1996 AFL Season Round 21: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1996 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round twenty-one of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Brendon Gale captained the hosts. Brad Boyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Alan McConnell.

Richmond (28.19.187) defeated Fitzroy (5.6.36).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Sunday 25 August 1996
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,884

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 28.19.187 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 9 10 . 10 17 . 12 28 . 19 28 . 19 (187)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 3 . 3 4 . 5 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin RICH by 25 RICH by 49 RICH by 85 RICH by 151 RICH by 151
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Brendon Gale
Coach: Robert Walls

Fitzroy

Captain: Brad Boyd
Coach: Alan McConnell (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett (#1)
T. Pfeiffer (#26)
V. Sercia (#42)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Richardson RICH 12 3
Paul Broderick RICH 17 2
Matthew Rogers RICH 4 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Bond, Chris ? ? 0 0 24 6 18 8 0 5 0 1
32 Bourke, David ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 2 0
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 3 0 1 0 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 1 0 37 19 18 1 0 4 2 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 1 2 35 22 13 7 0 1 0 0
15 Charles, Justin ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 7 11 0 0 0
25 Gale, Brendon (c) ? ? 6 3 20 15 5 11 2 0 0 1
1 Gale, Michael ? ? 1 0 25 13 12 5 0 0 2 1
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 0 0
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 1
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 0 0 18 4 14 2 0 2 1 0
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 0 1 20 8 12 7 0 4 1 1
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 4 0 1 2 1
6 Naish, Chris ? ? 2 2 23 17 6 6 0 1 0 0
13 Powell, Robert ? ? 3 2 18 13 5 4 0 0 1 0
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 7 5 28 24 4 21 0 0 2 3
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 4 1 28 22 6 10 0 1 0 0
37 Ryan, Damien ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0
26 Sullivan, Chris ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 2 0 1 0 2
5 Tape, Jamie ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 0 1
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 28 19 408 248 160 113 13 25 15 13

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 0 26 10 16 6 0 0 0 0
32 Baldwin, Jason ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1 0
22 Bamford, Scott ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 3 0 0 0 1
5 Barker, John ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 1
1 Boyd, Brad (c) ? ? 1 1 26 16 10 4 0 2 0 1
30 Carter, Nick ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 0 0 1 1 0
29 Cassidy, Brad ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
27 Chandler, Brett ? ? 0 0 23 8 15 3 0 4 0 2
31 Dent, Matthew ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 6 0 0 1 1
17 Hawking, Simon ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 4 15 4 0 3 0 2
26 Manfield, Matthew ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
25 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 1 13 3 10 1 0 2 0 2
3 Mellington, Anthony ? ? 0 1 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
7 Molloy, Jarrod ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 5 0 1
4 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 2 0
8 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 1 27 17 10 3 0 5 2 0
12 Primus, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 24 2 2 0
37 Rombotis, John ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 1
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 0 3 0
39 Warry, Marty ? ? 3 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 5 6 272 133 139 48 24 30 13 15

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