1996 AFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 1996 between Melbourne and Geelong during round one of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. With the presence of multiple Geelong co-captains, namely Gary Ablett and Barry Stoneham, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Balme and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Melbourne (8.8.56) were defeated by Geelong (27.21.183).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Friday 29 March 1996
Time: 8:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,832

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 8.8.56 - 27.21.183

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Geelong 4 . 6 11 . 9 17 . 18 27 . 21 27 . 21 (183)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 78 GEEL by 127 GEEL by 127
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Harvey (#25)
H. Kennedy (#7)
J. Love (#28)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 3
Paul Couch GEEL 7 2
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 6 0 0 2 1
30 Cockatoo-Collins, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
31 Cockatoo-Collins, Don ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 2 1
26 Doyle, Greg ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 4 7 1 2 1
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 0
16 Grant, David ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 1 0
22 Hilton, Jeff ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1 0
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 1 2 0
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 19 6 13 5 0 2 0 3
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 5 0 1 2 1
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 4 0 1 1 3
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 0 1 3
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1 1
19 Prymke, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 1 2 0 2
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 1 2
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 7 0 2 3
8 Turley, Craig ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 0 1 1 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 8 8 230 158 72 62 15 20 20 27

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 9 6 18 17 1 7 0 1 2 0
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 4 18 2 1 2
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 4 0 3 1 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 4 0 0 0 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 1 3 5 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 30 20 10 7 0 2 3 0
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 8 0 1 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 0 21 12 9 3 0 4 2 2
18 Lynch, Paul ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 4 0 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 1 14 5 9 1 0 2 2 4
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 2 0
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 3 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 7 2 0 0 2
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 1 1 33 18 15 4 0 1 1 0
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 3 2 29 17 12 8 0 0 3 1
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 1 0 1 0 0
25 Snell, Jason ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 4 0 0 0 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 1 1 1
11 Tudor, Leigh ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 3 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 27 21 318 206 112 81 22 32 27 20

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