98th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
The 1994 AFL season was the 98th 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 1 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs – an increase from the six clubs which had contested the finals in previous years.
The premiership was won by the West Coast Eagles for the second time, after it defeated Geelong by 80 points in the 1994 AFL Grand Final .
Foster's Cup [ edit ] Essendon 15.12 (102) defeated Adelaide 9.14 (68) in the final.
Rule changes [ edit ] There were several significant alterations to the laws of the game brought in for the 1994 season:
The number of interchange players was increased from two to three which, when added to the "run on" team of 18 on-the-field players, increased the standard team squad size to 21 players. The number of field umpires was increased from two to three. Playing time was reduced from 25 minutes per quarter to 20 minutes, but additional stoppages (including all scores and boundary throw-ins) attracted "time-on" allocations; the total reduction of playing time was approximately 10%.[1] The size of each club's senior playing list was significantly reduced from 52 to 42 players from the 1994 season (with the exception of the struggling Sydney , which was granted a list of 50 players). Victorian clubs could list ten players on a supplementary list to make up the numbers in their reserves teams, but those players were not eligible for AFL senior selection. The change was part of an AFL Commission plan to completely abolish the Victorian clubs' reserves competition by 1995, but this final stage did not occur until 2000.[2] Advertising was permitted for the first time on the backs of guernseys. Small sponsors' logos had previously been permitted over the breast and on the shorts, but the new regulations allowed for logos 30 cm long and 8 cm high below the number on the back of the guernsey, which has since become the prime advertising location on guernseys. Under the original rules, the logo was required to be consistent with the colour of the guernsey, a stipulation which has since been relaxed.[3] Home-and-away season [ edit ] Round 1 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Collingwood 17.12 (114) Fitzroy 16.7 (103) Victoria Park 25,602 Saturday 26, March Footscray 17.11 (113) Richmond 17.9 (111) Whitten Oval 18,592 Saturday 26, March St Kilda 15.7 (97) Hawthorn 23.15 (153) Waverley Park 29,582 Saturday 26, March Essendon 12.10 (82) West Coast 11.13 (79) MCG 39,492 Saturday 26, March Melbourne 26.18 (174) Geelong 16.13 (109) MCG 39,741 Sunday 27, March Brisbane Bears 13.21 (99) Sydney 12.17 (89) Gabba 7,901 Sunday 27, March Adelaide 22.18 (150) Carlton 13.6 (84) Football Park 44,953 Sunday 27, March
Round 2 [ edit ] Round 2 Saturday, 2 April (2:00 pm) Fitzroy 17.10 (112) def. Essendon 14.15 (99) Optus Oval (crowd: 24,872) Report Saturday, 2 April (2:00 pm) North Melbourne 21.16 (142) def. St Kilda 10.13 (73) MCG (crowd: 27,195) Report Saturday, 2 April (2:08 pm) Hawthorn 8.16 (64) def. by Melbourne 17.16 (118) Waverley Park (crowd: 29,581) Report Sunday, 3 April (2:08 pm) Richmond 20.14 (134) def. Brisbane Bears 11.6 (72) MCG (crowd: 15,333) Report Sunday, 3 April (2:15 pm) West Coast 14.13 (97) def. Adelaide 11.12 (78) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 28,228) Report Monday, 4 April (2:00 pm) Geelong 22.20 (152) def. Footscray 8.16 (64) Kardinia Park (crowd: 24,019) Report Monday, 4 April (2:08 pm) Carlton 9.12 (66) def. by Collingwood 14.16 (100) MCG (crowd: 85,063) Report Bye Sydney Under pressure to respond after their poor showing against Melbourne the previous week, Geelong scored their biggest win over Footscray , starting and finishing strongly to run out winners by 88 points.[4] Gary Ablett kicked seven goals and ruckman John Barnes ' masterful display (22 hit-outs and 24 disposals) would gain him three Brownlow votes. In the middle of the week, the Footscray board sacked Terry Wheeler and replaced him with ex-Hawthorn coach Alan Joyce .[5]
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Fitzroy 17.10 (112) Essendon 14.15 (99) Optus Oval 24,872 Saturday 2, April North Melbourne 21.16 (142) St Kilda 10.13 (73) MCG 27,195 Saturday 2, April Hawthorn 8.16 (64) Melbourne 17.16 (118) Waverley Park 29,581 Saturday 2, April West Coast 14.13 (97) Adelaide 11.12 (78) Subiaco Oval 28,228 Sunday 3, April Richmond 20.14 (134) Brisbane Bears 11.6 (72) MCG 15,333 Sunday 3, April Geelong 22.20 (152) Footscray 8.16 (64) Kardinia Park 24,019 Monday 4, April Carlton 9.12 (66) Collingwood 14.16 (100) MCG 85,063 Monday 4, April
Round 3 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date North Melbourne 25.23 (173) Hawthorn 6.10 (46) MCG 36,726 Friday 8, April St Kilda 16.12 (108) Essendon 14.10 (94) Waverley Park 30,454 Saturday 9, April Fitzroy 17.9 (111) Brisbane Bears 12.6 (78) Whitten Oval 8,829 Saturday 9, April Richmond 5.9 (39) West Coast 20.15 (135) MCG 19,609 Saturday 9, April Carlton 14.15 (99) Geelong 10.10 (70) Optus Oval 28,496 Sunday 10, April Collingwood 14.11 (95) Footscray 12.22 (94) MCG 38,307 Sunday 10, April Sydney 21.9 (135) Adelaide 24.10 (154) SCG 11,068 Sunday 10, April
Round 4 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Sydney 11.20 (86) Richmond 10.12 (72) SCG 9,727 Friday 15, April Hawthorn 11.7 (73) Carlton 24.16 (160) Waverley Park 30,944 Saturday 16, April Footscray 14.15 (99) North Melbourne 17.10 (112) Whitten Oval 21,630 Saturday 16, April Essendon 9.12 (66) Melbourne 12.12 (84) MCG 61,193 Saturday 16, April West Coast 18.21 (129) Fitzroy 8.5 (53) WACA 28,980 Saturday 16, April Brisbane Bears 22.19 (151) St Kilda 15.8 (98) Gabba 11,290 Sunday 17, April Adelaide 15.14 (104) Geelong 11.11 (77) Football Park 45,638 Sunday 17, April
Round 5 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Melbourne 17.15 (117) Brisbane Bears 4.6 (30) MCG 20,946 Friday 22, April Geelong 17.18 (120) North Melbourne 15.15 (105) Kardinia Park 23,490 Saturday 23, April Fitzroy 20.17 (137) Sydney 20.9 (129) Whitten Oval 10,514 Saturday 23, April Essendon 14.14 (98) Collingwood 14.10 (94) MCG 74,330 Saturday 23, April Adelaide 13.15 (93) Footscray 17.8 (110) Football Park 44,426 Sunday 24, April West Coast 8.10 (58) Hawthorn 19.15 (129) Subiaco Oval 27,357 Sunday 24, April St Kilda 10.10 (70) Richmond 15.22 (112) Waverley Park 37,870 Monday 25, April
Round 6 [ edit ] Round 7 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Hawthorn 12.16 (88) Essendon 11.9 (75) Waverley Park 33,927 Saturday 7, May Richmond 20.13 (133) Fitzroy 13.14 (92) Optus Oval 14,614 Saturday 7, May Melbourne 8.10 (58) North Melbourne 13.12 (90) MCG 34,601 Saturday 7, May Sydney 17.7 (109) St Kilda 16.14 (110) SCG 9,295 Sunday 8, May Geelong 18.16 (124) Collingwood 13.18 (96) MCG 52,342 Sunday 8, May Footscray 12.14 (86) Brisbane Bears 7.7 (49) Whitten Oval 12,181 Sunday 8, May West Coast 16.19 (115) Carlton 6.13 (49) Subiaco Oval 26,676 Sunday 8, May
Round 8 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Richmond 16.11 (107) Carlton 20.15 (135) MCG 50,227 Friday 13, May Hawthorn 25.16 (166) Brisbane Bears 10.7 (67) Waverley Park 12,233 Saturday 14, May Fitzroy 13.12 (90) North Melbourne 17.17 (119) Whitten Oval 11,334 Saturday 14, May Collingwood 19.13 (127) St Kilda 11.12 (78) MCG 35,851 Saturday 14, May Melbourne 13.13 (91) Footscray 14.10 (94) MCG 28,559 Sunday 15, May Sydney 9.17 (71) Geelong 25.15 (165) SCG 11,142 Sunday 15, May Essendon 20.11 (131) Adelaide 13.10 (88) Optus Oval 28,626 Sunday 15, May
Round 9 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date North Melbourne 17.19 (121) Collingwood 13.10 (88) MCG 72,216 Friday 20, May Geelong 21.16 (142) Richmond 11.12 (78) Kardinia Park 22,777 Saturday 21, May Melbourne 14.13 (97) Sydney 16.10 (106) MCG 19,333 Saturday 21, May Carlton 7.20 (62) Essendon 9.9 (63) Waverley Park 40,080 Saturday 21, May Footscray 7.10 (52) West Coast 12.11 (83) Whitten Oval 14,923 Saturday 21, May Adelaide 7.6 (48) Hawthorn 22.13 (145) Football Park 44,403 Sunday 22, May St Kilda 11.9 (75) Fitzroy 8.14 (62) Waverley Park 15,249 Sunday 22, May
Round 10 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date West Coast 14.17 (101) Sydney 10.15 (75) WACA 27,901 Friday 27, May Carlton 16.13 (109) Footscray 13.19 (97) Optus Oval 23,691 Saturday 28, May St Kilda 4.8 (32) Melbourne 15.16 (106) Waverley Park 19,914 Saturday 28, May Collingwood 16.14 (110) Hawthorn 10.14 (74) Victoria Park 26,718 Saturday 28, May Essendon 16.16 (112) Geelong 15.11 (101) MCG 75,129 Saturday 28, May Brisbane Bears 17.18 (120) North Melbourne 12.21 (93) Gabba 10,953 Sunday 29, May Adelaide 15.13 (103) Fitzroy 9.10 (64) Football Park 42,915 Sunday 29, May
Round 11 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Fitzroy 12.8 (80) Carlton 20.15 (135) Waverley Park 19,090 Saturday 4, June Essendon 24.10 (154) Richmond 17.6 (108) Optus Oval 22,547 Saturday 4, June Geelong 15.11 (101) Brisbane Bears 19.12 (126) Kardinia Park 18,599 Saturday 4, June Collingwood 13.12 (90) Adelaide 8.19 (67) Victoria Park 27,390 Saturday 4, June Hawthorn 20.5 (125) Footscray 8.13 (61) Waverley Park 22,895 Sunday 5, June Sydney 16.10 (106) North Melbourne 19.12 (126) SCG 11,182 Sunday 5, June Melbourne 11.8 (74) West Coast 18.10 (118) MCG 31,324 Sunday 5, June
Round 12 [ edit ] Round 12 Saturday, 11 June (2:00 pm) Geelong 17.11 (113) def. St Kilda 16.14 (110) Kardinia Park (crowd: 23,696) Report Saturday, 11 June (2:08 pm) North Melbourne 21.23 (149) def. Adelaide 10.9 (69) Optus Oval (crowd: 16,643) Report Saturday, 11 June (2:08 pm) Melbourne 13.16 (94) def. by Carlton 18.13 (121) MCG (crowd: 52,199) Report Sunday, 12 June (1:15 pm) Sydney 13.5 (83) def. by Hawthorn 21.15 (141) SCG (crowd: 12,251) Report Sunday, 12 June (4:15 pm) West Coast 11.12 (78) def. Brisbane Bears 10.9 (69) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 23,492) Report Monday, 13 June (2:00 pm) Footscray 13.14 (92) def. Essendon 9.10 (64) Waverley Park (crowd: 39,181) Report Monday, 13 June (2:08 pm) Richmond 14.18 (102) def. Collingwood 4.12 (36) MCG (crowd: 61,983) Report Bye Fitzroy Despite missing key players Robert Harvey , Stewart Loewe and Tony Lockett , St Kilda led Geelong at three-quarter time by 26 points after kicking seven goals to nil in the third quarter. However, a spectacular last quarter by Gary Ablett in which he kicked four of his seven goals, and an intercept of Rod Keogh 's attempted pass in the forward pocket to Nicky Winmar in the final minute, enabled the Cats to escape with a three-point win.[6]
Round 13 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Carlton 22.13 (145) St Kilda 10.5 (65) Optus Oval 22,927 Saturday 18, June Hawthorn 7.11 (53) Fitzroy 10.6 (66) Waverley Park 17,599 Saturday 18, June Richmond 9.18 (72) North Melbourne 10.7 (67) MCG 26,917 Saturday 18, June Footscray 20.14 (134) Sydney 9.6 (60) Whitten Oval 13,070 Sunday 19, June Brisbane Bears 17.12 (114) Essendon 11.15 (81) Gabba 18,484 Sunday 19, June Collingwood 18.13 (121) West Coast 12.12 (84) MCG 27,699 Sunday 19, June Adelaide 11.17 (83) Melbourne 12.6 (78) Football Park 41,189 Sunday 19, June
Round 14 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date North Melbourne 13.10 (88) Carlton 15.16 (106) MCG 45,177 Friday 24, June Footscray 21.18 (144) Fitzroy 6.4 (40) Whitten Oval 16,085 Saturday 25, June Melbourne 9.8 (62) Richmond 11.12 (78) MCG 32,528 Saturday 25, June St Kilda 12.7 (79) Adelaide 11.13 (79) Waverley Park 13,868 Saturday 25, June Geelong 10.15 (75) West Coast 14.9 (93) Kardinia Park 21,939 Saturday 25, June Essendon 19.15 (129) Sydney 14.11 (95) MCG 27,094 Sunday 26, June Brisbane Bears 17.19 (121) Collingwood 11.11 (77) Gabba 18,881 Sunday 26, June
Round 15 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date West Coast 19.14 (128) St Kilda 7.7 (49) WACA 24,632 Friday 1, July North Melbourne 11.19 (85) Essendon 14.8 (92) MCG 50,141 Saturday 2, July Hawthorn 16.19 (115) Geelong 11.13 (79) Waverley Park 35,267 Saturday 2, July Fitzroy 9.11 (65) Melbourne 16.15 (111) Whitten Oval 8,484 Saturday 2, July Carlton 22.12 (144) Brisbane Bears 6.10 (46) Optus Oval 21,119 Saturday 2, July Sydney 10.13 (73) Collingwood 13.15 (93) SCG 13,083 Sunday 3, July Adelaide 12.11 (83) Richmond 13.12 (90) Football Park 43,052 Sunday 3, July
Round 16 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Fitzroy 11.14 (80) Collingwood 19.15 (129) Whitten Oval 15,394 Saturday 9, July Geelong 22.13 (145) Melbourne 17.13 (115) Kardinia Park 23,687 Saturday 9, July Hawthorn 21.16 (142) St Kilda 11.12 (78) Waverley Park 25,037 Saturday 9, July Richmond 14.13 (97) Footscray 12.22 (94) MCG 49,878 Saturday 9, July Sydney 15.20 (110) Brisbane Bears 21.9 (135) SCG 5,728 Sunday 10, July West Coast 11.14 (80) Essendon 5.14 (44) Subiaco Oval 29,723 Sunday 10, July Carlton 20.16 (136) Adelaide 10.16 (76) Optus Oval 29,695 Sunday 10, July
Round 17 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Melbourne 17.10 (112) Hawthorn 11.8 (74) Optus Oval 14,096 Saturday 16, July Footscray 17.11 (113) Geelong 13.7 (85) Whitten Oval 23,953 Saturday 16, July St Kilda 8.7 (55) North Melbourne 17.14 (116) Waverley Park 21,097 Saturday 16, July Collingwood 7.12 (54) Carlton 14.13 (97) MCG 85,831 Saturday 16, July Essendon 24.9 (153) Fitzroy 12.17 (89) MCG 33,265 Sunday 17, July Brisbane Bears 12.12 (84) Richmond 15.8 (98) Gabba 14,936 Sunday 17, July Adelaide 12.10 (82) West Coast 11.12 (78) Football Park 42,860 Sunday 17, July
Round 18 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Adelaide 10.15 (75) Sydney 13.9 (87) Football Park 43,788 Friday 22, July Footscray 13.9 (87) Collingwood 7.13 (55) Whitten Oval 25,540 Saturday 23, July Essendon 15.10 (100) St Kilda 18.2 (110) MCG 38,858 Saturday 23, July Hawthorn 9.5 (59) North Melbourne 15.9 (99) Waverley Park 26,936 Saturday 23, July Brisbane Bears 8.17 (65) Fitzroy 7.16 (58) Gabba 8,236 Sunday 24, July Geelong 13.12 (90) Carlton 8.6 (54) Waverley Park 42,930 Sunday 24, July West Coast 14.17 (101) Richmond 7.11 (53) Subiaco Oval 26,020 Sunday 24, July
Round 19 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date North Melbourne 15.12 (102) Footscray 12.10 (82) MCG 32,845 Friday 29, July Melbourne 21.9 (135) Essendon 8.10 (58) MCG 43,132 Saturday 30, July St Kilda 5.15 (45) Brisbane Bears 8.7 (55) Waverley Park 12,927 Saturday 30, July Carlton 15.14 (104) Hawthorn 9.18 (72) Optus Oval 25,265 Saturday 30, July Richmond 14.11 (95) Sydney 9.8 (62) MCG 23,906 Sunday 31, July Geelong 13.13 (91) Adelaide 5.8 (38) Kardinia Park 15,383 Sunday 31, July Fitzroy 3.8 (26) West Coast 13.14 (92) Whitten Oval 5,334 Sunday 31, July
Round 20 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Collingwood 19.20 (134) Essendon 17.4 (106) MCG 76,565 Friday 5, August Richmond 12.21 (93) St Kilda 9.7 (61) MCG 33,503 Saturday 6, August North Melbourne 11.11 (77) Geelong 10.18 (78) Optus Oval 26,014 Saturday 6, August Hawthorn 15.10 (100) West Coast 7.12 (54) Waverley Park 16,328 Saturday 6, August Brisbane Bears 12.12 (84) Melbourne 14.15 (99) Gabba 12,341 Sunday 7, August Footscray 17.16 (118) Adelaide 4.10 (34) Whitten Oval 17,591 Sunday 7, August Sydney 9.12 (66) Fitzroy 13.16 (94) SCG 6,513 Sunday 7, August
Round 21 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date West Coast 10.13 (73) North Melbourne 9.10 (64) WACA 31,948 Friday 12, August St Kilda 10.12 (72) Footscray 17.15 (117) Waverley Park 14,653 Saturday 13, August Fitzroy 8.11 (59) Geelong 13.22 (100) Optus Oval 11,388 Saturday 13, August Melbourne 9.10 (64) Collingwood 13.14 (92) MCG 49,872 Saturday 13, August Sydney 9.16 (70) Carlton 8.14 (62) SCG 9,622 Sunday 14, August Richmond 11.23 (89) Hawthorn 18.9 (117) MCG 52,562 Sunday 14, August Adelaide 13.11 (89) Brisbane Bears 12.14 (86) Football Park 36,599 Sunday 14, August
Round 22 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date North Melbourne 12.11 (83) Melbourne 15.13 (103) MCG 32,951 Friday 19, August St Kilda 17.12 (114) Sydney 11.15 (81) Waverley Park 13,454 Saturday 20, August Fitzroy 10.9 (69) Richmond 19.15 (129) Whitten Oval 12,122 Saturday 20, August Collingwood 15.17 (107) Geelong 16.8 (104) MCG 66,555 Saturday 20, August Essendon 20.16 (136) Hawthorn 12.12 (84) MCG 49,354 Sunday 21, August Brisbane Bears 13.10 (88) Footscray 14.14 (98) Gabba 10,572 Sunday 21, August Carlton 19.12 (126) West Coast 8.14 (62) Optus Oval 28,038 Sunday 21, August
Round 23 [ edit ] Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date North Melbourne 25.10 (160) Fitzroy 10.14 (74) MCG 17,960 Friday 26, August Carlton 25.11 (161) Richmond 6.12 (48) Optus Oval 32,486 Saturday 27, August St Kilda 14.6 (90) Collingwood 13.10 (88) Waverley Park 40,154 Saturday 27, August Geelong 16.15 (111) Sydney 15.9 (99) Kardinia Park 22,208 Saturday 27, August Footscray 16.15 (111) Melbourne 11.5 (71) Whitten Oval 23,615 Saturday 27, August Brisbane Bears 13.13 (91) Hawthorn 15.12 (102) Gabba 13,718 Sunday 28, August Adelaide 17.13 (115) Essendon 8.10 (58) Football Park 41,669 Sunday 28, August
Round 24 [ edit ] Round 24 Friday, 2 September (8:08 pm) Collingwood 8.14 (62) def. by North Melbourne 19.12 (126) MCG (crowd: 72,932) Report Saturday, 3 September (2:00 pm) Essendon 12.8 (80) def. Carlton 9.8 (62) MCG (crowd: 61,231) Report Saturday, 3 September (2:00 pm) Fitzroy 15.12 (102) def. by St Kilda 21.14 (140) Western Oval (crowd: 10,809) Report Saturday, 3 September (2:08 pm) Hawthorn 9.12 (66) def. Adelaide 6.11 (47) Waverley Park (crowd: 22,973) Report Saturday, 3 September (2:08 pm) Richmond 13.17 (95) def. by Geelong 27.9 (171) Optus Oval (crowd: 25,112) Report Sunday, 4 September (1:15 pm) Sydney 18.13 (121) def. by Melbourne 27.5 (167) SCG (crowd: 8,344) Report Sunday, 4 September (4:15 pm) West Coast 17.15 (117) def. Footscray 6.10 (46) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 26,992) Report Bye Brisbane Bears
(P) Premiers Qualified for finals
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 94.4 Source: AFL Tables
The second McIntyre "final six" system , which had operated in 1992 and 1993, was replaced by the McIntyre "final eight" system . The McIntyre "final eight" system would be used until 1999 and was then replaced by the AFL’s Amended "final eight" system in 2000.
Week one [ edit ] Qualifying finals Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 15.24 (114) def. Hawthorn 13.13 (91) Waverley Park (crowd: 38,223) Report Saturday, 10 September (7:45 pm) Geelong 15.16 (106) def. Footscray 15.11 (101) MCG (crowd: 61,182) Report Sunday, 11 September (2:10 pm) Carlton 14.12 (96) def. by Melbourne 18.15 (123) MCG (crowd: 56,111) Report Sunday, 11 September (4:45 pm) West Coast 11.16 (82) def. Collingwood 12.8 (80) WACA Ground (crowd: 31,824) Report The third qualifying final between North Melbourne and Hawthorn was the first-ever AFL finals match to require extra time ; this is because scores were level at full time, which had North Melbourne 12.19 (91) to Hawthorn 13.13 (91) at the expiration of regular time. (The provision for extra time had been introduced after the controversial 1990 finals series, when the qualifying final between Collingwood and West Coast was drawn.) North Melbourne dominated extra time, kicking 3.5 to Hawthorn's nil, and North Melbourne won the match by 23 points.
Semi finals [ edit ] Preliminary Final [ edit ] Grand final [ edit ] Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date West Coast 20.23 (143) Geelong 8.15 (63) MCG 93,860 Saturday, 1 October
Notable events [ edit ] Fitzroy moved its match-day home ground from Princes Park (which, due to the first ever ground naming rights deal affecting an AFL venue, became known as Optus Oval from this season) to the Western Oval . However, this left Carlton as the sole tenant of Optus Oval, and an existing arrangement between Carlton and the AFL required eighteen matches to be played there during the year; consequently, Fitzroy and the MCG's four co-tenants (Essendon , Richmond , Melbourne and North Melbourne ) were each forced to play one or two home games at Optus Oval to make up the balance.[9] Starting from Round 20, the "blood rule " was introduced in order to allay fears raised by the threat of AIDS . Under the rule, any bleeding player would be sent from the field by the umpires until his wound had been covered or closed and any blood-stained gear replaced.[10] The rule, which for the first time ever gave umpires the ability to order players from the ground, was not initially well-received – particularly following a Round 23 incident in which Hawthorn ruckman Stephen Lawrence was unable to return to the field after the third quarter because Hawthorn officials could not find a spare sock to replace his bloodstained one.[11] The MCG became Collingwood's predominant home ground for the first time, however they would still play sporadic home games at Victoria Park until 1999 against mostly low crowd drawing and/or interstate opposition. To this day, the MCG has remained Collingwood's predominant home ground. See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ Rohan Connolly; Gerard Wright (21 August 1994). "A goal that wasn't and a clock that ran fast". The Sunday Age (Sport Liftout) . Melbourne, VIC. p. 3. ^ Greg Denham (12 June 1993). "League cuts team lists in shake-up". The Age . Melbourne, VIC. p. 32. ^ Stephen Linnell (19 August 1993). "Logos get a guernsey from the AFL". The Age . Melbourne, VIC. p. 28. ^ "Cats rip into Dogs with impressive comeback" . The Canberra Times . Vol. 68, no. 21, 538. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 April 1994. p. 17. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia. ^ "Don't write me off, warns sacked Wheeler" . The Canberra Times . Vol. 68, no. 21, 540. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 April 1994. p. 22. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia. ^ "Ablett snatches win from Saints" . The Canberra Times . Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 June 1994. p. 15. Retrieved 19 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia. ^ "All-in brawl leaves Sumich unconscious" . The Canberra Times . Vol. 70, no. 21, 691. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 September 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia. ^ Morris, Tom (4 September 2018). "AFL 2018: Danny Southern, Peter Sumich finally make peace 24 years after horror headlock" . foxsports.com.au. ^ Greg Denham (9 November 1993). "MCG tenants protest at 'home' switch". The Age . Melbourne, VIC. p. 46. ^ Ashley Browne (4 August 1994). "AFL under fire over new law on bleeding players". The Age . Melbourne, VIC. p. 30. ^ Steve Perkin; Daryl Timms (29 August 1994). "Blood rule 'ridiculous' ". Herald Sun (Afternoon ed.). Melbourne, VIC. p. 86. Sources [ edit ]
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