1996 AFL Round 12: Brisbane Bears v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 1996 between Brisbane Bears and Melbourne during round 12 of the 1996 AFL season. Brisbane Bears hosted Melbourne at Gabba. Roger Merrett captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Brisbane Bears
R. Merrett (capt.), J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, T. Bartlett, A. Bews, R. Champion, M. Clarke, T. Clarke, A. Fletcher, A. Gowers, C. Keating, M. Kennedy, N. Lappin, A. Lynch, G. McAdam, S. McIvor, C. McRae, B. Robbins, C. Scott, M. Voss, D. White

Melbourne
S. Charles, A. Clarkson, G. Doyle, J. Farmer, M. Febey, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, D. Kowal, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, D. Neitz, C. Nettelbeck, A. Obst, T. Ormond-Allen, M. Polley, M. Seecamp, S. Smith, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, C. Turley, A. Yze

Brisbane Bears (18.15.123) defeated Melbourne (6.10.46).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Bears: C. McRae (6), A. Lynch (5), M. Voss (2), J. Akermanis, A. Fletcher, M. Kennedy, B. Robbins, D. White
Melbourne: D. Neitz (2), S. Tingay (2), J. Farmer, M. Febey

As a result of this match, Brisbane Bears remained 3rd on the ladder and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Brisbane Bears v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 June 1996
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 14,871

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Bears def. Melbourne
Score: 18.15.123 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Bears 4 . 5 8 . 8 15 . 10 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Melbourne 3 . 0 4 . 2 5 . 6 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin BRIB by 11 BRIB by 30 BRIB by 64 BRIB by 77 BRIB by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Brisbane Bears), Neil Balme (Melbourne)
Captains: Roger Merrett (Brisbane Bears), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Callaghan (#33), C. Durham (#15), B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adrian Fletcher BRIB 6 3
Jason Akermanis BRIB 20 2
Craig McRae BRIB 4 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 7 0 1 3 2
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 1 26 14 12 5 0 1 2 2
17 Bartlett, Trent ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 5 4 0
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 0 0
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 12 2 1 2
12 Clarke, Troy ? ? 0 1 12 4 8 0 0 4 1 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 1 2 28 14 14 4 0 1 2 5
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 1 3 1 1
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 6 6 1 1 1
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 6 0 0 2 2
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 4 0 0 0 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 5 2 15 13 2 6 0 0 1 1
2 McAdam, Gilbert ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 6 0 1 0 0
7 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 1 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 6 3 22 16 6 5 0 1 1 0
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 0
28 Robbins, Ben ? ? 1 1 11 6 5 1 0 3 1 0
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 3 0 0
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 2 1 21 12 9 6 0 2 2 0
33 White, Darryl ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 3 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 18 15 326 218 108 82 19 32 24 16

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Charles, Sean ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 3 1 0
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 1 2
26 Doyle, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 1 0 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 1 0 2 1 3
20 Febey, Matthew ? ? 1 0 26 14 12 2 0 1 2 2
15 Hopgood, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 2 2
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 1
7 Kowal, Darren ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 23 9 14 7 0 2 0 3
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 2 1
9 Neitz, David ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 7 0 1 0 2
18 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 0 0 3
4 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 1 1
35 Ormond-Allen, Trent ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 0
14 Polley, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
29 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 5 12 3 3 0
2 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 2 0 37 26 11 9 0 0 1 1
8 Turley, Craig ? ? 0 1 23 11 12 1 0 4 1 1
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 1 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 6 10 285 171 114 64 17 32 16 24

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