1996_SANFL_season

1996 SANFL season
1996 SANFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Port Adelaide; 34th premiership
Minor premiers	Central District; 3rd minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Josh Francou; North Adelaide (26 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Scott Hodges; Port Adelaide (102 Goals)
Matches played	96
Highest	46,210 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Central District)
	← 1995 1997 →

1996 SANFL season

117th season of top-level Australian rules football in South Australia

The 1996 South Australian National Football League season was the 117th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

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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.

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	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
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


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
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
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.

1996_SANFL_season

1996 SANFL season

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 2

Ladder

Finals series

Elimination and qualifying Finals

Semi-finals

Preliminary final

Grand Final

Attendances

By Club

References

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1996 SANFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Port Adelaide 34th premiership
Minor premiers	Central District 3rd minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Josh Francou North Adelaide (26 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Scott Hodges Port Adelaide (102 Goals)
Matches played	96
Highest	46,210 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Central District)
← 1995 1997 →


	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).