1996 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: North Melbourne v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 1996 between North Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the first preliminary final of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Bears at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Roger Merrett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

North Melbourne (17.12.114) defeated the Brisbane Bears (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Brisbane Bears
Date: Saturday 21 September 1996
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 66,719

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 17.12.114 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 8 . 3 11 . 7 16 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Brisbane Bears 3 . 1 3 . 5 7 . 8 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin NMLB by 32 NMLB by 50 NMLB by 55 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Roger Merrett
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
H. Kennedy (#7)
G. Scroop (#21)
E: P. Carey (#8)

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 4 10 8 2 3 0 0 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 9 0 0 2 1
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 1 1 0
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 7 9 0 0 1
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 2 24 15 9 14 0 0 0 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 2 2 11 8 3 4 1 2 1 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 0 0 0
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 7 0 0 1 1
34 King, David ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 1 0
7 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 1 2 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 0 2 2
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 3 0 0 0
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 3 0 15 8 7 1 0 3 1 0
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 5 0 2 1 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 0 4
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 0 0 2 2 4
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 1 1
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 4 0 1 1 1
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 0 0 4 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 17 12 267 184 83 84 13 22 16 22

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 1 0 1 1 0
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 0 1
5 Chapman, Nathan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 17 2 2 1
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 5 0 2 0 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 23 15 8 2 0 1 2 2
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 2 1
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 1 1
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 1 2 0
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 1 1 26 12 14 3 0 6 0 1
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 1 0 25 13 12 2 0 0 3 1
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 3
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 2 2 9 6 3 3 0 0 2 0
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 3 1 0
2 McAdam, Gilbert ? ? 1 1 7 3 4 3 0 0 1 0
19 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 0 0 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 2 3 0
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 3 2 1
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0
33 White, Darryl ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 4 1 1 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 10 289 185 104 62 22 28 22 16

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