1996 AFL Season Grand Final: Sydney v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 September 1996 between Sydney and North Melbourne in the grand final of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney "hosted" North Melbourne at the MCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Wayne Carey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Sydney (13.10.88) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.17.131).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Sydney v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 September 1996
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 93,102

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by North Melbourne
Score: 13.10.88 - 19.17.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 6 . 2 8 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
North Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 7 12 . 14 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Margin SYDN by 18 NMLB by 2 NMLB by 25 NMLB by 43 NMLB by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore (#19)
M. Nash (#14)
B. Sheehan (#9)
E: G. Vernon (#2)

Goal Umpires

C. Clark
S. Stirling

Boundary Umpires

A. Cook
D. Gooch
P. McDonald

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Glenn Archer NMLB 11 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 1 0 0 0
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 1 35 19 16 4 0 3 1 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 2 0 0 0
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 5 0 4 1 0
29 Garlick, Simon ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 0
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 7 0 1 0 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 2 24 15 9 1 1 7 1 1
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 2 0
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 8 5 3 0 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 6 1 8 8 0 4 0 0 2 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 6 1 2 1 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 1 0 4 2 0
32 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 0 0 4 0 1
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 5 0 1 0 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 6 5 1 0 1
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 0 1 0
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 12 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 13 10 295 187 108 65 27 37 11 8

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 0 0
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 8 0 0 0 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 3 0 1
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 3 0 0 0 1
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 3 22 15 7 9 0 3 0 1
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 3 2 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 0 0
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 3 1 14 6 8 1 0 2 1 0
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 1 0
7 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 1 0
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 1 0 1
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 5 6 0 2 0
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 1 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 5 0 2 1 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 5 1 2 0 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 0 0
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 2 3 14 11 3 9 0 1 0 0
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 4 0 1 1 3
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 19 17 308 205 103 82 10 27 8 11

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