1996 AFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1996 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Optus Oval. Brad Boyd captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mike Nunan and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fitzroy (7.10.52) were defeated by Essendon (17.16.118).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 July 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Optus Oval
Attendance: 12,748

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Essendon
Score: 7.10.52 - 17.16.118

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 4 4 . 6 5 . 10 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Essendon 4 . 5 7 . 8 12 . 9 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 66 ESSE by 66
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Brad Boyd
Coach: Mike Nunan

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Durham (#15)
M. Ellis (#35)
B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sean Denham ESSE 38 3
Michael Symons ESSE 12 2
David Calthorpe ESSE 14 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 1 0 2
22 Bamford, Scott ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 0 2
5 Barker, John ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 8 0 3 3 2
1 Boyd, Brad (c) ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 1 1 4 1
30 Carter, Nick ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 0 1 1
29 Cassidy, Brad ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 2
40 Clayton, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 1 2
24 Cummings, Trent ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 2 0 1
31 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 0 1
20 Dwyer, Mick ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 0
10 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 1 0 5 2 0
25 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 4 0 1 0 2
3 Mellington, Anthony ? ? 0 2 7 4 3 1 1 0 2 0
7 Molloy, Jarrod ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 4 0 4 3 4
34 Morton, Danny ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 2 0 1 1 0
4 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 5 1 2
8 Pike, Martin ? ? 2 2 9 9 0 3 0 1 0 1
12 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 17 2 3 3
9 Ramsey, Jason ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Rombotis, John ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 2 0 4 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 7 10 265 169 96 51 20 34 25 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 3 1 19 15 4 4 14 1 3 4
51 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 5 1 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 5 22 17 5 3 0 0 1 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 0 2 3
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 1 0 12 3 9 3 0 2 0 2
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 1 0 0 3 2
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 2 19 8 11 7 0 3 1 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 34 19 15 3 0 5 1 0
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 4 0 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 2 0 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 1 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 4 0 2 1 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 3 1 19 8 11 3 1 1 2 2
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 2 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 0 22 12 10 4 0 1 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 2 27 17 10 2 0 1 1 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 1 0 1
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 3 3
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 1 0 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 2 1 9 4 5 1 0 3 1 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 1 0 1 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (21 players) 17 16 338 203 135 53 16 38 26 25

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