1996 AFL Round 16: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1996 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 16 of the 1996 AFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. With the presence of multiple Geelong co-captains, namely Gary Ablett and Barry Stoneham, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Gary Ayres and the visitors were coached by Neil Balme.

Geelong
G. Ablett, J. Barnes, C. Biddiscombe, R. Burns, L. Colbert, P. Couch, B. Graham, D. Hall, S. Handley, G. Hocking, G. Kilpatrick, S. King, M. Mansfield, T. McGrath, M. McKinnon, P. Riccardi, B. Sanderson, B. Sholl, S. Simpson, B. Stoneham, L. Tudor

Melbourne
A. Clarkson, J. Farmer, M. Febey, D. Gaspar, J. Hilton, P. Hopgood, A. Ingerson, D. Irving, D. Kowal, A. Leoncelli, G. Lovett, D. Neitz, D. O'Brien, A. Obst, T. Ormond-Allen, M. Seecamp, S. Smith, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, A. Yze

Geelong (13.10.88) defeated Melbourne (4.6.30).

Goalkickers
Geelong: M. McKinnon (3), D. Hall (2), P. Riccardi (2), L. Tudor (2), R. Burns, L. Colbert, G. Hocking, B. Sholl
Melbourne: J. Farmer (2), A. Clarkson, D. Neitz

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 6th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 July 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,538

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 13.10.88 - 4.6.30

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	3	.	2	7	.	7	9	.	7	13	.	10	13	.	10	(88)
Melbourne	2	.	2	3	.	3	3	.	6	4	.	6	4	.	6	(30)
Margin	GEEL by 6			GEEL by 28			GEEL by 37			GEEL by 58			GEEL by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Gary Ayres (Geelong), Neil Balme (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), S. McBurney, D. Rich (#3)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Glenn Kilpatrick	GEEL	13	3
Shaun Smith	MELB	29	2
Paul Couch	GEEL	7	1

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
5	Ablett, Gary	?	?	0	2	10	8	2	3	0	3	0	5
6	Barnes, John	?	?	0	1	15	8	7	3	9	0	4	4
30	Biddiscombe, Craig	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
8	Burns, Ronnie	?	?	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	3	1	0
2	Colbert, Leigh	?	?	1	0	21	11	10	2	0	2	2	1
7	Couch, Paul	?	?	0	1	26	21	5	1	0	2	1	0
36	Graham, Ben	?	?	0	0	16	8	8	2	1	2	0	2
19	Hall, Derek	?	?	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
14	Handley, Steven	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	2	0
32	Hocking, Garry	?	?	1	0	20	12	8	2	0	1	1	6
13	Kilpatrick, Glenn	?	?	0	0	22	16	6	7	0	3	1	2
1	King, Steven	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	1	3	0	1	3
21	Mansfield, Michael	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	2	0	1	2	1
17	McGrath, Tim	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	3	0	2	2	2
28	McKinnon, Martin	?	?	3	1	19	11	8	2	0	0	0	2
15	Riccardi, Peter	?	?	2	2	24	15	9	1	0	1	2	0
27	Sanderson, Brenton	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	7	0	1	3	1
12	Sholl, Brad	?	?	1	0	21	16	5	4	0	0	1	1
37	Simpson, Sean	?	?	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	2
26	Stoneham, Barry	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	2	3	1	1	1
11	Tudor, Leigh	?	?	2	1	16	9	7	1	0	0	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (21 players)				13	10	279	185	94	45	16	23	24	35

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
23	Clarkson, Alastair	?	?	1	0	27	21	6	5	0	2	6	3
33	Farmer, Jeff	?	?	2	1	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	2
20	Febey, Matthew	?	?	0	0	20	12	8	4	0	2	4	0
32	Gaspar, Damien	?	?	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Hilton, Jeff	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	2	0	0
15	Hopgood, Paul	?	?	0	0	9	8	1	3	0	1	1	2
27	Ingerson, Anthony	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	3	1	0
34	Irving, Dean	?	?	0	1	4	3	1	3	5	1	0	2
7	Kowal, Darren	?	?	0	0	9	8	1	3	0	0	1	1
36	Leoncelli, Andrew	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	6	0	1	1	0
6	Lovett, Glenn	?	?	0	1	23	13	10	5	0	2	1	1
9	Neitz, David	?	?	1	1	4	3	1	2	0	1	2	2
38	O'Brien, Darren	?	?	0	0	15	13	2	1	0	0	1	1
4	Obst, Andrew	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	3	0	0	1	1
35	Ormond-Allen, Trent	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0
10	Seecamp, Marcus	?	?	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
29	Smith, Shaun	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	1	3	0
11	Stynes, Jim	?	?	0	0	19	16	3	4	17	1	9	3
2	Tingay, Stephen	?	?	0	0	15	11	4	2	0	1	1	2
12	Viney, Todd	?	?	0	0	13	5	8	2	0	0	2	2
13	Yze, Adem	?	?	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (21 players)				4	6	224	160	64	54	22	21	35	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

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