1996 AFL Season

These are the results for the 1996 season of the Australian Football League.

It featured twenty-two rounds. Sydney were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Eight system. North Melbourne were the premiers, with Wayne Carey as the premiership captain and Denis Pagan as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1996 AFL Season
Teams: 16
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Eight System
Matches: 185

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Adelaide Football Park Robert Shaw
Brisbane Bears Gabba John Northey
Carlton Optus Oval David Parkin
Collingwood MCG Tony Shaw
Essendon MCG Kevin Sheedy
Fitzroy Whitten Oval Mike Nunan Alan McConnell
Footscray Whitten Oval Alan Joyce Terry Wallace
Fremantle Subiaco Oval Gerard Neesham
Geelong Kardinia Park Gary Ayres
Hawthorn Waverley Park Ken Judge
Melbourne MCG Neil Balme
North Melbourne MCG Denis Pagan
Richmond MCG Robert Walls
St Kilda Waverley Park Stan Alves
Sydney SCG Rodney Eade
West Coast Subiaco Oval Mick Malthouse

Season Results

Premiers: North Melbourne
Runners-Up: Sydney
Minor Premiers: Sydney

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Sydney 1st 16 -1- 5 66 123.9% 2,152 1,737 317 250 242 285
North Melbourne 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 127.4% 2,526 1,982 364 342 293 224
Brisbane Bears 3rd 15 -1- 6 62 125.6% 2,174 1,731 317 272 247 249
West Coast 4th 15 -0- 7 60 125.2% 2,201 1,758 323 263 256 222
Carlton 5th 15 -0- 7 60 110.8% 2,116 1,909 310 256 273 271
Essendon 6th 14 -1- 7 58 109.2% 2,209 2,023 320 289 294 259
Geelong 7th 13 -1- 8 54 114.9% 2,353 2,047 348 265 297 265
Hawthorn 8th 11 -1- 10 46 98.5% 1,893 1,921 279 219 278 253
Richmond 9th 11 -0- 11 44 117.4% 2,282 1,944 333 284 281 258
St Kilda 10th 10 -0- 12 40 101.0% 2,053 2,033 298 265 297 251
Collingwood 11th 9 -0- 13 36 102.8% 2,203 2,142 322 271 310 282
Adelaide 12th 8 -0- 14 32 96.0% 2,233 2,327 329 259 343 269
Fremantle 13th 7 -0- 15 28 92.3% 1,830 1,983 257 288 289 249
Melbourne 14th 7 -0- 15 28 70.8% 1,743 2,463 253 225 365 273
Footscray 15th 5 -1- 16 22 77.3% 1,654 2,139 240 214 313 261
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 21 4 49.5% 1,452 2,935 206 216 438 307

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
North Melbourne 1st Premiers
Sydney 2nd Runners-Up
Brisbane Bears 3rd Defeated by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Essendon 4th Defeated by Sydney (Preliminary Final)
West Coast 5th Defeated by Essendon (Semi Final)
Carlton 6th Defeated by Brisbane Bears (Semi Final)
Geelong 7th Defeated by North Melbourne (Qualifying Final)
Hawthorn 8th Defeated by Sydney (Qualifying Final)
Richmond 9th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 10th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 11th Did not qualify for finals
Adelaide 12th Did not qualify for finals
Fremantle 13th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 14th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 15th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 16th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 29/03/1996 8:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 56 - 183 46,832
SAT 30/03/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Whitten Oval 71 - 92 10,239
SAT 30/03/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 104 - 122 52,271
SAT 30/03/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Waverley Park 85 - 109 23,434
SAT 30/03/1996 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v Footscray Gabba 141 - 54 14,222
SUN 31/03/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 109 - 87 70,152
SUN 31/03/1996 2:10 PM Fremantle v West Coast Subiaco Oval 45 - 67 33,041
SUN 31/03/1996 5:40 PM Adelaide v Sydney Football Park 130 - 40 40,665

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 1 -0- 0 4 326.8% 183 56
Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 325.0% 130 40
Brisbane Bears 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 261.1% 141 54
West Coast 4th 1 -0- 0 4 148.9% 67 45
Hawthorn 5th 1 -0- 0 4 129.6% 92 71
North Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 128.2% 109 85
Carlton 7th 1 -0- 0 4 125.3% 109 87
Essendon 8th 1 -0- 0 4 117.3% 122 104
Richmond 9th 0 -0- 1 0 85.2% 104 122
Collingwood 10th 0 -0- 1 0 79.8% 87 109
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 1 0 78.0% 85 109
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 1 0 77.2% 71 92
Fremantle 13th 0 -0- 1 0 67.2% 45 67
Footscray 14th 0 -0- 1 0 38.3% 54 141
Sydney 15th 0 -0- 1 0 30.8% 40 130
Melbourne 16th 0 -0- 1 0 30.6% 56 183

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/04/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Adelaide Whitten Oval 101 - 133 8,685
SAT 06/04/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 164 - 134 25,950
SAT 06/04/1996 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Waverley Park 51 - 98 38,263
SAT 06/04/1996 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray MCG 168 - 37 30,873
SAT 06/04/1996 8:40 PM West Coast v Brisbane Bears WACA 77 - 103 29,213
SUN 07/04/1996 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton MCG 72 - 101 62,207
SUN 07/04/1996 2:10 PM Sydney v Fremantle SCG 71 - 100 10,965
MON 08/04/1996 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne MCG 173 - 79 53,268

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 0 8 227.0% 277 122
Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 186.5% 263 141
Brisbane Bears 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 186.3% 244 131
Geelong 4th 2 -0- 0 8 182.6% 347 190
Carlton 5th 2 -0- 0 8 132.1% 210 159
Collingwood 6th 1 -0- 1 4 138.3% 260 188
Richmond 7th 1 -0- 1 4 116.8% 202 173
Fremantle 8th 1 -0- 1 4 105.1% 145 138
West Coast 9th 1 -0- 1 4 97.3% 144 148
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 1 4 94.6% 194 205
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 1 4 84.6% 143 169
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 2 0 80.2% 219 273
Fitzroy 13th 0 -0- 2 0 76.4% 172 225
Sydney 14th 0 -0- 2 0 48.3% 111 230
Melbourne 15th 0 -0- 2 0 37.9% 135 356
Footscray 16th 0 -0- 2 0 29.4% 91 309

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/04/1996 8:40 PM Adelaide v Geelong Football Park 142 - 78 43,766
SAT 13/04/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Whitten Oval 121 - 70 14,345
SAT 13/04/1996 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Waverley Park 80 - 153 20,331
SAT 13/04/1996 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v Richmond Gabba 90 - 108 20,635
SUN 14/04/1996 1:10 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 107 - 73 17,674
SUN 14/04/1996 2:10 PM Essendon v West Coast Waverley Park 109 - 50 20,852
SUN 14/04/1996 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda Optus Oval 98 - 88 11,881
SUN 14/04/1996 4:10 PM Fremantle v Carlton Subiaco Oval 102 - 49 22,652

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 212.9% 430 202
Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 184.9% 405 219
Brisbane Bears 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 139.7% 334 239
Fremantle 4th 2 -0- 1 8 132.1% 247 187
Geelong 5th 2 -0- 1 8 128.0% 425 332
Essendon 6th 2 -0- 1 8 118.8% 303 255
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 1 8 117.9% 310 263
Carlton 8th 2 -0- 1 8 99.2% 259 261
Collingwood 9th 1 -0- 2 4 112.9% 333 295
West Coast 10th 1 -0- 2 4 75.5% 194 257
Sydney 11th 1 -0- 2 4 71.9% 218 303
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 2 4 69.3% 223 322
Footscray 13th 1 -0- 2 4 55.9% 212 379
Melbourne 14th 1 -0- 2 4 52.5% 233 444
St Kilda 15th 0 -0- 3 0 82.7% 307 371
Fitzroy 16th 0 -0- 3 0 69.9% 242 346

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 19/04/1996 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v North Melbourne Gabba 125 - 95 17,469
SAT 20/04/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Optus Oval 133 - 86 19,051
SAT 20/04/1996 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fremantle Victoria Park 98 - 61 23,170
SAT 20/04/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Whitten Oval 57 - 57 16,804
SAT 20/04/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Waverley Park 160 - 75 17,625
SAT 20/04/1996 8:40 PM Adelaide v Essendon Football Park 161 - 65 45,266
SUN 21/04/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney Waverley Park 70 - 71 33,847
SUN 21/04/1996 2:10 PM West Coast v Geelong Subiaco Oval 88 - 106 30,837

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 16 199.3% 566 284
North Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 160.6% 525 327
Brisbane Bears 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 137.4% 459 334
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 1 12 126.4% 531 420
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 1 12 113.0% 392 347
Collingwood 6th 2 -0- 2 8 121.1% 431 356
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 2 8 113.8% 380 334
Fremantle 8th 2 -0- 2 8 108.1% 308 285
Essendon 9th 2 -0- 2 8 88.5% 368 416
Sydney 10th 2 -0- 2 8 77.5% 289 373
Hawthorn 11th 1 -1- 2 6 73.9% 280 379
Footscray 12th 1 -1- 2 6 61.7% 269 436
St Kilda 13th 1 -0- 3 4 104.7% 467 446
West Coast 14th 1 -0- 3 4 77.7% 282 363
Melbourne 15th 1 -0- 3 4 55.3% 319 577
Fitzroy 16th 0 -0- 4 0 62.6% 317 506

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1996 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood MCG 105 - 117 87,549
FRI 26/04/1996 8:40 PM Fremantle v Melbourne WACA 96 - 59 26,618
SAT 27/04/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v West Coast Optus Oval 86 - 85 19,927
SAT 27/04/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 91 - 88 26,016
SAT 27/04/1996 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Adelaide MCG 152 - 113 32,215
SAT 27/04/1996 7:40 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 88 - 76 20,227
SUN 28/04/1996 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Fitzroy Gabba 158 - 49 14,495
SUN 28/04/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Waverley Park 116 - 90 27,094

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Bears 1st 4 -0- 1 16 161.1% 617 383
Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 155.7% 679 436
North Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 153.9% 677 440
Geelong 4th 4 -0- 1 16 122.4% 622 508
Carlton 5th 4 -0- 1 16 110.6% 478 432
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 2 12 118.9% 548 461
Fremantle 7th 3 -0- 2 12 117.4% 404 344
Sydney 8th 3 -0- 2 12 84.0% 377 449
Richmond 9th 2 -0- 3 8 110.1% 468 425
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 3 8 108.8% 583 536
Essendon 11th 2 -0- 3 8 88.7% 473 533
Hawthorn 12th 1 -1- 3 6 76.2% 356 467
Footscray 13th 1 -1- 3 6 65.0% 359 552
West Coast 14th 1 -0- 4 4 81.7% 367 449
Melbourne 15th 1 -0- 4 4 56.2% 378 673
Fitzroy 16th 0 -0- 5 0 55.1% 366 664

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 03/05/1996 7:40 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 90 - 90 22,088
FRI 03/05/1996 8:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne MCG 93 - 104 50,074
SAT 04/05/1996 2:10 PM Collingwood v Adelaide Victoria Park 152 - 80 26,459
SAT 04/05/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Whitten Oval 62 - 154 13,497
SAT 04/05/1996 2:10 PM Melbourne v West Coast Optus Oval 50 - 156 8,747
SAT 04/05/1996 7:40 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Waverley Park 65 - 86 30,225
SUN 05/05/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton MCG 64 - 80 31,024
SUN 05/05/1996 2:10 PM Fremantle v Brisbane Bears Subiaco Oval 85 - 110 24,591

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Bears 1st 5 -0- 1 20 155.3% 727 468
North Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 146.5% 781 533
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 112.5% 558 496
Collingwood 4th 4 -0- 2 16 129.4% 700 541
Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 2 16 129.1% 759 588
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 2 16 116.8% 715 612
Sydney 7th 3 -1- 2 14 86.6% 467 539
Richmond 8th 3 -0- 3 12 127.7% 622 487
St Kilda 9th 3 -0- 3 12 111.3% 669 601
Fremantle 10th 3 -0- 3 12 107.7% 489 454
Essendon 11th 2 -1- 3 10 90.4% 563 623
West Coast 12th 2 -0- 4 8 104.8% 523 499
Hawthorn 13th 1 -1- 4 6 76.1% 421 553
Footscray 14th 1 -1- 4 6 66.9% 423 632
Melbourne 15th 1 -0- 5 4 51.6% 428 829
Fitzroy 16th 0 -0- 6 0 52.3% 428 818

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 08/05/1996 8:10 PM Essendon v Geelong MCG 143 - 114 75,632
FRI 10/05/1996 8:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda MCG 95 - 118 71,663
SAT 11/05/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Optus Oval 125 - 62 16,176
SAT 11/05/1996 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 38 - 82 23,660
SAT 11/05/1996 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v Hawthorn Gabba 104 - 41 20,053
SUN 12/05/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 113 - 62 25,691
SUN 12/05/1996 2:10 PM West Coast v North Melbourne Subiaco Oval 125 - 58 32,312
SUN 12/05/1996 5:40 PM Adelaide v Fremantle Football Park 132 - 36 40,386

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Bears 1st 6 -0- 1 24 163.3% 831 509
Carlton 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 122.4% 683 558
Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 142.8% 891 624
North Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 2 20 127.5% 839 658
Sydney 5th 4 -1- 2 18 95.1% 549 577
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 3 16 133.9% 735 549
Collingwood 7th 4 -0- 3 16 120.6% 795 659
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 3 16 113.1% 787 696
Geelong 9th 4 -0- 3 16 109.8% 829 755
Essendon 10th 3 -1- 3 14 95.8% 706 737
West Coast 11th 3 -0- 4 12 116.3% 648 557
Fremantle 12th 3 -0- 4 12 89.6% 525 586
Hawthorn 13th 1 -1- 5 6 70.3% 462 657
Footscray 14th 1 -1- 5 6 65.1% 485 745
Melbourne 15th 1 -0- 6 4 51.2% 466 911
Fitzroy 16th 0 -0- 7 0 52.0% 490 943

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 17/05/1996 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v Collingwood Gabba 108 - 98 21,644
FRI 17/05/1996 7:40 PM Carlton v Geelong MCG 86 - 98 67,931
SAT 18/05/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Fremantle Whitten Oval 107 - 76 5,083
SAT 18/05/1996 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Waverley Park 122 - 71 20,527
SAT 18/05/1996 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond MCG 144 - 89 49,939
SAT 18/05/1996 8:40 PM West Coast v Sydney WACA 100 - 64 31,411
SUN 19/05/1996 2:10 PM Adelaide v St Kilda Football Park 97 - 73 43,370
SUN 19/05/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon MCG 84 - 151 36,766

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Bears 1st 7 -0- 1 28 154.7% 939 607
Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 141.8% 988 697
North Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 131.6% 983 747
Carlton 4th 6 -0- 2 24 117.2% 769 656
Geelong 5th 5 -0- 3 20 110.2% 927 841
Essendon 6th 4 -1- 3 18 104.4% 857 821
Sydney 7th 4 -1- 3 18 90.5% 613 677
West Coast 8th 4 -0- 4 16 120.5% 748 621
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 4 16 118.9% 824 693
Collingwood 10th 4 -0- 4 16 116.4% 893 767
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 4 16 108.4% 860 793
Fremantle 12th 3 -0- 5 12 86.7% 601 693
Hawthorn 13th 2 -1- 5 10 80.2% 584 728
Footscray 14th 1 -1- 6 6 63.5% 569 896
Fitzroy 15th 1 -0- 7 4 58.6% 597 1,019
Melbourne 16th 1 -0- 7 4 52.0% 537 1,033

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 24/05/1996 8:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 170 - 65 19,964
SAT 25/05/1996 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 89 - 77 37,288
SAT 25/05/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v Adelaide Whitten Oval 119 - 79 11,140
SAT 25/05/1996 2:10 PM Hawthorn v West Coast Waverley Park 56 - 90 14,286
SUN 26/05/1996 1:10 PM Sydney v Brisbane Bears SCG 132 - 74 26,537
SUN 26/05/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Waverley Park 69 - 91 41,023
SUN 26/05/1996 4:10 PM Fremantle v Richmond Subiaco Oval 120 - 66 20,934
MON 27/05/1996 8:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong MCG 76 - 139 56,609

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 2 28 142.0% 1,153 812
Brisbane Bears 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 137.1% 1,013 739
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 118.6% 860 725
Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 3 24 130.8% 1,067 816
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 3 24 116.2% 1,066 917
Essendon 6th 5 -1- 3 22 105.3% 946 898
Sydney 7th 5 -1- 3 22 99.2% 745 751
West Coast 8th 5 -0- 4 20 123.8% 838 677
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 5 16 109.5% 890 813
Collingwood 10th 4 -0- 5 16 107.0% 969 906
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 5 16 105.1% 929 884
Fremantle 12th 4 -0- 5 16 95.0% 721 759
Hawthorn 13th 2 -1- 6 10 78.2% 640 818
Footscray 14th 2 -1- 6 10 70.6% 688 975
Fitzroy 15th 1 -0- 8 4 55.7% 662 1,189
Melbourne 16th 1 -0- 8 4 54.7% 614 1,122

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 07/06/1996 8:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne MCG 69 - 89 22,416
SAT 08/06/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 101 - 90 59,062
SAT 08/06/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Whitten Oval 67 - 137 9,701
SAT 08/06/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v Brisbane Bears Kardinia Park 98 - 98 24,800
SAT 08/06/1996 7:40 PM St Kilda v Essendon Waverley Park 67 - 89 43,925
SUN 09/06/1996 2:10 PM Fremantle v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 53 - 110 19,350
SUN 09/06/1996 5:40 PM Adelaide v West Coast Football Park 76 - 130 43,398
MON 10/06/1996 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 114 - 76 48,302

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 2 32 141.0% 1,242 881
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 117.9% 961 815
Brisbane Bears 3rd 7 -1- 2 30 132.7% 1,111 837
Geelong 4th 6 -1- 3 26 114.7% 1,164 1,015
Sydney 5th 6 -1- 3 26 107.8% 882 818
Essendon 6th 6 -1- 3 26 107.3% 1,035 965
West Coast 7th 6 -0- 4 24 128.6% 968 753
Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 4 24 120.8% 1,143 946
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 6 16 107.2% 980 914
Collingwood 10th 4 -0- 6 16 102.5% 1,045 1,020
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 6 16 102.4% 996 973
Fremantle 12th 4 -0- 6 16 89.1% 774 869
Hawthorn 13th 3 -1- 6 14 86.1% 750 871
Footscray 14th 2 -1- 7 10 71.1% 757 1,064
Melbourne 15th 2 -0- 8 8 60.8% 728 1,198
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 9 4 55.0% 729 1,326

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 129 - 85 21,516
SAT 15/06/1996 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Adelaide Waverley Park 108 - 99 16,652
SAT 15/06/1996 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Sydney Optus Oval 73 - 152 18,644
SAT 15/06/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 139 - 105 39,029
SAT 15/06/1996 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v Carlton Gabba 38 - 62 20,225
SUN 16/06/1996 2:10 PM Essendon v Fremantle MCG 90 - 89 31,383
SUN 16/06/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Whitten Oval 56 - 119 10,836
SUN 16/06/1996 2:10 PM West Coast v Collingwood Subiaco Oval 115 - 62 34,832

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 2 36 119.9% 1,023 853
North Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 127.3% 1,315 1,033
Brisbane Bears 3rd 7 -1- 3 30 127.8% 1,149 899
Geelong 4th 7 -1- 3 30 117.5% 1,293 1,100
Sydney 5th 7 -1- 3 30 116.0% 1,034 891
Essendon 6th 7 -1- 3 30 106.7% 1,125 1,054
West Coast 7th 7 -0- 4 28 132.9% 1,083 815
Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 5 24 117.8% 1,242 1,054
Richmond 9th 5 -0- 6 20 109.8% 1,119 1,019
Hawthorn 10th 4 -1- 6 18 88.5% 858 970
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 7 16 99.0% 1,101 1,112
Collingwood 12th 4 -0- 7 16 97.5% 1,107 1,135
Fremantle 13th 4 -0- 7 16 90.0% 863 959
Melbourne 14th 3 -0- 8 12 67.5% 847 1,254
Footscray 15th 2 -1- 8 10 70.6% 842 1,193
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 10 4 54.3% 785 1,445

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 21/06/1996 8:10 PM Richmond v Adelaide MCG 128 - 82 39,044
SAT 22/06/1996 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 95 - 116 61,448
SAT 22/06/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v Fremantle Kardinia Park 112 - 93 22,116
SAT 22/06/1996 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Waverley Park 114 - 83 16,217
SAT 22/06/1996 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v Melbourne Gabba 123 - 46 14,871
SUN 23/06/1996 1:10 PM Sydney v Footscray SCG 123 - 77 22,689
SUN 23/06/1996 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 107 - 95 39,515
SUN 23/06/1996 4:10 PM West Coast v St Kilda Subiaco Oval 141 - 108 29,434

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -0- 2 40 120.1% 1,139 948
North Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 126.1% 1,422 1,128
Brisbane Bears 3rd 8 -1- 3 34 134.6% 1,272 945
Sydney 4th 8 -1- 3 34 119.5% 1,157 968
Geelong 5th 8 -1- 3 34 117.8% 1,405 1,193
West Coast 6th 8 -0- 4 32 132.6% 1,224 923
Essendon 7th 7 -1- 4 30 105.1% 1,220 1,161
Richmond 8th 6 -0- 6 24 113.3% 1,247 1,101
Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 6 24 112.0% 1,324 1,182
Hawthorn 10th 5 -1- 6 22 92.3% 972 1,053
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 8 16 96.5% 1,209 1,253
Collingwood 12th 4 -0- 8 16 96.1% 1,202 1,251
Fremantle 13th 4 -0- 8 16 89.3% 956 1,071
Melbourne 14th 3 -0- 9 12 64.9% 893 1,377
Footscray 15th 2 -1- 9 10 69.8% 919 1,316
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 11 4 55.7% 868 1,559

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 28/06/1996 8:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 69 - 92 69,072
SAT 29/06/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Optus Oval 91 - 102 20,030
SAT 29/06/1996 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn MCG 121 - 100 43,481
SAT 29/06/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Whitten Oval 39 - 166 10,504
SAT 29/06/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v Brisbane Bears Waverley Park 96 - 50 13,824
SAT 29/06/1996 8:40 PM Fremantle v North Melbourne WACA 58 - 74 19,360
SUN 30/06/1996 2:10 PM Adelaide v Melbourne Football Park 72 - 123 37,557
SUN 30/06/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v West Coast Whitten Oval 59 - 71 11,184

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 3 40 126.1% 1,496 1,186
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 117.1% 1,230 1,050
Geelong 3rd 9 -1- 3 38 127.5% 1,571 1,232
Sydney 4th 9 -1- 3 38 118.9% 1,259 1,059
West Coast 5th 9 -0- 4 36 131.9% 1,295 982
Brisbane Bears 6th 8 -1- 4 34 127.0% 1,322 1,041
Essendon 7th 8 -1- 4 34 106.3% 1,341 1,261
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 6 28 114.4% 1,339 1,170
Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 7 24 107.0% 1,396 1,305
Hawthorn 10th 5 -1- 7 22 91.3% 1,072 1,174
St Kilda 11th 5 -0- 8 20 100.2% 1,305 1,303
Collingwood 12th 4 -0- 9 16 94.6% 1,271 1,343
Fremantle 13th 4 -0- 9 16 88.6% 1,014 1,145
Melbourne 14th 4 -0- 9 16 70.1% 1,016 1,449
Footscray 15th 2 -1- 10 10 70.5% 978 1,387
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 12 4 52.6% 907 1,725

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/07/1996 8:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton MCG 144 - 89 68,537
SAT 06/07/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Optus Oval 52 - 118 12,748
SAT 06/07/1996 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Waverley Park 114 - 81 30,886
SAT 06/07/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v West Coast MCG 51 - 68 37,482
SAT 06/07/1996 8:40 PM Adelaide v Brisbane Bears Football Park 102 - 94 34,183
SUN 07/07/1996 1:10 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 125 - 74 44,047
SUN 07/07/1996 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 94 - 67 22,852
SUN 07/07/1996 4:10 PM Fremantle v St Kilda Subiaco Oval 77 - 100 17,697

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 3 44 128.6% 1,640 1,275
Sydney 2nd 10 -1- 3 42 122.2% 1,384 1,133
West Coast 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 131.9% 1,363 1,033
Carlton 4th 10 -0- 4 40 110.5% 1,319 1,194
Geelong 5th 9 -1- 4 38 121.2% 1,645 1,357
Essendon 6th 9 -1- 4 38 111.1% 1,459 1,313
Brisbane Bears 7th 8 -1- 5 34 123.9% 1,416 1,143
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 7 28 112.3% 1,390 1,238
Adelaide 9th 7 -0- 7 28 107.1% 1,498 1,399
Hawthorn 10th 6 -1- 7 26 94.5% 1,186 1,255
St Kilda 11th 6 -0- 8 24 101.8% 1,405 1,380
Melbourne 12th 5 -0- 9 20 73.2% 1,110 1,516
Collingwood 13th 4 -0- 10 16 92.8% 1,352 1,457
Fremantle 14th 4 -0- 10 16 87.6% 1,091 1,245
Footscray 15th 2 -1- 11 10 70.6% 1,045 1,481
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 13 4 52.0% 959 1,843

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/07/1996 8:40 PM West Coast v Fitzroy WACA 131 - 63 22,044
SAT 13/07/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v Adelaide Optus Oval 131 - 64 20,102
SAT 13/07/1996 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne MCG 144 - 83 34,514
SAT 13/07/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 72 - 74 22,207
SAT 13/07/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Waverley Park 79 - 96 34,337
SUN 14/07/1996 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Essendon Gabba 103 - 68 20,378
SUN 14/07/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v Fremantle Whitten Oval 117 - 99 8,674
SUN 14/07/1996 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 81 - 127 41,380

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 11 -1- 3 46 122.1% 1,480 1,212
West Coast 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 136.3% 1,494 1,096
North Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 121.4% 1,723 1,419
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 4 44 115.3% 1,450 1,258
Brisbane Bears 5th 9 -1- 5 38 125.4% 1,519 1,211
Geelong 6th 9 -1- 5 38 120.0% 1,717 1,431
Essendon 7th 9 -1- 5 38 107.8% 1,527 1,416
Richmond 8th 8 -0- 7 32 115.0% 1,517 1,319
Hawthorn 9th 7 -1- 7 30 95.0% 1,260 1,327
Adelaide 10th 7 -0- 8 28 102.1% 1,562 1,530
St Kilda 11th 6 -0- 9 24 100.5% 1,484 1,476
Collingwood 12th 5 -0- 10 20 97.1% 1,496 1,540
Melbourne 13th 5 -0- 10 20 72.5% 1,191 1,643
Fremantle 14th 4 -0- 11 16 87.4% 1,190 1,362
Footscray 15th 3 -1- 11 14 73.5% 1,162 1,580
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 14 4 51.8% 1,022 1,974

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 19/07/1996 8:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 118 - 29 24,778
SAT 20/07/1996 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond MCG 108 - 88 58,768
SAT 20/07/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v Brisbane Bears Whitten Oval 22 - 36 9,994
SAT 20/07/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 88 - 30 17,538
SAT 20/07/1996 7:40 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Waverley Park 98 - 49 28,670
SUN 21/07/1996 1:10 PM Sydney v Adelaide SCG 110 - 88 29,174
SUN 21/07/1996 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 116 - 76 23,567
SUN 21/07/1996 4:10 PM West Coast v Fremantle Subiaco Oval 82 - 48 35,406

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 12 -1- 3 50 122.3% 1,590 1,300
West Coast 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 137.8% 1,576 1,144
North Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 127.1% 1,841 1,448
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 5 44 110.5% 1,499 1,356
Brisbane Bears 5th 10 -1- 5 42 126.1% 1,555 1,233
Geelong 6th 10 -1- 5 42 123.5% 1,805 1,461
Essendon 7th 10 -1- 5 42 108.7% 1,635 1,504
Hawthorn 8th 8 -1- 7 34 98.7% 1,358 1,376
Richmond 9th 8 -0- 8 32 112.5% 1,605 1,427
Adelaide 10th 7 -0- 9 28 100.6% 1,650 1,640
Collingwood 11th 6 -0- 10 24 99.8% 1,612 1,616
St Kilda 12th 6 -0- 10 24 94.9% 1,513 1,594
Melbourne 13th 5 -0- 11 20 70.5% 1,221 1,731
Fremantle 14th 4 -0- 12 16 85.7% 1,238 1,444
Footscray 15th 3 -1- 12 14 73.3% 1,184 1,616
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 15 4 52.5% 1,098 2,090

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 26/07/1996 8:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 70 - 183 20,955
SAT 27/07/1996 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v West Coast Gabba 163 - 116 15,772
SAT 27/07/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 91 - 82 65,420
SAT 27/07/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Optus Oval 114 - 73 19,081
SAT 27/07/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Waverley Park 100 - 76 24,289
SUN 28/07/1996 1:10 PM Adelaide v Fitzroy Football Park 166 - 67 31,880
SUN 28/07/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood MCG 108 - 114 28,776
SUN 28/07/1996 4:10 PM Fremantle v Sydney Subiaco Oval 104 - 78 17,513

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 4 52 133.3% 2,024 1,518
Sydney 2nd 12 -1- 4 50 118.8% 1,668 1,404
West Coast 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 129.5% 1,692 1,307
Carlton 4th 12 -0- 5 48 110.6% 1,590 1,438
Brisbane Bears 5th 11 -1- 5 46 127.4% 1,718 1,349
Geelong 6th 10 -1- 6 42 120.5% 1,881 1,561
Essendon 7th 10 -1- 6 42 107.6% 1,717 1,595
Richmond 8th 9 -0- 8 36 114.6% 1,719 1,500
Hawthorn 9th 8 -1- 8 34 96.0% 1,431 1,490
Adelaide 10th 8 -0- 9 32 106.4% 1,816 1,707
Collingwood 11th 7 -0- 10 28 100.1% 1,726 1,724
St Kilda 12th 7 -0- 10 28 96.6% 1,613 1,670
Fremantle 13th 5 -0- 12 20 88.2% 1,342 1,522
Melbourne 14th 5 -0- 12 20 67.5% 1,291 1,914
Footscray 15th 3 -1- 13 14 74.7% 1,292 1,730
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 16 4 51.6% 1,165 2,256

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 02/08/1996 8:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 130 - 99 28,555
SAT 03/08/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v Fremantle Optus Oval 145 - 84 15,277
SAT 03/08/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v Adelaide Kardinia Park 104 - 69 17,818
SAT 03/08/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Waverley Park 88 - 78 30,065
SUN 04/08/1996 1:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 115 - 52 18,850
SUN 04/08/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Whitten Oval 45 - 60 8,757
SUN 04/08/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v Brisbane Bears Optus Oval 53 - 70 17,157
SUN 04/08/1996 4:10 PM West Coast v Essendon Subiaco Oval 99 - 93 37,669

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 4 56 133.2% 2,154 1,617
Sydney 2nd 13 -1- 4 54 122.5% 1,783 1,456
West Coast 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 127.9% 1,791 1,400
Carlton 4th 13 -0- 5 52 114.0% 1,735 1,522
Brisbane Bears 5th 12 -1- 5 50 127.5% 1,788 1,402
Geelong 6th 11 -1- 6 46 121.8% 1,985 1,630
Essendon 7th 10 -1- 7 42 106.8% 1,810 1,694
Richmond 8th 9 -0- 9 36 112.9% 1,772 1,570
Hawthorn 9th 8 -1- 9 34 94.4% 1,530 1,620
Adelaide 10th 8 -0- 10 32 104.1% 1,885 1,811
St Kilda 11th 8 -0- 10 32 97.3% 1,701 1,748
Collingwood 12th 7 -0- 11 28 99.6% 1,804 1,812
Fremantle 13th 5 -0- 13 20 85.5% 1,426 1,667
Melbourne 14th 5 -0- 13 20 66.2% 1,343 2,029
Footscray 15th 4 -1- 13 18 76.2% 1,352 1,775
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 17 4 52.2% 1,210 2,316

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 09/08/1996 8:40 PM Fremantle v Collingwood WACA 106 - 82 22,874
SAT 10/08/1996 2:10 PM Essendon v Adelaide Optus Oval 143 - 107 15,794
SAT 10/08/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Whitten Oval 35 - 88 7,781
SAT 10/08/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v West Coast Kardinia Park 127 - 82 21,081
SAT 10/08/1996 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 129 - 110 30,166
SAT 10/08/1996 7:40 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Waverley Park 132 - 65 14,914
SUN 11/08/1996 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Brisbane Bears Optus Oval 59 - 77 15,453
SUN 11/08/1996 2:10 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 130 - 82 28,541

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 14 -1- 4 58 124.4% 1,913 1,538
North Melbourne 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 130.6% 2,213 1,694
Brisbane Bears 3rd 13 -1- 5 54 127.7% 1,865 1,461
West Coast 4th 13 -0- 6 52 122.7% 1,873 1,527
Carlton 5th 13 -0- 6 52 111.8% 1,845 1,651
Geelong 6th 12 -1- 6 50 123.4% 2,112 1,712
Essendon 7th 11 -1- 7 46 108.4% 1,953 1,801
Hawthorn 8th 9 -1- 9 38 98.6% 1,662 1,685
Richmond 9th 9 -0- 10 36 109.1% 1,854 1,700
St Kilda 10th 9 -0- 10 36 100.3% 1,789 1,783
Adelaide 11th 8 -0- 11 32 101.9% 1,992 1,954
Collingwood 12th 7 -0- 12 28 98.3% 1,886 1,918
Fremantle 13th 6 -0- 13 24 87.6% 1,532 1,749
Melbourne 14th 6 -0- 13 24 68.8% 1,472 2,139
Footscray 15th 4 -1- 14 18 74.3% 1,417 1,907
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 18 4 51.8% 1,245 2,404

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 16/08/1996 8:10 PM Melbourne v Fremantle MCG 92 - 71 15,494
SAT 17/08/1996 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Brisbane Bears Optus Oval 100 - 187 6,469
SAT 17/08/1996 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Waverley Park 49 - 72 28,897
SAT 17/08/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 132 - 67 50,633
SAT 17/08/1996 8:40 PM Adelaide v North Melbourne Football Park 70 - 76 33,030
SUN 18/08/1996 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon MCG 64 - 77 51,057
SUN 18/08/1996 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Optus Oval 95 - 57 7,677
SUN 18/08/1996 2:10 PM West Coast v Carlton Subiaco Oval 127 - 68 40,085

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 15 -1- 4 62 125.1% 1,985 1,587
North Melbourne 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 129.8% 2,289 1,764
Brisbane Bears 3rd 14 -1- 5 58 131.5% 2,052 1,561
West Coast 4th 14 -0- 6 56 125.4% 2,000 1,595
Carlton 5th 13 -0- 7 52 107.6% 1,913 1,778
Geelong 6th 12 -1- 7 50 118.2% 2,179 1,844
Essendon 7th 12 -1- 7 50 108.8% 2,030 1,865
Richmond 8th 10 -0- 10 40 112.4% 1,986 1,767
Hawthorn 9th 9 -1- 10 38 97.4% 1,711 1,757
St Kilda 10th 9 -0- 11 36 98.3% 1,846 1,878
Adelaide 11th 8 -0- 12 32 101.6% 2,062 2,030
Collingwood 12th 7 -0- 13 28 97.7% 1,950 1,995
Melbourne 13th 7 -0- 13 28 70.8% 1,564 2,210
Fremantle 14th 6 -0- 14 24 87.1% 1,603 1,841
Footscray 15th 5 -1- 14 22 77.0% 1,512 1,964
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 19 4 51.9% 1,345 2,591

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 23/08/1996 8:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 96 - 109 52,426
SAT 24/08/1996 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Optus Oval 96 - 66 21,674
SAT 24/08/1996 2:10 PM Essendon v Sydney MCG 100 - 82 69,237
SAT 24/08/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Waverley Park 63 - 80 28,118
SAT 24/08/1996 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v Fremantle Gabba 71 - 70 19,204
SUN 25/08/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 187 - 36 48,884
SUN 25/08/1996 2:10 PM West Coast v Melbourne Subiaco Oval 151 - 78 33,689
SUN 25/08/1996 5:40 PM Adelaide v Collingwood Football Park 96 - 153 40,212

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brisbane Bears 1st 15 -1- 5 62 130.2% 2,123 1,631
Sydney 2nd 15 -1- 5 62 122.5% 2,067 1,687
West Coast 3rd 15 -0- 6 60 128.6% 2,151 1,673
North Melbourne 4th 15 -0- 6 60 127.3% 2,385 1,873
Carlton 5th 14 -0- 7 56 108.9% 2,009 1,844
Geelong 6th 13 -1- 7 54 117.9% 2,288 1,940
Essendon 7th 13 -1- 7 54 109.4% 2,130 1,947
Richmond 8th 11 -0- 10 44 120.5% 2,173 1,803
Hawthorn 9th 10 -1- 10 42 98.4% 1,791 1,820
St Kilda 10th 9 -0- 12 36 97.5% 1,909 1,958
Collingwood 11th 8 -0- 13 32 100.6% 2,103 2,091
Adelaide 12th 8 -0- 13 32 98.9% 2,158 2,183
Melbourne 13th 7 -0- 14 28 69.5% 1,642 2,361
Fremantle 14th 6 -0- 15 24 87.5% 1,673 1,912
Footscray 15th 5 -1- 15 22 76.6% 1,578 2,060
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 20 4 49.7% 1,381 2,778

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 30/08/1996 8:10 PM Essendon v Footscray MCG 79 - 76 42,598
SAT 31/08/1996 2:10 PM Collingwood v Brisbane Bears Victoria Park 100 - 51 21,126
SAT 31/08/1996 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 65 - 107 27,659
SAT 31/08/1996 2:10 PM St Kilda v Adelaide Waverley Park 144 - 75 14,778
SAT 31/08/1996 7:40 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 101 - 102 63,196
SAT 31/08/1996 7:40 PM Sydney v West Coast SCG 85 - 50 29,517
SUN 01/09/1996 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 109 - 141 61,740
SUN 01/09/1996 4:10 PM Fremantle v Fitzroy Subiaco Oval 157 - 71 22,574

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 16 -1- 5 66 123.9% 2,152 1,737
North Melbourne 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 127.4% 2,526 1,982
Brisbane Bears 3rd 15 -1- 6 62 125.6% 2,174 1,731
West Coast 4th 15 -0- 7 60 125.2% 2,201 1,758
Carlton 5th 15 -0- 7 60 110.8% 2,116 1,909
Essendon 6th 14 -1- 7 58 109.2% 2,209 2,023
Geelong 7th 13 -1- 8 54 114.9% 2,353 2,047
Hawthorn 8th 11 -1- 10 46 98.5% 1,893 1,921
Richmond 9th 11 -0- 11 44 117.4% 2,282 1,944
St Kilda 10th 10 -0- 12 40 101.0% 2,053 2,033
Collingwood 11th 9 -0- 13 36 102.8% 2,203 2,142
Adelaide 12th 8 -0- 14 32 96.0% 2,233 2,327
Fremantle 13th 7 -0- 15 28 92.3% 1,830 1,983
Melbourne 14th 7 -0- 15 28 70.8% 1,743 2,463
Footscray 15th 5 -1- 16 22 77.3% 1,654 2,139
Fitzroy 16th 1 -0- 21 4 49.5% 1,452 2,935

Final Round 1

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 06/09/1996 7:45 PM Brisbane Bears v Essendon Gabba 101 - 100 21,964
SAT 07/09/1996 3:10 PM West Coast v Carlton Subiaco Oval 125 - 70 41,501
SAT 07/09/1996 7:45 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 90 - 84 37,010
SUN 08/09/1996 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 131 - 71 69,323

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1996 2:30 PM West Coast v Essendon MCG 67 - 144 85,656
SAT 14/09/1996 7:45 PM Brisbane Bears v Carlton Gabba 170 - 73 21,767

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1996 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Brisbane Bears MCG 114 - 76 66,719
SAT 21/09/1996 7:45 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 70 - 69 41,731

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1996 2:45 PM Sydney v North Melbourne MCG 88 - 131 93,102