1996 AFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 14th (W-D-L: 7-0-15, P%: 70.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Jim Stynes (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): David Neitz (56)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Jim Stynes

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Garry Lyon

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Charles, Sean #1 3 R10-R12 0 0
Clarkson, Alastair #23 22 R01-R22 13 2
Cockatoo-Collins, David #30 1 R01 0 0
Cockatoo-Collins, Don #31 2 R01-R02 0 0
Doyle, Greg #26 7 R01, R03, R09-R13 5 0
Farmer, Jeff #33 19 R04-R22 37 0
Febey, Matthew #20 21 R02-R22 6 1
Febey, Steven #21 5 R18-R22 0 0
Gaspar, Damien #32 8 R01, R07-R09, R16-R17, R20, R22 0 0
Grant, David #16 7 R01-R04, R06-R08 0 0
Hilton, Jeff #22 5 R01, R03, R15-R17 2 0
Hopgood, Paul #15 21 R01-R19, R21-R22 3 0
Ingerson, Anthony #27 18 R01-R08, R11-R20 10 0
Irving, Dean #34 9 R05-R06, R16-R22 1 0
Kowal, Darren #7 22 R01-R22 2 0
Lamprill, Andrew #37 13 R03-R04, R07-R10, R14-R15, R18-R22 0 0
Leoncelli, Andrew #36 7 R16-R22 3 0
Lovett, Brett #17 20 R01-R15, R17, R19-R22 9 4
Lovett, Glenn #6 15 R01-R03, R10-R18, R20-R22 4 1
Lyon, Garry #3 6 R01-R02, R08-R11 15 0
McHardy, Todd #45 3 R07-R09 1 0
Molloy, Glenn #28 4 R05-R08 0 0
Neitz, David #9 22 R01-R22 56 10
Nettelbeck, Craig #18 20 R02-R15, R17-R22 10 2
Norman, Luke #25 7 R06-R07, R18-R22 0 0
O'Brien, Darren #38 13 R04-R07, R13-R19, R21-R22 7 0
Obst, Andrew #4 22 R01-R22 8 4
Ormond-Allen, Trent #35 7 R09-R13, R16, R20 1 0
Polley, Michael #14 5 R09, R12-R15 0 0
Prymke, Paul #19 4 R01-R02, R05-R06 0 0
Sampson, Clay #24 8 R01-R04, R19-R22 1 0
Seecamp, Marcus #10 14 R01-R06, R09-R16 2 0
Smith, Shaun #29 17 R02-R08, R10-R19 21 2
Stynes, Jim #11 22 R01-R22 7 11
Tingay, Stephen #2 16 R04-R17, R20-R21 11 6
Turley, Craig #8 16 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18 8 2
Viney, Todd #12 12 R02-R05, R14-R19, R21-R22 1 2
Yze, Adem #13 19 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16, R18-R22 9 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Balme, Neil 22 7 -0- 15 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/1996 Round 1 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 127 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
08/04/1996 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 94 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
14/04/1996 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 10 Neil Balme unknown
20/04/1996 Round 4 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 47 Neil Balme unknown
26/04/1996 Round 5 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 37 Neil Balme unknown
04/05/1996 Round 6 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 106 Neil Balme unknown
11/05/1996 Round 7 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 44 Neil Balme unknown
18/05/1996 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 51 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
25/05/1996 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 12 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
10/06/1996 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 38 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
16/06/1996 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 63 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
22/06/1996 Round 12 Brisbane Bears AWAY LOSS BRB by 77 Neil Balme unknown
30/06/1996 Round 13 Adelaide AWAY WIN MEL by 51 Neil Balme unknown
07/07/1996 Round 14 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 27 Neil Balme unknown
14/07/1996 Round 15 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 46 Neil Balme unknown
20/07/1996 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 58 Neil Balme unknown
26/07/1996 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 113 Neil Balme unknown
04/08/1996 Round 18 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 63 Neil Balme unknown
10/08/1996 Round 19 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 19 Neil Balme unknown
16/08/1996 Round 20 Fremantle HOME WIN MEL by 21 Neil Balme unknown
25/08/1996 Round 21 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 73 Neil Balme unknown
31/08/1996 Round 22 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 1 Neil Balme unknown