1996 AFL Season Round 22: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 August 1996 between Essendon and Footscray during round twenty-two of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the hosts. Scott Wynd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Terry Wallace.

Essendon (11.13.79) defeated Footscray (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Friday 30 August 1996
Time: 8:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 42,598

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 11.13.79 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 6 . 8 8 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 3 7 . 6 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin level ESSE by 17 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Footscray

Captain: Scott Wynd
Coach: Terry Wallace (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Allen (#10)
A. Lewis
S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
James Hird ESSE 5 3
Chris Grant FOOT 3 2
Mark Mercuri ESSE 2 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 1 0 8 2 6 4 3 1 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 1 1 20 10 10 9 0 4 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 26 13 13 5 0 0 3 0
34 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 8 0 3 0 1
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 0
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 7 0 2 1 2
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 6 0 0 1 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 2
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 0 2 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 0 0 2
5 Hird, James ? ? 0 2 30 16 14 13 1 1 1 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 3 0 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 2 8 4 4 3 0 1 0 2
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 4 1 20 11 9 4 0 1 0 2
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 5 0 0
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 1 0 26 18 8 5 0 1 0 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 3 13 7 6 7 13 0 1 4
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 1 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 1 1 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1 2
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 4 14 1 1 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (21 players) 11 13 309 183 126 103 18 27 12 23

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Allen, Scott ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 3 0 2 0 3
14 Darcy, Luke ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 12 11 3 1 1
32 Ellis, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 1 0
3 Grant, Chris ? ? 2 0 24 19 5 8 0 1 6 0
37 Hargraves, Daniel ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 7 0 0 2 2
6 Johnson, Brad ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
4 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 5 0 0 0 0
2 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1
35 Kretiuk, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 3 1 1
23 Martin, Michael ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 0 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 1 0 30 20 10 7 0 0 0 0
38 Sir, Sedat ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 2 3 0
5 Smith, Rohan ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 6 0 2 2 0
8 Southern, Daniel ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 0 0 0
25 Watts, Jason ? ? 2 2 7 6 1 3 0 0 1 0
34 West, Mark ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
7 West, Scott ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 2 2 0
45 Wira, Brad ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 1 1 1
15 Wynd, Scott (c) ? ? 0 0 9 1 8 2 4 0 2 1
Rushed 4
Total (21 players) 11 10 287 200 87 81 15 19 23 12

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