1996 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 14-1-7, P%: 109.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Sydney (Preliminary Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): James Hird (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Scott Cummings (38)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): James Hird

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gary O'Donnell

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alessio, Steven #27 18 R01-R02, R10-R22, QF, SF, PF 22 0
Barnard, Paul #16 15 R08-R10, R12-R13, R15-R22, QF, SF 3 0
Berbakov, Peter #51 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 0 0
Bewick, Darren #8 18 R07-R12, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF 28 3
Blumfield, Justin #34 10 R10, R16-R22, QF, PF 3 0
Calthorpe, David #14 16 R01-R03, R05-R06, R10, R12-R17, R21-R22, QF, SF 7 1
Cockatoo-Collins, Che #9 24 R02-R22, QF, SF, PF 37 2
Cransberg, Peter #23 2 R11-R12 2 0
Cummings, Scott #36 15 R01, R05-R14, R16-R19 38 2
Daniher, Chris #7 19 R01-R08, R10-R16, R18-R20, PF 13 1
Denham, Sean #38 17 R01-R04, R06-R15, QF, SF, PF 2 3
Doolan, Ben #22 24 R01-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 6 3
Fletcher, Dustin #31 23 R01-R11, R13-R15, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 16 1
Fraser, Mark #30 8 R03-R08, R10-R11 4 0
Grenvold, David #29 1 R07 0 0
Hardwick, Damien #39 17 R01, R04-R05, R09, R13-R22, QF, SF, PF 1 0
Harvey, Mark #1 24 R01-R04, R06-R22, QF, SF, PF 5 3
Hills, Paul #11 1 R01 0 0
Hird, James #5 24 R01-R08, R10-R22, QF, SF, PF 39 21
Lloyd, Matthew #18 11 R02-R03, R05, R09, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF 18 3
Long, Michael #13 2 R01, R07 2 0
Lucas, Scott #25 14 R05, R07, R10, R13-R22, QF 11 0
Mercuri, Mark #2 21 R02-R18, R21-R22, QF, SF 37 9
Misiti, Joe #24 22 R01-R20, SF, PF 9 6
Morgan, Danny #43 3 R03, R10, R17 0 0
O'Connor, Ryan #3 11 R01-R11 11 0
O'Donnell, Gary #10 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 8 4
Olarenshaw, Ricky #47 8 R18-R22, QF, SF, PF 1 1
Prior, Michael #15 17 R01-R17 3 0
Somerville, Peter #19 21 R01-R13, R16, R19-R22, QF, SF, PF 5 3
Symons, Michael #12 18 R01-R16, R20, PF 11 2
Thompson, Mark #26 8 R01-R04, R06, R08-R10 1 0
Wallis, Dean #21 12 R12, R14-R15, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 6 0
Wanganeen, Gavin #4 21 R01-R02, R04, R08-R22, QF, SF, PF 14 4
Wellman, Sean #6 9 R04-R07, R20-R22, SF, PF 0 0
Young, Barry #35 14 R02-R06, R09, R18-R22, QF, SF, PF 4 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Michael Prior Dustin Fletcher Peter Berbakov
Half-Back: Gary O'Donnell Mark Harvey Mark Thompson
Centre: Ben Doolan Joe Misiti Mark Fraser
Half-Forward: Che Cockatoo-Collins Ryan O'Connor Gavin Wanganeen
Forward: Mark Mercuri Scott Cummings Darren Bewick
Follower: Peter Somerville Chris Daniher Sean Denham
Interchange: Paul Barnard Scott Lucas Michael Symons

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)
Sheedy, Kevin 25 15 -1- 9 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/1996 Round 1 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 18 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
07/04/1996 Round 2 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 29 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
14/04/1996 Round 3 West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 59 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
20/04/1996 Round 4 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 96 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
25/04/1996 Round 5 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 12 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
03/05/1996 Round 6 Sydney AWAY DRAW drawn Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
08/05/1996 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 29 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
19/05/1996 Round 8 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 67 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
25/05/1996 Round 9 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 12 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
08/06/1996 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 22 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
16/06/1996 Round 11 Fremantle HOME WIN ESS by 1 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
23/06/1996 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 12 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
29/06/1996 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 21 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
06/07/1996 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 66 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
14/07/1996 Round 15 Brisbane Bears AWAY LOSS BRB by 35 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
20/07/1996 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 20 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
27/07/1996 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 9 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
04/08/1996 Round 18 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 6 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
10/08/1996 Round 19 Adelaide HOME WIN ESS by 36 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
18/08/1996 Round 20 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 13 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
24/08/1996 Round 21 Sydney HOME WIN ESS by 18 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
30/08/1996 Round 22 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 3 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
06/09/1996 Qualifying Final Brisbane Bears AWAY LOSS BRB by 1 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
14/09/1996 Semi Final West Coast AWAY WIN ESS by 77 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell
21/09/1996 Preliminary Final Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 1 Kevin Sheedy Gary O'Donnell