1996 AFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1996 between Essendon and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. Matthew Knights captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Essendon (15.18.108) defeated Richmond (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 20 July 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,768

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 15.18.108 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 7 3 . 11 11 . 13 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Richmond 5 . 3 8 . 7 9 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin RICH by 8 RICH by 26 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
G. Scroop (#21)
G. Vernon (#2)
E: R. Sawers (#5)

Goal Umpires

F. Raiti

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Joe Misiti ESSE 24 3
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 2
Mark Merenda RICH 8 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 2 3 2 1 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 2 22 16 6 5 0 4 1 0
51 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 3 1 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 3 0 1 1 1
34 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 2 17 9 8 4 1 1 2 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 4 1 20 11 9 8 0 6 1 1
36 Cummings, Scott ? ? 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 1 0 26 14 12 6 0 5 0 1
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 1
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 8 0 1 1 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 6 0 1 1 0
5 Hird, James ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 7 1 3 0 2
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 3 0 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 2 2 25 20 5 7 0 1 2 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 2 24 17 7 4 0 2 0 4
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 1 0 0
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 1 3 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 17 0 0 3
12 Symons, Michael ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 1 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 0 3 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 15 18 316 217 99 86 22 39 17 21

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 1 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 2 0 0
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 1
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 4 0 1 4 1
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 1 2 18 12 6 5 5 0 3 2
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 5 2 1 0 0
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 1
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 5 4 0
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 2 4 1 0 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 1 22 10 12 8 0 5 1 1
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 1 0
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 1 0 29 23 6 5 0 2 2 1
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 1 0
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 2 0 0 1 1
7 Prescott, Ashley ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 1
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 5 3 14 12 2 10 0 1 1 1
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 5 0 0 0 1
37 Ryan, Damien ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1
5 Tape, Jamie ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 2
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 13 10 265 174 91 69 11 24 21 17

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