1996 AFL Round 11: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1996 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 11 of the 1996 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Gerard Neesham.

Essendon
G. O'Donnell (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Berbakov, D. Bewick, C. Cockatoo-Collins, P. Cransberg, S. Cummings, C. Daniher, S. Denham, B. Doolan, D. Fletcher, M. Fraser, M. Harvey, J. Hird, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, R. O'Connor, M. Prior, P. Somerville, M. Symons, G. Wanganeen

Fremantle
D. Bandy, C. Callaghan, S. Chisholm, J. Clement, S. Edwards, G. Harding, K. Hunter, A. Jones, Q. Leach, P. Mann, S. McManus, G. Mitchell, D. Muir, J. Norrish, S. O'Reilly, S. Parker, B. Rowe, L. Toia, S. Watters, J. White, A. Wills

Essendon (13.12.90) defeated Fremantle (12.17.89).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Cummings (4), G. Wanganeen (3), D. Bewick, P. Cransberg, C. Daniher, S. Denham, M. Mercuri, M. Symons
Fremantle: A. Wills (5), C. Callaghan (2), K. Hunter (2), B. Rowe (2), S. McManus

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 6th on the ladder and Fremantle were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 16 June 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,383

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fremantle
Score: 13.12.90 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Fremantle 1 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 13 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin ESSE by 20 ESSE by 6 FREM by 6 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Gerard Neesham (Fremantle)
Captains: Gary O'Donnell (Essendon), unknown (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), D. McCauley (#31), T. Pfeiffer (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben Doolan ESSE 22 3
Shaun McManus FREM 8 2
Quenton Leach FREM 36 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 4 2 0 0 1
51 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 7 0 2 2 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
23 Cransberg, Peter ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 2
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 4 1 8 5 3 5 0 1 0 2
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 3 0 3 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 20 10 10 3 1 4 0 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 4 0 2 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 1 3 0 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 1 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 0 2 26 12 14 10 1 3 1 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 4 23 14 9 9 0 4 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 0 0 1 1 0
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 1 1 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 1 0 1 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 17 1 1 3
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 0 2 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 3 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 13 12 284 175 109 82 23 34 13 14

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
44 Bandy, Daniel ? ? 0 2 23 14 9 5 9 3 4 0
42 Callaghan, Craig ? ? 2 0 9 4 5 3 0 5 0 1
13 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 0 0
31 Clement, James ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 1
1 Edwards, Scott ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1 1
32 Harding, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 0 0
14 Hunter, Kingsley ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 4 2 0 0 1
38 Jones, Anthony ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 7 0 1 0 1
36 Leach, Quenton ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 2 0 0
9 Mann, Peter ? ? 0 2 17 9 8 5 7 0 2 0
8 McManus, Shaun ? ? 1 2 24 15 9 6 0 1 1 1
45 Mitchell, Gavin ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 2 0 2 0 3
21 Muir, David ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 0
25 Norrish, Jason ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 6 0 3 0 0
10 O'Reilly, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 3 0
23 Parker, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 1 2 2
3 Rowe, Brad ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 0 1
40 Toia, Luke ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Watters, Scott ? ? 0 0 25 9 16 1 0 2 1 0
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
4 Wills, Andrew ? ? 5 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (21 players) 12 17 289 175 114 60 18 29 14 13

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