1996 AFL Season Preliminary Final 2: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 1996 between Sydney and Essendon in the second preliminary final of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Essendon at the SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney (10.10.70) defeated Essendon (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Second Preliminary Final
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 21 September 1996
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 41,731

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 10.10.70 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 7 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Essendon 4 . 4 4 . 6 8 . 6 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin ESSE by 19 SYDN by 12 SYDN by 1 SYDN by 1 SYDN by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Paul Kelly
Coach: Rodney Eade

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore (#19)
D. Goldspink (#32)
B. Sheehan (#9)
E: B. Allen (#10)

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 0 0
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 3 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 3 0 18 16 2 4 1 1 0 2
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 2
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 6 0 3
29 Garlick, Simon ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 2 2
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 3 1 1
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 1 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 2 2 26 19 7 7 0 2 2 0
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 3 0 18 14 4 9 1 1 0 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 8 0 2 0 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 4 2 2 2 1
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 0 0
32 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1 0
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 1 0
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 3 0 3 1 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 1 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 3 0 1
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 14 3 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 10 10 268 192 76 73 18 45 16 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 2 2 12 7 5 7 1 3 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 2 1
34 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 5 1 3 1 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 1 1 2
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 3 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 17 6 11 1 0 2 1 3
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 2 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 1 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 1 2 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 0 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 3 2 25 17 8 7 0 0 3 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 1 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 1 25 12 13 3 0 1 2 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 5 0 1 0 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 15 1 0 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 1 1 13 6 7 3 1 3 1 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 2 0 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 1 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 7 0 4 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 10 9 325 183 142 71 18 29 18 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