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There are 16 teams that will be competing in the AFL in 1995. Only one team has ever folded in the AFL (or VFL), which was University in 1914. In 1982, South Melbourne relocated to Sydney. A list of details for each AFL team follows:
(note: the following guernsey descriptions describe long-sleeved and collared versions of club designs, however, the sleeveless and collarless versions are predominantly worn in modern football.)
Postal Address: PO Box 1, West Lakes, SA 5021, Australia
Phone: (08) 347-2322
Joined AFL: 1991
Home Ground: Football Park, West Lakes, South Australia
Ground Dimensions: 185m by 145m
Official Colours: Guernsey: Navy blue, red and gold hoops
Shorts: Navy Blue
Socks: Navy Blue, red and gold hoops
Nickname: Crows
Premierships: -
Brownlow Medallists: -
Postal Address: PO Box 1535, Coorparoo DC, Qld 4151, Australia
Phone: (07) 896-1777
Joined AFL: 1987
Home Ground: Woolongabba Ground (The Gabba), Brisbane,Queensland
Ground Dimensions: 171m by 156m
Official Colours: Guernsey: Maroon with gold V and white trim
Shorts : Maroon with gold V and white trim
Socks: Maroon with pencil gold and white
stripes around the top.
Nickname: Bears (Brisbane have changed their Logo for 1995 by
removing the Koala and replacing it with a
stylised form of the team name.)
Premierships: -
Brownlow Medallists: -
Postal Address: PO Box 83, North Carlton, Vic 3054, Australia
Phone: (03) 387 1400
Joined AFL: 1897
Home Ground: Optus Oval, Royal Parade, North Carlton, Victoria
Ground Dimensions: 165.4m by 149.9m. Goals run east to west
Official Colours: Guernsey: Dark navy blue with white monogram
Shorts: Dark navy blue
Socks: Dark Navy blue
Nickname: The Blues
Premierships: 1906-7-8, 1914-15, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1968, 1970, 1972
1979, 1981-82, 1987
Brownlow Medallists: BJ Deacon - 1947, J James - 1961, G Collis -
1964, G Williams - 1994.
Postal Address: PO Box 165, Abbotsford, Vic 3067, Australia
Phone: (03) 419 9222
Joined AFL:1897
Home Ground: Victoria Park, Lulie St, Abbotsford, Victoria
Ground Dimensions: 175.5m by 141.7m. Goals run east to west
Official Colours: Guernsey: Black and white vertical stripes on
body and horizontal stripes on sleeves.
Shorts: Black
Socks: Black
Nickname: Magpies
Premierships: 1902-3, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1927-28-29-30, 1935-36,
1953, 1958, 1990.
Brownlow Medallists: S Coventry - 1927, A Collier - 1929, H Collier
- 1930, M Whelan - 1939, D Fothergill - 1940,
L Thompson - 1972, P Moore - 1979.
Postal Address: PO Box 17, Essendon, Vic 3040, Australia
Phone: (03) 375 3211
Joined AFL: 1897
Home Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Yarra Park, Jolimont, Victoria
Ground Dimensions: 172.7m by 149m. Goals run east to west
Official Colours: Guernsey: Black with a red sash
Shorts: Black
Socks: Red with black hoops
Nickname: Bombers
Premierships: 1897, 1901, 1911-12, 1923-24, 1942, 1946, 1949-50
1962, 1965, 1984-85, 1993.
Brownlow Medallists: RS Reynolds - 1934,1937,1938, WH Hutchison -
1952,1953, G Moss - 1976, G Wanganeen - 1993.
Postal Address: 2 Charles Street, Northcote, Vic 3070, Australia
Phone: ?
Joined AFL: 1897
Home Ground: Western Oval, Barkly St, Footscray, Victoria
Ground Dimensions: 183.7m by 129.8m. Goals run North to south
Official Colours: Guernsey: Red, royal blue collar, cuffs and yoke,
gold monogram
Shorts: Royal blue
Socks: Red with royal blue top
Nickname: Lions
Premierships: 1898-99, 1904-05, 1913, 1916, 1922, 1944.
Brownlow Medallists: H Bunton - 1931,1932,1935, W Smallhorn - 1933,
D Ryan - 1936, A Ruthven - 1950, K Murray - 1969,
B Quinlan - 1981.
Postal Address: PO Box 112, West Footscray, Vic 3012, Australia
Phone: (03) 689 3100
Joined AFL: 1925
Home Ground: Western Oval, Barkley St, Footscray, Victoria
Ground Dimensions: 183.7m by 129.8m. Goals run north to south
Official Colours: Guernsey: Royal blue, red collar on white V,
red and white bands.
Shorts: Royal blue
Socks: Royal blue
Nickname: Bulldogs
Premierships: 1954
Brownlow Medallists: A Hopkins - 1930, N Ware - 1941, P Box - 1956,
J Schultz - 1960, G Dempsey - 1975, K Templeton - 1980,
B Hardie - 1985, T Liberatore - 1990, S Wynd - 1992.
Postal Address: PO Box 381, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia
Phone: ?
Joined AFL: 1995
Home Ground: Subiaco Oval and the WACA, both in Perth, WA
Ground Dimensions: Subiaco - 188m by 134m, WACA - 185m by 174m.
Official Colours: Guernsey: (Home) Purple background featuring one
green and one red chest panel seperated
by a white anchor.
(Away) Green background with purple
chest panels seperated by white anchor.
Shorts: H-Purple A-Green
Socks: H-Purple A-Green (?)
Nickname: Dockers
Premierships: -
Brownlow Medallists: -
Postal Address: PO Box 461, Geelong, Vic 3220, Australia
Phone: (052) 21 3355
Joined AFL: 1897
Home Ground: Kardinia Park, Moorabool St, Geelong, Victoria
Ground Dimensions: 183.7m by 149m. Goals run north to south
Official Colours: Guernsey: Navy blue and white hoops
Shorts: Navy blue
Socks: Navy blue and white hoops
Nickname: Cats
Premierships: 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951-52, 1963.
Brownlow Medallists: E Greeves - 1924, B Smith - 1951, A Lord - 1962
P Couch - 1989.
Postal Address: PO Box 52, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
Phone: (03) 819 2199
Joined AFL: 1925
Home Ground: Waverly Park, Wellington Rd, Mulgrave, Victoria
Ground Dimensions: 182m by 142m. Goals run north to south
Official Colours: Guernsey: Brown and gold vertical stripes on
front, plain gold back.
Shorts: Brown
Socks: Gold
Nickname: Hawks
Premierships: 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988-89, 1991.
Brownlow Medallists: C Austin - 1949, R Dipierdomenico - 1986,
J Platten - 1987.
Postal Address: PO Box 254, East Melbourne, Vic 3002, Australia
Phone: (03) 650 9052
Joined AFL: 1897
Home Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Yarra Park, Jolimont, Vic.
Ground Dimensions: 172.7m by 149m. Goals run east to west
Official Colours: Guernsey: Navy blue with red V neck
Shorts: Navy blue
Socks: Red
Nickname: Demons
Premierships: 1900, 1926, 1939-40-41, 1948, 1955-56-57, 1959-60,
1964.
Brownlow Medallists: IP Warne-Smith - 1926, Dr D Cordner - 1946,
B Wilson - 1982, P Moore - 1984, J Stynes - 1991.
Postal Address: PO Box 158, North Melbourne, Vic 3051, Australia
Phone: (03) 326 8666
Joined AFL: 1925
Home Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Yarra Park, Jolimont, Vic.
Ground Dimensions: 172.7m by 149m. Goals run east to west
Official Colours: Guernsey: Royal blue and white vertical stripes
Shorts: Royal blue
Socks: Royal blue
Nickname: Kangaroos
Premierships: 1975, 1977
Brownlow Medallists: N Teasdale - 1965, K Greig - 1973,1974,
M Blight - 1978, R Glendinning - 1983.
Postal Address: PO Box 48, Richmond, Vic 3121, Australia
Phone: (03) 429 5333
Joined AFL: 1908
Home Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Yarra Park, Jolimont, Vic.
Ground Dimensions: 172.7m by 149m. Goals run east to west
Official Colours: Guernsey: Black with yellow sash
Shorts: Black
Socks: Black and yellow hoops
Nickname: Tigers
Premierships: 1920-21, 1932, 1934, 1943, 1967, 1969, 1973-74, 1980.
Brownlow Medallists: S Judkins - 1930, JW Morris - 1948, GR Wright -
1952,1954, I Stewart - 1971.
Postal Address: PO Box 34, Moorabbin, Vic 3189, Australia
Phone: (03) 555 6688 ?
Joined AFL: 1897
Home Ground: Waverly Park, Wellington Rd, Mulgrave, Victoria
Ground Dimensions: 182m by 142m. Goals run north to south
Official Colours: Guernsey: Red, white and black vertical stripes,
crest on left breast, black back and
sleeves, red cuffs on sleeves, white
collar.
Shorts: Black
Socks: Red, white and black hoops.
Nickname: Saints
Premierships: 1966
Brownlow Medallists: C Watson - 1925, B Gleeson - 1957, N Roberts -
1958, V Howell - 1959, I Stewart - 1965,1966,
R Smith - 1967, T Lockett - 1987.
Postal Address: PO Box 173, Paddington, NSW 2021, Australia
Phone: (02) 332 3888 ?
Joined AFL: 1897 as South Melbourne, Relocated to Sydney in 1982
Home Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, New South Wales
Ground Dimensions: 159.4m by 155m. Goals run north to south
Official Colours: Guernsey: White with red yoke, red back, red
cuffs and collar, white monogram on
yoke.
Shorts: Red
Socks: Red
Nickname: Swans
Premierships: 1909, 1918, 1933
Brownlow Medallists: H Matthews - 1940, R Clegg - 1949,
FW Goldsmith - 1955, R Skilton - 1959,1963,1968,
P Bedford - 1970, G Teasdale - 1977, B Round - 1981,
G Williams - 1986, G Healy - 1988.
Postal Address: PO Box 508, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia
Phone: (09) 381 1111
Joined AFL: 1987
Home Ground: Subiaco Oval and the WACA, Perth, Western Australia
Ground Dimensions: Subiaco - 188m by 134m, WACA - 185m by 174m.
Official Colours: Guernsey: (Home) Navy Blue, with gold eagle
wings and monogram, white trim.
(Away) Royal blue, with gold eagle
wings and monogram, white trim.
Shorts: H-Navy blue A-Royal Blue
Socks: H-Navy blue with gold top
A-Royal blue with gold top
Nickname: Eagles
Premierships: 1992, 1994
Brownlow Medallists: -
Postal Address: N/A Folded 1914 in merger with Melbourne
Phone:-
Joined AFL: 1908
Home Ground: 1908-10 East Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jolimont,Vic.
1911-14 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jolimont, Vic.
Ground Dimensions: EMCG ?, MCG 172.7m by 149m
Official Colours: Guernsey: Black with blue V neck and cuffs
Shorts: White
Socks: Black with blue tops
Nickname: Students
Premierships: -
Brownlow Medallists:-
Postal Address:PO Box 2095, Port Adelaide, SA 5015, Australia.
Phone: (08) 47-4044
On December 13 1994, the SANFL announced that the Port Adelaide Football Club (currently playing in the SANFL) would become South Australia's second team in the AFL when a new licence became available.
The SANFL was told to prepare a possibility for a 2nd South Australian team as early as 1996. (The Adelaide Crows have a 5 year market exclusivity deal in SA until then.) Debate now raises as to when/if Port Adelaide will be admitted, as the AFL is not keen to expand to a 17 team competition. It was previously forseen that a Victorian club would fold or merge thus providing the way for a licence being made available. Fitzroy was seen as the strongest candidate to lose it's licence, due to it's financial problems, but the rescue of Fitzroy by the Nauru consortium means that there is no easily forseeable entry for Port Adelaide.
Another issue to be resolved is that of Port Adelaide's guernsey design and logo. Unlike the other expansion teams, Port has an already existing history - that of a black and white vertically striped guernsey and a Magpie logo. These however are already 'owned' by Collingwood in the AFL. Port is meant to have already registered 6 names as possibilities, including the Pirates, and the Raiders, whilst they are likely to retain black and white as their colours but add silver in addition. Port has been named as the NEXT team to join the AFL, but has to wait until at least 1997 for this to be accomplished. They have revealed their name as "Port Power".
Round 5, 1933 St Kilda vs North Melbourne. Nine Saints players are seriously injured during the game. They eventually finish the game with only 15 men on the ground, many still injured. Despite this managed to hang on for a 97 to 83 win. Emotional officials pin badges of recognition on the survivors guernseys. Badge is now incorporated into uniform.
1916 - Five of the nine VFL clubs go into recess due to the continuation of World War I. This leaves only Carlton, Collingwood, Richmond and Fitzroy to play a 12 round season. Fitzroy end season on the bottom of the Premiership Ladder with a 2-9-1 record. A final Four system is in use and so Fitzroy still gets to play in the Finals. Producing a remarkable form reversal, Fitzroy win all three finals matches to become Premiers, defeating Carlton in the Grand Final 85 to 56.
In 1994, the average size of a crowd at an AFL game was 28,615. In total, there were 16 games during the season that had attendances of more than 50,000 people.
The record crowd for an Australian Rules Football Game was the 1970 VFL Grand Final between Carlton and Collingwood at the MCG. It drew a crowd of 121,696. Subsequent modifications to the MCG mean that this figure is unlikely to be broken, due to a more restricted capacity.