1999 AFL season

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1999 AFL premiership season
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Overview
Teams16
Premiers Kangaroos
4th premiership
Runners-up Carlton
8th runners-up result
Minor premiers Essendon
15th minor premiership
Brownlow Medallist Shane Crawford (Hawthorn)
Coleman Medallist Scott Cummings (West Coast)
Attendance
Matches played185
Total attendance6,243,586 (33,749 per match)
Highest (finals)94,228 (grand final, Kangaroos v Carlton)
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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.

Contents

The premiership was won by the Kangaroos (North Melbourne) for the fourth time, after it defeated Carlton by 35 points in the 1999 AFL Grand Final. [1]

Ansett Australia Cup

Hawthorn defeated Port Adelaide 12.11 (83) to 5.6 (36).

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 1
Thursday, 25 March (7:40 pm) Essendon 16.14 (110)def. Carlton 9.17 (71) Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 71,501)
Friday, 26 March (7:40 pm) Geelong 22.9 (141)def. Kangaroos 21.9 (135) Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 33,674)
Saturday, 27 March (2:10 pm) Melbourne 14.20 (104)def. Richmond 13.9 (87) Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 47,620)
Saturday, 27 March (7:10 pm) Adelaide 12.6 (78)def. by Western Bulldogs 13.13 (91) Football Park (crowd: 39,135)
Saturday, 27 March (7:40 pm) Brisbane Lions 23.14 (152)def. St Kilda 10.3 (63) The Gabba (crowd: 20,172)
Sunday, 28 March (2:10 pm) Collingwood 8.11 (59)def. by Hawthorn 10.14 (74) Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 48,620)
Sunday, 28 March (2:10 pm) Sydney 12.14 (86)def. by Port Adelaide 17.13 (115) Sydney Cricket Ground (crowd: 28,264)
Sunday, 28 March (2:10 pm) Fremantle 13.20 (98)def. by West Coast 15.12 (102) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 32,680)

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Note: Tony Lockett kicked 9 Goals To break VFL/AFL All Time Goals Record by Player

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA%Pts
1 Essendon 22184024001905126.072
2 Kangaroos (P)22175024632129115.768
3 Brisbane Lions 22166024221671144.964
4 Western Bulldogs 22156123631993118.662
5 West Coast 221210020681937106.848
6 Carlton 221210020882028103.048
7 Port Adelaide 22121001851205490.148
8 Sydney 221111021842128102.644
9 Hawthorn 22101111858194395.642
10 St Kilda 22101201978202197.940
11 Geelong 22101202328245494.940
12 Richmond 2291301977217091.136
13 Adelaide 2281401903223285.332
14 Melbourne 2261601850229380.724
15 Fremantle 2251701981240382.420
16 Collingwood 2241801973232684.816

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 95.7
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
Essendon 481212162020202428323640444448525660646872
Kangaroos 004481216202428323640444448485256606468
Brisbane Lions 4448121620202424282832323640444852566064
Western Bulldogs 44448812162024263030343842464650545862
West Coast 481216202424283232323640444444444848484848
Carlton 04812121216162024242424283232364044444848
Port Adelaide 481212121212161616202024283236404040444848
Sydney 00044812161620242828283232363636404444
Hawthorn 448881212121216182222222222222630343842
St Kilda 044881216202428282828323232363636363640
Geelong 481216202020202020202020202424242832363640
Richmond 0448888121616162024242832323232323236
Adelaide 0488121616161616162020242424283232323232
Melbourne 4448121216161616202024242424242424242424
Fremantle 0000004448121212121620202020202020
Collingwood 00000004444488812121216161616
Source: [ citation needed ]

Finals series

Qualifying Finals

Semi-finals

Note: West Coast Eagles played its "home" final at the MCG despite being ranked above Carlton due to the agreement then in place with the Melbourne Cricket Club that at least one game each week of the finals be played at the MCG.

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

Match attendance

TeamHostedAverageHighestLowestTotalLast season+/-
Essendon1157,30973,11835,273630,39954,894+ 2414
Richmond1140,53359,45828,217445,86344,307- 3774
Adelaide1139,39345,61533,398433,32441,245- 1852
Collingwood1139,12656,12919,441430,38649,399- 10,273
Carlton1135,03770,50619,100385,40332,634+ 2403
Hawthorn1134,86372,13013,941383,49032,173+ 2690
St Kilda1133,18246,88020,131365,00636,231- 3049
Melbourne1131,95551,72218,679351,50440,085- 8130
Port Adelaide1131,26942,66925,753343,96331,799- 530
West Coast Eagles1130,86836,76324,696339,54934,199- 3331
Sydney1130,53941,28024,629335,93031,549- 1010
Kangaroos1125,89048,38310,676284,78635,791- 9901
Geelong1124,84042,27217,234273,24228,371- 3531
Western Bulldogs1124,02344,68313,513264,25423,832+ 191
Fremantle1123,97232,68017,620263,68923,104+ 868
Brisbane Lions1121,89024,98917,665240,79116,675+ 5215
Totals17632,79373,11810,6765,771,57934,768- 1975
VenueHostedAverageHighestLowestTotalLast year+/-
MCG5842,37073,11816,4292,457,44047,585- 5215
Football Park2235,33145,61525,753777,28736,522- 1191
Waverley Park2133,55872,13013,941704,71934,549- 991
Subiaco Oval1628,50636,76317,620456,09629,800- 1294
SCG1526,76741,28010,676401,50631,549- 4782
WACA624,52426,12622,987147,14225,590- 1066
Victoria Park221,96724,49319,44143,93423,241- 1274
Shell Stadium921,92227,41717,234197,29623,307- 1385
GABBA1121,89024,98917,665240,79116,675+ 5215
Optus Oval1621,58631,18913,513345,36821,874- 289
Totals17632,79373,11810,6765,771,57934,768- 1975

Awards

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ McCamish, Scott (25 September 1999). "1999 Grand Final Report". Australian Football Association of North America . Archived from the original on 18 July 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

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