1996 SANFL season

1996 SANFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Port Adelaide (34th premiership)
Minor premiers	Central District (3rd minor premiership)
Matches played	96
Highest attendance	46,210 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Central District)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Scott Hodges Port Adelaide (102 Goals)
Magarey Medallist	Josh Francou North Adelaide (26 votes)
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The 1996 South Australian National Football League season was the 116th 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]
BYE - Port Adelaide, North Adelaide, Glenelg

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]
BYE - Woodville-West Torrens

Ladder

1996 SANFL Ladder

TEAM

PTS

Central District

1970

1315

59.97%

Norwood

1773

1381

56.21%

Port Adelaide (P)

1928

1491

56.39%

Woodville-West Torrens

1627

1504

51.96%

West Adelaide

1632

1472

52.58%

North Adelaide

1521

1734

46.72%

Glenelg

1487

1812

45.07%

South Adelaide

1449

1891

43.38%

Sturt

1360

2147

38.37%

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

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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 in the SANFL, as the Port Adelaide Football Club joined 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

↑ http://www.sanfl.com.au/clubs/sturt/

http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1996

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