1996 AFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1996 between Essendon and Geelong during round seven of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Essendon (22.11.143) defeated Geelong (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Wednesday 8 May 1996
Time: 8:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 75,632

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 22.11.143 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 11 . 5 15 . 6 22 . 11 22 . 11 (143)
Geelong 4 . 2 9 . 6 16 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin level ESSE by 11 GEEL by 9 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore (#19)
D. Howlett (#1)
M. Nash (#14)
E: M. McKenzie (#24)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Bewick ESSE 8 3
James Hird ESSE 5 2
Gary O'Donnell ESSE 10 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 9 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 1 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 3
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 4 2 11 8 3 4 0 1 3 3
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 6 0 3 0 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 2 2
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 6 0 3 0 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 2 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 1 0
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 1 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 1 0 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 2 1 1 3
13 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 3 0 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 2 25 10 15 8 0 0 2 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 2 0 34 17 17 3 0 4 3 2
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 2 19 11 8 6 2 4 2 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 0 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 5 0 1 1 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 4 11 1 1 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 5 2 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 22 11 313 201 112 76 15 33 23 24

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Barnes, John ? ? 2 1 23 15 8 9 10 1 1 0
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 2 0 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 5 4 15 12 3 6 0 2 1 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 2 0 2 2 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 2 0 21 12 9 4 0 3 4 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 1 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 20 8 12 2 0 4 2 1
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 King, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 2 0 1 1
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 3
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 1 2
28 McKinnon, Martin ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 4 1 0
31 Mensch, David ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 4 4 0 2 1
23 Pickering, Liam ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 5 0 2 0 1
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 4 0 2 0 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 7 0 0 2 1
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 2 1
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 0
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 7 0 1 2 1
11 Tudor, Leigh ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 3 0 2 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 17 12 290 179 111 73 16 30 24 23

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