1996 AFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1996 between Footscray and Essendon during round eight of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Footscray "hosted" Essendon at the MCG. Scott Wynd captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Joyce and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray (13.6.84) were defeated by Essendon (23.13.151).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Sunday 19 May 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,766

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 13.6.84 - 23.13.151

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 1 4 . 3 8 . 5 13 . 6 13 . 6 (84)
Essendon 8 . 4 12 . 7 19 . 11 23 . 13 23 . 13 (151)
Margin ESSE by 45 ESSE by 52 ESSE by 72 ESSE by 67 ESSE by 67
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Alan Joyce

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Ackland (#17)
P. Carey (#8)
S. McLaren (#11)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
James Hird ESSE 5 3
Scott Cummings ESSE 36 2
Chris Daniher ESSE 7 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 1 0 0 2 1
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 7 7 0 4 1
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 5 0 0 2 1
37 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 4 0 9 7 2 6 1 0 1 0
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 1 2
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0 0
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 1 2
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 1 22 10 12 0 0 2 3 1
9 Nicholson, Brad ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 2
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 2 15 14 1 2 0 1 0 2
22 Quill, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 3 0 1 1 2
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 2 0 3 2 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1 2
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 0 3 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 0 2
25 Watts, Jason ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 0 1 0 2 1
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 0 0 1 1 0
45 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 0 1 0
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 1 10 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 13 6 254 163 91 57 19 12 27 23

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 1 11 5 6 3 0 0 1 0
51 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 3 0 0 0 1
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 1 1 0
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 8 1 13 11 2 8 0 0 2 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 7 0 1 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 19 9 10 1 0 2 1 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 0 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 1 1
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 2 0 15 7 8 0 0 2 1 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 2 1 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 3 1 30 18 12 15 1 1 2 5
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 1 29 16 13 7 0 1 0 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 1 0 1 0 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 2 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 4 0 4 1 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 0 1 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 16 0 3 4
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 9 0 2 0 3
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 2 0 4 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 23 13 347 223 124 86 17 27 23 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