1996 AFL Season Round 1: Brisbane Bears v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 1996 between the Brisbane Bears and Footscray during round one of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Bears hosted Footscray at the Gabba. Roger Merrett captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Alan Joyce.

The Brisbane Bears (21.15.141) defeated Footscray (7.12.54).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Brisbane Bears v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 March 1996
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 14,222

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Bears def. Footscray
Score: 21.15.141 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Bears 4 . 4 9 . 7 15 . 11 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Footscray 1 . 3 3 . 8 4 . 11 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin BRIB by 19 BRIB by 35 BRIB by 66 BRIB by 87 BRIB by 87
Duration

Honour Roll

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Roger Merrett
Coach: John Northey

Footscray

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Alan Joyce

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett (#1)
M. Norden (#16)
D. Rich (#3)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Voss BRIB 3 3
Matthew Clarke BRIB 16 2
Shaun Hart BRIB 32 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 1 0 2 1 1
17 Bartlett, Trent ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 5 0 1 1 0
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 1 0
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 9 16 0 2 5
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 1 0 3 1 1
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 1 1
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 5 2 23 15 8 3 0 4 1 2
29 Johnson, Troy ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 1 1 2
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 1 1 31 11 20 0 0 1 0 1
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 1 3 18 15 3 4 0 0 1 1
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 4 4 15 13 2 7 0 0 1 1
2 McAdam, Gilbert ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 1 0 0 4 1
19 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 1
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 0 5 1
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 5 0 1 0 5
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 0 3
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 7 0 0 0 3
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 2 1 33 23 10 5 0 0 5 1
33 White, Darryl ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 5 4 3 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 21 15 313 220 93 67 20 19 26 31

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 3 0
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 3 1
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 1 0 2 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 4 0 2
1 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 2 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0
37 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 6 0 0 0 3
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 1 1
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 2
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 1 3 2 1
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 1 2
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 0 0 2 0 0
23 Martin, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 1 2
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 2 1 4
38 Sir, Sedat ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 2 1
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 1 25 17 8 6 0 2 2 1
17 Standfield, Barry ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 5 0 1 1 0
33 Taylor, Scott ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 4 1
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 2 3 2
45 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 0 1 1
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 5 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 7 12 255 179 76 59 7 27 31 26

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