1995 AFL Season Round 21: Brisbane Bears v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1995 between the Brisbane Bears and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1995 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Bears hosted Essendon at the Gabba. Roger Merrett captained the hosts. Mark Thompson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

The Brisbane Bears (17.14.116) defeated Essendon (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1995 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Brisbane Bears v Essendon
Date: Saturday 26 August 1995
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 12,657

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Bears def. Essendon
Score: 17.14.116 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Bears 8 . 3 11 . 5 14 . 10 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 10 9 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin BRIB by 36 BRIB by 31 BRIB by 29 BRIB by 32 BRIB by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Roger Merrett
Coach: Robert Walls

Essendon

Captain: Mark Thompson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Callaghan (#33)
G. Caulfield (#27)
G. Dore (#19)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nigel Lappin BRIB 44 3
Matthew Clarke BRIB 16 2
Gary O'Donnell ESSE 10 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 7 0 1 2 2
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 1 0 1 1 1
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 8 0 1 0 0
5 Chapman, Nathan ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 2
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 19 0 1 5
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 6 0 4 2 0
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 1
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 2 1 24 14 10 4 0 0 1 1
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 26 13 13 2 0 2 1 0
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 1 0 31 20 11 6 0 1 1 1
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 3 0 1 1 0
2 McAdam, Gilbert ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 1 0 2
7 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 0 0
19 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 6 0 1 2 1
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 3 2 2 2 0
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 0 2
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 2 1 18 10 8 4 1 1 1 1
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 2 1 25 15 10 4 0 2 0 1
33 White, Darryl ? ? 2 2 21 11 10 6 0 3 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 17 14 342 218 124 85 22 27 19 20

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 9 2 1 0 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 1 3
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 1
20 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 2
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 4 0 1 4 0
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 1 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 0 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 5 0 1 1 3
5 Hird, James ? ? 3 3 21 14 7 8 1 0 0 0
13 Long, Michael ? ? 3 1 20 15 5 7 0 0 5 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 6 0 1 1 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 5 0 0 1 2
43 Morgan, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 1 2 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 26 17 9 5 0 0 0 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 5 2 1 0 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 10 2 3 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 2 19 11 8 8 0 1 0 3
26 Thompson, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 4 0 1 0 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 2 0 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 8 10 5 0 2 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 12 12 312 208 104 91 15 20 20 19

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