1994 AFL season

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1994 AFL premiership season
Teams15
Premiers West Coast
2nd premiership
Minor premiers West Coast
2nd minor premiership
Pre-season cup Essendon
3rd pre-season cup win
Brownlow Medallist Greg Williams (Carlton)
Leading goalkicker Gary Ablett (Geelong)
Attendance
Matches played174
Total attendance5,237,398 (30,100 per match)
Highest93,860 (Grand Final, West Coast vs. Geelong)
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The 1994 AFL season was the 98th 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 fifteen clubs, ran from 26 March until 1 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs – an increase from the six clubs which had contested the finals in previous years.

Contents

The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles for the second time, after it defeated Geelong by 80 points in the 1994 AFL Grand Final.

Foster's Cup

Essendon 15.12 (102) defeated Adelaide 9.14 (68) in the final.

Rule changes

There were several significant alterations to the laws of the game brought in for the 1994 season:

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Collingwood 17.12 (114) Fitzroy 16.7 (103) Victoria Park 25,602Saturday 26, March
Footscray 17.11 (113) Richmond 17.9 (111) Whitten Oval 18,592Saturday 26, March
St Kilda 15.7 (97) Hawthorn 23.15 (153) Waverley Park 29,582Saturday 26, March
Essendon 12.10 (82) West Coast 11.13 (79) MCG 39,492Saturday 26, March
Melbourne 26.18 (174) Geelong 16.13 (109) MCG 39,741Sunday 27, March
Brisbane Bears 13.21 (99) Sydney 12.17 (89) Gabba 7,901Sunday 27, March
Adelaide 22.18 (150) Carlton 13.6 (84) Football Park 44,953Sunday 27, March

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 2 April (2:00 pm) Fitzroy 17.10 (112)def. Essendon 14.15 (99) Optus Oval (crowd: 24,872) Report
Saturday, 2 April (2:00 pm) North Melbourne 21.16 (142)def. St Kilda 10.13 (73) MCG (crowd: 27,195) Report
Saturday, 2 April (2:08 pm) Hawthorn 8.16 (64)def. by Melbourne 17.16 (118) Waverley Park (crowd: 29,581) Report
Sunday, 3 April (2:08 pm) Richmond 20.14 (134)def. Brisbane Bears 11.6 (72) MCG (crowd: 15,333) Report
Sunday, 3 April (2:15 pm) West Coast 14.13 (97)def. Adelaide 11.12 (78) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 28,228) Report
Monday, 4 April (2:00 pm) Geelong 22.20 (152)def. Footscray 8.16 (64) Kardinia Park (crowd: 24,019) Report
Monday, 4 April (2:08 pm) Carlton 9.12 (66)def. by Collingwood 14.16 (100) MCG (crowd: 85,063) Report
Bye
Sydney
  • Under pressure to respond after their poor showing against Melbourne the previous week, Geelong scored their biggest win over Footscray, starting and finishing strongly to run out winners by 88 points. [4] Gary Ablett kicked seven goals and ruckman John Barnes' masterful display (22 hit-outs and 24 disposals) would gain him three Brownlow votes. In the middle of the week, the Footscray board sacked Terry Wheeler and replaced him with ex-Hawthorn coach Alan Joyce. [5]
Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Fitzroy 17.10 (112) Essendon 14.15 (99) Optus Oval 24,872Saturday 2, April
North Melbourne 21.16 (142) St Kilda 10.13 (73) MCG 27,195Saturday 2, April
Hawthorn 8.16 (64) Melbourne 17.16 (118) Waverley Park 29,581Saturday 2, April
West Coast 14.13 (97) Adelaide 11.12 (78) Subiaco Oval 28,228Sunday 3, April
Richmond 20.14 (134) Brisbane Bears 11.6 (72) MCG 15,333Sunday 3, April
Geelong 22.20 (152) Footscray 8.16 (64) Kardinia Park 24,019Monday 4, April
Carlton 9.12 (66) Collingwood 14.16 (100) MCG 85,063Monday 4, April

Round 3

Home teamHome team Away teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
North Melbourne 25.23 (173) Hawthorn 6.10 (46) MCG 36,726Friday 8, April
St Kilda 16.12 (108) Essendon 14.10 (94) Waverley Park 30,454Saturday 9, April
Fitzroy 17.9 (111) Brisbane Bears 12.6 (78) Whitten Oval 8,829Saturday 9, April
Richmond 5.9 (39) West Coast 20.15 (135) MCG 19,609Saturday 9, April
Carlton 14.15 (99) Geelong 10.10 (70) Optus Oval 28,496Sunday 10, April
Collingwood 14.11 (95) Footscray 12.22 (94) MCG 38,307Sunday 10, April
Sydney 21.9 (135) Adelaide 24.10 (154) SCG 11,068Sunday 10, April

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Sydney 11.20 (86) Richmond 10.12 (72) SCG 9,727Friday 15, April
Hawthorn 11.7 (73) Carlton 24.16 (160) Waverley Park 30,944Saturday 16, April
Footscray 14.15 (99) North Melbourne 17.10 (112) Whitten Oval 21,630Saturday 16, April
Essendon 9.12 (66) Melbourne 12.12 (84) MCG 61,193Saturday 16, April
West Coast 18.21 (129) Fitzroy 8.5 (53) WACA 28,980Saturday 16, April
Brisbane Bears 22.19 (151) St Kilda 15.8 (98) Gabba 11,290Sunday 17, April
Adelaide 15.14 (104) Geelong 11.11 (77) Football Park 45,638Sunday 17, April

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Melbourne 17.15 (117) Brisbane Bears 4.6 (30) MCG 20,946Friday 22, April
Geelong 17.18 (120) North Melbourne 15.15 (105) Kardinia Park 23,490Saturday 23, April
Fitzroy 20.17 (137) Sydney 20.9 (129) Whitten Oval 10,514Saturday 23, April
Essendon 14.14 (98) Collingwood 14.10 (94) MCG 74,330Saturday 23, April
Adelaide 13.15 (93) Footscray 17.8 (110) Football Park 44,426Sunday 24, April
West Coast 8.10 (58) Hawthorn 19.15 (129) Subiaco Oval 27,357Sunday 24, April
St Kilda 10.10 (70) Richmond 15.22 (112) Waverley Park 37,870Monday 25, April

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Carlton 20.14 (134) Sydney 11.8 (74) Optus Oval 22,810Saturday 30, April
Collingwood 8.7 (55) Melbourne 9.6 (60) Waverley Park 47,211Saturday 30, April
North Melbourne 13.8 (86) West Coast 18.15 (123) MCG 27,022Saturday 30, April
Brisbane Bears 17.8 (110) Adelaide 18.13 (121) Gabba 9,457Saturday 30, April

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Hawthorn 12.16 (88) Essendon 11.9 (75) Waverley Park 33,927Saturday 7, May
Richmond 20.13 (133) Fitzroy 13.14 (92) Optus Oval 14,614Saturday 7, May
Melbourne 8.10 (58) North Melbourne 13.12 (90) MCG 34,601Saturday 7, May
Sydney 17.7 (109) St Kilda 16.14 (110) SCG 9,295Sunday 8, May
Geelong 18.16 (124) Collingwood 13.18 (96) MCG 52,342Sunday 8, May
Footscray 12.14 (86) Brisbane Bears 7.7 (49) Whitten Oval 12,181Sunday 8, May
West Coast 16.19 (115) Carlton 6.13 (49) Subiaco Oval 26,676Sunday 8, May

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Richmond 16.11 (107) Carlton 20.15 (135) MCG 50,227Friday 13, May
Hawthorn 25.16 (166) Brisbane Bears 10.7 (67) Waverley Park 12,233Saturday 14, May
Fitzroy 13.12 (90) North Melbourne 17.17 (119) Whitten Oval 11,334Saturday 14, May
Collingwood 19.13 (127) St Kilda 11.12 (78) MCG 35,851Saturday 14, May
Melbourne 13.13 (91) Footscray 14.10 (94) MCG 28,559Sunday 15, May
Sydney 9.17 (71) Geelong 25.15 (165) SCG 11,142Sunday 15, May
Essendon 20.11 (131) Adelaide 13.10 (88) Optus Oval 28,626Sunday 15, May

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
North Melbourne 17.19 (121) Collingwood 13.10 (88) MCG 72,216Friday 20, May
Geelong 21.16 (142) Richmond 11.12 (78) Kardinia Park 22,777Saturday 21, May
Melbourne 14.13 (97) Sydney 16.10 (106) MCG 19,333Saturday 21, May
Carlton 7.20 (62) Essendon 9.9 (63) Waverley Park 40,080Saturday 21, May
Footscray 7.10 (52) West Coast 12.11 (83) Whitten Oval 14,923Saturday 21, May
Adelaide 7.6 (48) Hawthorn 22.13 (145) Football Park 44,403Sunday 22, May
St Kilda 11.9 (75) Fitzroy 8.14 (62) Waverley Park 15,249Sunday 22, May

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
West Coast 14.17 (101) Sydney 10.15 (75) WACA 27,901Friday 27, May
Carlton 16.13 (109) Footscray 13.19 (97) Optus Oval 23,691Saturday 28, May
St Kilda 4.8 (32) Melbourne 15.16 (106) Waverley Park 19,914Saturday 28, May
Collingwood 16.14 (110) Hawthorn 10.14 (74) Victoria Park 26,718Saturday 28, May
Essendon 16.16 (112) Geelong 15.11 (101) MCG 75,129Saturday 28, May
Brisbane Bears 17.18 (120) North Melbourne 12.21 (93) Gabba 10,953Sunday 29, May
Adelaide 15.13 (103) Fitzroy 9.10 (64) Football Park 42,915Sunday 29, May

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Fitzroy 12.8 (80) Carlton 20.15 (135) Waverley Park 19,090Saturday 4, June
Essendon 24.10 (154) Richmond 17.6 (108) Optus Oval 22,547Saturday 4, June
Geelong 15.11 (101) Brisbane Bears 19.12 (126) Kardinia Park 18,599Saturday 4, June
Collingwood 13.12 (90) Adelaide 8.19 (67) Victoria Park 27,390Saturday 4, June
Hawthorn 20.5 (125) Footscray 8.13 (61) Waverley Park 22,895Sunday 5, June
Sydney 16.10 (106) North Melbourne 19.12 (126) SCG 11,182Sunday 5, June
Melbourne 11.8 (74) West Coast 18.10 (118) MCG 31,324Sunday 5, June

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 11 June (2:00 pm) Geelong 17.11 (113)def. St Kilda 16.14 (110) Kardinia Park (crowd: 23,696) Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:08 pm) North Melbourne 21.23 (149)def. Adelaide 10.9 (69) Optus Oval (crowd: 16,643) Report
Saturday, 11 June (2:08 pm) Melbourne 13.16 (94)def. by Carlton 18.13 (121) MCG (crowd: 52,199) Report
Sunday, 12 June (1:15 pm) Sydney 13.5 (83)def. by Hawthorn 21.15 (141) SCG (crowd: 12,251) Report
Sunday, 12 June (4:15 pm) West Coast 11.12 (78)def. Brisbane Bears 10.9 (69) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 23,492) Report
Monday, 13 June (2:00 pm) Footscray 13.14 (92)def. Essendon 9.10 (64) Waverley Park (crowd: 39,181) Report
Monday, 13 June (2:08 pm) Richmond 14.18 (102)def. Collingwood 4.12 (36) MCG (crowd: 61,983) Report
Bye
Fitzroy
  • Despite missing key players Robert Harvey, Stewart Loewe and Tony Lockett, St Kilda led Geelong at three-quarter time by 26 points after kicking seven goals to nil in the third quarter. However, a spectacular last quarter by Gary Ablett in which he kicked four of his seven goals, and an intercept of Rod Keogh's attempted pass in the forward pocket to Nicky Winmar in the final minute, enabled the Cats to escape with a three-point win. [6]

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Carlton 22.13 (145) St Kilda 10.5 (65) Optus Oval 22,927Saturday 18, June
Hawthorn 7.11 (53) Fitzroy 10.6 (66) Waverley Park 17,599Saturday 18, June
Richmond 9.18 (72) North Melbourne 10.7 (67) MCG 26,917Saturday 18, June
Footscray 20.14 (134) Sydney 9.6 (60) Whitten Oval 13,070Sunday 19, June
Brisbane Bears 17.12 (114) Essendon 11.15 (81) Gabba 18,484Sunday 19, June
Collingwood 18.13 (121) West Coast 12.12 (84) MCG 27,699Sunday 19, June
Adelaide 11.17 (83) Melbourne 12.6 (78) Football Park 41,189Sunday 19, June

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
North Melbourne 13.10 (88) Carlton 15.16 (106) MCG 45,177Friday 24, June
Footscray 21.18 (144) Fitzroy 6.4 (40) Whitten Oval 16,085Saturday 25, June
Melbourne 9.8 (62) Richmond 11.12 (78) MCG 32,528Saturday 25, June
St Kilda 12.7 (79) Adelaide 11.13 (79) Waverley Park 13,868Saturday 25, June
Geelong 10.15 (75) West Coast 14.9 (93) Kardinia Park 21,939Saturday 25, June
Essendon 19.15 (129) Sydney 14.11 (95) MCG 27,094Sunday 26, June
Brisbane Bears 17.19 (121) Collingwood 11.11 (77) Gabba 18,881Sunday 26, June

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
West Coast 19.14 (128) St Kilda 7.7 (49) WACA 24,632Friday 1, July
North Melbourne 11.19 (85) Essendon 14.8 (92) MCG 50,141Saturday 2, July
Hawthorn 16.19 (115) Geelong 11.13 (79) Waverley Park 35,267Saturday 2, July
Fitzroy 9.11 (65) Melbourne 16.15 (111) Whitten Oval 8,484Saturday 2, July
Carlton 22.12 (144) Brisbane Bears 6.10 (46) Optus Oval 21,119Saturday 2, July
Sydney 10.13 (73) Collingwood 13.15 (93) SCG 13,083Sunday 3, July
Adelaide 12.11 (83) Richmond 13.12 (90) Football Park 43,052Sunday 3, July

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Fitzroy 11.14 (80) Collingwood 19.15 (129) Whitten Oval 15,394Saturday 9, July
Geelong 22.13 (145) Melbourne 17.13 (115) Kardinia Park 23,687Saturday 9, July
Hawthorn 21.16 (142) St Kilda 11.12 (78) Waverley Park 25,037Saturday 9, July
Richmond 14.13 (97) Footscray 12.22 (94) MCG 49,878Saturday 9, July
Sydney 15.20 (110) Brisbane Bears 21.9 (135) SCG 5,728Sunday 10, July
West Coast 11.14 (80) Essendon 5.14 (44) Subiaco Oval 29,723Sunday 10, July
Carlton 20.16 (136) Adelaide 10.16 (76) Optus Oval 29,695Sunday 10, July

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Melbourne 17.10 (112) Hawthorn 11.8 (74) Optus Oval 14,096Saturday 16, July
Footscray 17.11 (113) Geelong 13.7 (85) Whitten Oval 23,953Saturday 16, July
St Kilda 8.7 (55) North Melbourne 17.14 (116) Waverley Park 21,097Saturday 16, July
Collingwood 7.12 (54) Carlton 14.13 (97) MCG 85,831Saturday 16, July
Essendon 24.9 (153) Fitzroy 12.17 (89) MCG 33,265Sunday 17, July
Brisbane Bears 12.12 (84) Richmond 15.8 (98) Gabba 14,936Sunday 17, July
Adelaide 12.10 (82) West Coast 11.12 (78) Football Park 42,860Sunday 17, July

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Adelaide 10.15 (75) Sydney 13.9 (87) Football Park 43,788Friday 22, July
Footscray 13.9 (87) Collingwood 7.13 (55) Whitten Oval 25,540Saturday 23, July
Essendon 15.10 (100) St Kilda 18.2 (110) MCG 38,858Saturday 23, July
Hawthorn 9.5 (59) North Melbourne 15.9 (99) Waverley Park 26,936Saturday 23, July
Brisbane Bears 8.17 (65) Fitzroy 7.16 (58) Gabba 8,236Sunday 24, July
Geelong 13.12 (90) Carlton 8.6 (54) Waverley Park 42,930Sunday 24, July
West Coast 14.17 (101) Richmond 7.11 (53) Subiaco Oval 26,020Sunday 24, July

Round 19

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
North Melbourne 15.12 (102) Footscray 12.10 (82) MCG 32,845Friday 29, July
Melbourne 21.9 (135) Essendon 8.10 (58) MCG 43,132Saturday 30, July
St Kilda 5.15 (45) Brisbane Bears 8.7 (55) Waverley Park 12,927Saturday 30, July
Carlton 15.14 (104) Hawthorn 9.18 (72) Optus Oval 25,265Saturday 30, July
Richmond 14.11 (95) Sydney 9.8 (62) MCG 23,906Sunday 31, July
Geelong 13.13 (91) Adelaide 5.8 (38) Kardinia Park 15,383Sunday 31, July
Fitzroy 3.8 (26) West Coast 13.14 (92) Whitten Oval 5,334Sunday 31, July

Round 20

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Collingwood 19.20 (134) Essendon 17.4 (106) MCG 76,565Friday 5, August
Richmond 12.21 (93) St Kilda 9.7 (61) MCG 33,503Saturday 6, August
North Melbourne 11.11 (77) Geelong 10.18 (78) Optus Oval 26,014Saturday 6, August
Hawthorn 15.10 (100) West Coast 7.12 (54) Waverley Park 16,328Saturday 6, August
Brisbane Bears 12.12 (84) Melbourne 14.15 (99) Gabba 12,341Sunday 7, August
Footscray 17.16 (118) Adelaide 4.10 (34) Whitten Oval 17,591Sunday 7, August
Sydney 9.12 (66) Fitzroy 13.16 (94) SCG 6,513Sunday 7, August

Round 21

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
West Coast 10.13 (73) North Melbourne 9.10 (64) WACA 31,948Friday 12, August
St Kilda 10.12 (72) Footscray 17.15 (117) Waverley Park 14,653Saturday 13, August
Fitzroy 8.11 (59) Geelong 13.22 (100) Optus Oval 11,388Saturday 13, August
Melbourne 9.10 (64) Collingwood 13.14 (92) MCG 49,872Saturday 13, August
Sydney 9.16 (70) Carlton 8.14 (62) SCG 9,622Sunday 14, August
Richmond 11.23 (89) Hawthorn 18.9 (117) MCG 52,562Sunday 14, August
Adelaide 13.11 (89) Brisbane Bears 12.14 (86) Football Park 36,599Sunday 14, August

Round 22

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
North Melbourne 12.11 (83) Melbourne 15.13 (103) MCG 32,951Friday 19, August
St Kilda 17.12 (114) Sydney 11.15 (81) Waverley Park 13,454Saturday 20, August
Fitzroy 10.9 (69) Richmond 19.15 (129) Whitten Oval 12,122Saturday 20, August
Collingwood 15.17 (107) Geelong 16.8 (104) MCG 66,555Saturday 20, August
Essendon 20.16 (136) Hawthorn 12.12 (84) MCG 49,354Sunday 21, August
Brisbane Bears 13.10 (88) Footscray 14.14 (98) Gabba 10,572Sunday 21, August
Carlton 19.12 (126) West Coast 8.14 (62) Optus Oval 28,038Sunday 21, August

Round 23

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreGroundCrowdDate
North Melbourne 25.10 (160) Fitzroy 10.14 (74) MCG 17,960Friday 26, August
Carlton 25.11 (161) Richmond 6.12 (48) Optus Oval 32,486Saturday 27, August
St Kilda 14.6 (90) Collingwood 13.10 (88) Waverley Park 40,154Saturday 27, August
Geelong 16.15 (111) Sydney 15.9 (99) Kardinia Park 22,208Saturday 27, August
Footscray 16.15 (111) Melbourne 11.5 (71) Whitten Oval 23,615Saturday 27, August
Brisbane Bears 13.13 (91) Hawthorn 15.12 (102) Gabba 13,718Sunday 28, August
Adelaide 17.13 (115) Essendon 8.10 (58) Football Park 41,669Sunday 28, August

Round 24

Round 24
Friday, 2 September (8:08 pm) Collingwood 8.14 (62)def. by North Melbourne 19.12 (126) MCG (crowd: 72,932) Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:00 pm) Essendon 12.8 (80)def. Carlton 9.8 (62) MCG (crowd: 61,231) Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:00 pm) Fitzroy 15.12 (102)def. by St Kilda 21.14 (140) Western Oval (crowd: 10,809) Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:08 pm) Hawthorn 9.12 (66)def. Adelaide 6.11 (47) Waverley Park (crowd: 22,973) Report
Saturday, 3 September (2:08 pm) Richmond 13.17 (95)def. by Geelong 27.9 (171) Optus Oval (crowd: 25,112) Report
Sunday, 4 September (1:15 pm) Sydney 18.13 (121)def. by Melbourne 27.5 (167) SCG (crowd: 8,344) Report
Sunday, 4 September (4:15 pm) West Coast 17.15 (117)def. Footscray 6.10 (46) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 26,992) Report
Bye
Brisbane Bears

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 West Coast (P)22166020781572132.264
2 Carlton 22157023511774132.560
3 North Melbourne 22139023831848129.052
4 Geelong 22139024032104114.252
5 Footscray 22139021061905110.652
6 Hawthorn 22139021882005109.152
7 Melbourne 221210021901879116.648
8 Collingwood 22121002017201999.948
9 Richmond 22121002033216793.848
10 Essendon 22111102075211997.944
11 Adelaide 2291211876215986.938
12 Brisbane Bears 2291301940219588.436
13 St Kilda 2271411809241574.930
14 Fitzroy 2251701726245670.320
15 Sydney 2241801987254578.116

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 94.4
Source: AFL Tables

Finals

The second McIntyre "final six" system, which had operated in 1992 and 1993, was replaced by the McIntyre "final eight" system. The McIntyre "final eight" system would be used until 1999 and was then replaced by the AFL’s Amended "final eight" system in 2000.

Week one

Qualifying finals
Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 15.24 (114)def. Hawthorn 13.13 (91) Waverley Park (crowd: 38,223) Report
Saturday, 10 September (7:45 pm) Geelong 15.16 (106)def. Footscray 15.11 (101) MCG (crowd: 61,182) Report
Sunday, 11 September (2:10 pm) Carlton 14.12 (96)def. by Melbourne 18.15 (123) MCG (crowd: 56,111) Report
Sunday, 11 September (4:45 pm) West Coast 11.16 (82)def. Collingwood 12.8 (80) WACA Ground (crowd: 31,824) Report
  • The third qualifying final between North Melbourne and Hawthorn was the first-ever AFL finals match to require extra time; this is because scores were level at full time, which had North Melbourne 12.19 (91) to Hawthorn 13.13 (91) at the expiration of regular time. (The provision for extra time had been introduced after the controversial 1990 finals series, when the qualifying final between Collingwood and West Coast was drawn.) North Melbourne dominated extra time, kicking 3.5 to Hawthorn's nil, and North Melbourne won the match by 23 points. Hawthorn eliminated by Melbourne beat Carlton a day later.

Semi finals

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
Geelong 15.15 (105) Carlton 10.12 (72) Waverley Park 53,160Saturday, 17 September
Melbourne 21.18 (144) Footscray 9.11 (65) MCG 65,577Sunday, 18 September

Preliminary Final

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
North Melbourne 14.19 (103) Geelong 16.13 (109) MCG 80,121Saturday, 24 September
West Coast 16.21 (117) Melbourne 8.4 (52) WACA 34,317Saturday, 24 September

Grand final

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
West Coast 20.23 (143) Geelong 8.15 (63) MCG 93,860Saturday, 1 October

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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.

Princes Park is an Australian rules football ground located inside the Princes Park precinct in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North. Officially the Carlton Recreation Ground, it is a historic venue, having been Carlton Football Club's VFL/AFL home ground from 1897.

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.

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 1986 VFL season was the 90th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 29 March until 27 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">1921 VFL season</span> 25th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)

The 1921 VFL season was the 25th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 7 May to 15 October, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.

The 1931 VFL season was the 35th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 2 May to 10 October, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.

The 1967 VFL season was the 71st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 15 April until 23 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1945 VFL season</span> 49th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)

The 1945 VFL season was the 49th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 21 April until 29 September, and comprised a 20-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

The 1975 VFL season was the 79th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 5 April until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

The 1972 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 109th season of competition, and 76th as a member of the Victorian Football League. Carlton fielded teams in the senior, reserves and under-19s grades of the 1972 VFL season.


The 1995 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 132nd season of competition, and 99th as a member of the Australian Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AFL Grand Final location debate</span> Event

The AFL Grand Final, which is the final premiership deciding match each season in the Australian Football League (AFL), has been played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, every year since 1902, except on seven occasions when the ground was unavailable or because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the case of the 2020 AFL Grand Final; and it is presently contracted to be played there until 2059. Despite the long-term stability in its location, and its natural fit as the largest capacity stadium in both Melbourne and Australia, the ongoing use of the Melbourne Cricket Ground has been controversial throughout its history.

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