1995 AFL season

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Contents 1 AFL Draft 2 Pre-season 3 Premiership season 3.1 Round 1 3.2 Round 2 3.3 Round 3 3.4 Round 4 3.5 Round 5 3.6 Round 6 3.7 Round 7 3.8 Round 8 3.9 Round 9 3.10 Round 10 3.11 Round 11 3.12 Round 12 3.13 Round 13 3.14 Round 14 3.15 Round 15 3.16 Round 16 3.17 Round 17 3.18 Round 18 3.19 Round 19 3.20 Round 20 3.21 Round 21 3.22 Round 22 3.23 Qualifying Finals 3.24 Semi Finals 3.25 Preliminary Finals 3.26 Grand Final 4 Ladder 5 Awards 6 Notable Events 7 References

[edit] AFL Draft

Main article: 1995 AFL Draft

[edit] Pre-season

North Melbourne defeated Adelaide 14.9 (93) to 8.15 (63).

[edit] Premiership season

[edit] Round 1

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	11.13 (79)	Adelaide	10.16 (76)	MCG	24,882	Friday, March 31
Richmond	12.18 (90)	Fremantle	12.13 (85)	MCG	26,219	Saturday, April 1
Hawthorn	20.7 (127)	Brisbane Lions	11.4 (70)	Waverley Park	14,653	Saturday, April 1
Geelong	12.15 (87)	Melbourne	11.7 (73)	Skilled Stadium	22,707	Saturday, April 1
Fitzroy	6.2 (38)	Essendon	16.16 (112)	Whitten Oval	17,869	Saturday, April 1
West Coast Eagles	18.13 (121)	St Kilda Saints	11.9 (75)	WACA	28,083	Sunday, April 2
Carlton	14.11 (95)	Collingwood Magpies	9.12 (66)	MCG	87,119	Sunday, April 2
Footscray	15.12 (102)	Sydney Swans	12.13 (85)	Whitten Oval	19,189	Sunday, April 2

[edit] Round 2

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Fremantle	11.16 (82)	Essendon	12.19 (91)	WACA	23,688	Friday, 7 April
Melbourne	12.15 (87)	North Melbourne	16.10 (106)	MCG	25,010	Saturday, 8 April
Hawthorn	10.11 (71)	Footscray	14.11 (95)	Waverley Park	18,136	Saturday, 8 April
Carlton	18.17 (125)	Fitzroy	8.8 (56)	Princes Park	16,586	Saturday, 8 April
Brisbane Lions	18.18 (126)	Adelaide	14.15 (99)	Gabba	9,334	Sunday, 9 April
Collingwood Magpies	11.10 (76)	West Coast Eagles	11.14 (80)	MCG	33,129	Sunday, 9 April
St Kilda Saints	9.15 (69)	Richmond	14.11 (95)	Waverley Park	26,037	Sunday, 9 April
Sydney Swans	10.15 (75)	Geelong	11.14 (80)	SCG	12,973	Sunday, 9 April

[edit] Round 3

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Fitzroy	11.12 (78))	Fremantle	18.13 (121)	Whitten Oval	7,561	Saturday, 15 April
Geelong	18.14 (122)	Collingwood Magpies	14.11 (95)	Skilled Stadium	27,057	Saturday, 15 April
Footscray	8.12 (60)	Carlton	23.20 (158)	MCG	41,576	Saturday, 15 April
West Coast Eagles	12.19 (91)	North Melbourne	5.13 (43)	WACA	16,586	Saturday, 15 April
Hawthorn	5.4 (34)	Richmond	4.16 (40)	Waverley Park	24,820	Sunday, 16 April
Brisbane Lions	15.14 (104)	Sydney Swans	14.15 (99)	Gabba	8,460	Sunday, 16 April
Adelaide	13.14 (92)	St Kilda Saints	3.8 (26)	AAMI Stadium	38,046	Sunday, 16 April
Essendon	14.14 (98)	Melbourne	12.10 (82)	MCG	60,057	Monday, 17 April

[edit] Round 4

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Fremantle	12.22 (94)	Geelong	10.15 (75)	WACA	26,455	Friday, April 21
St Kilda Saints	10.10 (70)	Hawthorn	16.10 (106)	Waverley Park	24,972	Saturday, April 22
Sydney Swans	17.14 (116)	Fitzroy	12.12 (84)	SCG	10,762	Saturday, April 22
Brisbane Lions	12.10 (82)	Carlton	18.11 (119)	Gabba	12,009	Sunday, April 23
Melbourne	12.8 (80)	Footscray	16.7 (103)	Princes Park	16,969	Sunday, April 23
Adelaide	7.14 (56)	West Coast Eagles	6.10 (46)	AAMI Stadium	42,723	Sunday, April 23
Richmond	21.8 (134)	North Melbourne	13.7 (85)	MCG	62,606	Monday, April 24
Collingwood Magpies	17.9 (111)	Essendon	16.15 (111)	MCG	94,825	Tuesday, April 25

[edit] Round 5

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Richmond	17.14 (116)	Brisbane Lions	14.12 (96)	MCG	24,379	Saturday, April 29
Geelong	28.13 (181)	Fitzroy	13.14 (92)	Skilled Stadium	19,644	Saturday, April 29
Footscray	14.14 (98)	Fremantle	14.12 (96)	Whitten Oval	16,800	Saturday, April 29
West Coast Eagles	13.12 (90)	Melbourne	11.8 (74)	WACA	30,294	Saturday, April 29
North Melbourne	7.8 (50)	Carlton	12.12 (84)	MCG	42,729	Sunday, April 30
Hawthorn	14.12 (96)	Collingwood Magpies	4.13 (37)	Waverley Park	40,715	Sunday, April 30
Essendon	24.10 (154)	St Kilda Saints	5.8 (38)	Princes Park	17,930	Sunday, April 30
Sydney Swans	20.24 (144)	Adelaide	12.15 (87)	SCG	15,491	Sunday, April 30

[edit] Round 6

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Adelaide	11.11 (77)	Melbourne	10.9 (69)	AAMI Stadium	40,406	Friday, 5 May
St Kilda Saints	10.13 (73)	Fitzroy	12.12 (84)	Waverley Park	15,440	Saturday, 6 May
Carlton	13.12 (90)	West Coast Eagles	10.7 (67)	Princes Park	24,527	Saturday, 6 May
Footscray	8.14 (62)	Geelong	22.18 (150)	Whitten Oval	20,749	Saturday, 6 May
Collingwood Magpies	12.10 (82)	Richmond	13.16 (94)	MCG	59,954	Saturday, 6 May
Fremantle	25.13 (163)	Sydney Swans	16.9 (105)	WACA	22,804	Sunday, 7 May
North Melbourne	22.12 (144)	Hawthorn	14.13 (97)	MCG	32,207	Sunday, 7 May
Essendon	19.14 (128)	Brisbane Lions	14.16 (100)	Princes Park	17,646	Sunday, 7 May

[edit] Round 7

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Richmond	10.12 (72)	Adelaide	9.4 (58)	MCG	38,791	Friday, 12 May
Carlton	10.15 (75)	Essendon	9.13 (67)	MCG	73,753	Saturday, 13 May
St Kilda Saints	15.15 (105)	Footscray	12.15 (87)	Waverley Park	13,280	Saturday, 13 May
Geelong	9.19 (73)	Hawthorn	11.12 (78)	Skilled Stadium	24,842	Saturday, 13 May
Fitzroy	13.10 (88)	North Melbourne	17.16 (118)	Whitten Oval	11,082	Saturday, 13 May
Collingwood Magpies	13.19 (97)	Sydney Swans	11.10 (76)	Victoria Park	22,835	Sunday, 14 May
West Coast Eagles	23.13 (151)	Fremantle	9.12 (66)	Subiaco Oval	40,356	Sunday, 14 May
Melbourne	12.10 (82)	Brisbane Lions	10.15 (75)	MCG	12,783	Sunday, 14 May

[edit] Round 8

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Sydney Swans	21.6 (132)	Carlton	8.12 (60)	SCG	23,744	Friday, 19 May
Richmond	14.7 (91)	Geelong	24.19 (163)	MCG	65,335	Saturday, 20 May
Hawthorn	7.8 (50)	Melbourne	17.10 (112)	Waverley Park	24,372	Saturday, 20 May
Footscray	13.6 (84)	North Melbourne	15.15 (105)	Whitten Oval	17,741	Saturday, 20 May
Collingwood Magpies	20.11 (131)	Fremantle	14.9 (93)	Victoria Park	22,466	Saturday, 20 May
Adelaide	9.12 (66)	Fitzroy	15.9 (99)	AAMI Stadium	39,888	Saturday, 20 May
Brisbane Lions	17.13 (115)	St Kilda Saints	14.10 (94)	Gabba	7,648	Sunday, 21 May
West Coast Eagles	13.12 (90)	Essendon	16.12 (108)	Subiaco Oval		Sunday, 21 May

[edit] Round 9

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	12-7 (79)	Geelong	20.20 (140)	MCG	44,780	Friday 26 May
Essendon	15.11 (101)	Footscray	9.13 (67)	MCG	38,719	Saturday, 27 May
St Kilda Saints	11.14 (80)	Carlton	3.6 (24)	Waverley Park	17,902	Saturday, 27 May
Fitzroy	8.6 (54)	West Coast Eagles	12.10 (82)	Bruce Stadium	11,282	Saturday, 27 May
Adelaide	9.6 (60)	Hawthorn	7.16 (58)	AAMI Stadium	38,740	Saturday, 27 May
Sydney Swans	14.6 (90)	Richmond	17.14 (116)	SCG	23,475	Sunday, 28 May
Melbourne	12.13 (85)	Collingwood Magpies	7.16 (58)	MCG	51,774	Sunday, 28 May
Fremantle	17.18 (120)	Brisbane Lions	8.6 (54)	Subiaco Oval	17,574	Sunday, 28 May

[edit] Round 10

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	19.12 (126)	Essendon	15.9 (99)	MCG	59,354	Friday, 2 June
Melbourne	15.12 (102)	Sydney Swans	11.11 (77)	MCG	26,630	Saturday, 3 June
St Kilda Saints	9.6 (60)	Fremantle	20.11 (131)	Waverley Park	14,890	Saturday, 3 June
Geelong	16.20 (116)	Adelaide	14.7 (91)	Skilled Stadium	26,314	Saturday, 3 June
Collingwood Magpies	13.15 (93)	Fitzroy	10.19 (79)	Victoria Park	23,356	Saturday, 3 June
West Coast Eagles	17.10 (112)	Brisbane Lions	10.7 (67)	Subiaco Oval	26,261	Sunday, 4 June
Footscray	9.10 (64)	Richmond	13.18 (96)	MCG	33,042	Sunday, 4 June
Carlton	26.16 (172)	Hawthorn	10.10 (70)	Princes Park	29,520	Sunday, 4 June

[edit] Round 11

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Collingwood Magpies	25.11 (161)	St Kilda Saints	13.9 (87)	MCG	36,528	Friday, 9 June
Essendon	17.10 (112)	Geelong	19.9 (123)	[MCG]	77,643	Saturday, 10 June
Richmond	18.15 (123)	West Coast Eagles	9.9 (63)	Princes Park	17,041	Saturday, 10 June
Adelaide	12.18 (90)	Footscray	6.10 (46)	AAMI Stadium	36,955	Saturday, 10 June
Brisbane	17.30 (132)	Fitzroy	10.14 (74)	Gabba	8,209	Sunday, 11 June
Fremantle	11.6 (72)	North Melbourne	22.11 (143)	Subiaco Oval	28,013	Sunday, 11 June
Melbourne	12.8 (80)	Carlton	16.16 (112)	MCG	53,290	Monday, 12 June
Hawthorn	17.11 (113)	Sydney Swans	9.17 (71)	Waverley Park	19,737	Monday, 12 June

[edit] Round 12

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Essendon	10.18 (78)	Hawthorn	8.12 (60)	MCG	47,237	Friday, 23 June
Richmond	15.19 (109)	Fitzroy	15.13 (103)	MCG	26,403	Saturday, 24 June
Footscray	10.11 (71)	Collingwood Magpies	10.11 (71)	Waverley Park	27,421	Saturday, 24 June
Carlton	16.16 (112)	Geelong	15.19 (109)	Princes Park	30,843	Saturday, 24 June
Adelaide	16.9 (105)	Fremantle	12.12 (84)	AAMI Stadium	40,981	Saturday, 24 June
Brisbane Lions	13.11 (89)	North Melbourne	20.13 (133)	Gabba	11,996	Sunday, 25 June
St Kilda Saints	11.7 (73)	Melbourne	13.12 (90)	Waverley Park	18,390	Sunday, 25 June
West Coast Eagles	11.7 (73)	Sydney Swans	10.12 (72)	Subiaco Oval	24,574	Sunday, 25 June

[edit] Round 13

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Collingwood Magpies	24.8 (152)	Adelaide	7.14 (56)	MCG	33,407	Friday, 30 July
Melbourne	14.11 (95)	Richmond	12.12 (84)	MCG	42,548	Saturday, 1 July
St Kilda Saints	12.12 (84)	North Melbourne	18.13 (121)	Waverley Park	14,301	Saturday, 1 July
Geelong	17.14 (116)	West Coast Eagles	9.10 (64)	Skilled Stadium	23,743	Saturday, 1 July
Footscray	9.15 (69)	Brisbane Lions	8.5 (53)	Whitten Oval	11,556	Saturday, 1 July
Sydney Swans	21.12 (138)	Essendon	17.17 (119)	SCG	21,853	Sunday, 2 July
Fitzroy	7.10 (52)	Hawthorn	21.25 (151)	Princes Park	12,503	Sunday, 2 July
Fremantle	7.7 (49)	Carlton	15.16 (106)	Subiaco Oval	25,465	Sunday, 2 July

[edit] Round 14

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	18.17 (125)	Collingwood Magpies	10.13 (73)	MCG	66,719	Friday, 7 July
Essendon	27.20 (182)	Adelaide	8.12 (60)	MCG	40,269	Saturday, 8 July
Hawthorn	8.8 (56)	West Coast Eagles	14.13 (97)	Waverley Park	19,373	Saturday, 8 July
Geelong	15.21 (111)	Brisbane Lions	15.8 (98)	Skilled Stadium	22,459	Saturday, 8 July
Sydney Swans	14.10 (94)	St Kilda Saints	17.17 (119)	SCG	14,979	Sunday, 9 July
Carlton	17.13 (115)	Richmond	12.13 (85)	MCG	84,745	Sunday, 9 July
Fitzroy	12.7 (79)	Footscray	23.8 (146)	Whitten Oval	16,745	Sunday, 9 July
Fremantle	7.8 (114)	Melbourne	15.12 (102)	Subiaco Oval	16,161	Sunday, 9 July

[edit] Round 15

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Richmond	15.11 (101)	Essendon	15.11 (101)	MCG	76,628	Friday, 14 July
North Melbourne	12.12 (84)	Sydney Swans	16.17 (113)	MCG	22,524	Saturday, 15 July
Hawthorn	18.10 (118)	Fremantle	11.8 (74)	Waverley Park	14,167	Saturday, 15 July
Carlton	20.13 (133)	Adelaide	15.10 (100)	Princes Park	22,543	Saturday, 15 July
Fitzroy	7.8 (50)	Melbourne	20.11 (131)	Whitten Oval	8,862	Saturday, 15 July
Brisbane Lions	11.14 (80)	Collingwood Magpies	19.15 (129)	Gabba	11,467	Sunday, 16 July
Geelong	13.7 (85)	St Kilda Saints	13.15 (93)	MCG	37,382	Sunday, 16 July
West Coast Eagles	8.13 (61)	Footscray	12.15 (87)	Subiaco Oval	30,169	Sunday, 16 July

[edit] Round 16

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Adelaide	9.11 (65)	North Melbourne	7.12 (54)	AAMI Stadium	34,301	Friday, 21 July
Essendon	22.18 (150)	Fitzroy	12.7 (79)	MCG	25,295	Saturday, 22 July
St Kilda Saints	9.10 (64)	West Coast Eagles	19.8 (122)	Waverley Park	13,490	Saturday, 22 July
Melbourne	12.10 (82)	Geelong	15.21 (111)	Princes Park	18,416	Saturday, 22 July
Sydney Swans	12.7 (79)	Footscray	21.8 (134)	SCG	15,708	Saturday, 22 July
Brisbane Lions	14.20 (104)	Hawthorn	14.13 (97)	Gabba	8,209	Sunday, 23 July
Collingwood Magpies	10.8 (68)	Carlton	12.18 (90)	MCG	78,934	Sunday, 23 July
Fremantle	9.13 (67)	Richmond	10.14 (74)	Subiaco Oval	18,723	Sunday, 23 July

[edit] Round 17

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	12.8 (80)	Melbourne	15.12 (102)	MCG	28,838	Friday, 28 July
Essendon	21.9 (135)	Fremantle	13.9 (87)	MCG	29,102	Saturday, 29 July
Richmond	9.8 (62)	St Kilda Saints	15.17 (107)	Princes Park	15,715	Saturday, 29 July
Geelong	23.13 (151)	Sydney Swans	11.8 (74)	Skilled Stadium	28,600	Saturday, 29 July
Footscray	8.9 (57)	Hawthorn	7.10 (52)	Whitten Oval	16,673	Saturday, 29 July
West Coast Eagles	18.21 (129)	Collingwood Magpies	11.13 (79)	Subiaco Oval	35,332	Sunday, 30 July
Fitzroy	9.10 (64)	Carlton	24.17 (161)	Waverley Park	15,567	Sunday, 30 July
Adelaide	6.10 (46)	Brisbane Lions'	11.10 (76)	AAMI Stadium	33,829	Sunday, 30 July

[edit] Round 18

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Richmond	13.21 (99)	Hawthorn	8.7 (55)	MCG	37,543	Friday, 4 August
Melbourne	11.7 (73)	Essendon	15.16 (106)	MCG	52,523	Saturday, 5 August
St Kilda Saints	10.8 (68)	Adelaide	14.14 (98)	Waverley Park	13,141	Saturday, 5 August
North Melbourne	15.16 (106)	West Coast Eagles	7.2 (44)	Princes Park	11,822	Saturday, 5 August
Sydney Swans	17.9 (111)	Brisbane Lions	19.12 (126)	SCG	8,150	Sunday, 6 August
Collingwood Magpies	15.9 (99)	Geelong	14.11 (95)	MCG	62,212	Sunday, 6 August
Carlton	15.16 (106)	Footscray	11.15 (81)	Princes Park	24,084	Sunday, 6 August
Fremantle	17.14 (116)	Fitzroy	9.10 (64)	Subiaco Oval	20,073	Sunday, 6 August

[edit] Round 19

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	16.14 (110)	Richmond	15.10 (100)	MCG	51,247	Friday, 11 August
Essendon	16.14 (110)	Collingwood Magpies	15.12 (102)	MCG	77,448	Saturday, 12 August
Hawthorn	14.13 (97)	St Kilda Saints	16.9 (105)	Waverley Park	19,852	Saturday, 12 August
Geelong	16.10 (106)	Fremantle	12.11 (83)	Skilled Stadium	20,679	Saturday, 12 August
Footscray	11.12 (78)	Melbourne	7.16 (58)	Whitten Oval	17,697	Saturday, 12 August
West Coast Eagles	26.21 (177)	Adelaide	5.12 (42)	Subiaco Oval	30,507	Sunday, 13 August
Carlton	11.19 (85)	Brisbane Lions	10.11 (71)	Princes Park	16,350	Sunday, 13 August
Fitzroy	6.8 (44)	Sydney Swans	27.8 (170)	Whitten Oval	7,426	Sunday, 13 August

[edit] Round 20

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Collingwood Magpies	15.14 (104)	Hawthorn	15.11 (101)	MCG	51,746	Friday, 18 August
Melbourne	10.15 (75)	West Coast Eagles	16.8 (104)	MCG	24,874	Saturday, 19 August
St Kilda Saints	10.15 (75)	Essendon	23.13 (151)	Waverley Park	34,121	Saturday, 19 August
Carlton	18.14 (122)	North Melbourne	15.13 (103)	Princes Park	32,065	Saturday, 19 August
Fitzroy	8.17 (65)	Geelong	15.16 (106)	Whitten Oval	9,196	Saturday, 19 August
Adelaide	13.15 (93)	Sydney Swans	22.7 (139)	AAMI Stadium	38,529	Saturday, 19 August
Brisbane Lions	24.16 (160)	Richmond	13.5 (83)	Gabba	11,524	Sunday' 20 August
Fremantle	17.14 (116)	Footscray	12.13 (85)	Subiaco Oval	18,175	Sunday, 20 August

[edit] Round 21

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Melbourne	18.7 (115)	Adelaide	23.8 (146)	MCG	22,800	Friday, 25 August
Richmond	14.25 (109)	Collingwood Magpies	7.13 (55)	MCG	70,809	Saturday, 26 August
Hawthorn	9.14 (68)	North Melbourne	17.11 (113)	Waverley Park	21,513	Saturday, 26 August
Geelong	15.20 (110)	Footscray	19.11 (125)	Skilled Stadium	25,057	Saturday, 26 August
Fitzroy	13.12 (90)	St Kilda Saints	16.21 (117)	Princes Park	9,363	Saturday, 26 August
Brisbane Lions	17.14 (116)	Essendon	12.12 (84)	Gabba	12,657	Saturday, 26 August
Sydney Swans	19.13 (127)	Fremantle	20.24 (144)	SCG	10,410	Sunday, 27 August
West Coast Eagles	15.8 (98)	Carlton	15.15 (105)	Subiaco Oval	41,492	Sunday, 27 August

[edit] Round 22

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Brisbane Lions	16.14 (110)	Melbourne	13.11(89)	Gabba	11,842	Friday, 1 September
Essendon	9.13 (67)	Carlton	16.12 (108)	MCG	87,984	Saturday, 2 September
Hawthorn	15.12 (102)	Geelong	23.10 (148)	Waverley Park	32,747	Saturday, 2 September
North Melbourne	30.24 (204)	Fitzroy	15.11 (101)	Princes Park	14,907	Saturday, 2 September
Footscray	11.12 (78)	St Kilda Saints	20.12 (132)	Whitten Oval	19,442	Saturday, 2 September
Adelaide	12.14 (86)	Richmond	19.9 (123)	AAMI Stadium	40,168	Saturday, 2 September
Sydney Swans	19.13 (127)	Collingwood Magpies	15.14 (104)	SCG	18,191	Sunday, 3 September
Fremantle	8.10 (58)	West Coast Eagles	16.15 (111)	Subiaco Oval	39,844	Sunday, 3 September

[edit] Qualifying Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Richmond	12.12 (84)	North Melbourne	17.12 (114)	MCG	68,226	Friday, 8 September
Essendon	11.8 (74)	West Coast Eagles	13.7 (84)	Waverley Park	36,102	Saturday, 9 September
Geelong	24.11 (155)	Footscray	10.13 (73)	MCG	59,889	Saturday, 9 September
Carlton	13.12 (90)	Brisbane Lions	12.5 (77)	MCG	52,092	Sunday, 10 September

[edit] Semi Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Richmond	12.14 (86)	Essendon	11.7 (73)	MCG	88,308	Saturday, 16 September
North Melbourne	18.21 (129)	West Coast Eagles	10.11 (71)	MCG	53,759	Sunday, 17 September

[edit] Preliminary Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Geelong	20.9(129)	Richmond	6.4(40)	Waverley Park	70,321	Saturday, 23 September
Carlton	18.10 (118)	North Melbourne	8.8 (56)	MCG	72,552	Saturday, 23 September

[edit] Grand Final

Main article: 1995 AFL Grand Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Carlton	21.15 (141)	Geelong	11.14 (80)	MCG	93,102	Saturday, 30 September

[edit] Ladder

1995 AFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Carlton	22	20	2	0	2357	1711	137.8	80
2	Geelong	22	16	6	0	2558	1939	131.9	64
3	Richmond	22	15	6	1	2096	1943	107.8	62
4	Essendon	22	14	6	2	2464	1931	127.6	60
5	West Coast Eagles	22	14	8	0	2079	1692	122.8	56
6	North Melbourne	22	14	8	0	2311	2013	114.8	56
7	Footscray	22	11	10	1	1879	2054	91.5	46
8	Brisbane Bears	22	10	12	0	2104	2207	95.3	40
9	Melbourne	22	9	13	0	1938	1925	100.7	36
10	Collingwood	22	8	12	2	2043	2111	96.8	36
11	Adelaide	22	9	13	0	1749	2184	80.1	36
12	Sydney Swans	22	8	14	0	2314	2299	100.6	32
13	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	2053	2209	92.8	32
14	St Kilda	22	8	14	0	1814	2258	80.3	32
15	Hawthorn	22	7	15	0	1857	1975	94	28
16	Fitzroy	22	2	20	0	1617	2780	58.2	8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against								view • talk • edit

[edit] Awards

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Paul Kelly of the Sydney Swans.

• The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Wayne Carey of North Melbourne.

• The Coleman Medal was awarded to Gary Ablett of Geelong.

• The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Greg Williams of Carlton.

• The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Nick Holland of Hawthorn.

• The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Fitzroy.

[edit] Notable Events

• The Fremantle Dockers made their debut in the competition.
  • They played their first game against Richmond at the MCG and won their first game against Fitzroy at Whitten Oval.
• Carlton won a record 16th premiership, winning twenty games for the home-and-away season, a new record beaten in 2000 AFL season. They won their 16th consecutive match in the grand final, comfortably beating Geelong 21.15 (141) to 11.14 (80). Amidst these records, they also suffered the rare ignominy of losing to the bottom team (St Kilda) while atop the ladder in their Round 9 game.
• Richmond reached the finals for the first time since 1982, finishing 4th and making the preliminary finals.
  • They won their first 7 games , winning their first five games for the first time since the early 1980s.
  • They were on top of the ladder for the first time since 1982 (from rounds 9 to 12).
• Brisbane made the finals for the first time (losing to Carlton by just 13 points).
• Tony Lockett transferred from St Kilda to the Sydney Swans.
• Footscray Football Club, VFL and State of Origin legend Ted Whitten died.
  • He had been given a "lap of honour" during the 1995 State of Origin match between Victoria and South Australia.
• Hawthorn missed out on the finals for the first time since the early 1980s.
  • The team finished second last, failing to register a win for its last seven matches.
• Fitzroy continued to decline.
  • Fitzroy failed to register a win from round 9 and finished on the bottom of the ladder with just 2 wins.
• There were many significant changes to incumbent AFL team coaches:
• After round 19, the Fitzroy coach Bernie Quinlan was sacked and replaced by caretaker coach Alan McConnell for the remaining three games of their season (Michael Nunan later was signed as coach for 1996).
• Peter Knights was sacked as coach of Hawthorn.
• John Northey resigned from Richmond (he became coach of Brisbane in 1996).
• Robert Walls resigned as coach of Brisbane and joined Richmond as coach in 1996.
• Ron Barassi coached his last VFL/AFL match, resigning at from the Sydney Swans at the end of 1995.

[edit] References

• 1995 Season - AFL Tables

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