1996 AFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 1996 between Richmond and Essendon during round one of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Matthew Knights captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond (15.14.104) were defeated by Essendon (19.8.122).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 March 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 52,271

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 15.14.104 - 19.8.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 7 . 7 12 . 10 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Essendon 7 . 1 13 . 4 15 . 7 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Robert Walls

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
P. Carey (#8)
M. Nash (#14)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Joe Misiti ESSE 24 3
James Hird ESSE 5 2
Justin Charles RICH 15 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 2 1
32 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 1 2
22 Bower, Nathan ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 1 1 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 1 0 25 19 6 7 0 4 0 1
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 9 5 0 1 4
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 5 1 3 1 3
14 Dear, Greg ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 9 0 4 0
18 Edwards, Stuart ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 2 1 1
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 6 1 1 0 1
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 0 1 3
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 6 2 1
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 4 0 5 1 2
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 3 1 2
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 1 1
19 Neeld, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 0 0
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 6 4 20 16 4 10 0 0 3 2
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 2
26 Sullivan, Chris ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Tape, Jamie ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 3 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 15 14 261 192 69 77 16 37 24 33

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 2 0 8 3 5 3 9 0 0 3
51 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 1 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 1 1 0
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 6 3 11 9 2 5 0 1 4 2
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 4 2 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 0 0 2 0 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 1 1
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 2 4 3
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 8 0 1 2 0
11 Hills, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 1 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 11 0 1 1 2
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 2 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 1 30 21 9 3 0 1 2 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 2 0 17 7 10 2 1 1 3 3
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 21 8 13 3 0 3 1 1
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 1 0 19 19 0 4 0 1 0 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 4 10 1 3 0
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 2 2
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 19 8 304 191 113 75 20 29 33 24

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