1996 AFL Season Qualifying Final 2: Brisbane Bears v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1996 between the Brisbane Bears and Essendon in the second qualifying final of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Bears hosted Essendon at the Gabba. Roger Merrett captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

The Brisbane Bears (15.11.101) defeated Essendon (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Second Qualifying Final
Teams: Brisbane Bears v Essendon
Date: Friday 6 September 1996
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 21,964

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Bears def. Essendon
Score: 15.11.101 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Bears 4 . 6 6 . 8 11 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Essendon 2 . 1 8 . 2 10 . 5 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin BRIB by 17 ESSE by 6 BRIB by 10 BRIB by 1 BRIB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Roger Merrett
Coach: John Northey

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore (#19)
D. Rich (#3)
B. Sheehan (#9)
E: A. Coates (#6)

Goal Umpires

R. Davies
L. Page

Boundary Umpires

G. Harding
S. Leslie
D. Maxwell

Player Statistics

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 0
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 2 1 2 0 0
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 8 1 1 2 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 21 0 2 1
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 2 31 18 13 4 0 4 0 0
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 2
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 4 3 2
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 0 2
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 5 2 0
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 0 0 1
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 4 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 2 3
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 1 0
19 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 5 0 0 0 1
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 1
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 2 3
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 3 1 16 9 7 6 6 3 2 2
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 3 1 1
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 2 4 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 15 11 275 183 92 63 31 37 19 21

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 3 0 11 6 5 5 8 1 0 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 0 1 0 0 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 2 0 3 1 0
34 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 3 1 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 0 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 1 0 2 0 2
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 5 1 3
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 3 0 5 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 2 0 17 17 0 7 0 0 1 2
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 3 1 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 2 0 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 2 3 26 14 12 5 1 1 2 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 3 1 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 2 19 9 10 6 0 3 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 5 0 5 2 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 0 2 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 19 0 2 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 1 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 3 2 19 12 7 2 0 2 3 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 15 10 300 185 115 65 29 40 21 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