1996 AFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1996 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round two of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Wayne Carey captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Alan Joyce.

North Melbourne (26.12.168) defeated Footscray (5.7.37).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 April 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,873

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 26.12.168 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 7 . 5 15 . 7 20 . 9 26 . 12 26 . 12 (168)
Footscray 1 . 0 1 . 5 4 . 6 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Margin NMLB by 41 NMLB by 86 NMLB by 99 NMLB by 131 NMLB by 131
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Footscray

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Alan Joyce

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
M. Ellis (#35)
S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Craig Sholl NMLB 24 3
Wayne Carey NMLB 18 2
Corey McKernan NMLB 31 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 0
5 Anderson, Stuart ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 0 3 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1 0
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 0 0 1
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 1 1
12 Blakey, John ? ? 3 0 16 11 5 1 1 0 1 2
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 6 1 20 12 8 8 0 2 1 2
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 5 0 0 1 2
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 8 0 2 2 0
17 Freeborn, Glenn ? ? 2 2 22 11 11 2 0 3 0 1
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 7 0 1 2 1
7 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 1 0 0 2 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 4 2 2 4 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 3 3 18 15 3 8 14 1 2 2
22 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 4 1 0 1 2
3 Rock, Anthony ? ? 2 0 24 19 5 3 0 1 2 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 4 0 22 20 2 3 0 5 1 1
37 Simpson, Adam ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 6 0 3 1 1
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 1 0
36 Stevens, Mark ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 5 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 26 12 325 211 114 79 19 27 27 22

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Cook, James ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 2
16 Croft, Matthew ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 2 1 1 0
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 3 0 1
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 4 2 1 1 0
1 Grgic, Ilija ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 2
37 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 5 0 0 1 1
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 6 0 0 1 4
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 1 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 0 0 4 3 4
23 Martin, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 2 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 2 3 1 1 2
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 1 1 0
38 Sir, Sedat ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 1 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 2 1
17 Standfield, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 1 0 1 3
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 1
34 West, Mark ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 0 0
45 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 3 2 2
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 1 11 2 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 5 7 210 146 64 50 20 23 22 27

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