1996 AFL Round 17: Brisbane Bears v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1996 between Brisbane Bears and West Coast during round 17 of the 1996 AFL season. Brisbane Bears hosted West Coast at Gabba. Roger Merrett captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

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

West Coast
D. Banfield, B. Cousins, A. Donnelly, I. Downsborough, T. Evans, F. Gehrig, D. Hart, D. Kemp, C. Lewis, C. Mainwaring, P. Matera, A. McIntosh, G. McKenna, D. Metropolis, C. Morrison, D. Pyke, J. Schofield, P. Symmons, R. Turnbull, C. Waterman, M. White

Brisbane Bears (25.13.163) defeated West Coast (17.14.116).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Bears: J. Akermanis (6), M. Voss (4), S. Hart (3), J. Leppitsch (3), C. Keating (2), A. Lynch (2), A. Fletcher, A. Gowers, N. Lappin, R. Merrett, D. White
West Coast: A. Donnelly (5), D. Hart (2), C. Morrison (2), J. Schofield (2), I. Downsborough, D. Kemp, C. Mainwaring, D. Metropolis, P. Symmons, M. White

As a result of this match, Brisbane Bears remained 5th on the ladder and West Coast were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Brisbane Bears v West Coast
Date: Saturday 27 July 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 15,772

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Bears def. West Coast
Score: 25.13.163 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Bears 4 . 2 11 . 4 17 . 12 25 . 13 25 . 13 (163)
West Coast 5 . 3 12 . 5 15 . 7 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin WCST by 7 WCST by 7 BRIB by 17 BRIB by 47 BRIB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Brisbane Bears), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: Roger Merrett (Brisbane Bears), unknown (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), G. Dore (#19), C. Durham (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adrian Fletcher BRIB 6 3
Jason Akermanis BRIB 20 2
Matthew Clarke BRIB 16 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 6 0 19 16 3 5 0 3 2 2
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 1 0 0
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 4 1 1
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 2 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 3 28 0 3 1
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 0
6 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 1 1 35 23 12 5 0 4 1 0
8 Gowers, Andrew ? ? 1 0 24 21 3 4 0 1 2 0
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 3 3 25 15 10 4 0 3 1 2
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 5 1 2 2 3
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 0
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 27 6 21 3 0 4 2 1
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 5 0 0 1 2
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 3 2 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 4 3 1
2 McAdam, Gilbert ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 0
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 4 0 32 15 17 4 0 4 3 1
33 White, Darryl ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 6 1 1 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 25 13 329 201 128 63 30 37 24 16

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 1 0 4 1 0
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 0 2 15 9 6 1 0 1 1 0
29 Donnelly, Andrew ? ? 5 1 14 11 3 8 0 0 1 3
22 Downsborough, Ian ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 1 1
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 1 2
36 Hart, David ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 3 0 5 1 1
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 4 0 1 0 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 4 0 0 1 2
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 3 0 4 2 6
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 8 0 1 1 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 2 2 1
8 Metropolis, Daniel ? ? 1 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 1
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 2 2 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0
10 Pyke, Don ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 3 1 1
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 2 1 22 11 11 3 0 2 0 2
16 Symmons, Paul ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 1 0 2 0 0
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 6 2 1 1
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 1 2 0
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 1 0 23 11 12 6 0 4 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 17 14 280 173 107 59 6 38 16 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