1995 AFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1995 between Essendon and the Brisbane Bears during round six of the 1995 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the Brisbane Bears at Optus Oval. Mark Thompson captained the hosts. Roger Merrett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Essendon (19.14.128) defeated the Brisbane Bears (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Bears
Date: Sunday 7 May 1995
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 17,646

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 19.14.128 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 1 12 . 5 16 . 9 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Brisbane Bears 4 . 3 8 . 4 11 . 12 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Mark Thompson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Roger Merrett
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. McLaren (#11)
G. Scroop (#21)
M. Westgarth (#13)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Long ESSE 13 3
James Hird ESSE 5 2
Gilbert McAdam BRIB 2 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 6 4 1 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 0 0 0 2 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 3 2 19 14 5 12 0 1 0 2
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 1 0
20 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 1 12 4 8 4 0 0 1 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 2 25 11 14 2 0 3 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 1 2 1 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 5 2 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 3 1 20 10 10 8 0 0 0 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 2 1 40 20 20 4 0 3 1 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 28 13 15 7 0 0 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 23 11 12 1 0 0 0 0
41 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 5 0 0 0 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 2 0 22 16 6 3 0 1 3 1
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 0 2 2
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 6 8 0 2 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 2 0
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 0 0 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 4 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 19 14 368 208 160 87 13 19 18 15

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 0 2 16 8 8 3 0 1 1 2
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 1 19 7 12 3 0 1 1 1
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 0 0
30 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 5 4 0 3 0
5 Chapman, Nathan ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 6 7 0 0 2
26 Corcoran, Shannon ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 0 1
20 Craven, Danny ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 1 1
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 30 10 20 3 0 4 0 0
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 4 2 2
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 5 1 27 19 8 1 0 5 1 0
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 0 1
34 Lawrence, Steven ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 4 2 1
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 1 2 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 2
2 McAdam, Gilbert ? ? 2 3 35 18 17 8 1 0 2 2
19 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 4 0 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 1 2 6 6 0 4 0 1 0 1
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Starcevich, Craig ? ? 2 2 15 13 2 9 0 0 2 1
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 14 16 278 163 115 66 12 32 15 18

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s