1996 AFL Season Round 15: Brisbane Bears v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1996 between the Brisbane Bears and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Bears hosted Essendon at the Gabba. Roger Merrett captained the hosts. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

The Brisbane Bears (15.13.103) defeated Essendon (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Brisbane Bears v Essendon
Date: Sunday 14 July 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 20,378

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Bears def. Essendon
Score: 15.13.103 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Bears 1 . 1 7 . 6 10 . 8 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Essendon 2 . 4 2 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin ESSE by 9 BRIB by 31 BRIB by 18 BRIB by 35 BRIB by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Roger Merrett
Coach: John Northey

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
S. McLaren (#11)
C. Mitchell (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Craig Lambert BRIB 18 3
Adrian Fletcher BRIB 6 2
Michael Voss BRIB 3 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 1 0
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 3 0 1 2 0
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 1 1
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 0 3 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 2 16 11 5 7 8 1 3 1
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 1 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 1 31 17 14 2 0 4 4 3
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 2 0
21 Green, Brent ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 0 0 3 1 1
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 6 1 0 0
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 1 1
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 2 27 8 19 1 0 5 2 2
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 2 0
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 McAdam, Gilbert ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 3 0 0 2 2
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 2 0 3 1 1
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 2 2 6 6 0 4 1 1 1 2
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 2 1
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 3 2 21 14 7 3 0 0 1 0
33 White, Darryl ? ? 4 0 13 5 8 4 1 3 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 15 13 285 183 102 52 16 33 34 17

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 2 13 4 0 3
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 2
51 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 1 1 3 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 3 2 13 10 3 5 0 2 1 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 1 2
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 2 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 9 0 3 0 3
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 3 0 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 1 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 4 1 0 2
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 2 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 0 2
5 Hird, James ? ? 2 0 22 13 9 7 4 2 0 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 3 0 1 1 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 0 1 1 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 2 0 4 2 3
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 0 3
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 5
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 10 8 245 165 80 66 22 35 17 34

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