1996 AFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1996 between Essendon and Melbourne during round nine of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. Garry Lyon captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Essendon (11.23.89) defeated Melbourne (12.5.77).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 May 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,288

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 11.23.89 - 12.5.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 8 4 . 12 8 . 18 11 . 23 11 . 23 (89)
Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 2 10 . 3 12 . 5 12 . 5 (77)
Margin ESSE by 1 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: Neil Balme

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. McKenzie (#24)
M. Norden (#16)
R. Sawers (#5)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 3
Mark Harvey ESSE 1 2
Brett Lovett MELB 17 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 1 13 5 8 3 0 0 3 1
51 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 4 3 19 14 5 6 0 1 1 2
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 1 1
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 1 5 12 9 3 4 0 0 1 1
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 22 5 17 2 0 3 1 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 2 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 0 0 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 8 0 0 1 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 1 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 3 25 15 10 7 0 5 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 28 16 12 4 0 4 1 1
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 3 19 9 10 8 4 4 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 1 0 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 0 2 3
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 5 2 0 2
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 1 4 3 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 6 0 5 1 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 6 0 5 4 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 11 23 327 194 133 84 10 39 21 17

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 1 0 1
26 Doyle, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1 1
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 3 1 1
32 Gaspar, Damien ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 4 0 0 3 0
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 1 0
37 Lamprill, Andrew ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 0 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 2 0 24 10 14 4 0 3 0 1
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 5 1 12 11 1 6 0 3 0 1
45 McHardy, Todd ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Neitz, David ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 8 4 0 1 0
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 9 1 0 0 1
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 5 0 2 3 2
35 Ormond-Allen, Trent ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 2 2
14 Polley, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 7 8 0 0 2 1 1
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 1 2 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 5 16 0 2 0
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 0 1 2
8 Turley, Craig ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 4 0 0 1 3
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 8 0 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 12 5 286 188 98 82 22 22 17 21

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