The 1936 VFL season was the 40th season of the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL), the highest level senior

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 2 May until 3 October, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

for the eleventh time and second time consecutively, after it defeated by eleven points in the

1936 VFL Grand Final The 1936 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 3 October 1936. It was the 38th annual Grand Final of the Victo ...

Premiership season

In 1936, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7. Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1936 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the

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Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.17 (107) , , 17.4 (106) ,

Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...

, 27,000 , 2 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.15 (117) , , 11.4 (70) , Windy Hill , 15,000 , 2 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.24 (108) , , 13.9 (87) ,

Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...

, 22,000 , 2 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.24 (144) , , 10.9 (69) ,

Corio Oval Corio Oval was an Australian rules football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria, and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFA and the VFL from 1878 to 1915, and 1917 to 1940. Sited in Eastern Park, the oval was served by trams from 1930 wh ...

, 12,000 , 2 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 15.14 (104) ,

Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...

, 14,000 , 2 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.9 (87) , , 24.19 (163) ,

Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...

, 32,000 , 2 May 1936

Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 12.17 (89) ,

Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...

, 30,000 , 9 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.20 (68) , , 11.7 (73) ,

Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...

, 10,000 , 9 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.12 (108) , , 10.12 (72) ,

Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...

, 26,500 , 9 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.19 (145) , , 5.13 (43) , Princes Park , 25,000 , 9 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 11.8 (74) ,

Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...

, 9,000 , 9 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.17 (107) , , 8.11 (59) ,

MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...

, 16,245 , 9 May 1936

Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 4.8 (32) ,

, 12,000 , 16 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.19 (115) , , 18.11 (119) , Windy Hill , 18,000 , 16 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.14 (92) , , 6.17 (53) ,

, 14,000 , 16 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.17 (107) , , 9.13 (67) ,

, 18,000 , 16 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 25.14 (164) ,

, 20,000 , 16 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.13 (97) , , 16.11 (107) ,

, 18,000 , 16 May 1936

Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.18 (60) , , 18.21 (129) ,

, 14,000 , 23 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.17 (137) , , 13.10 (88) ,

, 11,000 , 23 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.19 (115) , , 18.17 (125) , Princes Park , 43,000 , 23 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.20 (116) , , 11.11 (77) ,

, 10,152 , 23 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.11 (125) , , 12.10 (82) ,

, 22,500 , 23 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 10.14 (74) ,

, 18,000 , 23 May 1936

Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.19 (121) , , 17.13 (115) ,

, 10,000 , 30 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.17 (113) , , 9.14 (68) ,

, 28,000 , 30 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.9 (75) , , 17.20 (122) ,

, 8,000 , 30 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.21 (117) , , 10.12 (72) ,

, 9,000 , 30 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.21 (111) , , 11.13 (79) ,

, 15,000 , 30 May 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.17 (59) , , 13.16 (94) ,

, 15,000 , 30 May 1936

Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.11 (65) , , 18.20 (128) ,

, 12,000 , 6 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.14 (50) , , 13.12 (90) ,

, 9,000 , 6 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.19 (127) , , 12.14 (86) , Windy Hill , 14,000 , 6 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.16 (82) , , 12.16 (88) , Princes Park , 46,000 , 6 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.15 (147) , , 14.24 (108) ,

, 10,000 , 6 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.18 (96) , , 11.14 (80) ,

, 10,595 , 6 June 1936

Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.5 (89) , , 9.13 (67) ,

, 11,250 , 13 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.14 (128) , , 11.9 (75) , Princes Park , 22,000 , 13 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.19 (91) , , 7.6 (48) ,

, 6,000 , 13 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.19 (91) , , 13.7 (85) ,

, 10,000 , 13 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 7.11 (53) ,

, 14,000 , 13 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.18 (78) , , 10.11 (71) ,

, 12,000 , 13 June 1936

Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.11 (131) , , 15.11 (101) ,

, 21,230 , 20 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.16 (88) , , 20.12 (132) ,

, 12,000 , 20 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.19 (91) , , 8.18 (66) , Windy Hill , 11,000 , 20 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.21 (117) , , 15.14 (104) ,

, 12,000 , 20 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 16.10 (106) ,

, 11,500 , 20 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.8 (86) , , 9.13 (67) ,

, 15,000 , 20 June 1936

Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 11.11 (77) ,

, 29,500 , 27 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.19 (121) , , 8.7 (55) ,

, 11,500 , 27 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 11.17 (83) , Princes Park , 18,000 , 27 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.17 (137) , , 16.13 (109) ,

, 10,000 , 27 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.9 (75) , , 9.9 (63) ,

, 8,000 , 27 June 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 26.18 (174) , , 14.13 (97) ,

, 8,000 , 27 June 1936

Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.8 (68) , , 15.13 (103) ,

, 10,500 , 11 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.19 (91) , , 14.18 (102) ,

, 25,800 , 11 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.21 (105) , , 12.17 (89) , Princes Park , 18,000 , 11 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.9 (105) , , 12.16 (88) ,

, 9,000 , 11 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.11 (65) , , 3.12 (30) ,

, 9,000 , 11 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.15 (111) , , 9.13 (67) ,

, 12,357 , 11 July 1936

Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.19 (67) , , 7.11 (53) ,

, 6,000 , 18 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.9 (105) , , 19.15 (129) ,

, 7,000 , 18 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.15 (87) , , 16.18 (114) , Windy Hill , 10,000 , 18 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 17.10 (112) ,

, 18,500 , 18 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 11.9 (75) ,

, 10,000 , 18 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.11 (107) , , 14.16 (100) ,

, 26,000 , 18 July 1936

Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.16 (148) , , 14.12 (96) ,

, 26,510 , 25 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.9 (93) , , 10.22 (82) ,

, 6,000 , 25 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 6.12 (48) ,

, 7,000 , 25 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.15 (123) , , 14.11 (95) , Princes Park , 9,000 , 25 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.12 (96) , , 18.6 (114) ,

, 12,000 , 25 July 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.14 (50) , , 10.10 (70) ,

, 7,000 , 25 July 1936

Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.20 (122) , , 12.8 (80) ,

, 8,000 , 1 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.13 (91) , , 12.13 (85) ,

, 11,000 , 1 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.19 (103) , , 13.11 (89) ,

, 16,000 , 1 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.13 (91) , , 8.21 (69) ,

, 10,000 , 1 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 14.12 (96) ,

, 26,000 , 1 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.11 (59) , , 17.16 (118) , Windy Hill , 13,000 , 1 August 1936

Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.7 (73) , , 9.11 (65) ,

, 7,000 , 8 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.15 (81) , , 12.21 (93) ,

, 12,000 , 8 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.12 (90) , , 11.8 (74) ,

, 16,400 , 8 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.17 (83) , , 8.16 (64) , Princes Park , 9,000 , 8 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 15.15 (105) ,

, 12,229 , 8 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.23 (119) , , 14.14 (98) ,

, 7,500 , 8 August 1936

Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.8 (62) , , 17.10 (112) ,

, 10,000 , 15 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.22 (130) , , 10.7 (67) ,

, 8,000 , 15 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 12.17 (89) ,

, 10,000 , 15 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.16 (64) , , 9.9 (63) ,

, 11,000 , 15 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.10 (58) , , 14.16 (100) , Windy Hill , 9,000 , 15 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.12 (66) , , 14.6 (90) ,

, 25,000 , 15 August 1936

Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.23 (107) , , 5.15 (45) ,

, 16,103 , 22 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.12 (102) , , 14.16 (100) ,

, 9,000 , 22 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.16 (88) , , 11.30 (96) , Windy Hill , 9,000 , 22 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.22 (94) , , 12.14 (86) , Princes Park , 15,000 , 22 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.21 (141) , , 6.8 (44) ,

, 7,000 , 22 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 14.13 (97) ,

, 14,300 , 22 August 1936

Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.7 (97) , , 15.18 (108) ,

, 8,000 , 29 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.17 (65) , , 9.18 (72) ,

, 13,000 , 29 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.10 (106) , , 15.11 (101) ,

, 12,000 , 29 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.7 (55) , , 12.9 (81) ,

, 14,000 , 29 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.16 (70) , , 17.16 (118) ,

, 9,000 , 29 August 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 13.12 (90) ,

, 30,100 , 29 August 1936

Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.22 (148) , , 9.15 (69) ,

, 6,000 , 5 September 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.8 (92) , , 12.10 (82) ,

, 11,000 , 5 September 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 11.14 (80) ,

, 11,000 , 5 September 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.8 (92) , , 11.10 (76) , Windy Hill , 8,000 , 5 September 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.13 (67) , , 11.18 (84) ,

, 21,648 , 5 September 1936 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.10 (106) , , 15.15 (105) ,

, 18,000 , 5 September 1936

Ladder

Finals

Semi finals

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.22 (88) , , 14.13 (97) ,

, 55,094 , 12 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.17 (77) , , 12.18 (90) ,

, 55,573 , 19 September

Preliminary Final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 8.15 (63) ,

, 50,738 , 26 September

Grand final

Collingwood defeated

South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at t ...

11.23 (89) to 10.18 (78), in front of a crowd of 74,091 people. (For an explanation of scoring see

Awards

* The 1936 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood. * The VFL's leading goalkicker was Bill Mohr of St Kilda with 101 goals. * '' The Argus'' newspaper's "Player of the Year" was Bill Mohr of St Kilda. * The winner of the 1936

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was Denis Ryan of

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with 26 votes. *

took the "

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" in 1936. * The seconds premiership was won by . Footscray 15.11 (101) defeated 6.14 (50) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 3 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Notable events

* Prior to the season, the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

formally announced its intentions to move its home base from the

to the nearby

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, owing mostly to an ongoing dispute with the Richmond Cricket Club. Such a move required the approval of the League's Board of Management; the vote was tied 6–6, then voted down by the

casting vote A casting vote is a vote that someone may exercise to resolve a tied vote in a deliberative body. A casting vote is typically by the presiding officer of a council, legislative body, committee, etc., and may only be exercised to break a deadlock ...

of League president William McClelland (a casting vote for the ''status quo'' was customary in the event of a tie). As such, Richmond was forced to remain at the Punt Road Oval. * In Round 1, the first goal kicked by South Melbourne's

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against Melbourne was his 500th career goal. * In Round 7, Collingwood full-forward

Gordon Coventry Gordon Richard James Coventry (25 September 1901 – 7 November 1968) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Accorded "Legend" status in the Australian Footb ...

scored his 1,200th VFL goal. * All Round 10 matches were postponed because all VFL grounds were under water following an extended period of torrential rain. All subsequent rounds were also pushed back by one week. * After Round 13,

was suspended for eight weeks for striking Richmond's Joe Murdoch, and missed the finals series. * After Round 14, Essendon's forward-pocket Ted Bryce was suspended for eighteen weeks for kicking

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rover Norm Cashin. * In Round 17, field-umpire Jack McMurray umpired his 300th senior VFL match. * In Round 18, needing seven goals to reach 100, St Kilda's full-forward Bill Mohr kicked eight goals, finishing his season with 101 goals. In a 13-season (1929–1941), 735 goal career, this was his highest ever total. *

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and both recorded their first wins against since entering the VFL in 1925. North Melbourne's win in Round 14 ended an 18-game losing streak against Richmond, and Hawthorn's win in Round 16 ended a 21-game losing streak.

Footnotes

References

* Hogan, P., ''The Tigers of Old'', The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition)'', Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.

External links

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{{Australian Football League Australian Football League seasons

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