1996 AFL Round 4: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1996 between Adelaide and Essendon during round 4 of the 1996 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at Football Park. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Shaw and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Adelaide
G. Anderson, M. Bickley, T. Bond, P. Caven, B. Chalmers, T. Edwards, S. Ellen, B. Hart, R. Jameson, A. Jarman, D. Jarman, K. Koster, M. Liptak, C. McDermott, A. McLeod, T. Modra, N. Pesch, D. Pittman, M. Ricciuto, M. Robran, N. Smart

Essendon
G. O'Donnell (capt.), P. Berbakov, C. Cockatoo-Collins, C. Daniher, S. Denham, B. Doolan, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, D. Hardwick, M. Harvey, J. Hird, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, R. O'Connor, M. Prior, P. Somerville, M. Symons, M. Thompson, G. Wanganeen, S. Wellman, B. Young

Adelaide (23.23.161) defeated Essendon (9.11.65).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: A. Jarman (5), P. Caven (3), T. Modra (3), D. Jarman (2), M. Liptak (2), A. McLeod (2), D. Pittman (2), M. Ricciuto (2), R. Jameson, N. Pesch
Essendon: C. Cockatoo-Collins (3), D. Fletcher (2), J. Hird, M. Mercuri, G. O'Donnell, P. Somerville

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Saturday 20 April 1996
Time: 8:40 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 45,266

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 23.23.161 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 6 . 4 10 . 9 18 . 16 23 . 23 23 . 23 (161)
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 6 5 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin ADEL by 31 ADEL by 51 ADEL by 87 ADEL by 96 ADEL by 96
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Robert Shaw (Adelaide), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Adelaide), Gary O'Donnell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. McKenzie (#24), S. McLaren (#11), D. Rich (#3)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andrew Jarman ADEL 2 3
David Pittman ADEL 15 2
Darren Jarman ADEL 3 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 0 0 1 1 0
26 Bickley, Mark ? ? 0 1 20 9 11 4 0 2 1 0
18 Bond, Troy ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 8 0 1 1 0
44 Caven, Peter ? ? 3 1 14 9 5 8 0 0 0 2
19 Chalmers, Brett ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 3
37 Edwards, Tyson ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 5 0 0 0 0
13 Ellen, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 3 0
34 Hart, Ben ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 0 1 1
35 Jameson, Rod ? ? 1 1 33 23 10 11 0 1 3 0
2 Jarman, Andrew ? ? 5 4 29 20 9 8 0 4 0 1
3 Jarman, Darren ? ? 2 1 28 22 6 8 0 3 1 1
9 Koster, Kym ? ? 0 3 16 11 5 4 0 4 1 0
27 Liptak, Matthew ? ? 2 0 30 13 17 3 0 2 1 1
10 McDermott, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 1 0 0
23 McLeod, Andrew ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 4 0 1 0 0
6 Modra, Tony ? ? 3 3 11 10 1 6 0 2 1 0
16 Pesch, Nick ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 1 0
15 Pittman, David ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 8 17 0 1 1
32 Ricciuto, Mark ? ? 2 1 16 13 3 6 0 1 0 3
5 Robran, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 8 4 3 0 0
7 Smart, Nigel ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 2 0 3 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 23 23 340 222 118 101 21 30 20 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
51 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 1
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 3 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 2
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 0 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 0 0 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 1
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 3 18 11 7 3 0 2 4 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 4 0 0 2 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 0 0 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 1 2 24 18 6 9 0 1 2 3
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 5 0 1 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 16 6 10 1 0 0 0 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 7 1 0 3
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 25 19 6 8 0 0 2 2
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 1 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 3 10 4 15 0 0 1
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 0 0 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 1 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 1 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 0 0 1
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 9 11 284 182 102 79 22 8 14 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