF 7 0
McIvor, Scott #7 9 R09-R13, R19-R22 3 0
McLean, Michael #19 5 R01, R19, QF, SF, PF 0 0
McRae, Craig #4 16 R01, R06-R09, R11-R16, R20-R21, QF, SF, PF 28 1
Merrett, Roger #24 17 R01-R02, R05, R07, R09-R10, R12, R14-R17, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 22 0
Robbins, Ben #28 5 R12-R13, R19-R20, R22 1 0
Scott, Chris #22 22 R01-R17, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 6 0
Scott, Dion #38 13 R01-R06, R08, R18-R20, QF, SF, PF 11 0
Voss, Michael #3 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 23 21
White, Darryl #33 22 R01-R08, R10-R20, QF, SF, PF 37 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Northey, John 25 17 -1- 7 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/1996 Round 1 Footscray HOME WIN BRB by 87 John Northey Roger Merrett
06/04/1996 Round 2 West Coast AWAY WIN BRB by 26 John Northey Roger Merrett
13/04/1996 Round 3 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 18 John Northey unknown
19/04/1996 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN BRB by 30 John Northey unknown
28/04/1996 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN BRB by 109 John Northey Roger Merrett
05/05/1996 Round 6 Fremantle AWAY WIN BRB by 25 John Northey unknown
11/05/1996 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN BRB by 63 John Northey Roger Merrett
17/05/1996 Round 8 Collingwood HOME WIN BRB by 10 John Northey unknown
26/05/1996 Round 9 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 58 John Northey Roger Merrett
08/06/1996 Round 10 Geelong AWAY DRAW drawn John Northey Roger Merrett
15/06/1996 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 24 John Northey unknown
22/06/1996 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN BRB by 77 John Northey Roger Merrett
29/06/1996 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 46 John Northey unknown
06/07/1996 Round 14 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 8 John Northey Roger Merrett
14/07/1996 Round 15 Essendon HOME WIN BRB by 35 John Northey Roger Merrett
20/07/1996 Round 16 Footscray AWAY WIN BRB by 14 John Northey Roger Merrett
27/07/1996 Round 17 West Coast HOME WIN BRB by 47 John Northey Roger Merrett
04/08/1996 Round 18 Richmond AWAY WIN BRB by 17 John Northey unknown
11/08/1996 Round 19 North Melbourne AWAY WIN BRB by 18 John Northey unknown
17/08/1996 Round 20 Fitzroy AWAY WIN BRB by 87 John Northey Roger Merrett
24/08/1996 Round 21 Fremantle HOME WIN BRB by 1 John Northey Roger Merrett
31/08/1996 Round 22 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 49 John Northey Roger Merrett
06/09/1996 Qualifying Final Essendon HOME WIN BRB by 1 John Northey Roger Merrett
14/09/1996 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN BRB by 97 John Northey Roger Merrett
21/09/1996 Preliminary Final North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 38 John Northey Roger Merrett