1896 VFA Season: Melbourne

These are the details of the premiership results of Melbourne for the 1896 VFA season. The team finished the regular season in fourth place.

Season Team Details

Competition: 1896 VFA Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 160.6)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1896 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 4 unknown unknown
09/05/1896 Round 2 Footscray AWAY WIN MELB by 4 unknown unknown
16/05/1896 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN MELB by 2 unknown unknown
25/05/1896 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FITZ by 1 unknown unknown
30/05/1896 Round 5 Williamstown HOME WIN MELB by 11 unknown unknown
13/06/1896 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 2 unknown unknown
20/06/1896 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN MELB by 6 unknown unknown
27/06/1896 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SMLB by 1 unknown unknown
Round 9 BYE
11/07/1896 Round 10 Port Melbourne AWAY WIN MELB by 3 unknown unknown
18/07/1896 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN MELB by 7 unknown unknown
25/07/1896 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN MELB by 4 unknown unknown
01/08/1896 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 2 unknown unknown
08/08/1896 Round 14 Footscray HOME WIN MELB by 12 unknown unknown
15/08/1896 Round 15 Collingwood HOME WIN MELB by 2 unknown unknown
12/09/1896 Round 16 Richmond AWAY WIN MELB by 3 unknown unknown
05/09/1896 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 2 unknown unknown
22/08/1896 Round 18 Essendon AWAY WIN MELB by 2 unknown unknown
19/09/1896 Round 19 Geelong AWAY WIN MELB by 1 unknown unknown
Round 20 BYE

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.