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"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."
Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured
1996 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Melbourne's 1996 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1996-03-29 1 | H | Melbourne | 2.2 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 56 | LOST | Geelong | 4.6 | 11.9 | 17.18 | 27.21 | 183 | -127 | MCG | 1996-03-29 Mar 29 (Fri, 8:10) | Scores |
1996-04-08 2 | A | Melbourne | 2.2 | 5.4 | 6.13 | 11.13 | 79 | LOST | Collingwood | 5.3 | 13.8 | 17.11 | 27.11 | 173 | -94 | MCG | 1996-04-08 Apr 8 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-04-14 3 | H | Melbourne | 3.4 | 5.7 | 11.10 | 14.14 | 98 | WON | St. Kilda | 3.4 | 6.8 | 9.8 | 13.10 | 88 | 10 | PRI | 1996-04-14 Apr 14 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-04-20 4 | A | Melbourne | 3.2 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 12.14 | 86 | LOST | Carlton | 6.3 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 21.7 | 133 | -47 | PRI | 1996-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-04-26 5 | A | Melbourne | 4.2 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 8.11 | 59 | LOST | Fremantle | 2.3 | 5.9 | 7.12 | 13.18 | 96 | -37 | WAC | 1996-04-26 Apr 26 (Fri, 8:40) | Scores |
1996-05-04 6 | H | Melbourne | 3.1 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 50 | LOST | West Coast | 5.6 | 9.9 | 14.10 | 24.12 | 156 | -106 | PRI | 1996-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-05-11 7 | H | Melbourne | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 38 | LOST | Sydney | 3.2 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 12.10 | 82 | -44 | MCG | 1996-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-05-18 8 | A | Melbourne | 2.2 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 10.11 | 71 | LOST | Hawthorn | 6.2 | 11.4 | 14.7 | 19.8 | 122 | -51 | WAV | 1996-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-05-25 9 | A | Melbourne | 3.1 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 77 | LOST | Essendon | 2.8 | 4.12 | 8.18 | 11.23 | 89 | -12 | MCG | 1996-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-06-10 10 | H | Melbourne | 4.5 | 8.9 | 14.11 | 17.12 | 114 | WON | Collingwood | 3.5 | 3.6 | 5.12 | 10.16 | 76 | 38 | MCG | 1996-06-10 Jun 10 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-06-16 11 | A | Melbourne | 3.1 | 8.4 | 13.9 | 18.11 | 119 | WON | Fitzroy | 3.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 56 | 63 | WHI | 1996-06-16 Jun 16 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-06-22 12 | A | Melbourne | 3.0 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 6.10 | 46 | LOST | Brisbane | 4.5 | 8.8 | 15.10 | 18.15 | 123 | -77 | GAB | 1996-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 7:40) | Scores |
1996-06-30 13 | A | Melbourne | 2.1 | 5.3 | 10.6 | 19.9 | 123 | WON | Adelaide | 3.3 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 10.12 | 72 | 51 | FBP | 1996-06-30 Jun 30 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-07-07 14 | H | Melbourne | 2.4 | 6.6 | 12.8 | 14.10 | 94 | WON | Footscray | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 67 | 27 | MCG | 1996-07-07 Jul 7 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-07-14 15 | H | Melbourne | 2.1 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 12.9 | 81 | LOST | Richmond | 4.3 | 8.10 | 11.15 | 18.19 | 127 | -46 | MCG | 1996-07-14 Jul 14 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-07-20 16 | A | Melbourne | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 30 | LOST | Geelong | 3.2 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 13.10 | 88 | -58 | KAR | 1996-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-07-26 17 | H | Melbourne | 4.2 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 11.4 | 70 | LOST | North Melbourne | 7.3 | 13.9 | 20.12 | 28.15 | 183 | -113 | MCG | 1996-07-26 Jul 26 (Fri, 8:10) | Scores |
1996-08-04 18 | A | Melbourne | 0.4 | 4.8 | 5.14 | 6.16 | 52 | LOST | Sydney | 4.1 | 6.6 | 11.9 | 17.13 | 115 | -63 | SCG | 1996-08-04 Aug 4 (Sun, 1:10) | Scores |
1996-08-10 19 | H | Melbourne | 4.2 | 12.6 | 17.8 | 20.9 | 129 | WON | Carlton | 3.2 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 17.8 | 110 | 19 | MCG | 1996-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-08-16 20 | H | Melbourne | 4.5 | 6.7 | 11.9 | 13.14 | 92 | WON | Fremantle | 1.3 | 5.3 | 9.8 | 10.11 | 71 | 21 | MCG | 1996-08-16 Aug 16 (Fri, 8:10) | Scores |
1996-08-25 21 | A | Melbourne | 1.2 | 7.6 | 7.11 | 11.12 | 78 | LOST | West Coast | 7.1 | 10.4 | 17.6 | 24.7 | 151 | -73 | SUB | 1996-08-25 Aug 25 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1996-08-31 22 | H | Melbourne | 5.4 | 7.5 | 12.8 | 15.11 | 101 | LOST | Hawthorn | 3.5 | 10.6 | 12.10 | 15.12 | 102 | -1 | MCG | 1996-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 7:40) | Scores |
1996 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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1 | Charles, Sean | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 20 | 6.7 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
23 | Clarkson, Alastair | 22 | 369 | 16.8 | 150 | 6.8 | 519 | 23.6 | 107 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 1.6 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 0.6 | 12 | 90 |
31 | Cockatoo-Collins, Don | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Cockatoo-Collins, David | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Doyle, Greg | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 21 | 3.0 | 9 | 1.3 | 21 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.7 | 2 | 32 |
33 | Farmer, Jeff | 19 | 130 | 6.8 | 91 | 4.8 | 221 | 11.6 | 38 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 1.3 | 19 | 25 | 37 | 1.9 | 24 | 246 |
20 | Febey, Matthew | 21 | 242 | 11.5 | 175 | 8.3 | 417 | 19.9 | 87 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 1.8 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0.3 | 7 | 43 |
21 | Febey, Steven | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 24 | 4.8 | 62 | 12.4 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Gaspar, Damien | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 10 | 1.3 | 38 | 4.8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
16 | Grant, David | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 17 | 2.4 | 52 | 7.4 | 23 | 3.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 9 | 1.3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
22 | Hilton, Jeff | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 18 | 3.6 | 40 | 8.0 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 13 |
15 | Hopgood, Paul | 21 | 208 | 9.9 | 98 | 4.7 | 306 | 14.6 | 55 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 1.1 | 27 | 29 | 3 | 0.1 | 5 | 23 |
27 | Ingerson, Anthony | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 66 | 3.7 | 133 | 7.4 | 52 | 2.9 | 22 | 1.2 | 14 | 0.8 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 0.6 | 5 | 65 |
34 | Irving, Dean | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 14 | 1.6 | 34 | 3.8 | 14 | 1.6 | 46 | 5.1 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 |
7 | Kowal, Darren | 22 | 160 | 7.3 | 91 | 4.1 | 251 | 11.4 | 44 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 1.0 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | 13 |
37 | Lamprill, Andrew | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 28 | 2.2 | 95 | 7.3 | 23 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 17 | 1.3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Leoncelli, Andrew | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 37 | 5.3 | 85 | 12.1 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 20 |
6 | Lovett, Glenn | 15 | 185 | 12.3 | 126 | 8.4 | 311 | 20.7 | 54 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 1.9 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 0.3 | 9 | 33 |
17 | Lovett, Brett | 20 | 180 | 9.0 | 212 | 10.6 | 392 | 19.6 | 86 | 4.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 22 | 1.1 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 0.5 | 6 | 60 |
3 | Lyon, Garry | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 11 | 1.8 | 61 | 10.2 | 25 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 2.5 | 8 | 98 |
45 | McHardy, Todd | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 3.0 | 18 | 6.0 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 6 |
28 | Molloy, Glenn | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 19 | 4.8 | 40 | 10.0 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Neitz, David | 22 | 181 | 8.2 | 66 | 3.0 | 247 | 11.2 | 110 | 5.0 | 27 | 1.2 | 22 | 1.0 | 28 | 32 | 56 | 2.5 | 26 | 362 |
18 | Nettelbeck, Craig | 20 | 146 | 7.3 | 115 | 5.8 | 261 | 13.1 | 80 | 4.0 | 11 | 0.6 | 9 | 0.5 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 0.5 | 6 | 66 |
25 | Norman, Luke | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 34 | 4.9 | 70 | 10.0 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1.3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
38 | O'Brien, Darren | 13 | 122 | 9.4 | 48 | 3.7 | 170 | 13.1 | 44 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1.5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 5 | 47 |
4 | Obst, Andrew | 22 | 208 | 9.5 | 182 | 8.3 | 390 | 17.7 | 67 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.3 | 30 | 1.4 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 0.4 | 5 | 53 |
35 | Ormond-Allen, Trent | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 15 | 2.1 | 43 | 6.1 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 8 |
14 | Polley, Michael | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 25 | 5.0 | 46 | 9.2 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Prymke, Paul | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 30 | 7.5 | 56 | 14.0 | 14 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.8 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Sampson, Clay | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 18 | 2.3 | 48 | 6.0 | 7 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 |
10 | Seecamp, Marcus | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 61 | 4.4 | 136 | 9.7 | 28 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 15 | 1.1 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 15 |
29 | Smith, Shaun | 17 | 114 | 6.7 | 44 | 2.6 | 158 | 9.3 | 55 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 1.2 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 1.2 | 11 | 137 |
11 | Stynes, Jim | 22 | 267 | 12.1 | 182 | 8.3 | 449 | 20.4 | 144 | 6.5 | 349 | 15.9 | 26 | 1.2 | 47 | 38 | 7 | 0.3 | 10 | 52 |
2 | Tingay, Stephen | 16 | 221 | 13.8 | 103 | 6.4 | 324 | 20.3 | 65 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 1.3 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 0.7 | 5 | 71 |
8 | Turley, Craig | 16 | 186 | 11.6 | 127 | 7.9 | 313 | 19.6 | 45 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 26 | 1.6 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 0.5 | 10 | 58 |
12 | Viney, Todd | 12 | 123 | 10.3 | 127 | 10.6 | 250 | 20.8 | 44 | 3.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 21 | 1.8 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0.1 | 8 | 14 |
13 | Yze, Adem | 19 | 136 | 7.2 | 40 | 2.1 | 176 | 9.3 | 48 | 2.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.8 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 0.5 | 8 | 62 |
Totals | 462 | 3841 | 8.3 | 2426 | 5.3 | 6267 | 13.6 | 1477 | 3.2 | 493 | 1.1 | 546 | 1.2 | 448 | 484 | 253 | 0.5 | 191 | 1709 |