1996 AFL Season Semi Final 1: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 September 1996 between West Coast and Essendon in the first semi final of the 1996 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast "hosted" Essendon at the MCG. Gary O'Donnell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

West Coast (8.19.67) were defeated by Essendon (22.12.144).

Match Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 September 1996
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 85,656

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Essendon
Score: 8.19.67 - 22.12.144

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 0 . 3 4 . 11 6 . 13 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
Essendon 5 . 4 9 . 6 15 . 10 22 . 12 22 . 12 (144)
Margin ESSE by 31 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 51 ESSE by 77 ESSE by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Essendon

Captain: Gary O'Donnell
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
R. Sawers (#5)
G. Vernon (#2)
E: G. Dore (#19)

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
26 Ball, Jason ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 0 0 2
6 Banfield, Drew ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 0 0 5 2 0
35 Cousins, Ben ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 4 0 1 1 0
29 Donnelly, Andrew ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 0
18 Evans, Tony ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 2 0
7 Gehrig, Fraser ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 4 0 2 1 1
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 0 1 0
1 Heady, Brett ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 0
2 Kemp, Dean ? ? 1 3 27 19 8 8 0 3 0 0
5 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 6 2 0
30 Matera, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 8 0 3 0 2
11 McIntosh, Ashley ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 0 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 2 0 0
8 Metropolis, Daniel ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 0 2 0
42 Morrison, Chad ? ? 1 3 12 9 3 5 0 1 1 0
21 Schofield, Jarrad ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 1
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 0 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 2
50 Turnbull, Ryan ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 6 0 1 1
39 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 4 1 0
12 White, Mitchell ? ? 2 0 15 8 7 6 0 1 1 2
Rushed 7
Total (21 players) 8 19 271 170 101 75 6 39 15 11

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 5 0 12 6 6 4 5 0 1 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 37 25 12 10 0 0 1 0
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 3
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che ? ? 4 3 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 0
38 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 28 18 10 3 0 4 0 4
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 0 0 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 3 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 0
39 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 3 0 1 0 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 1 1
5 Hird, James ? ? 4 1 31 17 14 7 0 0 2 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 7 0 1 0 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 3 0 1 0 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary (c) ? ? 2 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 1 2
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 1 1 0
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 22 1 0 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 3 1 1
4 Wanganeen, Gavin ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 1 0 2 2 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 0 0
35 Young, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 8 0 4 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (21 players) 22 12 347 208 139 85 27 26 11 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