1993 Foster's Cup

Last updated

1993 Foster's Cup
AFL pre-season competition
Season1993
Teams15
Winners Essendon (2nd title)
Matches played14
Attendance215,351 (average 15,382 per match)
Michael Tuck Medallist Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon)

The 1993 AFL Foster's Cup was the Australian Football League pre-season cup competition played in its entirety before the 1993 season began.

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

The 1993 Australian Football League season was the 97th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 4th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.

Contents

Games

1st Round

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Richmond 22.15 (147) Sydney 10.7 (67) Lavington Oval 7,062Saturday, 13 February
Carlton 9.18 (72) Footscray 10.14 (74) Waverley Park 20,019Saturday, 13 February
Fitzroy 15.9 (99) Geelong 13.9 (87) Waverley Park 6,423Sunday, 14 February
Collingwood 8.13 (61) Melbourne 9.11 (65) Princes Park 11,665Wednesday, 17 February
St Kilda 10.11 (71) West Coast 16.15 (111) Subiaco Oval -Saturday, 20 February
North Melbourne 5.6 (36) Adelaide 27.21 (183) Football Park 24,234Wednesday, 24 February
Essendon 16.17 (113) Brisbane 11.10 (76) Kardinia Park 3,929Saturday, 27 February

Quarter Finals

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Footscray 13.12 (90) Fitzroy 13.17 (95) Kardinia Park 4,179Sunday, 28 February
Hawthorn 11.7 (73) Richmond 17.11 (113) Waverley Park 16,288Wednesday, 3 March
Melbourne 5.9 (39) West Coast 11.9 (75) Waverley Park 7,276Saturday, 6 March
Adelaide 13.10 (88) Essendon 16.11 (107) Waverley Park 6,867Sunday, 7 March

Semi Finals

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Fitzroy 14.8 (92) Richmond 15.8 (98) Waverley Park 18,683Wednesday, 10 March
West Coast 9.7 (61) Essendon 12.9 (81) Waverley Park 13,193Saturday, 13 March

Final

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Richmond 11.13 (79) Essendon 14.18 (102) Waverley Park 75,533Saturday, 20 March

See also

Related Research Articles

Paul Kelly is a former Australian rules footballer, winner of the Brownlow Medal and captain of the Sydney Swans for ten seasons. He was and still is known to Swans fans everywhere as "Captain Courageous".

Robert Harvey (footballer) Australian rules footballer

Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently serving as the senior assistant coach and the midfield coach of the Collingwood Football Club, having joined Collingwood at the end of the 2011 season as an assistant coach.

Gavin Adrian Wanganeen is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Port Adelaide in both the AFL and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Wanganeen won the 1993 Brownlow Medal. Wanganeen is a descendant of the Kokata people. He is the first cousin of brothers Aaron and Alwyn Davey.

Nigel Lappin is a former professional Australian rules footballer. Lappin is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Geelong Football Club.

The NAB League is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing twelve Victorian regions, while a thirteenth team from Tasmania was reintroduced in 2019. The competition is sponsored by National Australia Bank, having previously been sponsored by the Transport Accident Commission since its inception.

Australian rules football in Canada

Australian rules football is a rapidly growing sport in Canada. Australian football is currently played in six Canadian provinces - Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and British Columbia. Saskatchewan is in the formative stages of development. The Ontario league, centred on Toronto but also including sides from cities as far afield as Guelph, Hamilton and Ottawa, is considered the largest league outside Australia. In western Canada, there are clubs in Edmonton, Calgary and a six-team league in the Vancouver area.

Australian rules football in Australia

Australian rules football originated in Melbourne in 1858. It has been played continuously in every state and territory of Australia since 1915, and is particularly popular in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and Northern Territory where it is the most watched and most played sport.

The 2008 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League pre-season competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2008 Premiership season began. It culminated with the Final played on 8 March 2008 at AAMI Stadium in which St Kilda beat Adelaide by 5 points.

The 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 1996 Premiership Season began. It culminated the Final in March 1996. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins.

The 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup was the Australian Football League competition played in its entirety before the Australian Football League's 2004 Premiership Season began. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins.

The 2009 NAB Cup is the Australian Football League pre-season competition that was played before the Australian Football League's 2009 Premiership season begins. It culminated with the Final on 13 March 2009 played between Geelong and Collingwood and was won by Geelong. The Final was originally scheduled for 14 March 2009 but was moved by the AFL so that the match did not clash with the Sound Relief benefit concert for the Victorian bushfires.

Brad Fox is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Foxtel Cup

The Leagues Championship Cup, officially branded under the sponsor's name as the Foxtel Cup, was an annual Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia. The tournament was organised by the Australian Football League (AFL), and was held annually between 2011 and 2014.

Gary Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jonathon Patton Australian footballer

Jonathon Patton is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Tom Sheridan is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL), after previously playing for Fremantle for seven years.

Hayden Crozier Australian footballer

Hayden Crozier is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2017.

Maroochydore Australian Football Club

Maroochydore Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland which competes in AFL Queensland leagues in South East Queensland. Their seniors compete in QFA Division 1,their reserves compete in QFA Division 1 Reserves, their thirds compete in QFA Division 4, they also have an Under 18 team which competes in QFA Colts Maroon. They have two women's teams, one competes in the top women's league in Queensland, the QWAFL and they have a women's reserves team which competes in QWFA Division 1.

Matthew Arnot is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Max Warren is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

References