1991 AFL season

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1991 AFL premiership season
Teams15
Premiers Hawthorn
9th premiership
Minor premiers West Coast
1st minor premiership
Pre-season cup Hawthorn
2nd pre-season cup win
Brownlow Medallist Jim Stynes (Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist Tony Lockett (St Kilda)
Attendance
Matches played172
Total attendance4,178,884 (24,296 per match)
Highest75,230 (Grand Final, Hawthorn vs. West Coast)
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The 1991 AFL season was the 95th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), which was known previously as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season ran from 22 March until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs, an increase from the top five clubs which had contested the finals since 1972.

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The season saw expansion of the league to fifteen clubs, with the admission of the newly established Adelaide Crows, based in Adelaide, South Australia. With at least one team representing each of the three major Australian rules football states, the league was now the highest level senior Australian rules football competition across Australia, as well as the top administrative body for football in Victoria.

The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the ninth time, after defeating West Coast by 53 points in the 1991 AFL Grand Final.

Foster's Cup

Hawthorn defeated North Melbourne 14.19 (103) to 7.12 (54) in the final.

Home-and-away season

The league expanded to 15 teams with the admission of the Adelaide Crows, meaning byes were required for the first time since 1943.

Each team played 22 games for the season with two byes: seven teams had a bye in round 1, and one team had a bye in each subsequent round.

Round 1

Round 1
Friday, 22 March (7:40 pm) Adelaide 24.11 (155)def. Hawthorn 9.15 (69) Football Park (crowd: 44,902) Report
Saturday, 23 March (2:10 pm) St Kilda 16.11 (107)def. Richmond 12.10 (82) Waverley Park (crowd: 33,192) Report
Sunday, 24 March (2:10 pm) Footscray 11.10 (76)def. by Collingwood 21.20 (146) Waverley Park (crowd: 38,861) Report
Sunday, 24 March (2:10 pm) West Coast 14.15 (99)def. Melbourne 2.8 (20) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 26,105) Report
Bye
Brisbane Bears, Carlton, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, North Melbourne, Sydney
  • The Jarman brothers Andrew (for Adelaide) and Darren (for Hawthorn) made their AFL debuts against each other in the season opener.

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Collingwood 8.10 (58) West Coast 13.7 (85) Waverley Park 39,266Saturday 30, March
Fitzroy 6.13 (49) Melbourne 27.18 (180) Princes Park 11,278Saturday 30, March
Brisbane Bears 8.10 (58) North Melbourne 15.14 (104) Carrara Stadium 5,724Saturday 30, March
Adelaide 12.9 (81) Carlton 15.14 (104) Football Park 43,850Sunday 31, March
Richmond 17.7 (109) Essendon 16.17 (113) MCG 31,793Monday 1, April
Geelong 18.22 (130) St Kilda 16.8 (104) Kardinia Park 26,303Monday 1, April
Hawthorn 25.16 (166) Sydney 10.15 (75) Princes Park 13,815Monday 1, April

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Carlton 18.19 (127) Brisbane Bears 9.16 (70) Princes Park 16,651Saturday 6, April
Collingwood 16.21 (117) Fitzroy 8.10 (58) Victoria Park 24,691Saturday 6, April
North Melbourne 13.16 (94) Essendon 25.17 (167) MCG 24,961Saturday 6, April
Hawthorn 20.16 (136) Richmond 11.13 (79) Waverley Park 25,960Saturday 6, April
Footscray 10.8 (68) Geelong 15.27 (117) Whitten Oval 20,875Sunday 7, April
Melbourne 21.19 (145) St Kilda 24.10 (154) MCG 27,266Sunday 7, April
Sydney 15.18 (108) Adelaide 19.18 (132) SCG 10,649Sunday 7, April

Round 4

Round 4
Friday, 12 April (7:40 pm) West Coast 18.19 (127)def. North Melbourne 8.7 (55) WACA Ground (crowd: 28,362) Report
Saturday, 13 April (2:10 pm) Essendon 12.20 (92)def. Adelaide 6.11 (47) Windy Hill (crowd: 20,197) Report
Saturday, 13 April (2:10 pm) Melbourne 23.17 (155)def. Carlton 17.8 (110) AFL Park (crowd: 32,573) Report
Saturday, 13 April (2:10 pm) St Kilda 13.16 (94)drew with Collingwood 13.16 (94) Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 31,213) Report
Saturday, 13 April (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 12.18 (90)def. by Footscray 15.16 (106) Princes Park (crowd: 10,351) Report
Saturday, 13 April (2:10 pm) Richmond 19.13 (127)def. by Sydney 24.20 (164) MCG (crowd: 17,294) Report
Sunday, 14 April (2:10 pm) Brisbane Bears 12.16 (88)def. by Geelong 27.28 (190) The Gabba (crowd: 12,654) Report
Bye
Hawthorn
  • This was the first time since 1981 that a match for VFL/AFL premiership points had been staged at The Gabba. Under the insistence of their new coach Robert Walls, the Bears would eventually relocate there permanently in 1993. The match is also noticeable with Geelong’s Bill Brownless kicking 11 goals in the match, which remains the record for most goals kicked in a match at the venue.

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Sydney 19.16 (130) Essendon 24.17 (161) SCG 13,140Friday 19, April
Collingwood 16.19 (115) Brisbane Bears 14.9 (93) Victoria Park 20,403Saturday 20, April
Fitzroy 12.17 (89) Richmond 16.17 (113) Princes Park 12,124Saturday 20, April
Footscray 17.16 (118) Hawthorn 16.11 (107) Waverley Park 21,448Saturday 20, April
Melbourne 28.14 (182) North Melbourne 17.10 (112) MCG 22,928Saturday 20, April
Geelong 13.17 (95) Carlton 8.10 (58) Kardinia Park 27,365Sunday 21, April
West Coast 19.16 (130) Adelaide 9.11 (65) Subiaco Oval 34,704Sunday 21, April

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Collingwood 10.17 (77) Melbourne 17.11 (113) Waverley Park 55,735Thursday 25, April
North Melbourne 27.26 (188) Sydney 21.8 (134) MCG 15,664Thursday 25, April
Carlton 13.16 (94) St Kilda 7.18 (60) Princes Park 29,005Saturday 27, April
Geelong 13.11 (89) West Coast 19.20 (134) Waverley Park 33,905Saturday 27, April
Brisbane Bears 12.11 (83) Essendon 16.18 (114) Carrara Stadium 9,253Saturday 27, April
Fitzroy 11.8 (74) Hawthorn 36.15 (231) North Hobart Oval 13,335Sunday 28, April
Adelaide 19.14 (128) Footscray 14.13 (97) Football Park 36,695Sunday 28, April

Round 7

Round 7
Friday, 3 May (7:40 pm) North Melbourne 21.15 (141)def. Fitzroy 14.13 (97) MCG (crowd: 13,111) Report
Saturday, 4 May (2:10 pm) St Kilda 24.18 (162)def. Adelaide 4.7 (31) Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 25,057) Report
Saturday, 4 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 18.18 (126)def. Brisbane Bears 17.11 (113) MCG (crowd: 14,722) Report
Saturday, 4 May (2:10 pm) Essendon 17.13 (115)def. Carlton 13.16 (94) Waverley Park (crowd: 47,651) Report
Saturday, 4 May (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 8.14 (62)def. by West Coast 21.18 (144) Princes Park (crowd: 18,585) Report
Sunday, 5 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 20.13 (133)def. Richmond 14.17 (101) Western Oval (crowd: 18,644) Report
Sunday, 5 May (2:10 pm) Sydney 20.24 (144)def. Geelong 14.14 (98) SCG (crowd: 11,244) Report
Bye
Collingwood
  • St Kilda stars Nicky Winmar and Tony Lockett marked their long-awaited return to action with outstanding performances as the Saints set a new club record for biggest win, eclipsing their 110-point win against Fitzroy in 1970. The signs were ominous when Lockett goaled in the opening minute after marking a pass from Robert Harvey, eventually finishing with 12 goals. The Crows weren't helped by the loss of Andrew Jarman to a shoulder injury in the first quarter. [1]
  • In their match at the MCG, Brisbane Bears led Melbourne for much of the afternoon, and appeared to have won when former Geelong player Shane Hamilton put the Bears 19 points ahead at the 19-minute mark of the final quarter. The Demons mounted a comeback when Darren Cuthbertson goaled from a controversial free kick after Bears defender John Gastev was penalized for holding the ball, and hit the front with goals to Jim Stynes and Ricky Jackson to eventually run out 13-point winners. Cuthbertson and Darren Bennett kicked five goals each for the winners. [2]

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Hawthorn 18.14 (122) Carlton 11.12 (78) Waverley Park 29,727Saturday 11, May
Essendon 13.9 (87) West Coast 14.10 (94) Windy Hill 21,438Saturday 11, May
Fitzroy 10.10 (70) Sydney 21.21 (147) Princes Park 7,416Saturday 11, May
Melbourne 17.19 (121) Footscray 12.10 (82) MCG 23,617Saturday 11, May
Geelong 17.17 (119) North Melbourne 22.18 (150) Kardinia Park 17,746Saturday 11, May
Richmond 24.15 (159) Collingwood 15.12 (102) MCG 28,322Sunday 12, May
Brisbane Bears 12.7 (79) St Kilda 21.22 (148) Gabba 9,828Sunday 12, May

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
North Melbourne 18.12 (120) Adelaide 18.10 (118) MCG 16,175Friday 17, May
Carlton 13.15 (93) Richmond 12.9 (81) Princes Park 23,087Saturday 18, May
Collingwood 13.12 (90) Geelong 18.24 (132) Victoria Park 26,262Saturday 18, May
Hawthorn 15.13 (103) Essendon 13.9 (87) Waverley Park 40,537Saturday 18, May
Footscray 15.11 (101) Brisbane Bears 14.12 (96) Whitten Oval 10,585Saturday 18, May
West Coast 17.23 (125) Fitzroy 3.8 (26) Subiaco Oval 23,586Sunday 19, May
Sydney 16.17 (113) St Kilda 18.11 (119) SCG 13,284Sunday 19, May

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Adelaide 15.16 (106) Melbourne 10.12 (72) Football Park 43,722Friday 24, May
Collingwood 16.12 (108) Hawthorn 23.13 (151) Waverley Park 45,595Saturday 25, May
St Kilda 11.15 (81) Essendon 16.13 (109) Moorabbin Oval 33,832Saturday 25, May
Fitzroy 19.13 (127) Geelong 14.22 (106) Princes Park 10,214Saturday 25, May
North Melbourne 21.15 (141) Footscray 18.19 (127) MCG 17,254Saturday 25, May
Brisbane Bears 10.15 (75) Richmond 12.10 (82) Carrara Stadium 7,330Sunday 26, May
West Coast 15.16 (106) Sydney 10.12 (72) Subiaco Oval 33,498Sunday 26, May

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
North Melbourne 18.22 (130) Collingwood 17.12 (114) MCG 28,299Saturday 1, June
Essendon 12.14 (86) Melbourne 12.8 (80) Windy Hill 21,635Saturday 1, June
Geelong 27.15 (177) Adelaide 14.9 (93) Kardinia Park 17,644Saturday 1, June
Hawthorn 10.17 (77) St Kilda 15.13 (103) Princes Park 20,832Saturday 1, June
Richmond 12.8 (80) West Coast 17.15 (117) Waverley Park 15,476Saturday 1, June
Footscray 8.9 (57) Carlton 1.10 (16) Whitten Oval 16,036Sunday 2, June
Sydney 18.13 (121) Brisbane Bears 26.12 (168) SCG 7,657Sunday 2, June

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Carlton 12.10 (82) Collingwood 10.2 (62) Waverley Park 39,832Saturday 8, June
Footscray 4.11 (35) Sydney 5.5 (35) Whitten Oval 11,236Saturday 8, June
Brisbane Bears 14.9 (93) West Coast 21.19 (145) Carrara Stadium 5,728Sunday 9, June
Adelaide 7.8 (50) Fitzroy 7.5 (47) Football Park 31,273Sunday 9, June
Hawthorn 13.18 (96) Geelong 20.16 (136) Princes Park 23,123Monday 10, June
Melbourne 13.12 (90) Richmond 14.12 (96) MCG 29,415Monday 10, June
St Kilda 15.11 (101) North Melbourne 8.18 (66) Moorabbin Oval 31,242Monday 10, June

Round 13

Round 13
Friday, 14 June (7:40 pm) West Coast 25.15 (165)def. Footscray 7.5 (47) WACA Ground (crowd: 25,117) Report
Saturday, 15 June (2:10 pm) Richmond 6.11 (47)def. by Adelaide 12.13 (85) MCG (crowd: 16,235) Report
Saturday, 15 June (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 22.17 (149)def. Brisbane Bears 9.8 (62) Princes Park (crowd: 5,741) Report
Saturday, 15 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 10.14 (74)def. by Collingwood 11.10 (76) Waverley Park (crowd: 41,948) Report
Sunday, 16 June (1:10 pm) Fitzroy 15.8 (98)def. by St Kilda 17.9 (111) North Hobart Oval (crowd: 13,746) Report
Sunday, 16 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 16.8 (104)def. by Geelong 20.14 (134) MCG (crowd: 40,930) Report
Sunday, 16 June (3:10 pm) Sydney 18.16 (124)def. Carlton 17.8 (110) SCG (crowd: 12,769) Report
Bye
North Melbourne
  • In the Friday evening game in Perth, West Coast continued their unbeaten start to the season and extended their winning streak to 12 games when they pounded Footscray by 118 points, equalling their biggest winning margin which was set against Brisbane Bears in 1988. Full-forward Peter Sumich became the first Eagles player to kick ten or more goals in a game and finished with a career-best 13 goals.
  • Going into three-quarter time with a one-point lead, Adelaide kicked six goals to none in the final quarter to defeat Richmond and win their first game in Melbourne. After the match, Crows coach Graham Cornes acknowledged the significance of the win and took the opportunity to accuse the Victorian football media of a "xenophobic" attitude towards non-Victorian teams, also claiming that South Australian football crowds were "angels" compared to the crowds at Melbourne's suburban football grounds. [3]
  • The game between Melbourne and Geelong marked the much-anticipated return of Gary Ablett from his premature retirement announcement earlier in the year. He had a modest game with ten touches and two goals, while teammate Bill Brownless took several spectacular marks and kicked seven goals as the Cats ran out winners by 30 points and consigned the Demons to a fourth straight loss. [4]

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Richmond 19.14 (128) North Melbourne 26.16 (172) MCG 23,353Friday 21, June
Carlton 12.11 (83) West Coast 11.14 (80) Princes Park 19,588Saturday 22, June
Collingwood 20.23 (143) Sydney 6.8 (44) Victoria Park 22,332Saturday 22, June
Essendon 17.20 (122) Fitzroy 12.11 (83) Windy Hill 16,519Saturday 22, June
St Kilda 16.6 (102) Footscray 8.21 (69) Moorabbin Oval 23,963Saturday 22, June
Melbourne 11.11 (77) Hawthorn 19.13 (127) Waverley Park 30,664Saturday 22, June
Adelaide 23.18 (156) Brisbane Bears 13.12 (90) Football Park 35,355Sunday 23, June

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
North Melbourne 18.7 (115) Hawthorn 27.17 (179) MCG 25,819Friday 28, June
Collingwood 23.22 (160) Adelaide 5.7 (37) Victoria Park 25,164Saturday 29, June
Fitzroy 6.5 (41) Carlton 8.12 (60) Princes Park 15,147Saturday 29, June
Footscray 11.23 (89) Essendon 6.7 (43) Whitten Oval 17,536Saturday 29, June
Geelong 19.17 (131) Richmond 14.14 (98) Waverley Park 22,688Saturday 29, June
Sydney 14.10 (94) Melbourne 26.21 (177) SCG 10,569Sunday 30, June
West Coast 21.11 (137) St Kilda 14.9 (93) Subiaco 42,255Sunday 30, June

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Carlton 14.5 (89) North Melbourne 13.17 (95) Princes Park 23,191Saturday 6, July
Collingwood 20.13 (133) Footscray 13.2 (80) Victoria Park 27,757Saturday 6, July
Hawthorn 23.20 (158) Adelaide 14.11 (95) Waverley Park 21,715Saturday 6, July
Melbourne 11.10 (76) West Coast 14.16 (100) MCG 25,799Saturday 6, July
Geelong 13.21 (99) Essendon 10.15 (75) Kardinia Park 31,096Sunday 7, July
Brisbane Bears 26.14 (170) Fitzroy 15.15 (105) Gabba 7,373Sunday 7, July
Richmond 13.18 (96) St Kilda 18.16 (124) MCG 32,782Sunday 7, July

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
West Coast 20.15 (135) Collingwood 8.6 (54) WACA 30,715Friday 12, July
Carlton 6.12 (48) Adelaide 7.13 (55) Princes Park 13,509Saturday 13, July
Essendon 6.7 (43) Richmond 7.18 (60) Windy Hill 13,501Saturday 13, July
Melbourne 12.20 (92) Fitzroy 7.13 (55) MCG 12,710Saturday 13, July
St Kilda 9.13 (67) Geelong 18.8 (116) Moorabbin Oval 28,789Saturday 13, July
North Melbourne 15.13 (103) Brisbane Bears 14.6 (90) Waverley Park 7,239Saturday 13, July
Sydney 14.19 (103) Hawthorn 15.24 (114) SCG 12,143Sunday 14, July

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Fitzroy 15.21 (111) Collingwood 18.16 (124) Princes Park 14,129Saturday 20, July
Essendon 19.9 (123) North Melbourne 5.19 (49) Windy Hill 19,322Saturday 20, July
Richmond 13.10 (88) Hawthorn 13.16 (94) Waverley Park 24,731Saturday 20, July
St Kilda 16.14 (110) Melbourne 17.9 (111) Moorabbin Oval 24,950Saturday 20, July
Brisbane Bears 14.16 (100) Carlton 12.21 (93) Carrara Stadium 9,735Sunday 21, July
Geelong 20.16 (136) Footscray 10.8 (68) Kardinia Park 22,145Sunday 21, July
Adelaide 16.22 (118) Sydney 19.8 (122) Football Park 40,794Sunday 21, July

Round 19

Round 19
Friday, 26 July (7:40 pm) North Melbourne 12.13 (85)def. West Coast 11.16 (82) MCG (crowd: 19,399) Report
Saturday, 27 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 24.15 (159)def. Brisbane Bears 8.10 (58) Kardinia Park (crowd: 13,639) Report
Saturday, 27 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 10.8 (68)def. by Melbourne 11.14 (80) Princes Park (crowd: 16,110) Report
Saturday, 27 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 13.7 (85)def. St Kilda 7.11 (53) Waverley Park (crowd: 53,315) Report
Saturday, 27 July (2:10 pm) Footscray 16.12 (108)def. Fitzroy 7.9 (51) Western Oval (crowd: 8,977) Report
Sunday, 28 July (2:10 pm) Sydney 14.15 (99)def. Richmond 12.20 (92) SCG (crowd: 9,276) Report
Sunday, 28 July (7:40 pm) Adelaide 16.12 (108)def. Essendon 12.9 (81) Football Park (crowd: 41,716) Report
Bye
Hawthorn

Round 20

Round 20
Saturday, 3 August (2:10 pm) Carlton 16.9 (105)def. Geelong 14.19 (103) Princes Park (crowd: 20,277) Report
Saturday, 3 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 22.19 (151)def. Sydney 12.12 (84) Windy Hill (crowd: 14,341) Report
Saturday, 3 August (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 12.11 (83)def. Footscray 10.9 (69) Waverley Park (crowd: 20,670) Report
Saturday, 3 August (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 13.10 (88)def. by Melbourne 20.20 (140) MCG (crowd: 28,323) Report
Saturday, 3 August (7:40 pm) Brisbane Bears 10.11 (71)def. by Collingwood 26.16 (172) Carrara Stadium (crowd: 9,302) Report
Sunday, 4 August (2:10 pm) Richmond 13.19 (97)def. by Fitzroy 23.18 (156) MCG (crowd: 16,434) Report
Sunday, 4 August (2:10 pm) Adelaide 11.14 (80)def. by West Coast 14.11 (95) Football Park (crowd: 45,864) Report
Bye
St Kilda
  • Carlton produced its second major upset of the season, shaking off four consecutive narrow losses and surviving a last-quarter fightback from second-placed Geelong to win by two points. The Blues players kept a promise to coach David Parkin that they would produce a four-quarter effort, while Cats coach Malcolm Blight lamented his side's inconsistency. [5]

Round 21

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
West Coast 11.16 (82) Geelong 12.9 (81) WACA 30,987Friday 9, August
St Kilda 23.17 (155) Carlton 15.11 (101) Waverley Park 32,615Saturday 10, August
Melbourne 8.7 (55) Collingwood 19.13 (127) MCG 50,085Saturday 10, August
Essendon 23.19 (157) Brisbane Bears 17.10 (112) Windy Hill 12,970Saturday 10, August
Hawthorn 28.27 (195) Fitzroy 10.9 (69) Princes Park 11,500Saturday 10, August
Footscray 8.16 (64) Adelaide 6.4 (40) Whitten Oval 11,452Saturday 10, August
Sydney 13.22 (100) North Melbourne 20.16 (136) SCG 13,252Sunday 11, August

Round 22

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Adelaide 12.9 (81) St Kilda 20.12 (132) Football Park 45,440Friday 16, August
Carlton 12.12 (84) Essendon 13.10 (88) Waverley Park 34,588Saturday 17, August
Fitzroy 22.16 (148) North Melbourne 21.21 (147) Princes Park 8,588Saturday 17, August
Richmond 14.11 (95) Footscray 11.12 (78) MCG 15,466Saturday 17, August
Geelong 17.13 (115) Sydney 13.10 (88) Kardinia Park 17,755Saturday 17, August
Brisbane Bears 13.13 (91) Melbourne 15.13 (103) Gabba 6,480Sunday 18, August
West Coast 15.9 (99) Hawthorn 11.9 (75) Subiaco Oval 35,001Sunday 18, August

Round 23

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Sydney 21.14 (140) Fitzroy 13.16 (94) SCG 8,553Friday 23, August
Carlton 8.10 (58) Hawthorn 23.18 (156) Princes Park 18,521Saturday 24, August
Collingwood 18.18 (126) Richmond 14.9 (93) Victoria Park 29,541Saturday 24, August
North Melbourne 8.10 (58) Geelong 13.12 (90) Waverley Park 26,445Saturday 24, August
St Kilda 27.12 (174) Brisbane Bears 7.12 (54) Moorabbin Oval 16,364Saturday 24, August
West Coast 16.19 (115) Essendon 7.10 (52) Subiaco Oval 38,990Sunday 25, August
Footscray 6.9 (45) Melbourne 8.8 (56) Whitten Oval 16,380Sunday 25, August

Round 24

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Richmond 20.18 (138) Carlton 18.15 (123) MCG 21,854Saturday 31, August
Geelong 16.11 (107) Collingwood 8.18 (66) Kardinia Park 28,491Saturday 31, August
Essendon 9.9 (63) Hawthorn 21.17 (143) Waverley Park 48,311Saturday 31, August
Fitzroy 14.15 (99) West Coast 12.17 (89) Princes Park 7,308Saturday 31, August
St Kilda 24.14 (158) Sydney 17.17 (119) Moorabbin Oval 24,106Saturday 31, August
Brisbane Bears 8.14 (62) Footscray 14.14 (98) Carrara Stadium 4,721Saturday 31, August
Adelaide 28.12 (180) North Melbourne 16.11 (107) Football Park 36,220Sunday 1, September

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 West Coast 22193024851532162.276
2 Hawthorn (P)22166027932055135.964
3 Geelong 22166026602021131.664
4 St Kilda 22147125122087120.458
5 Melbourne 22139023552123110.952
6 Essendon 22139022032017109.252
7 Collingwood 22129123492033115.550
8 North Melbourne 22121002456269391.248
9 Adelaide 22101202041228289.440
10 Footscray 2291211815206487.938
11 Carlton 2281401878211388.932
12 Sydney 2271412360277885.030
13 Richmond 2271502141245087.428
14 Fitzroy 2241801837277166.316
15 Brisbane Bears 2231901976284269.512

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 102.6
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Finals week 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Melbourne 17.11 (113) Essendon 11.9 (75) Waverley Park 46,032Saturday 7, September
Geelong 15.14 (104) St Kilda 14.13 (97) Waverley Park 63,796Sunday 8, September
West Coast 15.11 (101) Hawthorn 18.16 (124) Subiaco Oval 44,142Sunday 8, September

Finals week 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Hawthorn 13.17 (95) Geelong 13.15 (93) Waverley Park 63,733Saturday 14, September
West Coast 17.15 (117) Melbourne 12.7 (79) Waverley Park 41,136Sunday 15, September

Preliminary final

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Geelong 8.16 (64) West Coast 11.13 (79) Waverley Park 47,638Saturday 21, September

Grand final

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Hawthorn 20.19 (139) West Coast 13.8 (86) Waverley Park 75,230Saturday 28, September

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Jason Hadfield Dunstall is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Michael Tuck is a seven-time premiership-winning player, Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) / Australian Football League (AFL).

The 1999 AFL season was the 103rd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 25 March until 25 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

Darren Robert Jarman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Jarman is recognised, along with older brother Andrew, as one of the most skillful South Australian footballers of the late 1980s and 1990s. While Andrew was renowned for his constructive handball skills, Darren was regarded as one of the finest kicks on either foot, whether passing to a leading forward or shooting for goal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australian Football League</span> Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season in 1897. It changed its name to Australian Football League in 1990 after expanding its competition to other Australian states in the 1980s. The AFL publishes its Laws of Australian football, which are used, with variations, by other Australian rules football organisations.

The 1990 AFL season was the 94th season of the Australian Football League (AFL) and the first under this name, having been known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. It was the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria; and, as it featured clubs from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, it was the de facto highest level senior competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 31 March until 6 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

The 1996 AFL season was the 100th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs and ran from 29 March until 28 September. It comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs, as well as several celebrations of the league's centenary.

The Australian Football League finals series, more generally known as the AFL finals, and known from 1897 until 1989 as the Victorian Football League finals series or VFL finals, is a playoff tournament held at the end of each AFL season to determine the premier. The top eight teams qualify for the finals based on the home-and-away season results, and finals matches are played over four weeks under the conventions of the AFL final eight system, culminating in the AFL Grand Final. The finals series is traditionally held throughout September.

The 1987 VFL season was the 91st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL). The season ran from 27 March until 26 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1997 AFL Grand Final</span> Grand final of the 1997 Australian Football League season

The 1997 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1997. It was the 101st annual grand final of the Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1997 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,645 spectators, was won by Adelaide by a margin of 31 points, marking that club's first premiership victory.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1942 VFL season</span> 46th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)

The 1942 VFL season was the 46th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

The 1982 VFL season was the 86th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 20 March until 25 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hawthorn Football Club</span> Australian rules football club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawthorn, making it the youngest Victorian-based team in the AFL.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1991 AFL Grand Final</span> Grand final of the 1991 Australian Football League season

The 1991 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at Waverley Park in Melbourne on 28 September 1991. It was the 94th annual grand final of the Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1991 AFL season. The match, attended 75,230 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 53 points, marking that club's ninth premiership victory.

The AFL Australian Football League is the top professional Australian rules football league in the world. The league consists of eighteen teams: nine based in the city of Melbourne, one from regional Victoria, and eight based in other Australian states. The reason for this unbalanced geographic distribution lies in the history of the league, which was based solely within Victoria from the time it was established in 1897, until the time the league expanded through the addition of clubs from interstate to the existing teams starting in the 1980s; until this expansion, the league was known as the VFL (Victorian Football League).

References

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  2. ↑ "Demons pull a rabbit out of the hat at MCG". The Canberra Times . Vol. 65, no. 20, 476. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 May 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 10 June 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Crow pecks at media after win". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 June 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 11 June 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Demons sink out of top six". The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 June 1991. p. 26. Retrieved 10 June 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "'One of those days' for Blues and Cats". The Canberra Times . Vol. 65, no. 20, 567. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 August 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 12 June 2021– via National Library of Australia.
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