1996 AFL Round 9: Sydney v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1996 between Sydney and Brisbane Bears during round 9 of the 1996 AFL season. Sydney hosted Brisbane Bears at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Roger Merrett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), S. Arnott, W. Chapman, D. Cresswell, A. Dunkley, K. Dyson, P. Filandia, S. Garlick, S. Grant, A. Heuskes, D. Kickett, T. Lockett, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, M. Nicks, C. O'Brien, M. O'Loughlin, P. Roos, B. Seymour, G. Stafford

Brisbane Bears
R. Merrett (capt.), J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, T. Bartlett, A. Bews, R. Champion, M. Clarke, D. Dickfos, A. Fletcher, A. Gowers, S. Hart, M. Kennedy, C. Lambert, N. Lappin, J. Leppitsch, A. Lynch, T. Lynch, S. McIvor, C. McRae, C. Scott, M. Voss

Sydney (21.6.132) defeated Brisbane Bears (10.14.74).

Goalkickers
Sydney: T. Lockett (11), S. Garlick (2), S. Grant (2), C. O'Brien (2), D. Cresswell, K. Dyson, T. Luff, M. O'Loughlin
Brisbane Bears: J. Akermanis (3), A. Fletcher, M. Kennedy, N. Lappin, A. Lynch, C. McRae, R. Merrett, M. Voss

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 7th on the ladder and Brisbane Bears were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Sydney v Brisbane Bears
Date: Sunday 26 May 1996
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 26,537

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 21.6.132 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 2 7 . 3 15 . 5 21 . 6 21 . 6 (132)
Brisbane Bears 3 . 1 6 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin SYDN by 7 SYDN by 4 SYDN by 39 SYDN by 58 SYDN by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Sydney), John Northey (Brisbane Bears)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), Roger Merrett (Brisbane Bears)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), H. Kennedy (#7), R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tony Lockett SYDN 4 3
Andrew Dunkley SYDN 6 2
Adam Heuskes SYDN 39 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
42 Arnott, Simon ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 6 0 3 0 2
27 Chapman, Wade ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 10 0 0 2 0
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 0 0 0 0 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 22 7 15 8 0 2 2 0
12 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 1 0 20 9 11 5 0 3 3 1
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 1 2
29 Garlick, Simon ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 1 0
9 Grant, Shannon ? ? 2 0 31 22 9 8 0 1 1 4
39 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 1 0 2 2 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 4 4 2
24 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 0 1 1
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 11 1 13 12 1 10 0 1 1 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 8 3 0 1 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 4 1 0
32 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 0 2
36 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 1 1
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 8 0 0 0 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 0 1 0
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 0 0 2
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 13 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 21 6 344 220 124 99 16 26 23 21

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 3 1 16 12 4 5 0 2 0 1
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 1 2
17 Bartlett, Trent ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 4
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 5 0 2 1 1
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 4 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 5 30 0 2 1
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 1 1 0 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 1 2 17 10 7 6 0 1 1 3
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 3 19 15 4 5 0 0 2 0
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 7 1 2 0 0
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 28 10 18 1 0 5 3 0
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 6 0 1 0 3
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 3 1
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 0
7 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 1 1
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 2 0 2 3 2
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 10 14 268 185 83 67 32 25 21 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