1993 AFL season

The 1993 Australian Football League season was the 97th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 4th under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.

For the 1993 season of the Arena Football League, see 1993 Arena Football League season.
1993 AFL premiership season
Teams15
PremiersEssendon
(15th premiership)
Minor premiersEssendon
(14th minor premiership)
Pre-season cupEssendon
(2nd pre-season cup win)
Matches played157
Attendance4,657,489 (29,666 per match)
Highest attendance96,862 (Grand Final, Essendon vs. Carlton)
Leading goalkickerGary Ablett (Geelong)
Brownlow MedallistGavin Wanganeen (Essendon)

Foster's Cup
Main article: 1993 Foster's Cup

Essendon 14.18 (102) defeated Richmond 11.13 (79) in the final.

Premiership season

Round 1
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Footscray13.17 (95)Collingwood17.13 (115)MCG58,997Friday 26, March
North Melbourne24.22 (166)Brisbane Bears22.11 (143)MCG8,653Saturday 27, March
Hawthorn13.15 (93)Melbourne11.4 (70)Waverley Park25,098Saturday 27, March
Carlton17.10 (112)Fitzroy17.16 (118)Princes Park23,433Saturday 27, March
Geelong20.16 (136)St Kilda16.16 (112)Kardinia Park24,337Saturday 27, March
West Coast17.21 (123)Essendon17.8 (110)Subiaco Oval34,361Sunday 28, March
Richmond12.12 (84)Adelaide28.10 (178)MCG18,473Sunday 28, March

Round 2
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond18.18 (126)Brisbane Bears11.14 (80)MCG14,497Friday 2, April
St Kilda19.18 (132)North Melbourne19.11 (125)Waverley Park23,554Saturday 3, April
Essendon20.12 (132)Carlton19.18 (132)MCG49,856Saturday 3, April
Melbourne13.17 (95)Footscray15.13 (103)Princes Park13,076Saturday 3, April
Collingwood17.11 (113)Geelong15.13 (103)Victoria Park24,147Saturday 3, April
Sydney12.20 (92)Hawthorn22.17 (149)SCG10,144Sunday 4, April
Adelaide15.11 (101)West Coast12.14 (86)Football Park46,258Sunday 4, April

Round 3
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
St Kilda20.12 (132)Sydney13.16 (94)Waverley Park25,351Saturday 10, April
Fitzroy14.14 (98)Footscray14.17 (101)Princes Park18,265Saturday 10, April
Brisbane Bears17.13 (115)Melbourne17.11 (113)Gabba12,821Sunday 11, April
West Coast15.19 (109)Richmond9.11 (65)Subiaco Oval31,110Sunday 11, April
Carlton16.16 (112)Hawthorn16.14 (110)Princes Park33,274Monday 12, April
Geelong13.6 (84)North Melbourne15.18 (108)Kardinia Park23,428Monday 12, April
Essendon16.13 (109)Collingwood21.13 (139)MCG87,638Monday 12, April

Round 4
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Adelaide15.13 (103)Fitzroy15.12 (102)Football Park45,671Friday 16, April
North Melbourne19.14 (128)Melbourne14.15 (99)MCG24,362Saturday 17, April
Hawthorn11.13 (79)Geelong18.17 (125)Waverley Park31,492Saturday 17, April
Collingwood15.14 (104)St Kilda18.18 (126)Victoria Park28,350Saturday 17, April
Sydney14.11 (95)Essendon28.13 (181)SCG9,023Sunday 18, April
West Coast14.14 (98)Brisbane Bears6.10 (46)Subiaco Oval30,032Sunday 18, April

Round 5
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond17.20 (122)North Melbourne25.9 (159)MCG35,113Friday 23, April
Fitzroy24.23 (167)Sydney11.8 (74)Princes Park10,257Saturday 24, April
Footscray20.7 (127)Essendon11.15 (81)Whitten Oval26,923Saturday 24, April
St Kilda11.12 (78)Carlton17.21 (123)Waverley Park51,211Sunday 25, April
Brisbane Bears19.12 (126)Geelong18.19 (127)Gabba12,996Sunday 25, April
Melbourne10.17 (77)Adelaide9.14 (68)MCG17,011Sunday 25, April

Round 6
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Melbourne22.21 (153)Richmond8.12 (60)MCG33,933Friday 30, April
Adelaide12.16 (88)Hawthorn16.9 (105)Football Park46,689Friday 30, April
Essendon23.18 (156)Geelong19.18 (132)MCG46,588Saturday 1, May
North Melbourne35.19 (229)Sydney16.9 (105)Princes Park9,230Saturday 1, May
Brisbane Bears17.8 (110)Fitzroy12.11 (83)Gabba9,893Sunday 2, May
Carlton15.11 (101)Collingwood21.11 (137)MCG86,196Sunday 2, May
West Coast19.11 (125)Footscray13.6 (84)Subiaco Oval32,579Sunday 2, May

Round 7
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond19.22 (136)St Kilda16.8 (104)MCG29,296Saturday 8, May
Hawthorn16.17 (113)Brisbane Bears10.10 (70)Waverley Park14,375Saturday 8, May
Fitzroy12.7 (79)Melbourne11.12 (78)Princes Park13,498Saturday 8, May
Footscray17.8 (110)North Melbourne22.9 (141)Whitten Oval20,942Saturday 8, May
Collingwood14.17 (101)Adelaide11.10 (76)Victoria Park25,854Saturday 8, May
Sydney13.17 (95)Carlton21.13 (139)SCG9,214Sunday 9, May
Geelong15.15 (105)West Coast16.17 (113)Kardinia Park23,697Sunday 9, May

Round 8
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
West Coast7.16 (58)Fitzroy11.10 (76)WACA28,506Friday 14, May
St Kilda9.13 (67)Essendon19.11 (125)Waverley Park43,886Saturday 15, May
Carlton11.12 (78)Footscray15.16 (106)Princes Park24,133Saturday 15, May
Collingwood14.10 (94)Hawthorn10.16 (76)Victoria Park29,880Saturday 15, May
Geelong19.14 (128)Richmond9.24 (78)Kardinia Park25,224Sunday 16, May
Brisbane Bears33.21 (219)Sydney8.9 (57)Gabba8,916Sunday 16, May
Adelaide19.9 (123)North Melbourne18.13 (121)Football Park45,562Sunday 16, May

Round 9
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne20.14 (134)Carlton14.12 (96)MCG44,833Friday 21, May
Hawthorn20.11 (131)Richmond19.7 (121)Waverley Park20,316Saturday 22, May
Fitzroy14.8 (92)Collingwood10.13 (73)Princes Park24,442Saturday 22, May
Footscray22.11 (143)St Kilda11.13 (79)Whitten Oval17,458Saturday 22, May
Essendon16.15 (111)Adelaide10.5 (65)MCG34,372Saturday 22, May
Sydney15.14 (104)Geelong19.15 (129)SCG9,594Sunday 23, May
Melbourne14.17 (101)West Coast13.10 (88)MCG22,032Sunday 23, May

Round 10
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Essendon19.15 (129)Fitzroy19.11 (125)MCG50,567Friday 28, May
Richmond17.20 (122)Sydney14.9 (93)MCG17,781Saturday 29, May
Carlton17.26 (128)Melbourne11.8 (74)Princes Park23,702Saturday 29, May
Footscray9.8 (62)Hawthorn20.12 (132)Whitten Oval19,397Saturday 29, May
St Kilda9.10 (64)West Coast9.12 (66)Waverley Park19,918Saturday 29, May
Collingwood5.13 (43)North Melbourne19.12 (126)Victoria Park29,779Saturday 29, May
Brisbane Bears12.13 (85)Adelaide18.14 (122)Gabba12,395Sunday 30, May

Round 11
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Fitzroy7.14 (56)Richmond12.10 (82)Princes Park11,366Saturday 12, June
St Kilda20.10 (130)Brisbane Bears11.9 (75)Waverley Park11,748Saturday 12, June
Geelong13.11 (89)Carlton17.16 (118)MCG37,119Saturday 12, June
Sydney10.3 (63)West Coast17.18 (120)SCG8,794Sunday 13, June
Adelaide15.17 (107)Footscray8.14 (62)Football Park44,979Sunday 13, June
Melbourne24.16 (160)Collingwood16.13 (109)MCG57,833Monday 14, June
Hawthorn12.14 (86)Essendon17.14 (116)Waverley Park47,295Monday 14, June

Round 12
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
West Coast15.11 (101)North Melbourne16.11 (107)WACA30,183Friday 18, June
Melbourne15.15 (105)Essendon10.11 (71)MCG44,094Saturday 19, June
Hawthorn23.14 (152)St Kilda11.8 (74)Waverley Park28,975Saturday 19, June
Footscray13.16 (94)Sydney10.9 (69)Whitten Oval11,797Saturday 19, June
Carlton24.12 (156)Adelaide11.11 (77)Princes Park21,405Saturday 19, June
Geelong16.17 (113)Fitzroy15.16 (106)Kardinia Park19,308Sunday 20, June
Brisbane Bears14.13 (97)Collingwood20.18 (138)Gabba15,471Sunday 20, June

Round 13
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne11.14 (80)Hawthorn12.11 (83)MCG47,705Friday 25, June
Fitzroy12.7 (79)St Kilda17.10 (112)Waverley Park15,181Saturday 26, June
Essendon21.15 (141)Richmond8.15 (63)Princes Park19,105Saturday 26, June
Footscray17.19 (121)Brisbane Bears14.9 (93)Whitten Oval15,397Saturday 26, June
Collingwood11.5 (71)West Coast14.10 (94)Victoria Park24,371Saturday 26, June
Sydney23.11 (149)Melbourne16.13 (109)SCG8,250Sunday 27, June
Adelaide16.19 (115)Geelong14.11 (95)Football Park46,496Sunday 27, June

Round 14
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Sydney12.10 (82)Adelaide18.18 (126)SCG13,057Friday 2, July
Essendon23.17 (155)Brisbane Bears4.15 (39)MCG20,453Saturday 3, July
St Kilda6.10 (46)Melbourne14.8 (92)Waverley Park23,398Saturday 3, July
Fitzroy18.11 (119)North Melbourne17.16 (118)Princes Park13,965Saturday 3, July
Geelong15.20 (110)Footscray8.6 (54)Kardinia Park19,293Saturday 3, July
West Coast13.13 (91)Carlton14.8 (92)Subiaco Oval39,789Sunday 4, July
Richmond17.15 (117)Collingwood22.15 (147)MCG49,980Sunday 4, July

Round 15
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne19.15 (129)Essendon13.13 (91)MCG55,693Friday 9, July
Hawthorn15.20 (110)Fitzroy9.10 (64)Waverley Park21,744Saturday 10, July
Carlton19.17 (131)Brisbane Bears14.13 (97)Princes Park16,934Saturday 10, July
Collingwood25.19 (169)Sydney11.11 (77)Victoria Park20,394Saturday 10, July
Melbourne22.9 (141)Geelong20.7 (127)MCG40,819Saturday 10, July
Adelaide23.18 (156)St Kilda8.15 (63)Football Park46,667Sunday 11, July
Richmond8.14 (62)Footscray10.18 (78)MCG24,832Sunday 11, July

Round 16
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Adelaide26.15 (171)Richmond4.8 (32)Football Park45,109Friday 16, July
St Kilda27.15 (177)Geelong15.16 (106)Waverley Park22,059Saturday 17, July
Fitzroy14.11 (95)Carlton27.19 (181)Princes Park24,987Saturday 17, July
Collingwood21.19 (145)Footscray11.15 (81)Victoria Park26,156Saturday 17, July
Melbourne12.18 (90)Hawthorn16.10 (106)MCG44,303Saturday 17, July
Essendon12.17 (89)West Coast13.9 (87)MCG44,507Sunday 18, July
Brisbane Bears15.14 (104)North Melbourne22.14 (146)Gabba9,609Sunday 18, July

Round 17
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne14.13 (97)St Kilda16.16 (112)MCG28,410Friday 23, July
Geelong13.9 (87)Collingwood11.13 (79)Waverley Park38,166Saturday 24, July
Footscray14.13 (97)Melbourne16.14 (110)Whitten Oval14,469Saturday 24, July
Carlton12.11 (83)Essendon15.14 (104)MCG67,035Saturday 24, July
Brisbane Bears18.10 (118)Richmond14.15 (99)Gabba8,797Sunday 25, July
Hawthorn24.15 (159)Sydney9.13 (67)Waverley Park13,397Sunday 25, July
West Coast15.17 (107)Adelaide10.10 (70)Subiaco Oval36,081Sunday 25, July

Round 18
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Collingwood7.13 (55)Essendon18.15 (123)MCG87,573Friday 30, July
North Melbourne10.12 (72)Geelong25.16 (166)MCG34,439Saturday 31, July
Footscray22.14 (146)Fitzroy13.6 (84)Whitten Oval13,029Saturday 31, July
Richmond11.15 (81)West Coast15.10 (100)Princes Park6,025Saturday 31, July
Hawthorn13.13 (91)Carlton17.20 (122)Waverley Park40,850Saturday 31, July
Sydney17.16 (118)St Kilda24.11 (155)SCG9,756Sunday 1, August
Melbourne20.18 (138)Brisbane Bears6.13 (49)MCG15,664Sunday 1, August

Round 19
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Essendon18.9 (117)Sydney13.18 (96)MCG22,813Friday 6, August
Richmond12.11 (83)Carlton16.10 (106)MCG30,874Saturday 7, August
St Kilda9.14 (68)Collingwood10.20 (80)Waverley Park40,327Saturday 7, August
Fitzroy15.9 (99)Adelaide13.16 (94)Princes Park8,545Saturday 7, August
Geelong22.18 (150)Hawthorn10.8 (68)Kardinia Park25,817Saturday 7, August
Brisbane Bears10.11 (71)West Coast19.17 (131)Gabba9,046Sunday 8, August

Round 20
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Sydney15.9 (99)Fitzroy17.12 (114)SCG8,214Friday 13, August
Carlton10.17 (77)St Kilda11.18 (84)Princes Park22,774Saturday 14, August
Essendon14.14 (98)Footscray12.13 (85)MCG40,229Saturday 14, August
West Coast10.7 (67)Hawthorn6.9 (45)Subiaco Oval41,988Sunday 15, August
North Melbourne19.14 (128)Richmond11.18 (84)MCG17,585Sunday 15, August
Adelaide13.27 (105)Melbourne6.10 (46)Football Park46,310Sunday 15, August

Round 21
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Fitzroy22.15 (147)Brisbane Bears5.13 (43)Princes Park6,214Saturday 21, August
Geelong19.12 (126)Essendon14.10 (94)Kardinia Park32,808Saturday 21, August
Collingwood8.15 (63)Carlton17.15 (117)MCG84,054Saturday 21, August
Hawthorn17.13 (115)Adelaide13.10 (88)Waverley Park26,540Saturday 21, August
Footscray14.10 (94)West Coast7.10 (52)Whitten Oval12,444Saturday 21, August
Richmond8.6 (54)Melbourne26.19 (175)MCG21,654Sunday 22, August
Sydney14.14 (98)North Melbourne25.10 (160)SCG8,180Sunday 22, August

Round 22
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
West Coast14.12 (96)Geelong17.14 (116)WACA32,121Friday 27, August
St Kilda18.17 (125)Richmond12.10 (82)Waverley Park22,971Saturday 28, August
Carlton16.15 (111)Sydney16.14 (110)Princes Park21,900Saturday 28, August
North Melbourne18.15 (123)Footscray20.15 (135)MCG31,109Saturday 28, August
Brisbane Bears15.16 (106)Hawthorn24.19 (163)Gabba11,544Sunday 29, August
Melbourne11.9 (75)Fitzroy14.14 (98)MCG22,605Sunday 29, August
Adelaide19.21 (135)Collingwood17.9 (111)Football Park48,522Sunday 29, August

Finals

Elimination Finals
Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
North Melbourne 11.3 (69) West Coast 17.18 (120) Waverley Park 29,147 Saturday, 4 September
Hawthorn 13.17 (95) Adelaide 16.14 (110) MCG 55,287 Sunday, 5 September

Qualifying Final
Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Essendon 14.14 (98) Carlton 15.10 (100) MCG 79,739 Saturday, 4 September

Semi finals
Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Carlton 13.8 (86) Adelaide 8.20 (68) Waverley Park 59,233 Saturday, 11 September
Essendon 16.12 (108) West Coast 11.10 (76) MCG 75,453 Sunday, 12 September

Preliminary Final
Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Essendon 17.9 (111) Adelaide 14.16 (100) MCG 76,380 Saturday, 18 September

Grand final
Main article: 1993 AFL Grand Final
Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Essendon 20.13 (133) Carlton 13.11 (89) MCG 96,862 Saturday, 25 September

Ladder

All teams played 20 games during the home and away season, for a total of 150. Each team also had two byes. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series.

1993 AFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Essendon (P) 20 13 6 1 2333 1959 119.1 54 Finals
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
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

Awards

Notable events
  • Following the release of the Crawford Report, prepared by insolvency expert David Crawford, the clubs voted to make significant changes to the administrative structure of the AFL during the 1993 season:
    • 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).
    • The AFL Board of Directors, after 96 years of operation, voted itself out of existence.[1]
    • The clubs retained the right to veto any Commission decision by a two-thirds vote.
    • With several Victorian clubs, Brisbane and Sydney all worried about their long-term viability at the time, a stipulation was also included that any decisions relating to the expulsion, merger or relocation of a club required ratification by a simple majority of all clubs and the agreement of the club in question.[2] This was changed to a two-thirds vote of all clubs from 1998.
  • 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.
  • North Melbourne and Brisbane Bears 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 the Round 8 game, Brisbane Bears set the record for the highest score at three-quarter time, 27.17 (179). This remained the record until 2007.
  • 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.[3]
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References
  1. Stephen Linnell (2 March 1993). "Clubs give up their control". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. pp. 38, 34.
  2. Stephen Linnell; Patrick Smithers (20 July 1993). "United club stand forces AFL to back down on expulsion power". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. pp. 37–38.
  3. "The day a pitch-invading porker made Plugger feel pig sick". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. 15 July 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
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