1996 AFL Round 5: Fremantle v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1996 between Fremantle and Melbourne during round 5 of the 1996 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Melbourne at WACA. Ben Allan captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Gerard Neesham and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Fremantle
B. Allan (capt.), W. Abraham, D. Bandy, C. Callaghan, S. Chisholm, S. Edwards, T. Godden, G. Harding, D. Hynes, A. Jones, D. Kickett, S. Koops, Q. Leach, G. Madigan, P. Mann, S. McManus, G. Mitchell, J. Norrish, S. O'Reilly, T. Ridley, A. Wills

Melbourne
A. Clarkson, J. Farmer, M. Febey, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, D. Irving, D. Kowal, B. Lovett, G. Molloy, D. Neitz, C. Nettelbeck, D. O'Brien, A. Obst, P. Prymke, M. Seecamp, S. Smith, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, C. Turley, T. Viney, A. Yze

Fremantle (13.18.96) defeated Melbourne (8.11.59).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: W. Abraham (4), S. Koops (2), G. Mitchell (2), B. Allan, D. Bandy, D. Kickett, P. Mann, T. Ridley
Melbourne: C. Turley (3), S. Smith (2), A. Clarkson, B. Lovett, D. Neitz

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Melbourne remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Fremantle v Melbourne
Date: Friday 26 April 1996
Time: 8:40 PM
Venue: WACA
Attendance: 26,618

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Melbourne
Score: 13.18.96 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fremantle	2	.	3	5	.	9	7	.	12	13	.	18	13	.	18	(96)
Melbourne	4	.	2	6	.	5	7	.	9	8	.	11	8	.	11	(59)
Margin	MELB by 11			MELB by 2			FREM by 3			FREM by 37			FREM by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gerard Neesham (Fremantle), Neil Balme (Melbourne)
Captains: Ben Allan (Fremantle), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Callaghan (#33), J. Love (#28), G. Scroop (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Gavin Mitchell	FREM	45	3
Dale Kickett	FREM	11	2
Craig Turley	MELB	8	1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
15	Abraham, Winston	?	?	4	0	9	7	2	4	0	3	0	0
7	Allan, Ben (c)	?	?	1	1	14	13	1	6	0	0	1	0
44	Bandy, Daniel	?	?	1	1	12	6	6	4	3	1	3	0
42	Callaghan, Craig	?	?	0	1	15	10	5	4	0	2	2	0
13	Chisholm, Scott	?	?	0	0	20	10	10	4	0	0	0	2
1	Edwards, Scott	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	1	1	2
22	Godden, Tony	?	?	0	0	19	11	8	0	0	2	3	2
32	Harding, Greg	?	?	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	2	0	1
16	Hynes, David	?	?	0	1	20	15	5	4	14	2	2	0
38	Jones, Anthony	?	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
11	Kickett, Dale	?	?	1	1	26	15	11	3	0	2	3	3
28	Koops, Steven	?	?	2	1	9	6	3	1	0	4	0	0
36	Leach, Quenton	?	?	0	1	16	10	6	4	0	2	0	0
17	Madigan, Greg	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	3	0	0	2	0
9	Mann, Peter	?	?	1	1	11	9	2	4	8	1	3	6
8	McManus, Shaun	?	?	0	1	17	11	6	7	2	1	0	4
45	Mitchell, Gavin	?	?	2	2	35	22	13	9	0	0	1	2
25	Norrish, Jason	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	2	0	2
10	O'Reilly, Stephen	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	4	0	1	2	2
5	Ridley, Todd	?	?	1	0	7	5	2	3	0	1	1	1
4	Wills, Andrew	?	?	0	3	6	6	0	0	0	4	3	1
Rushed					4
Total (21 players)				13	18	288	192	96	70	27	31	27	30

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
23	Clarkson, Alastair	?	?	1	0	8	7	1	2	0	1	1	1
33	Farmer, Jeff	?	?	0	1	9	6	3	2	0	2	0	0
20	Febey, Matthew	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	4	2	1
15	Hopgood, Paul	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	0	0	2
27	Ingerson, Anthony	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	2
34	Irving, Dean	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
7	Kowal, Darren	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	4	0	4	2	2
17	Lovett, Brett	?	?	1	0	23	13	10	0	1	1	0	2
28	Molloy, Glenn	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	1	1	1
9	Neitz, David	?	?	1	3	5	5	0	4	0	2	1	4
18	Nettelbeck, Craig	?	?	0	2	12	10	2	5	1	0	2	0
38	O'Brien, Darren	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	1	0	0
4	Obst, Andrew	?	?	0	1	18	8	10	2	1	1	2	2
19	Prymke, Paul	?	?	0	0	19	10	9	4	2	1	3	1
10	Seecamp, Marcus	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	1	0	1
29	Smith, Shaun	?	?	2	1	8	7	1	3	0	2	2	2
11	Stynes, Jim	?	?	0	1	23	13	10	8	26	2	1	2
2	Tingay, Stephen	?	?	0	0	19	13	6	2	0	2	2	2
8	Turley, Craig	?	?	3	1	25	16	9	5	0	2	4	0
12	Viney, Todd	?	?	0	0	18	9	9	4	0	3	4	0
13	Yze, Adem	?	?	0	1	7	5	2	3	0	0	2	1
Rushed					0
Total (21 players)				8	11	264	166	98	65	33	30	30	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

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