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The 1993 AFL season was the 97th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured fifteen clubs, ran from 26 March until 25 September, and comprised a 20-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top six clubs.
| 1993 AFL premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 15 |
| Premiers | Essendon 15th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Essendon 14th minor premiership |
| Pre-season cup | Essendon 2nd pre-season cup win |
| Brownlow Medallist | Gavin Wanganeen (Essendon) |
| Leading goalkicker | Gary Ablett (Geelong) |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 157 |
| Total attendance | 4,657,489 (29,666 per match) |
| Highest | 96,862 (Grand Final, Essendon vs. Carlton) |
The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the 15th time, after it defeated Carlton by 44 points in the 1993 AFL Grand Final.
Foster's Cup
The 1993 Foster's Cup saw Essendon 14.18 (102) defeated Richmond 11.13 (79) in the Grand Final.
Home-and-away season
Round 1
Round 2
- Carlton and Essendon played out the highest scoring draw in VFL/AFL history.
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
| Round 6 | |||||
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| Friday, 30 April (7:38 pm) | Melbourne 22.21 (153) | def. | Richmond 8.12 (60) | MCG (crowd: 33933) | Report |
| Friday, 30 April (8:38 pm) | Adelaide 12.16 (88) | def. by | Hawthorn 16.9 (105) | Football Park (crowd: 46689) | Report |
| Saturday, 1 May (2:08 pm) | Essendon 23.18 (156) | def. | Geelong 19.18 (132) | MCG (crowd: 46588) | Report |
| Saturday, 1 May (2:08 pm) | North Melbourne 35.19 (229) | def. | Sydney 16.9 (105) | Princes Park (crowd: 9230) | Report |
| Sunday, 2 May (1:15 pm) | Brisbane Bears 17.8 (110) | def. | Fitzroy 12.11 (83) | The Gabba (crowd: 9893) | Report |
| Sunday, 2 May (2:08 pm) | Carlton 15.11 (101) | def. by | Collingwood 21.11 (137) | MCG (crowd: 86196) | Report |
| Sunday, 2 May (4:08 pm) | West Coast 19.11 (125) | def. | Footscray 13.6 (84) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 32579) | Report |
| Bye St Kilda |
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Round 7
Round 8
| Round 8 | |||||
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| Friday, 14 May (8:38 pm) | West Coast 7.16 (58) | def. by | Fitzroy 11.10 (76) | WACA (crowd: 28506) | Report |
| Saturday, 15 May (2:00 pm) | St Kilda 9.13 (67) | def. by | Essendon 19.11 (125) | Waverley Park (crowd: 43886 ) | Report |
| Saturday, 15 May (2:00 pm) | Carlton 11.12 (78) | def. by | Footscray 15.16 (106) | Princes Park (crowd: 24133) | Report |
| Saturday, 15 May (2:08 pm) | Collingwood 14.10 (94) | def. | Hawthorn 10.16 (76) | Victoria Park (crowd: 29880) | Report |
| Sunday, 16 May (2:00 pm) | Geelong 19.14 (128) | def. | Richmond 9.24 (78) | Kardinia Park (crowd: 25224) | Report |
| Sunday, 16 May (2:15 pm) | Brisbane Bears 33.21 (219) | def. | Sydney 8.9 (57) | The Gabba (crowd: 8916) | Report |
| Sunday, 16 May (5:38 pm) | Adelaide 19.9 (123) | def. | North Melbourne 18.13 (121) | Football Park (crowd: 45562) | Report |
| Bye Melbourne |
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Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
| Round 16 | |||||
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| Friday, 16 July (8:38 pm) | Adelaide 26.15 (171) | def. | Richmond 4.8 (32) | Football Park (crowd: 45109) | Report |
| Saturday, 17 July (2:00 pm) | Fitzroy 14.11 (95) | def. by | Carlton 27.19 (181) | Princes Park (crowd: 24987) | Report |
| Saturday, 17 July (2:00 pm) | Collingwood 21.19 (145) | def. | Footscray 11.15 (81) | Victoria Park (crowd: 26156) | Report |
| Saturday, 17 July (2:00 pm) | St Kilda 27.15 (177) | def. | Geelong 15.16 (106) | Waverley Park (crowd: 22059) | Report |
| Saturday, 17 July (2:08 pm) | Melbourne 12.18 (90) | def. by | Hawthorn 16.10 (106) | MCG (crowd: 44303) | Report |
| Sunday, 18 July (2:08 pm) | Brisbane Bears 15.14 (104) | def. by | North Melbourne 22.14 (146) | The Gabba (crowd: 9609) | Report |
| Sunday, 18 July (2:08 pm) | Essendon 12.17 (89) | def. | West Coast 13.9 (87) | MCG (crowd: 44507) | Report |
| Bye Sydney |
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Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Ladder
| (P) | Premiers |
| Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essendon (P) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2333 | 1959 | 119.1 | 54 |
| 2 | Carlton | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2315 | 1968 | 117.6 | 54 |
| 3 | North Melbourne | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2597 | 2150 | 120.8 | 52 |
| 4 | Hawthorn | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2166 | 1858 | 116.6 | 52 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2168 | 1840 | 117.8 | 48 |
| 6 | West Coast | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1912 | 1651 | 115.8 | 48 |
| 7 | Geelong | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2354 | 2109 | 111.6 | 48 |
| 8 | Collingwood | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2086 | 2060 | 101.3 | 44 |
| 9 | Footscray | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1978 | 1997 | 99.0 | 44 |
| 10 | Melbourne | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2101 | 1873 | 112.2 | 40 |
| 11 | Fitzroy | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2001 | 2011 | 99.5 | 40 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2040 | 2166 | 94.2 | 40 |
| 13 | Brisbane Bears | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1886 | 2504 | 75.3 | 16 |
| 14 | Richmond | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1753 | 2480 | 70.7 | 16 |
| 15 | Sydney | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1837 | 2901 | 63.3 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 105.1
Source: AFL Tables
Finals series
Week one
| Elimination Finals | |||||
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| EF1: Saturday, 4 September (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne 11.3 (69) | def. by | West Coast 17.18 (120) | Waverley Park (crowd: 29147) | Report |
| EF2: Sunday, 5 September (2:30 pm) | Hawthorn 13.17 (95) | def. by | Adelaide 16.14 (110) | MCG (crowd: 55287) | Report |
Week two
| Semi-finals | |||||
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| SF1: Sunday, 12 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 16.12 (108) | def. | West Coast 11.10 (76) | MCG (crowd: 75453) | Report |
| SF2: Saturday, 11 September (2:30 pm) | Carlton 13.8 (86) | def. | Adelaide 8.20 (68) | Waverley Park (crowd: 59233) | Report |
Week three
Week four
Awards
- The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Gavin Wanganeen of Essendon.
- The AFLPA MVP was awarded to Gary Ablett of Geelong.
- The Coleman Medal was awarded to Gary Ablett of Geelong.
- The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Michael Long of Essendon.
- The inaugural AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Nathan Buckley of Brisbane.
- The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Sydney.
- The Reserves Grand Final was won by Melbourne against North Melbourne
- The Section 1 State of Origin was won by South Australia against Victoria
- The Section 2 State of Origin was won by Queensland-Northern Territory against Tasmania
Notable events
- Following the release of the Crawford Report, prepared by insolvency expert David Crawford, the clubs voted to make several significant changes to the administrative structure of the AFL during the 1993 season:
- Firstly, the AFL Commission was expanded from six members to eight, and was given the power to make most administrative decisions relating to the league unilaterally (as opposed to ratification by a vote of club presidents).
- Secondly, the AFL Board of Directors, after 96 years of operation, voted itself out of existence.[3]
- Thirdly, the clubs retained the right to veto any Commission decision by a two-thirds majority.
- Fourthly, with several Victorian clubs, as well as Brisbane and Sydney, being concerned about their long-term viability at the time, a stipulation was also included that any decisions relating to the expulsion, merger or relocation of any club required ratification by a simple majority of all clubs, and the agreement of the club(s) in question.[4]
- The Brisbane Bears, which despite its name had played its home games in Gold Coast at Carrara Stadium for the first six years of its existence, relocated to Brisbane in 1993. Its first home game at its new home ground, the Gabba, against Melbourne in Round 3 resulted in a win.
- At the conclusion of their Round 4 game against Collingwood, St Kilda's Nicky Winmar responded to racial vilification from the Collingwood cheer squad by declaring, "I'm black and proud of it!" while raising his jumper and pointing to his skin, an image which has since become famous. This was also St Kilda's first win at Victoria Park in two decades.
- Brisbane and North Melbourne both set club-record high scores in this season. North Melbourne's 35.19 (229) in Round 6 was then the fifth-highest score of all time, and Brisbane's 33.21 (219) in Round 8 was then the tenth-highest of all time. The opponent in both of these games was Sydney.
- In Round 18, a piglet with the word "PLUGA" and the number four painted on it was released onto the Sydney Cricket Ground during the match between Sydney and St Kilda; play was held up for two to three minutes as it managed to evade capture from trainers, security guards and players. The idea to release the pig had been devised by a small group of Sydney supporters and players the previous week, and was intended as a tactic to put dangerous St Kilda full-forward Tony "Plugger" Lockett off his game. As it happened, Lockett missed the game with injury, but was reportedly enraged when he saw the incident on television.[5]
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