1996 AFL season

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1996 AFL premiership season
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AFL Centenary logo
Teams16
Premiers North Melbourne
3rd premiership
Minor premiers Sydney
7th minor premiership
Pre-season cup St Kilda
1st pre-season cup win
Brownlow Medallist James Hird (Essendon)
Michael Voss (Brisbane Bears)
Coleman Medallist Tony Lockett (Sydney)
Attendance
Matches played185
Total attendance5,694,921 (30,783 per match)
Highest93,102 (Grand Final, North Melbourne vs. Sydney)
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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, comprising a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series.

Contents

North Melbourne won the premiership for the third time, after it defeated Sydney by 43 points in the 1996 AFL Grand Final.

The season was the final season for Fitzroy, a founding member of the VFL/AFL in 1897, and there were several celebrations of the league's centenary throughout the year.

Pre-season

AFL Draft

Lightning Premiership

In the 1996 AFL Lightning Premiership final, Essendon defeated the Brisbane Bears 6.2 (38) to 2.9 (21) at Waverley Park.

Ansett Australia Cup

In the 1996 Ansett Australia Cup final, St Kilda defeated Carlton 20.10 (130) to 10.12 (72) at Waverley Park.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Note: The opening four matches of this round replicated the opening round of the inaugural 1897 VFL season, with Essendon and Geelong playing each other on the day of the 99th anniversary.

Round 8

Note: Ben Hart took the mark of the year in Adelaide's win over St Kilda.
Note: Fitzroy's victory was the last win they had in the AFL before merging.

Round 9

Round 10

NOTE: St Kilda vs Essendon match on Saturday night was disrupted by a power failure during the third quarter, resulting the match being completed the following week on the Tuesday night with 2 12-minutes halves.

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Note: Last game of Fitzroy Lions before merger with Brisbane Bears to become Brisbane Lions.

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA%Pts
1 Sydney 22165121521737123.966
2 North Melbourne (P)22166025261982127.464
3 Brisbane Bears 22156121741731125.662
4 West Coast 22157022011758125.260
5 Carlton 22157021161909110.860
6 Essendon 22147122092023109.258
7 Geelong 22138123532047114.954
8 Hawthorn 22111011893192198.546
9 Richmond 221111022821944117.444
10 St Kilda 221012020532033101.040
11 Collingwood 22913022032142102.836
12 Adelaide 2281402233232796.032
13 Fremantle 2271501830198392.328
14 Melbourne 2271501743246370.828
15 Footscray 2251611654213977.322
16 Fitzroy 2212101452293549.54

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 94.0
Source: AFL Tables

Progression by round

  Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Sydney 0048121418182226303438424650505458626266
North Melbourne (P)481212162020242832323640444448525656606064
Brisbane Bears 48812162024282830303434343842465054586262
West Coast Eagles 44444812162024283236404448485252566060
Carlton 48812162024242832364040404444485252525660
Essendon 448881014182226303034383842424246505458
Geelong 48812161616202426303438383842424650505454
Hawthorn 4446666101014182222263034343438384246
Richmond 048881216161616202428283232363636404444
St Kilda 000481216161616161620242424283236363640
Collingwood 0448121616161616161616162024282828283236
Adelaide 481216161620242424242424282828323232323232
Fremantle 0488121212121616161616161616202024242428
Melbourne 0044444448121216202020202024282828
Footscray 004666661010101010101414141818222222
Fitzroy 0000000444444444444444
Source: [ citation needed ]

Finals

Qualifying Finals

Semi-finals

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

Attendance

TeamHostedAverageHighestLowestTotal
Essendon1149,52687,54915,794544,789
Collingwood1144,72371,66321,126491,953
Adelaide1139,42845,26631,880433,713
Richmond1138,62461,74017,157424,859
Carlton1135,89170,15215,277394,802
North Melbourne1134,62768,53715,453380,899
West Coast1132,44840,08522,044356,932
Melbourne1130,31563,1968747333,465
St Kilda1127,13743,92513,824298,512
Geelong1125,16150,07417,538276,775
Sydney1124,57444,04710,965270,309
Hawthorn1123,62438,26314,286259,868
Fremantle1122,47333,04117,513247,204
Brisbane1118,08821,64414,222198,968
Footscray1118,07336,7667677198,800
Fitzroy11948213,4975083104,300
Totals17629,63787,54950835,216,148
VenueHostedAverageHighestLowestTotal
MCG5146,11487,54915,4942351,808
Football Park1139,42845,26631,880433,713
Subiaco Oval1628,28940,08517,513452,616
Waverley Park2425,54543,92513,824613,079
WACA625,25331,41119,360151,520
SCG1124,57444,04710,965270,309
Victoria Park423,58126,45921,12694,322
Kardinia Park1022,67027,65917,538226,701
Gabba1118,08821,64414,222198,968
Optus Oval1715,64121,6746469265,892
Whitten Oval1510,48216,8045083157,224
Totals17629,63787,54950835,216,148

Awards

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Tuesday night blockbuster set for 2018 fixture - AFL.com.au
  2. ↑ Sherwood, Anthony (1 October 2016). "This Epic 1996 Coach Spray Is All The Motivation The Bulldogs Need". HuffPost. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

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