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1996 Fixture
| Rnd | Home Team | Away Team | Ground | Date | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Melbourne | 2.2 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 56 | lost to | Geelong | 4.6 | 11.9 | 17.18 | 27.21 | 183 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Mar 29 (Fri) | |
| R2 | Geelong | 6.1 | 16.4 | 21.6 | 26.8 | 164 | dftd | St Kilda | 5.5 | 8.10 | 14.12 | 20.14 | 134 | Shell Stadium | Apr 6 (Sat) | |
| R3 | Adelaide | 5.2 | 11.6 | 14.13 | 21.16 | 142 | dftd | Geelong | 4.2 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 12.6 | 78 | Football Park | Apr 12 (Fri) | |
| R4 | West Coast | 2.7 | 3.11 | 9.14 | 12.16 | 88 | lost to | Geelong | 8.2 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 16.10 | 106 | Subiaco Oval | Apr 21 (Sun) | |
| R5 | Geelong | 3.2 | 7.8 | 9.11 | 13.13 | 91 | dftd | Richmond | 4.6 | 6.9 | 8.13 | 12.16 | 88 | Shell Stadium | Apr 27 (Sat) | |
| R6 | Geelong | 5.1 | 8.8 | 11.11 | 13.15 | 93 | lost to | North Melbourne | 5.3 | 8.8 | 12.12 | 15.14 | 104 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | May 3 (Fri) | |
| R7 | Essendon | 4.2 | 11.5 | 15.6 | 22.11 | 143 | dftd | Geelong | 4.2 | 9.6 | 16.9 | 17.12 | 114 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | May 8 (Wed) | |
| R8 | Carlton | 3.6 | 7.9 | 9.12 | 12.14 | 86 | lost to | Geelong | 6.2 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 15.8 | 98 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | May 17 (Fri) | |
| R9 | Collingwood | 2.4 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 11.10 | 76 | lost to | Geelong | 4.2 | 7.6 | 14.9 | 21.13 | 139 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | May 27 (Mon) | |
| R10 | Geelong | 3.2 | 6.6 | 7.11 | 14.14 | 98 | drew | Brisbane Bears | 5.1 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 15.8 | 98 | Shell Stadium | Jun 8 (Sat) | |
| R11 | Geelong | 3.3 | 8.4 | 13.8 | 20.9 | 129 | dftd | Western Bulldogs | 4.3 | 6.8 | 10.11 | 12.13 | 85 | Shell Stadium | Jun 15 (Sat) | |
| R12 | Geelong | 5.2 | 10.4 | 14.8 | 17.10 | 112 | dftd | Fremantle | 0.4 | 3.7 | 6.9 | 13.15 | 93 | Shell Stadium | Jun 22 (Sat) | |
| R13 | Fitzroy | 1.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 39 | lost to | Geelong | 7.8 | 14.10 | 20.15 | 25.16 | 166 | Whitten Oval | Jun 29 (Sat) | |
| R14 | Sydney | 4.5 | 10.9 | 14.14 | 18.17 | 125 | dftd | Geelong | 2.1 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 74 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Jul 7 (Sun) | |
| R15 | Geelong | 2.5 | 5.6 | 8.10 | 10.12 | 72 | lost to | Hawthorn | 3.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 11.8 | 74 | Shell Stadium | Jul 13 (Sat) | |
| R16 | Geelong | 3.2 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 13.10 | 88 | dftd | Melbourne | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 30 | Shell Stadium | Jul 20 (Sat) | |
| R17 | St Kilda | 2.4 | 5.7 | 10.11 | 14.16 | 100 | dftd | Geelong | 3.4 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 11.10 | 76 | AFL Park | Jul 27 (Sat) | |
| R18 | Geelong | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.10 | 15.14 | 104 | dftd | Adelaide | 3.3 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 69 | Shell Stadium | Aug 3 (Sat) | |
| R19 | Geelong | 5.2 | 8.11 | 13.16 | 18.19 | 127 | dftd | West Coast | 1.2 | 4.2 | 7.6 | 12.10 | 82 | Shell Stadium | Aug 10 (Sat) | |
| R20 | Richmond | 4.4 | 8.7 | 12.12 | 19.18 | 132 | dftd | Geelong | 2.2 | 4.7 | 6.12 | 9.13 | 67 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Aug 17 (Sat) | |
| R21 | North Melbourne | 2.5 | 6.8 | 10.10 | 14.12 | 96 | lost to | Geelong | 3.2 | 8.3 | 13.8 | 16.13 | 109 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Aug 23 (Fri) | |
| R22 | Geelong | 1.2 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 9.11 | 65 | lost to | Carlton | 4.3 | 9.5 | 13.8 | 16.11 | 107 | Shell Stadium | Aug 31 (Sat) | |
| QF | North Melbourne | 6.5 | 8.10 | 14.14 | 19.17 | 131 | dftd | Geelong | 2.2 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 9.17 | 71 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Sep 8 (Sun) | |
1996 Player Statistics
| Pos | Num | Player | MT | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | SC | Rat | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Gary Ablett. | 17 | 159 | 9.4 | 31 | 1.8 | 190 | 11.2 | 71 | 4.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4.1 | 31 | 445 | 1250 | 73.5 |
| 2 | 16 | Bill Brownless | 11 | 88 | 8 | 47 | 4.3 | 135 | 12.3 | 51 | 4.6 | 12 | 1.1 | 14 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.8 | 11 | 131 | 710 | 64.5 |
| 3 | 8 | Ronnie Burns | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 101 | 4.8 | 246 | 11.7 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1.5 | 25 | 211 | 1082 | 51.5 |
| 4 | 15 | Peter Riccardi | 22 | 286 | 13 | 126 | 5.7 | 412 | 18.7 | 81 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.3 | 19 | 193 | 1710 | 77.7 |
| 5 | 19 | Derek Hall | 22 | 214 | 9.7 | 120 | 5.5 | 334 | 15.2 | 144 | 6.5 | 4 | 0.2 | 19 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1.1 | 21 | 165 | 1559 | 70.9 |
| 6 | 25 | Jason Snell | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 84 | 28 |
| 7 | 40 | Paul Brown | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 32 |
| 8 | 21 | Michael Mansfield | 21 | 195 | 9.3 | 137 | 6.5 | 332 | 15.8 | 106 | 5 | 4 | 0.2 | 25 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 133 | 1414 | 67.3 |
| 9 | 11 | Leigh Tudor | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 48 | 4 | 121 | 10.1 | 11 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.9 | 8 | 74 | 486 | 40.5 |
| 10 | 32 | Garry Hocking | 23 | 313 | 13.6 | 270 | 11.7 | 583 | 25.3 | 85 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.9 | 15 | 141 | 2139 | 93 |
| 11 | 9 | Shayne Breuer | 21 | 170 | 8.1 | 133 | 6.3 | 303 | 14.4 | 68 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.8 | 14 | 110 | 1246 | 59.3 |
| 12 | 6 | John Barnes | 19 | 151 | 7.9 | 122 | 6.4 | 273 | 14.4 | 114 | 6 | 225 | 11.8 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.8 | 6 | 102 | 1402 | 73.8 |
| 13 | 2 | Leigh Colbert | 23 | 254 | 11 | 150 | 6.5 | 404 | 17.6 | 98 | 4.3 | 16 | 0.7 | 60 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.8 | 2 | 116 | 1728 | 75.1 |
| 14 | 31 | David Mensch | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 70 | 6.4 | 141 | 12.8 | 44 | 4 | 26 | 2.4 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.7 | 4 | 52 | 583 | 53 |
| 15 | 10 | Grant Tanner | 21 | 206 | 9.8 | 160 | 7.6 | 366 | 17.4 | 92 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.6 | 6 | 78 | 1437 | 68.4 |
| 16 | 23 | Liam Pickering | 12 | 170 | 14.2 | 93 | 7.8 | 263 | 21.9 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.6 | 5 | 47 | 934 | 77.8 |
| 17 | 26 | Barry Stoneham | 19 | 115 | 6.1 | 59 | 3.1 | 174 | 9.2 | 54 | 2.8 | 43 | 2.3 | 26 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.5 | 9 | 69 | 841 | 44.3 |
| 18 | 4 | Aaron Lord | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | 47 | 4.7 | 110 | 11 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.4 | 4 | 28 | 372 | 37.2 |
| 19 | 28 | Martin McKinnon | 19 | 127 | 6.7 | 90 | 4.7 | 217 | 11.4 | 43 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 25 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.4 | 6 | 54 | 845 | 44.5 |
| 20 | 12 | Brad Sholl | 22 | 283 | 12.9 | 140 | 6.4 | 423 | 19.2 | 113 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.4 | 5 | 53 | 1585 | 72 |
| 21 | 14 | Steven Handley | 9 | 36 | 4 | 20 | 2.2 | 56 | 6.2 | 10 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.4 | 10 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 14 | 236 | 26.2 |
| 22 | 1 | Steven King | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 55 | 4.2 | 136 | 10.5 | 38 | 2.9 | 113 | 8.7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 | 2 | 20 | 652 | 50.2 |
| 23 | 37 | Sean Simpson | 20 | 172 | 8.6 | 111 | 5.6 | 283 | 14.2 | 51 | 2.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 38 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.2 | 3 | 21 | 1065 | 53.3 |
| 24 | 7 | Paul Couch | 21 | 330 | 15.7 | 134 | 6.4 | 464 | 22.1 | 72 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.2 | 10 | 40 | 1654 | 78.8 |
| 25 | 36 | Ben Graham | 17 | 112 | 6.6 | 60 | 3.5 | 172 | 10.1 | 50 | 2.9 | 9 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 4 | 16 | 679 | 39.9 |
| 26 | 30 | Craig Biddiscombe | 10 | 70 | 7 | 43 | 4.3 | 113 | 11.3 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 10 | 474 | 47.4 |
| 27 | 17 | Tim McGrath | 20 | 222 | 11.1 | 76 | 3.8 | 298 | 14.9 | 70 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.2 | 22 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 12 | 1131 | 56.6 |
| 28 | 27 | Brenton Sanderson | 21 | 224 | 10.7 | 124 | 5.9 | 348 | 16.6 | 101 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 14 | 1330 | 63.3 |
| 29 | 38 | Clint Bizzell | 4 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1.3 | 17 | 4.3 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 14.8 |
| 30 | 42 | Matthew Robbins | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 31 | 18 | Paul Lynch | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 11 | 2.8 | 26 | 6.5 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 25.8 |
| 32 | 20 | Carl Steinfort | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 27.5 |
| 33 | 13 | Glenn Kilpatrick | 11 | 55 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 99 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 334 | 30.4 |
| Totals | 483 | 4436 | 9.2 | 2644 | 5.5 | 7080 | 14.7 | 1729 | 3.6 | 464 | 1 | 652 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 357 | 0.7 | 232 | 2374 | 29229 | 60.5 |
1996 Wins
| Round | Opposition | For | Against | Margin | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 13 | Fitzroy | 25.16 (166) | 6.3 (39) | 127 | Whitten Oval | |
| Round 1 | Melbourne | 27.21 (183) | 8.8 (56) | 127 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 9 | Collingwood | 21.13 (139) | 11.10 (76) | 63 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 16 | Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | 4.6 (30) | 58 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 19 | West Coast | 18.19 (127) | 12.10 (82) | 45 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 11 | Western Bulldogs | 20.9 (129) | 12.13 (85) | 44 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 18 | Adelaide | 15.14 (104) | 10.9 (69) | 35 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 2 | St Kilda | 26.8 (164) | 20.14 (134) | 30 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 12 | Fremantle | 17.10 (112) | 13.15 (93) | 19 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 4 | West Coast | 16.10 (106) | 12.16 (88) | 18 | Subiaco Oval | |
| Round 21 | North Melbourne | 16.13 (109) | 14.12 (96) | 13 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 8 | Carlton | 15.8 (98) | 12.14 (86) | 12 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 5 | Richmond | 13.13 (91) | 12.16 (88) | 3 | Shell Stadium | |
| Average margin: | 45.7 | |||||
1996 Losses
| Round | Opposition | For | Against | Margin | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 20 | Richmond | 9.13 (67) | 19.18 (132) | 65 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 3 | Adelaide | 12.6 (78) | 21.16 (142) | 64 | Football Park | |
| Finals Week 1 | North Melbourne | 9.17 (71) | 19.17 (131) | 60 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 14 | Sydney | 11.8 (74) | 18.17 (125) | 51 | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| Round 22 | Carlton | 9.11 (65) | 16.11 (107) | 42 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 7 | Essendon | 17.12 (114) | 22.11 (143) | 29 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 17 | St Kilda | 11.10 (76) | 14.16 (100) | 24 | AFL Park | |
| Round 6 | North Melbourne | 13.15 (93) | 15.14 (104) | 11 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 15 | Hawthorn | 10.12 (72) | 11.8 (74) | 2 | Shell Stadium | |
| Average margin: | 38.7 | |||||
1996 Quarter Statistics
| Quarter | W | D | L | For | Against | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12 | 1 | 10 | 90.58 (598) | 73.84 (522) | 114.56 |
| 2nd | 15 | 0 | 8 | 85.79 (589) | 79.66 (540) | 109.07 |
| 3rd | 10 | 0 | 13 | 79.82 (556) | 74.67 (511) | 108.81 |
| 4th | 9 | 1 | 13 | 103.63 (681) | 90.65 (605) | 112.56 |
| Total | 46 | 2 | 44 | 357.282 (2424) | 316.282 (2178) | 111.29 |
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