1996 SANFL season
Teams9
PremiersPort Adelaide
34th premiership
Minor premiersCentral District
3rd minor premiership
Magarey MedallistJosh Francou
North Adelaide (26 votes)
Ken Farmer MedallistScott Hodges
Port Adelaide (102 Goals)
Matches played96
Highest46,210 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Central District)
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The 1996 South Australian National Football League season was the 117th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

The season opened on 30 March and concluded on 6 October with the Grand Final, in which Port Adelaide went on to record its 34th premiership, defeating Central District by 36 points.

Norwood, Woodville-West Torrens, West Adelaide also made the top (final) five teams and participated in the finals series. North Adelaide, Glenelg, South Adelaide, Sturt all missed the top five, with the last of those finishing last to record its 18th wooden spoon.[1]

The 1996 SANFL season marked the end of an era for Port Adelaide being their last year in the SANFL, as the Port Adelaide Football Club joined the AFL in 1997.

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 30 March (2:10 pm) Central District 13.9 (87) def. by Norwood 14.12 (96) Football Park [Report]
Saturday, 30 March (2:10 pm) South Adelaide 16.9 (105) def. Sturt 8.4 (52) Hickinbotham Oval [Report]
Saturday, 30 March (2:10 pm) West Adelaide 7.9 (51) def. by Woodville-West Torrens 10.10 (70) Richmond Oval [Report]

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 4.6 (30) def. by Central District 8.9 (57) Football Park (crowd: 7527) [Report]
Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm) Glenelg 12.13 (85) def. Sturt 7.8 (50) Glenelg Oval [Report]
Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm) Norwood 11.13 (79) def. South Adelaide 7.14 (56) Norwood Oval [Report]
Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm) North Adelaide 9.9 (63) def. West Adelaide 9.7 (61) Prospect Oval [Report]

Ladder

1996 SANFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Central District 20 15 5 0 1970 1315 59.97% 30
2 Norwood 20 15 5 0 1773 1381 56.21% 30
3 Port Adelaide (P) 20 13 7 0 1928 1491 56.39% 26
4 Woodville-West Torrens 20 12 8 0 1627 1504 51.96% 24
5 West Adelaide 20 10 10 0 1632 1472 52.58% 20
6 North Adelaide 20 8 12 0 1521 1734 46.72% 16
7 Glenelg 20 7 13 0 1487 1812 45.07% 14
8 South Adelaide 20 6 14 0 1449 1891 43.38% 12
9 Sturt 20 4 16 0 1360 2147 38.37% 8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers Click here for source

Finals series

Elimination and qualifying Finals

Elimination and qualifying Finals
Woodville-West Torrens 20.7 (127) def. West Adelaide 9.8 (62) Football Park [Report]
Port Adelaide 10.18 (78) def. Norwood 9.11 (65) Football Park (crowd: 31,245) [Report]

Semi-finals

Semi-finals
Saturday, 22 September (2:10 pm) Norwood 12.8 (80) def. Woodville-West Torrens 5.6 (36) Football Park
Saturday, 22 September (6:10 pm) Central District 12.15 (87) def. Port Adelaide 7.21 (63) Football Park (crowd: 31604)

Preliminary final

Preliminary Final
Sunday, 29 September (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 9.12 (66) def. Norwood 9.8 (62) Football Park (crowd: 18,338)
  • At the 29-minute mark of the 4th quarter Scott Hodges had a set shot from the boundary line 40m out to win the game.

Grand Final

Main article: 1996 SANFL Grand Final
1996 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 6 October (2:10 pm) Central District def. by Port Adelaide Football Park (crowd: 46,120)
2.1 (13)
3.4 (22)
5.6 (36)
 6.8 (44) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final 		1.4 (10)
4.6 (30)
7.10 (52)
 11.14 (80) 		Umpires: Richard Williams, Michael Avon, Troy Burton
Jack Oatey Medallist: David Brown
Television broadcast: ABC
P. Vardy 2
T. Cook, A, Balkwill, J. Cotton, R. Girdham 1 		Goals 7 S. Hodges
2 W. Tredrea
1 D. Smith, R. Smith
S. Schwerdt, S. Lee, R. Girdham Best D. Brown, F. Francis, S. Hodges
  • 1996 marked the end of an era for Port Adelaide being their last year their first team played in the SANFL, as the club entered the AFL in 1997.
  • This is the highest attendance for an SANFL Grand Final since the first year of the Adelaide Crows in the AFL (1991).

Attendances

By Club

1996 SANFL Attendances
Club Total Games Avg. Per Game
Port Adelaide 264,410 24 11,017

References

  1. ^ "Sturt".


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