1996 AFL Round 16: Footscray v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1996 between Footscray and Brisbane Bears during round 16 of the 1996 AFL season. Footscray hosted Brisbane Bears at Whitten Oval. Scott Wynd captained the hosts. Roger Merrett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Terry Wallace and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Footscray
S. Wynd (capt.), L. Cameron, T. Campbell, T. Curley, L. Darcy, P. Dimattina, C. Ellis, C. Grant, D. Griffin, D. Hargraves, M. Hunter, B. Johnson, N. Kellett, T. Liberatore, P. Quill, J. Romero, S. Sir, R. Smith, S. Wallis, J. Watts, B. Wira

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

Footscray (3.4.22) were defeated by Brisbane Bears (4.12.36).

Goalkickers
Footscray: D. Hargraves, M. Hunter, J. Watts
Brisbane Bears: J. Akermanis (2), S. Hart, G. McAdam

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 15th on the ladder and Brisbane Bears remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Brisbane Bears
Date: Saturday 20 July 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Whitten Oval
Attendance: 9,994

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Brisbane Bears
Score: 3.4.22 - 4.12.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 1 . 1 2 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 4 (22)
Brisbane Bears 1 . 2 2 . 3 4 . 8 4 . 12 4 . 12 (36)
Margin BRIB by 8 BRIB by 8 BRIB by 18 BRIB by 14 BRIB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Terry Wallace (Footscray), John Northey (Brisbane Bears)
Captains: Scott Wynd (Footscray), Roger Merrett (Brisbane Bears)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Callaghan (#33), D. McCauley (#31), M. Nash (#14)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nigel Lappin BRIB 44 3
Chris Grant FOOT 3 2
Andrew Gowers BRIB 8 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
18 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 0 1 3 2
21 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Curley, Todd ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 2 1 1 1 0
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 5 0 1 1
28 Dimattina, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 9 0 1 1 0
29 Griffin, Daryl ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 1 0
37 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 1 0 18 18 0 5 0 4 0 1
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 1 1
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 0 0 7 2 2
22 Quill, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 0 1 0
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 4 1 2
38 Sir, Sedat ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 1 1 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 3 3 0
25 Watts, Jason ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0
45 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 0 1 1
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 17 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 3 4 240 179 61 49 23 24 19 16

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 3 0 2 1 1
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 0 0 2
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 1 0 1
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 7 1 0 1
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 1 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 3 0 3 0 1
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 7 1 2 0 1
21 Green, Brent ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 1 1
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 1 3 15 13 2 2 0 2 2 0
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 2 2 1 1
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 0 1 3
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 0 0 5 3 1
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 9 0 1 0 1
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 3 6 6 0 2 0 2 2 1
2 McAdam, Gilbert ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 6 0 2 1 0
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 1
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 1 3 1
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 0 0 0 0 0
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 4 12 298 208 90 62 10 30 16 19

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