1996 AFL season
Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
North Melbourne 14.12 ( 96 ) Geelong 16.13 ( 109 ) MCG 52,426 Friday , 23 August
Carlton 13.18 ( 96 ) Footscray 9.12 ( 66 ) Optus Oval 21,674 Saturday , 24 August
Essendon 14.16 ( 100 ) Sydney 12.10 ( 82 ) MCG 69,237 Saturday , 24 August
St Kilda 9.9 ( 63 ) Hawthorn 12.8 ( 80 ) Waverley Park 28,118 Saturday , 24 August
Brisbane Bears 10.11 ( 71 ) Fremantle 10.10 ( 70 ) Gabba 19,204 Saturday , 24 August
Richmond 28.19 ( 187 ) Fitzroy 5.6 ( 36 ) MCG 48,884 Sunday , 25 August
West Coast 24.7 ( 151 ) Melbourne 11.12 ( 78 ) Subiaco Oval 33,689 Sunday , 25 August
Adelaide 14.12 ( 96 ) Collingwood 24.9 ( 153 ) Football Park 40,212 Sunday , 25 August
Premiership Season -- Round 21
The 1996 Australian Football League season was the 100th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 7th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.