Australian Football

1896 VFA Premiership Season

Grand Finals | Every final | Every match | Notable players

1896 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	D	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Collingwood	18	14	3	1	86	55	156.36	58
2	South Melbourne	18	14	3	1	85	55	154.55	58
3	Essendon	18	14	4	0	121	64	189.06	56
4	Melbourne	18	12	6	0	119	74	160.81	48
5	Fitzroy	18	12	6	0	80	59	135.59	48
6	North Melbourne	18	8	9	1	92	80	115.00	34
7	Port Melbourne	18	7	8	3	70	64	109.38	34
8	Williamstown	18	7	8	3	64	93	68.82	34
9	St. Kilda	18	6	11	1	69	88	78.41	26
10	Footscray	18	5	10	3	69	94	73.40	26
11	Geelong	18	4	11	3	87	93	93.55	22
12	Carlton	18	2	14	2	46	89	51.69	12
13	Richmond	18	3	15	0	51	131	38.93	12
	H&A	117	108	108	9	1039	1039	100.00	468
	Finals	1	1	1	0	11	11	100.00	4
	Total	118	109	109	9	1050	1050	100.00	472

1896 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | POFF

Round 1[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Fitzroy	0.1	1.2	2.2	2.4	2	Sat 2-May-1896 2:10 pm	Brunswick Street	6,000
Collingwood	4.1	4.1	6.4	6.8	6	Collingwood won by 4 goals
Geelong	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.3	5	Sat 2-May-1896 2:10 pm	Corio Oval
Port Melbourne	1.7	2.7	4.10	4.11	4	Geelong won by 1 goal
Melbourne	0.2	3.3	3.4	5.4	5	Sat 2-May-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.	6,300
Essendon	3.2	6.5	7.6	9.6	9	Essendon won by 4 goals
Footscray	0.0	2.4	2.4	3.7	3	Sat 2-May-1896 2:10 pm	Western Oval
South Melbourne	3.2	3.2	5.7	5.8	5	South Melbourne won by 2 goals
Richmond	0.0	2.0	4.2	6.3	6	Sat 2-May-1896 2:10 pm	Punt Road
St. Kilda	1.9	1.13	4.16	5.16	5	Richmond won by 1 goal
North Melbourne	4.3	4.3	6.6	6.6	6	Sat 2-May-1896 2:10 pm	Arden Street
Williamstown	0.0	0.2	0.3	2.5	2	North Melbourne won by 4 goals
Carlton						Bye

Round 2[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
St. Kilda	1.0	3.6	3.6	5.11	5	Sat 9-May-1896 2:10 pm	Junction Oval
Fitzroy	1.8	1.8	2.14	2.14	2	St. Kilda won by 3 goals
Footscray	2.3	2.3	2.8	2.8	2	Sat 9-May-1896 2:10 pm	Western Oval
Melbourne	0.0	4.5	4.5	6.7	6	Melbourne won by 4 goals
Collingwood	0.2	0.6	2.10	3.12	3	Sat 9-May-1896 2:10 pm	Victoria Park
Richmond	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0	Collingwood won by 3 goals
South Melbourne	2.2	2.2	5.4	5.5	5	Sat 9-May-1896 2:10 pm	Lake Oval
North Melbourne	0.1	3.2	4.2	4.3	4	South Melbourne won by 1 goal
Essendon	1.0	5.8	7.9	10.17	10	Sat 9-May-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne
Carlton	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.7	0	Essendon won by 10 goals
Port Melbourne	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.2	3	Sat 9-May-1896 2:10 pm	North Port Oval
Williamstown	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3	Port Melbourne drew with Williamstown
Geelong						Bye

Round 3[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Fitzroy	2.1	2.1	3.5	4.8	4	Sat 16-May-1896 2:10 pm	Brunswick Street
Essendon	0.1	2.4	3.5	5.5	5	Essendon won by 1 goal
Melbourne	2.3	6.6	8.8	11.8	11	Sat 16-May-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.
Geelong	1.2	3.2	5.2	9.2	9	Melbourne won by 2 goals
Collingwood	0.0	1.3	4.5	4.5	4	Sat 16-May-1896 2:10 pm	Victoria Park
South Melbourne	1.1	2.1	2.1	3.2	3	Collingwood won by 1 goal
Port Melbourne	1.2	1.6	2.9	2.13	2	Sat 16-May-1896 2:10 pm	North Port Oval
Footscray	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.6	1	Port Melbourne won by 1 goal
Williamstown	1.3	2.3	3.7	6.8	6	Sat 16-May-1896 2:10 pm	W.C.G.
Richmond	0.1	0.4	1.5	2.7	2	Williamstown won by 4 goals
Carlton	0.3	0.3	1.4	2.6	2	Sat 16-May-1896 2:10 pm	University Oval
North Melbourne	2.2	3.3	6.4	6.4	6	North Melbourne won by 4 goals
St. Kilda						Bye

Round 4[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Melbourne	3.2	3.3	6.3	8.4	8	Sat 23-May-1896 2:10 pm	Lake Oval
Geelong	0.0	1.1	2.1	2.1	2	South Melbourne won by 6 goals
North Melbourne	1.0	1.1	2.6	2.7	2	Sat 23-May-1896 2:10 pm	Arden Street
Footscray	0.1	1.5	4.6	4.6	4	Footscray won by 2 goals
Richmond	1.0	2.0	3.1	3.3	3	Sat 23-May-1896 2:10 pm	Punt Road
Carlton	3.4	5.4	6.4	6.5	6	Carlton won by 3 goals
Melbourne	1.0	2.3	2.6	5.8	5	Mon 25-May-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.	4,000
Fitzroy	1.1	1.2	5.3	6.3	6	Fitzroy won by 1 goal
Essendon	1.3	2.9	3.11	4.14	4	Mon 25-May-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne	14,000
Collingwood	1.1	1.2	2.2	2.5	2	Essendon won by 2 goals
St. Kilda	1.2	1.4	2.8	3.8	3	Mon 25-May-1896 2:10 pm	Junction Oval
Williamstown	1.1	1.5	1.6	3.6	3	St. Kilda drew with Williamstown
Port Melbourne						Bye

Round 5[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Fitzroy	2.0	3.4	3.5	3.6	3	Sat 30-May-1896 2:10 pm	Brunswick Street
North Melbourne	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.4	2	Fitzroy won by 1 goal
Geelong	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.6	2	Sat 30-May-1896 2:10 pm	Corio Oval
Footscray	0.0	1.4	1.4	2.7	2	Geelong drew with Footscray
Melbourne	0.2	5.4	7.5	15.11	15	Sat 30-May-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.
Williamstown	1.2	1.2	4.3	4.3	4	Melbourne won by 11 goals
Carlton	1.7	1.7	3.10	3.11	3	Sat 30-May-1896 2:10 pm	University Oval
Collingwood	0.0	2.3	2.5	4.8	4	Collingwood won by 1 goal
Essendon	1.2	4.4	5.5	11.6	11	Sat 30-May-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne
St. Kilda	2.3	3.3	3.4	3.6	3	Essendon won by 8 goals
Port Melbourne	4.4	5.5	8.6	9.9	9	Sat 30-May-1896 2:10 pm	North Port Oval
Richmond	1.0	3.1	3.1	3.3	3	Port Melbourne won by 6 goals
South Melbourne						Bye

Round 6[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Geelong	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.6	3	Sat 13-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Corio Oval
Fitzroy	3.4	3.4	4.8	4.8	4	Fitzroy won by 1 goal
Collingwood	3.2	3.3	4.3	4.4	4	Sat 13-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Victoria Park
Melbourne	0.2	1.3	1.3	2.4	2	Collingwood won by 2 goals
Essendon	1.3	2.6	4.6	6.7	6	Sat 13-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne	7,000
South Melbourne	1.5	1.7	3.8	4.8	4	Essendon won by 2 goals
North Melbourne	1.2	2.2	3.6	5.6	5	Sat 13-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Arden Street
Port Melbourne	0.1	1.2	3.2	3.3	3	North Melbourne won by 2 goals
Footscray	5.3	5.3	10.8	10.10	10	Sat 13-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Western Oval
Richmond	0.0	2.3	2.3	4.8	4	Footscray won by 6 goals
St. Kilda	0.0	4.5	4.5	5.11	5	Sat 13-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Junction Oval
Carlton	2.1	2.1	3.2	3.2	3	St. Kilda won by 2 goals
Williamstown						Bye

Round 7[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Fitzroy	1.0	2.4	3.6	4.13	4	Sat 20-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Brunswick Street
Footscray	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.4	1	Fitzroy won by 3 goals
Carlton	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.1	1	Sat 20-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.
Geelong	0.0	1.6	1.11	1.13	1	Carlton drew with Geelong
St. Kilda	1.2	1.3	1.5	1.9	1	Sat 20-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Junction Oval
Melbourne	1.1	5.1	6.3	7.4	7	Melbourne won by 6 goals
Williamstown	1.3	2.5	3.5	3.5	3	Sat 20-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	W.C.G.
Collingwood	1.1	3.1	4.2	4.3	4	Collingwood won by 1 goal
South Melbourne	2.2	5.3	7.5	9.8	9	Sat 20-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Lake Oval
Richmond	0.0	1.2	2.6	2.6	2	South Melbourne won by 7 goals
Essendon	0.5	1.9	3.11	4.13	4	Sat 20-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne
Port Melbourne	0.0	1.3	1.3	2.4	2	Essendon won by 2 goals
North Melbourne						Bye

Round 8[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Geelong	1.6	3.8	4.9	4.9	4	Sat 27-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Corio Oval
Collingwood	1.0	4.2	4.5	5.7	5	Collingwood won by 1 goal
Melbourne	1.2	3.3	4.6	5.6	5	Sat 27-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.
South Melbourne	0.0	1.1	3.2	6.3	6	South Melbourne won by 1 goal
Williamstown	2.0	2.2	3.2	3.2	3	Sat 27-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	W.C.G.
Essendon	1.1	3.2	5.5	7.6	7	Essendon won by 4 goals
Carlton	1.3	3.4	3.5	3.5	3	Sat 27-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	University Oval
Port Melbourne	1.0	2.1	3.3	3.6	3	Carlton drew with Port Melbourne
Footscray	0.0	1.5	1.5	3.6	3	Sat 27-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Western Oval
St. Kilda	1.3	1.3	2.7	2.7	2	Footscray won by 1 goal
Richmond	0.3	2.5	3.5	5.6	5	Sat 27-Jun-1896 2:10 pm	Punt Road
North Melbourne	2.4	4.5	6.6	8.11	8	North Melbourne won by 3 goals
Fitzroy						Bye

Round 9[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Carlton	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.2	1	Sat 4-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.
Fitzroy	1.2	1.5	3.5	3.9	3	Fitzroy won by 2 goals
North Melbourne	2.2	2.2	4.3	4.4	4	Sat 4-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Arden Street
Geelong	0.0	0.4	0.5	2.7	2	North Melbourne won by 2 goals
Collingwood	0.4	1.7	3.9	3.12	3	Sat 4-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Victoria Park
St. Kilda	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0	Collingwood won by 3 goals
South Melbourne	0.2	4.3	4.4	4.4	4	Sat 4-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Lake Oval
Port Melbourne	0.1	0.2	1.3	3.3	3	South Melbourne won by 1 goal
Richmond	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.1	1	Sat 4-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Punt Road
Essendon	0.3	2.4	3.6	9.9	9	Essendon won by 8 goals		[Report]
Williamstown	2.3	3.4	5.5	5.6	5	Sat 4-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	W.C.G.
Footscray	0.0	1.0	1.1	3.3	3	Williamstown won by 2 goals
Melbourne						Bye

Round 10[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
South Melbourne	1.4	2.4	3.5	3.5	3	Sat 11-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Lake Oval
Fitzroy	0.0	2.2	2.5	2.7	2	South Melbourne won by 1 goal
Essendon	1.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2	Sat 11-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne
Geelong	0.0	2.6	3.7	4.9	4	Geelong won by 2 goals
Port Melbourne	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2	Sat 11-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	North Port Oval
Melbourne	1.3	1.4	3.4	5.5	5	Melbourne won by 3 goals
Carlton	1.3	2.5	3.6	3.10	3	Sat 11-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	University Oval
Footscray	1.1	4.1	4.2	5.2	5	Footscray won by 2 goals
St. Kilda	3.3	4.5	5.6	6.9	6	Sat 11-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Junction Oval
Richmond	0.1	0.3	1.4	1.6	1	St. Kilda won by 5 goals
Williamstown	1.2	3.4	5.5	5.8	5	Sat 11-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	W.C.G.
North Melbourne	1.2	2.5	3.8	3.8	3	Williamstown won by 2 goals
Collingwood						Bye

Round 11[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Richmond	0.1	1.3	2.3	2.4	2	Sat 18-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Punt Road
Fitzroy	3.6	5.9	7.12	10.16	10	Fitzroy won by 8 goals
Geelong	1.6	4.8	8.12	12.14	12	Sat 18-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Corio Oval
Williamstown	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0	Geelong won by 12 goals
Melbourne	3.1	7.4	9.5	12.8	12	Sat 18-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.
North Melbourne	0.3	2.4	4.6	5.6	5	Melbourne won by 7 goals
Footscray	0.0	1.3	3.3	4.5	4	Sat 18-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Western Oval
Collingwood	3.1	3.3	6.4	7.5	7	Collingwood won by 3 goals
South Melbourne	0.1	1.4	2.11	3.16	3	Sat 18-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Lake Oval
Carlton	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1	South Melbourne won by 2 goals
Port Melbourne	2.4	4.6	5.7	6.10	6	Sat 18-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	North Port Oval
St. Kilda	1.1	2.1	2.2	3.2	3	Port Melbourne won by 3 goals
Essendon						Bye

Round 12[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Fitzroy	0.0	2.5	2.5	4.6	4	Sat 25-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Brunswick Street
Port Melbourne	1.2	1.2	2.4	2.4	2	Fitzroy won by 2 goals
St. Kilda	5.4	5.4	5.5	8.5	8	Sat 25-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Junction Oval
Geelong	0.2	5.7	5.11	5.13	5	St. Kilda won by 3 goals
Melbourne	4.2	5.5	6.8	7.11	7	Sat 25-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.
Carlton	0.0	1.1	2.1	3.1	3	Melbourne won by 4 goals
North Melbourne	0.0	4.3	4.4	4.4	4	Sat 25-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	Arden Street
Collingwood	4.2	5.2	5.3	5.6	5	Collingwood won by 1 goal
Williamstown	0.1	2.2	2.3	3.4	3	Sat 25-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	W.C.G.
South Melbourne	1.5	2.6	4.7	5.9	5	South Melbourne won by 2 goals
Essendon	2.1	4.2	6.4	10.4	10	Sat 25-Jul-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne
Footscray	0.1	1.1	2.1	3.4	3	Essendon won by 7 goals
Richmond						Bye

Round 13[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Essendon	2.4	2.6	3.8	5.9	5	Sat 1-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne	5,000
Fitzroy	0.0	2.2	2.5	2.6	2	Essendon won by 3 goals
Collingwood	2.1	3.3	7.5	8.5	8	Sat 1-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Victoria Park
Geelong	2.1	4.1	4.1	5.2	5	Collingwood won by 3 goals
South Melbourne	0.2	1.4	2.12	2.14	2	Sat 1-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Lake Oval
Melbourne	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0	South Melbourne won by 2 goals
Richmond	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1	Sat 1-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Punt Road
Port Melbourne	2.0	2.6	4.8	6.15	6	Port Melbourne won by 5 goals
Carlton	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2	Sat 1-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	University Oval
Williamstown	0.0	0.0	1.6	3.7	3	Williamstown won by 1 goal
St. Kilda	1.3	1.4	3.8	4.13	4	Sat 1-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Junction Oval
North Melbourne	1.2	2.4	2.6	2.7	2	St. Kilda won by 2 goals
Footscray						Bye

Round 14[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Fitzroy	2.4	6.7	7.11	10.13	10	Sat 8-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Brunswick Street
Williamstown	2.2	2.2	3.2	3.4	3	Fitzroy won by 7 goals
Geelong	3.10	3.10	8.14	10.18	10	Sat 8-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Corio Oval
Richmond	0.0	2.3	2.3	2.4	2	Geelong won by 8 goals
Melbourne	3.5	7.6	9.9	14.12	14	Sat 8-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.
Footscray	0.2	0.2	2.5	2.6	2	Melbourne won by 12 goals
Collingwood	2.1	2.2	3.6	6.6	6	Sat 8-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Victoria Park
Port Melbourne	0.3	2.7	3.9	4.11	4	Collingwood won by 2 goals
St. Kilda	2.1	2.2	4.3	4.4	4	Sat 8-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Junction Oval
South Melbourne	3.1	4.5	6.7	8.10	8	South Melbourne won by 4 goals
North Melbourne	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.1	4	Sat 8-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Arden Street
Essendon	1.5	5.8	7.10	11.10	11	Essendon won by 7 goals
Carlton						Bye

Round 15[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Fitzroy	2.6	6.8	7.9	10.13	10	Sat 15-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Brunswick Street	2,000
Geelong	2.3	4.4	5.5	5.7	5	Fitzroy won by 5 goals
Melbourne	0.2	3.4	5.4	6.8	6	Sat 15-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	M.C.G.	5,000
Collingwood	0.2	1.2	4.3	4.3	4	Melbourne won by 2 goals
South Melbourne	1.3	1.4	3.5	5.6	5	Sat 15-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Lake Oval	9,000
Essendon	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	3	South Melbourne won by 2 goals
Williamstown	0.2	0.8	1.8	2.10	2	Sat 15-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	W.C.G.
Port Melbourne	3.4	4.4	4.9	5.9	5	Port Melbourne won by 3 goals
North Melbourne	7.3	12.3	15.12	19.12	19	Sat 15-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Arden Street
Richmond	0.0	2.2	2.2	4.4	4	North Melbourne won by 15 goals
Footscray	1.0	4.4	4.4	7.8	7	Sat 15-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Western Oval
Carlton	1.1	1.1	4.2	4.2	4	Footscray won by 3 goals
St. Kilda						Bye

Round 16[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Melbourne	2.1	2.1	5.4	5.4	5	Sat 22-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	North Port Oval
Fitzroy	0.1	2.5	2.7	3.8	3	Port Melbourne won by 2 goals
Essendon	0.0	3.2	3.2	5.3	5	Sat 22-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne	6,500
Melbourne	2.6	2.7	6.10	7.11	7	Melbourne won by 2 goals
South Melbourne	0.2	2.6	3.9	3.10	3	Sat 22-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Lake Oval	12,000
Collingwood	0.1	0.1	2.1	3.5	3	South Melbourne drew with Collingwood
Footscray	0.0	4.2	4.2	4.4	4	Sat 22-Aug-1896 2:10 pm	Western Oval
Williamstown	2.3	2.3	4.7	4.7	4	Footscray drew with Williamstown		[Report]
Carlton	0.1	2.3	5.4	5.4	5	Thu 1-Jan-1970 2:10 pm	University Oval
St. Kilda	2.3	2.3	2.3	3.7	3	Carlton won by 2 goals
Geelong						Bye
Richmond						Bye
North Melbourne						Bye

Round 17[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Fitzroy	2.3	5.3	5.5	5.6	5	Sat 5-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Brunswick Street
Melbourne	0.1	0.1	2.1	3.6	3	Fitzroy won by 2 goals
Geelong	0.1	1.3	4.5	5.6	5	Sat 5-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Corio Oval
South Melbourne	2.2	5.3	6.4	6.9	6	South Melbourne won by 1 goal
Collingwood	0.2	1.5	2.7	6.8	6	Sat 5-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Victoria Park
Essendon	1.1	2.3	2.4	3.4	3	Collingwood won by 3 goals
St. Kilda	2.4	2.5	5.7	6.7	6	Sat 5-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Junction Oval
Footscray	0.0	4.0	4.1	5.1	5	St. Kilda won by 1 goal
Richmond	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2	Sat 5-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Punt Road
Williamstown	0.0	2.6	3.9	4.13	4	Williamstown won by 2 goals
North Melbourne	3.4	4.4	6.5	6.6	6	Sat 5-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Arden Street
Carlton	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.9	1	North Melbourne won by 5 goals
Port Melbourne						Bye

Round 18[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Fitzroy	0.3	1.9	1.12	2.15	2	Sat 12-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Brunswick Street	10,000
South Melbourne	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0	Fitzroy won by 2 goals
Port Melbourne	0.2	2.3	5.6	5.7	5	Sat 12-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	North Port Oval
Geelong	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.5	5	Port Melbourne drew with Geelong
Richmond	0.1	1.2	1.7	1.8	1	Sat 12-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Punt Road
Melbourne	2.2	3.5	3.9	4.12	4	Melbourne won by 3 goals
Collingwood	2.2	3.7	5.9	9.15	9	Sat 12-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Victoria Park
Carlton	0.2	0.3	1.3	1.3	1	Collingwood won by 8 goals
Footscray	1.4	2.6	5.15	5.15	5	Sat 12-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Western Oval
North Melbourne	0.1	3.2	3.2	5.3	5	Footscray drew with North Melbourne
Williamstown	2.3	2.5	2.6	5.10	5	Sat 12-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	W.C.G.
St. Kilda	0.2	0.2	2.3	2.3	2	Williamstown won by 3 goals
Essendon						Bye

Round 19[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Collingwood	0.1	2.3	3.5	3.8	3	Sat 19-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Victoria Park	8,000
Fitzroy	1.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	4	Fitzroy won by 1 goal
Geelong	3.2	3.2	4.7	4.7	4	Sat 19-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Corio Oval
Melbourne	0.1	1.11	1.11	5.18	5	Melbourne won by 1 goal
Port Melbourne	1.1	2.3	2.4	3.4	3	Sat 19-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	North Port Oval
South Melbourne	2.3	3.3	6.4	6.5	6	South Melbourne won by 3 goals
Footscray	1.0	3.2	3.2	5.7	5	Sat 19-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Western Oval
Essendon	3.6	6.7	7.13	9.15	9	Essendon won by 4 goals
Richmond	3.3	4.3	5.5	5.5	5	Sat 19-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Richmond City Reserve
Carlton	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.6	2	Richmond won by 3 goals
North Melbourne	2.2	4.6	4.7	6.11	6	Sat 19-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Arden Street
St. Kilda	3.1	4.1	4.5	4.6	4	North Melbourne won by 2 goals
Williamstown						Bye

Round 20[Round Review]

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Port Melbourne	1.3	2.5	3.9	3.9	3	Sat 26-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	North Port Oval
North Melbourne	0.2	0.5	0.6	1.10	1	Port Melbourne won by 2 goals
Richmond	3.1	5.2	6.2	7.5	7	Sat 26-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Richmond City Reserve
St. Kilda	0.1	2.5	4.5	5.7	5	Richmond won by 2 goals
Williamstown	0.1	2.2	3.2	6.4	6	Sat 26-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	W.C.G.
Carlton	2.3	3.3	4.3	5.3	5	Williamstown won by 1 goal
Geelong	1.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	4	Sat 26-Sep-1896 2:10 pm	Corio Oval
Essendon	0.0	4.2	6.2	8.4	8	Essendon won by 4 goals
Collingwood						Bye
Melbourne						Bye
South Melbourne						Bye
Footscray						Bye
Fitzroy						Bye

1896 Ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	D	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Collingwood	18	14	3	1	86	55	156.36	58
2	South Melbourne	18	14	3	1	85	55	154.55	58
3	Essendon	18	14	4	0	121	64	189.06	56
4	Melbourne	18	12	6	0	119	74	160.81	48
5	Fitzroy	18	12	6	0	80	59	135.59	48
6	North Melbourne	18	8	9	1	92	80	115.00	34
7	Port Melbourne	18	7	8	3	70	64	109.38	34
8	Williamstown	18	7	8	3	64	93	68.82	34
9	St. Kilda	18	6	11	1	69	88	78.41	26
10	Footscray	18	5	10	3	69	94	73.40	26
11	Geelong	18	4	11	3	87	93	93.55	22
12	Carlton	18	2	14	2	46	89	51.69	12
13	Richmond	18	3	15	0	51	131	38.93	12
	H&A	117	108	108	9	1039	1039	100.00	468
	Finals	1	1	1	0	11	11	100.00	4
	Total	118	109	109	9	1050	1050	100.00	472

Playoff

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Score	Date / Result	Ground	Crowd
Collingwood	4.3	4.4	4.6	6.9	6	Sat 3-Oct-1896 2:10 pm	East Melbourne	12,000
South Melbourne	2.1	3.6	4.9	5.10	5	Collingwood won by 1 goal

VFA - KEY FACTS

Premiership Season

1896 VFA Premiership Season

1896 Ladder

1896 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | POFF

Round 1[Round Review]

Round 2[Round Review]

Round 3[Round Review]

Round 4[Round Review]

Round 5[Round Review]

Round 6[Round Review]

Round 7[Round Review]

Round 8[Round Review]

Round 9[Round Review]

Round 10[Round Review]

Round 11[Round Review]

Round 12[Round Review]

Round 13[Round Review]

Round 14[Round Review]

Round 15[Round Review]

Round 16[Round Review]

Round 17[Round Review]

Round 18[Round Review]

Round 19[Round Review]

Round 20[Round Review]

1896 Ladder

Playoff

Footnotes