1976 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Carlton were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Hawthorn were the premiers, with Don Scott as the premiership captain and John Kennedy as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1976 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ian Thorogood
Collingwood Victoria Park Murray Weideman
Essendon Windy Hill Bill Stephen
Fitzroy Junction Oval Kevin Rose
Footscray Western Oval Bill Goggin
Geelong Kardinia Park Rod Olsson
Hawthorn Princes Park John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG Bob Skilton
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Ron Barassi Ray Jordon
Richmond MCG Tom Hafey Barry Richardson
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Ian Stewart
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Allan Jeans

Season Results

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners-Up: North Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Carlton

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 16 -1- 5 66 132.8% 2,245 1,690 324 301 228 322
Hawthorn 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 114.2% 2,323 2,035 329 349 294 271
North Melbourne 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 116.8% 2,041 1,748 293 283 250 248
Geelong 4th 12 -0- 10 48 103.9% 2,251 2,166 331 265 311 300
Footscray 5th 11 -1- 10 46 96.8% 1,958 2,023 285 248 283 325
Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 11 44 99.4% 2,319 2,333 329 345 344 269
Richmond 7th 10 -0- 12 40 98.6% 2,192 2,224 316 296 319 310
South Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 13 36 94.0% 2,223 2,364 323 285 339 330
St Kilda 9th 9 -0- 13 36 90.1% 2,056 2,282 293 298 330 302
Essendon 10th 9 -0- 13 36 88.2% 1,987 2,253 280 307 325 303
Fitzroy 11th 7 -0- 15 28 92.8% 2,005 2,161 279 331 307 319
Collingwood 12th 6 -0- 16 24 86.4% 2,033 2,354 286 317 338 326

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Hawthorn 1st Premiers
North Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Carlton 3rd Defeated by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Geelong 4th Defeated by North Melbourne (Semi Final)
Footscray 5th Defeated by Geelong (Elimination Final)
Melbourne 6th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 7th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 9th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 10th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 11th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 130 - 73 40,679
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 112 - 113 25,724
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 64 - 87 17,986
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 117 - 98 28,834
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 153 - 157 15,172
SAT 03/04/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 89 - 111 22,879

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 178.1% 130 73
Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 135.9% 87 64
Hawthorn 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 124.7% 111 89
Richmond 4th 1 -0- 0 4 119.4% 117 98
Geelong 5th 1 -0- 0 4 102.6% 157 153
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 0 4 100.9% 113 112
Footscray 7th 0 -0- 1 0 99.1% 112 113
South Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 97.5% 153 157
Fitzroy 9th 0 -0- 1 0 83.8% 98 117
St Kilda 10th 0 -0- 1 0 80.2% 89 111
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 73.6% 64 87
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 1 0 56.2% 73 130

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 123 - 134 25,410
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 88 - 100 26,687
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 101 - 105 15,682
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 143 - 95 20,445
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 131 - 109 15,479
SAT 10/04/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 105 - 153 26,707

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 142.9% 230 161
Hawthorn 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 122.2% 242 198
Geelong 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 121.0% 300 248
Footscray 4th 1 -0- 1 4 121.6% 265 218
South Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 102.5% 287 280
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 1 4 94.8% 201 212
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 1 4 91.5% 194 212
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 88.5% 192 217
Richmond 9th 1 -0- 1 4 88.0% 212 241
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 2 0 89.6% 199 222
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 2 0 79.4% 173 218
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 2 0 74.2% 196 264

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton VFL Park 48 - 97 32,648
SAT 17/04/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 134 - 95 22,580
SAT 17/04/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 172 - 84 23,965
MON 19/04/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 98 - 133 21,167
MON 19/04/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 102 - 83 41,413
MON 19/04/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 106 - 86 26,931

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 156.5% 327 209
Hawthorn 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 146.8% 414 282
Footscray 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 127.5% 399 313
Geelong 4th 2 -0- 1 8 109.0% 386 354
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 103.2% 325 315
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 1 8 100.7% 300 298
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 1 8 96.9% 314 324
South Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 92.3% 382 414
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 2 4 86.7% 299 345
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 3 0 80.0% 256 320
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 3 0 77.4% 247 319
Collingwood 12th 0 -0- 3 0 64.2% 280 436

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 114 - 99 27,009
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 126 - 91 16,244
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray VFL Park 104 - 92 27,040
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 114 - 157 34,991
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 117 - 96 15,605
SAT 24/04/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 143 - 109 17,310

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 149.8% 484 323
Hawthorn 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 138.5% 518 374
Geelong 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 115.1% 512 445
Footscray 4th 2 -0- 2 8 117.7% 491 417
South Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 2 8 100.4% 525 523
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 2 8 95.4% 396 415
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 2 8 94.3% 413 438
Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 2 8 93.0% 439 472
North Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 89.7% 373 416
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 3 4 83.6% 408 488
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 3 4 73.6% 394 535
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 4 0 76.0% 338 445

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 67 - 66 21,599
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 75 - 94 14,389
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 103 - 115 11,131
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne VFL Park 96 - 90 20,760
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 89 - 110 31,434
SAT 01/05/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 133 - 102 28,733

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 0 20 141.6% 551 389
Hawthorn 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 136.3% 612 449
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 113.6% 608 535
Footscray 4th 3 -0- 2 12 118.8% 601 506
St Kilda 5th 3 -0- 2 12 102.3% 529 517
Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 2 12 96.3% 554 575
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 3 8 100.2% 591 590
Richmond 8th 2 -0- 3 8 91.6% 502 548
North Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 4 4 90.4% 463 512
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 4 4 83.0% 483 582
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 4 4 74.3% 496 668
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 5 0 78.8% 441 560

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 97 - 103 23,429
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 75 - 70 19,978
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 62 - 102 27,889
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 135 - 63 10,342
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon VFL Park 119 - 64 27,631
SAT 08/05/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 108 - 136 14,620

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 0 24 144.8% 653 451
Hawthorn 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 122.3% 674 551
Geelong 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 112.5% 711 632
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 2 16 117.4% 676 576
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 101.0% 690 683
Richmond 6th 3 -0- 3 12 101.5% 621 612
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 3 12 101.2% 599 592
North Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 4 8 104.0% 598 575
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 96.3% 699 726
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 5 4 78.0% 547 701
Collingwood 11th 1 -0- 5 4 76.9% 593 771
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 6 0 72.5% 504 695

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 140 - 69 30,324
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 88 - 87 11,367
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 95 - 93 30,395
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 97 - 145 25,876
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 46 - 75 34,051
SAT 15/05/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 69 - 97 19,864

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 0 28 152.5% 793 520
Hawthorn 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 126.4% 819 648
Geelong 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 111.2% 806 725
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 3 16 114.6% 769 671
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 3 16 95.0% 787 828
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 4 12 97.0% 668 689
Richmond 7th 3 -0- 4 12 91.8% 690 752
North Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 5 8 99.1% 644 650
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 96.6% 786 814
Essendon 10th 2 -0- 5 8 83.6% 644 770
Collingwood 11th 2 -0- 5 8 81.8% 668 817
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 6 4 75.7% 592 782

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 101 - 73 16,880
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 94 - 84 14,618
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 45 - 95 15,148
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Princes Park 136 - 76 7,827
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 95 - 69 22,145
SAT 22/05/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton VFL Park 104 - 66 24,945

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 1 28 137.7% 859 624
Hawthorn 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 131.9% 955 724
Geelong 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 108.7% 890 819
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 4 16 106.3% 814 766
St Kilda 5th 4 -0- 4 16 102.3% 772 755
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 4 16 95.6% 785 821
Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 92.7% 856 923
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 5 12 106.3% 739 695
Collingwood 9th 3 -0- 5 12 86.4% 769 890
Essendon 10th 3 -0- 5 12 86.4% 738 854
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 6 8 90.7% 862 950
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 7 4 75.3% 665 883

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray VFL Park 76 - 86 36,042
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 102 - 82 27,649
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 123 - 96 8,971
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 109 - 55 26,094
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 58 - 54 19,990
SAT 29/05/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 96 - 88 14,592

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 8 -0- 1 32 131.5% 1,078 820
Carlton 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 129.6% 941 726
Geelong 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 110.1% 992 901
Footscray 4th 5 -0- 4 20 106.9% 900 842
Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 4 20 98.7% 965 978
North Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 5 16 106.4% 797 749
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 5 16 95.7% 827 864
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 5 16 95.2% 873 917
South Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 92.3% 958 1,038
Essendon 10th 3 -0- 6 12 86.8% 792 912
Collingwood 11th 3 -0- 6 12 86.6% 845 976
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 8 4 75.6% 761 1,006

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 76 - 81 25,100
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 103 - 94 25,450
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 87 - 91 12,239
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne VFL Park 122 - 93 27,469
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 88 - 100 29,608
SAT 05/06/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 99 - 124 18,969

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 9 -0- 1 36 129.7% 1,178 908
Geelong 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 112.1% 1,114 994
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 126.0% 1,017 807
Footscray 4th 6 -0- 4 24 106.7% 991 929
North Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 5 20 106.4% 878 825
Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 5 20 96.2% 1,058 1,100
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 6 16 95.2% 1,082 1,137
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 6 16 94.5% 961 1,017
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 6 16 93.7% 926 988
Essendon 10th 4 -0- 6 16 89.0% 895 1,006
Collingwood 11th 3 -0- 7 12 87.0% 939 1,079
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 9 4 77.3% 848 1,097

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 88 - 90 39,317
SAT 12/06/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 95 - 121 19,118
SAT 12/06/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 127 - 96 21,681
MON 14/06/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy VFL Park 100 - 110 25,558
MON 14/06/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 81 - 64 34,814
MON 14/06/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 88 - 76 33,692

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 10 -0- 1 40 128.7% 1,266 984
Geelong 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 110.0% 1,190 1,082
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 121.7% 1,081 888
Footscray 4th 7 -0- 4 28 108.0% 1,072 993
North Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 5 24 108.6% 999 920
St Kilda 6th 5 -0- 6 20 97.1% 1,053 1,084
Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 6 20 96.3% 1,146 1,190
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 7 16 93.6% 1,177 1,258
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 7 16 92.4% 1,057 1,144
Essendon 10th 4 -0- 7 16 89.2% 995 1,116
Collingwood 11th 4 -0- 7 16 88.2% 1,029 1,167
Fitzroy 12th 2 -0- 9 8 80.0% 958 1,197

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 82 - 56 29,167
SAT 19/06/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 89 - 79 18,863
SAT 19/06/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 146 - 90 12,644
SAT 19/06/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 155 - 51 17,731
SAT 19/06/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 97 - 122 14,294
SAT 19/06/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne VFL Park 61 - 146 20,529

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 10 -0- 2 40 123.2% 1,363 1,106
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 118.7% 1,345 1,133
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 117.2% 1,137 970
North Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 5 28 116.7% 1,145 981
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 5 28 106.4% 1,151 1,082
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 6 24 99.5% 1,175 1,181
Collingwood 7th 5 -0- 7 20 90.8% 1,111 1,223
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 7 20 90.7% 1,084 1,195
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 7 20 90.3% 1,207 1,336
Richmond 10th 4 -0- 8 16 88.9% 1,147 1,290
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 8 16 86.9% 1,228 1,413
Fitzroy 12th 3 -0- 9 12 85.8% 1,104 1,287

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 85 - 68 25,274
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 52 - 104 13,464
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 67 - 75 16,230
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 102 - 98 28,608
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 121 - 82 28,537
SAT 26/06/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 76 - 95 17,861

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 11 -0- 2 44 122.6% 1,438 1,173
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 116.8% 1,443 1,235
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 117.7% 1,222 1,038
North Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 6 28 114.8% 1,212 1,056
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 6 28 101.4% 1,203 1,186
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 7 24 98.0% 1,251 1,276
Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 7 24 94.5% 1,311 1,388
South Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 8 20 90.2% 1,349 1,495
Richmond 9th 5 -0- 8 20 90.0% 1,249 1,388
Essendon 10th 5 -0- 8 20 90.0% 1,152 1,280
Collingwood 11th 5 -0- 8 20 88.8% 1,193 1,344
Fitzroy 12th 4 -0- 9 16 88.0% 1,199 1,363

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne VFL Park 115 - 58 24,366
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 93 - 78 14,462
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 119 - 96 13,788
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 37 - 117 13,307
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 151 - 56 36,477
SAT 03/07/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 72 - 89 18,486

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 12 -0- 2 48 128.5% 1,555 1,210
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 122.0% 1,337 1,096
Geelong 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 113.7% 1,539 1,354
North Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 6 32 115.3% 1,301 1,128
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 7 28 95.2% 1,240 1,303
Richmond 6th 6 -0- 8 24 97.0% 1,400 1,444
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 8 24 96.9% 1,323 1,365
Essendon 8th 6 -0- 8 24 91.7% 1,245 1,358
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 8 24 91.1% 1,369 1,503
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 9 20 90.3% 1,318 1,459
South Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 9 20 89.9% 1,427 1,588
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 9 20 83.5% 1,249 1,495

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 80 - 76 25,883
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn VFL Park 107 - 119 27,353
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 102 - 63 21,323
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 104 - 119 25,009
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 82 - 77 18,421
SAT 10/07/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 136 - 116 12,226

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 2 52 127.1% 1,674 1,317
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 120.9% 1,417 1,172
Geelong 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 115.8% 1,641 1,417
North Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 6 36 114.8% 1,383 1,205
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 8 28 94.2% 1,356 1,439
Essendon 6th 7 -0- 8 28 93.3% 1,364 1,462
Richmond 7th 6 -0- 9 24 96.8% 1,477 1,526
St Kilda 8th 6 -0- 9 24 94.5% 1,386 1,467
South Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 9 24 91.7% 1,563 1,704
Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 9 24 90.8% 1,473 1,622
Fitzroy 11th 5 -0- 10 20 90.6% 1,394 1,539
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 10 20 84.0% 1,356 1,614

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 104 - 121 22,680
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond VFL Park 96 - 91 22,795
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 107 - 123 16,579
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 146 - 106 16,192
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 145 - 78 19,334
SAT 17/07/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 94 - 100 17,395

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 3 52 123.7% 1,781 1,440
Carlton 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 119.8% 1,517 1,266
North Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 119.1% 1,528 1,283
Geelong 4th 10 -0- 6 40 110.1% 1,719 1,562
Footscray 5th 8 -0- 8 32 94.9% 1,452 1,530
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 8 32 94.8% 1,487 1,569
St Kilda 7th 7 -0- 9 28 95.9% 1,507 1,571
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 9 28 93.7% 1,619 1,728
Richmond 9th 6 -0- 10 24 96.7% 1,568 1,622
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 10 24 91.9% 1,657 1,804
Fitzroy 11th 5 -0- 11 20 89.0% 1,500 1,685
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 11 20 84.1% 1,460 1,735

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 116 - 85 26,378
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 63 - 106 21,583
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 73 - 92 12,614
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 99 - 93 22,724
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne VFL Park 79 - 93 17,580
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 118 - 104 19,882

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 4 52 119.9% 1,866 1,556
Carlton 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 120.9% 1,633 1,351
North Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 119.5% 1,620 1,356
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 6 44 109.8% 1,818 1,655
St Kilda 5th 8 -0- 9 32 97.0% 1,625 1,675
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 9 32 94.4% 1,556 1,648
Essendon 7th 8 -0- 9 32 92.5% 1,550 1,675
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 10 28 99.3% 1,674 1,685
Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 10 28 93.2% 1,698 1,821
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 10 28 92.9% 1,750 1,883
Fitzroy 11th 5 -0- 12 20 88.5% 1,573 1,777
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 12 20 84.7% 1,553 1,834

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 58 - 62 19,464
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda VFL Park 79 - 117 26,572
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 86 - 74 16,069
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 113 - 95 7,567
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 65 - 148 39,744
SAT 31/07/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 107 - 80 9,257

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 14 -0- 4 56 119.9% 1,979 1,651
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 125.8% 1,781 1,416
North Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 119.0% 1,682 1,414
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 108.7% 1,892 1,741
St Kilda 5th 9 -0- 9 36 99.3% 1,742 1,754
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 9 36 95.4% 1,642 1,722
South Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 10 32 94.6% 1,857 1,963
Essendon 8th 8 -0- 10 32 90.9% 1,629 1,792
Richmond 9th 7 -0- 11 28 94.9% 1,739 1,833
Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 11 28 92.7% 1,793 1,934
Fitzroy 11th 5 -0- 13 20 87.7% 1,653 1,884
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 13 20 85.0% 1,611 1,896

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 151 - 50 21,839
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 117 - 70 12,247
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 116 - 122 17,762
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 119 - 89 16,585
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 61 - 50 13,719
SAT 07/08/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 83 - 97 18,640

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 15 -0- 4 60 119.7% 2,076 1,734
Carlton 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 131.8% 1,932 1,466
North Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 119.1% 1,743 1,464
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 8 44 107.8% 2,008 1,863
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 10 36 94.9% 1,692 1,783
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 10 36 94.1% 1,792 1,905
Essendon 7th 9 -0- 10 36 91.8% 1,751 1,908
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 11 32 94.5% 1,912 2,023
South Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 11 32 94.2% 1,940 2,060
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 12 28 93.6% 1,828 1,952
Fitzroy 11th 6 -0- 13 24 90.6% 1,770 1,954
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 14 20 83.5% 1,681 2,013

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong VFL Park 82 - 42 35,279
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 69 - 95 22,474
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 91 - 94 10,417
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 124 - 99 17,805
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 110 - 84 20,817
SAT 14/08/1976 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 92 - 129 18,089

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 16 -0- 4 64 118.9% 2,170 1,825
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 133.6% 2,014 1,508
North Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 119.9% 1,838 1,533
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 9 44 105.4% 2,050 1,945
Footscray 5th 10 -0- 10 40 96.5% 1,816 1,882
Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 11 36 96.5% 2,041 2,115
St Kilda 7th 9 -0- 11 36 92.6% 1,884 2,034
Essendon 8th 9 -0- 11 36 90.9% 1,820 2,003
Richmond 9th 8 -0- 12 32 95.2% 1,938 2,036
South Melbourne 10th 8 -0- 12 32 93.3% 2,024 2,170
Fitzroy 11th 6 -0- 14 24 90.9% 1,861 2,048
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 15 20 83.3% 1,780 2,137

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 140 - 89 19,036
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy VFL Park 35 - 34 15,638
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 82 - 114 13,674
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 150 - 105 28,130
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 75 - 124 26,455
SAT 21/08/1976 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 108 - 66 12,775

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 16 -0- 5 64 135.1% 2,138 1,583
Hawthorn 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 116.1% 2,252 1,939
North Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 115.4% 1,913 1,657
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 10 44 102.9% 2,155 2,095
Footscray 5th 11 -0- 10 44 96.6% 1,851 1,916
Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 11 40 98.7% 2,191 2,220
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 12 36 96.9% 2,052 2,118
South Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 12 36 95.3% 2,132 2,236
St Kilda 9th 9 -0- 12 36 91.0% 1,950 2,142
Essendon 10th 9 -0- 12 36 89.1% 1,909 2,143
Fitzroy 11th 6 -0- 15 24 91.0% 1,895 2,083
Collingwood 12th 6 -0- 15 24 86.3% 1,920 2,226

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 107 - 107 28,088
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 113 - 128 28,354
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 110 - 78 11,721
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 96 - 71 22,916
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 128 - 91 14,196
SAT 28/08/1976 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda VFL Park 140 - 106 27,429

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 16 -1- 5 66 132.8% 2,245 1,690
Hawthorn 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 114.2% 2,323 2,035
North Melbourne 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 116.8% 2,041 1,748
Geelong 4th 12 -0- 10 48 103.9% 2,251 2,166
Footscray 5th 11 -1- 10 46 96.8% 1,958 2,023
Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 11 44 99.4% 2,319 2,333
Richmond 7th 10 -0- 12 40 98.6% 2,192 2,224
South Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 13 36 94.0% 2,223 2,364
St Kilda 9th 9 -0- 13 36 90.1% 2,056 2,282
Essendon 10th 9 -0- 13 36 88.2% 1,987 2,253
Fitzroy 11th 7 -0- 15 28 92.8% 2,005 2,161
Collingwood 12th 6 -0- 16 24 86.4% 2,033 2,354

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1976 2:30 PM Geelong v Footscray VFL Park 102 - 95 50,686

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1976 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne MCG 103 - 83 64,148

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1976 2:30 PM Carlton v Hawthorn VFL Park 70 - 87 60,105
SAT 11/09/1976 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 93 - 60 71,042

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1976 2:30 PM Carlton v North Melbourne VFL Park 66 - 67 69,234

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1976 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne MCG 100 - 70 110,143