1996 AFLR Season: Essendon Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Essendon Reserves for the 1996 season of the Australian Football League Reserves. The team used Windy Hill as their home ground, playing four matches there (four as hosts). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the Geelong Reserves in the second elimination final and defeating the North Melbourne Reserves in the second semi final, the Essendon Reserves were defeated by the North Melbourne Reserves in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Team Details
Competition:
1996 AFLR Season
Team:
Essendon Reserves
Club:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Windy Hill
Team Results
Ladder Position:
3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-8, P%: 132.2)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, Mark | 25 | 16 | -0- | 9 | R01-22, EF, SF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/03/1996 | Round 1 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 133 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 07/04/1996 | Round 2 | Carlton (R) | HOME | LOSS | CARR by 4 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 14/04/1996 | Round 3 | Richmond (R) | HOME | LOSS | RICR by 22 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 20/04/1996 | Round 4 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | LOSS | NMLR by 16 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 25/04/1996 | Round 5 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 13 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 03/05/1996 | Round 6 | Sydney (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 14 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 11/05/1996 | Round 7 | Geelong (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 101 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 19/05/1996 | Round 8 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 16 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 25/05/1996 | Round 9 | Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 52 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 08/06/1996 | Round 10 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 34 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 15/06/1996 | Round 11 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 53 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 23/06/1996 | Round 12 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | NMLR by 18 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 29/06/1996 | Round 13 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 83 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 06/07/1996 | Round 14 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 10 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 13/07/1996 | Round 15 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 36 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 20/07/1996 | Round 16 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | LOSS | RICR by 12 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 27/07/1996 | Round 17 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 7 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 03/08/1996 | Round 18 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | LOSS | GEER by 55 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 10/08/1996 | Round 19 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 25 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 18/08/1996 | Round 20 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 164 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 24/08/1996 | Round 21 | Sydney (R) | HOME | LOSS | SYDR by 43 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 30/08/1996 | Round 22 | Footscray (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 17 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 08/09/1996 | Elimination Final | Geelong (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 20 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 14/09/1996 | Semi Final | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 69 | Mark Williams | unknown |
| 28/09/1996 | Grand Final | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | LOSS | NMLR by 104 | Mark Williams | unknown |