1996 AFL Season Round 20: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1996 between Richmond and Geelong during round twenty of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Matthew Knights captained the hosts. 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 visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Gary Ayres.

Richmond (19.18.132) defeated Geelong (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 August 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,633

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 19.18.132 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 8 . 7 12 . 12 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Geelong 2 . 2 4 . 7 6 . 12 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin RICH by 14 RICH by 24 RICH by 36 RICH by 65 RICH by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Robert Walls

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gary Ayres

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
G. Vernon (#2)
R. Williams (#34)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Justin Charles RICH 15 3
Mark Merenda RICH 8 2
Jamie Tape RICH 5 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 5 4 3
32 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 0 0
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 0 0 1 1 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 1 0 2 2 2
21 Bulluss, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 5 1 4 0 1
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 6 16 5 3 0
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 3 3 15 12 3 10 1 0 0 0
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 5 0 2 3 1
31 Howat, John ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 1
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 0 2 1
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 1 1
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 2 35 26 9 5 0 3 1 3
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 2 1 22 15 7 4 0 3 2 1
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 5 2 22 18 4 6 0 4 3 1
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 3 1 15 6 9 3 0 0 0 3
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 1 5 18 16 2 4 0 7 0 1
37 Ryan, Damien ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 0 1 1
26 Sullivan, Chris ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0 1
5 Tape, Jamie ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 3 2 0
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 2 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (21 players) 19 18 320 217 103 72 18 48 26 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 4
6 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0
38 Bizzell, Clint ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 2 1
9 Breuer, Shayne ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 2 0 1 0 2
8 Burns, Ronnie ? ? 1 4 12 8 4 2 0 0 2 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 1 0 17 7 10 3 0 1 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 2 1 25 17 8 5 0 3 1 2
36 Graham, Ben ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 6 1 1 0 1
19 Hall, Derek ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 5 0 2 0 0
14 Handley, Steven ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 2 1 2
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 1 0 2 0 2
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 0 0 0 0 1
4 Lord, Aaron ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 0 1 0
21 Mansfield, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 7 0 3 3 3
17 McGrath, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 2
15 Riccardi, Peter ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 4 0 0
27 Sanderson, Brenton ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 0 2 0
12 Sholl, Brad ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 1 1
37 Simpson, Sean ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 1 1 3 2 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 8 2 2 2
10 Tanner, Grant ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 5 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 9 13 294 177 117 61 12 31 21 26

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