1992 AFL season
Appearance
1992 AFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 15 |
Premiers | West Coast 1st premiership |
Minor premiers | Geelong 11th minor premiership |
Pre-season cup | Hawthorn 3rd pre-season cup win |
Brownlow Medallist | Scott Wynd (Footscray) |
Leading goalkicker | Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 172 |
Total attendance | 4,814,265 (27,990 per match) |
Highest | 95,007 (Grand Final, West Coast vs. Geelong) |
The 1992 Australian Football League season was the 96th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 3rd under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. The grand final was won by the West Coast Eagles, who became the first non-Victorian club to win a premiership.
Foster's Cup
Foster's Cup Final | |||||
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Saturday, 14 March | Fitzroy 8.15 (63) | def. by | Hawthorn 19.14 (128) | Waverley Park (crowd: 49,453) | |
Premiership season
Round 1
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 March (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 21.15 (141) | def. | Geelong 18.13 (121) | Waverley Park (crowd: 34,677) | |
Saturday, 21 March (7:40 pm) | Brisbane Bears 10.8 (68) | def. by | Carlton 13.14 (94) | Carrara Stadium (crowd: 9,066) | |
Sunday, 22 March (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 18.20 (128) | def. | Essendon 17.9 (111) | Waverley Park (crowd: 44,520) | |
Sunday, 22 March (2:10 pm) | Adelaide 12.15 (87) | def. by | Footscray 17.12 (114) | Football Park (crowd: 40,381) | |
Bye Collingwood, Fitzroy, Melbourne, North Melbourne Richmond, Sydney, West Coast |
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Round 2
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 March (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 23.16 (154) | def. | Brisbane Bears 13.10 (88) | Victoria Park (crowd: 26,166) | |
Saturday, 28 March (2:10 pm) | Carlton 17.13 (115) | def. | Hawthorn 12.17 (89) | Princes Park (crowd: 25,689) | |
Saturday, 28 March (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 17.11 (113) | def. | Geelong 15.15 (105) | MCG (crowd: 38,646) | |
Saturday, 28 March (2:10 pm) | Richmond 9.11 (65) | def. by | North Melbourne 19.17 (131) | Waverley Park (crowd: 21,969) | |
Sunday, 29 March (2:10 pm) | Essendon 15.8 (98) | def. by | Fitzroy 22.18 (150) | MCG (crowd: 29,206) | |
Sunday, 29 March (2:10 pm) | Footscray 16.12 (108) | def. | St Kilda 9.22 (76) | Western Oval (crowd: 25,072) | |
Sunday, 29 March (2:10 pm) | Sydney 14.14 (98) | def. | West Coast 14.11 (95) | SCG (crowd: 9,325) | |
Bye Adelaide |
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Round 3
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 4 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 13.17 (95) | def. by | Adelaide 15.14 (104) | Princes Park (crowd: 9,278) | |
Saturday, 4 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 17.14 (116) | def. | Sydney 13.19 (97) | Victoria Park (crowd: 25,432) | |
Saturday, 4 April (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne 10.15 (75) | def. by | Hawthorn 14.17 (101) | MCG (crowd: 25,323) | |
Sunday, 5 April (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Bears 11.16 (82) | def. | Fitzroy 8.10 (58) | Carrara Oval (crowd: 3,876) | |
Sunday, 5 April (2:10 pm) | Footscray 9.15 (69) | def. by | Essendon 13.13 (91) | Western Oval (crowd: 21,569) | |
Sunday, 5 April (2:10 pm) | Geelong 29.24 (198) | def. | Richmond 11.6 (72) | Kardinia Park (crowd: 22,122) | |
Sunday, 5 April (2:10 pm) | West Coast 16.17 (113) | def. | St Kilda 12.8 (80) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 30,428) | |
Bye Carlton |
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Round 4
Round 4 | |||||
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Friday, 10 April (7:40 pm) | North Melbourne 16.14 (110) | def. by | Carlton 19.11 (125) | MCG (crowd: 43,231) | |
Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 19.16 (130) | def. | Adelaide 14.13 (97) | Princes Park (crowd: 8,243) | |
Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon 17.13 (115) | def. by | Collingwood 19.10 (124) | Waverley Park (crowd: 54,984) | |
Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 16.12 (108) | def. | Hawthorn 14.14 (98) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 27,350) | |
Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond 17.17 (119) | def. | Melbourne 9.15 (69) | MCG (crowd: 27,572) | |
Sunday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | Sydney 17.17 (119) | def. by | Footscray 25.15 (165) | SCG (crowd: 8,309) | |
Sunday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | West Coast 15.17 (107) | def. by | Geelong 20.11 (131) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 32,101) | |
Bye Brisbane Bears |
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Round 5
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 18 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton 10.13 (73) | def. by | Sydney 14.10 (94) | Princes Park (crowd: 21,182) | |
Saturday, 18 April (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 16.18 (114) | def. by | Essendon 22.9 (141) | Waverley Park (crowd: 32,509) | |
Saturday, 18 April (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne 14.17 (101) | def. by | Footscray 20.20 (140) | MCG (crowd: 22,562) | |
Saturday, 18 April (7:40 pm) | Brisbane Bears 14.8 (92) | drew with | West Coast 13.14 (92) | Carrara Stadium (crowd: 6,923) | |
Sunday, 19 April (2:10 pm) | Adelaide 23.13 (151) | def. | Richmond 17.15 (117) | Football Park (crowd: 39,022) | |
Monday, 20 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 14.14 (98) | def. by | Collingwood 19.17 (131) | MCG (crowd: 63,711) | |
Monday, 20 April (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 16.12 (108) | def. by | St Kilda 17.26 (128) | Princes Park (crowd: 20,298) | |
Bye Geelong |
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Round 6
Round 6 | |||||
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Friday, 24 April (7:40 pm) | Sydney 11.10 (76) | def. by | North Melbourne 18.17 (125) | SCG (crowd: 9,226) | |
Saturday, 25 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton 18.13 (121) | def. | St Kilda 17.11 (113) | Princes Park (crowd: 34,661) | |
Saturday, 25 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 17.9 (111) | def. by | Hawthorn 20.15 (135) | Waverley Park (crowd: 72,765) | |
Saturday, 25 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon 18.16 (124) | def. | Melbourne 19.9 (123) | MCG (crowd: 41,405) | |
Sunday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | Adelaide 19.20 (134) | def. | Brisbane Bears 11.8 (74) | Football Park (crowd: 42,759) | |
Sunday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | Geelong 25.25 (175) | def. | Fitzroy 11.11 (77) | Kardinia Park (crowd: 22,062) | |
Sunday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond 14.12 (96) | def. by | West Coast 14.13 (97) | MCG (crowd: 17,629) | |
Bye Footscray |
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Round 7
Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 21.13 (139) | def. | Adelaide 9.11 (65) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 22,350) | |
Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 16.20 (116) | def. | North Melbourne 9.12 (66) | Victoria Park (crowd: 27,262) | |
Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 25.22 (172) | def. | Richmond 14.9 (93) | Waverley Park (crowd: 26,789) | |
Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 13.18 (96) | drew with | Sydney 13.18 (96) | MCG (crowd: 17,532) | |
Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Bears 11.9 (75) | def. by | Geelong 37.17 (239) | Carrara Oval (crowd: 7,645) | |
Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Footscray 18.20 (128) | def. | Carlton 11.6 (72) | MCG (crowd: 49,406) | |
Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 15.12 (102) | def. | West Coast 11.16 (82) | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 8,819) | |
Bye Essendon |
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Round 8
Round 8 | |||||
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Thursday, 7 May (7:40 pm) | Collingwood 9.18 (72) | def. by | Carlton 16.9 (105) | MCG (crowd: 83,262) | |
Friday, 8 May (7:40 pm) | Sydney 19.21 (135) | def. | Brisbane Bears 8.13 (61) | SCG (crowd: 7,425) | |
Saturday, 9 May (2:10 pm) | Geelong 32.18 (210) | def. | Adelaide 12.15 (87) | Kardinia Park (crowd: 18,565) | |
Saturday, 9 May (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne 19.18 (132) | def. | Essendon 11.14 (80) | Princes Park (crowd: 15,911) | |
Saturday, 9 May (2:10 pm) | Richmond 15.12 (102) | def. by | Fitzroy 24.17 (161) | MCG (crowd: 20,101) | |
Saturday, 9 May (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 18.17 (125) | def. | Melbourne 10.5 (65) | Waverley Park (crowd: 31,556) | |
Sunday, 10 May (2:10 pm) | West Coast 19.19 (133) | def. | Footscray 11.8 (74) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 25,234) | |
Bye Hawthorn |
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Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 12 | |||||
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Friday, 5 June (7:40 pm) | North Melbourne 10.6 (66) | def. by | West Coast 14.26 (110) | MCG (crowd: 10,165) | |
Saturday, 6 June (2:10 pm) | Essendon 19.16 (130) | def. | Richmond 11.13 (79) | MCG (crowd: 35,967) | |
Saturday, 6 June (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy 11.18 (84) | def. by | Footscray 22.14 (146) | Princes Park (crowd: 20,020) | |
Sunday, 7 June (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Bears 16.7 (103) | def. | Melbourne 11.11 (77) | Carrara Oval (crowd: 4,902) | |
Sunday, 7 June (2:10 pm) | Carlton 13.12 (90) | def. by | Geelong 16.22 (118) | MCG (crowd: 62,586) | |
Monday, 8 June (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 15.12 (102) | def. by | Adelaide 15.13 (103) | Waverley Park (crowd: 21,119) | |
Monday, 8 June (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 11.10 (76) | def. by | St Kilda 10.17 (77) | MCG (crowd: 80,060) | |
Bye Sydney |
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Round 13
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 13 June (2:10 pm) | Carlton 17.13 (115) | def. | Adelaide 13.14 (92) | Princes Park (crowd: 14,433) | |
Saturday, 13 June (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn 22.13 (145) | def. | Fitzroy 13.11 (89) | Waverley Park (crowd: 22,289) | |
Saturday, 13 June (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne 17.13 (115) | def. by | Geelong 29.18 (192) | MCG (crowd: 22,156) | |
Saturday, 13 June (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 24.13 (157) | def. | Sydney 15.14 (104) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 19,716) | |
Sunday, 14 June (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Bears 12.13 (85) | def. by | Essendon 18.11 (119) | Carrara Oval (crowd: 6,442) | |
Sunday, 14 June (2:10 pm) | West Coast 8.14 (62) | def. by | Collingwood 8.15 (63) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 32,622) | |
Sunday, 14 June (2:10 pm) | Footscray 25.11 (161) | def. | Melbourne 8.6 (54) | Western Oval (crowd: 19,185) | |
Bye Richmond |
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Round 14
Round 15
Round 15 | |||||
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Friday, 26 June (7:40 pm) | Adelaide 22.17 (149) | def. | Sydney 13.4 (82) | Football Park (crowd: 31,593) | |
Saturday, 27 June (2:10 pm) | Richmond 19.9 (123) | def. | Carlton 17.18 (120) | Waverley Park (crowd: 24,072) | |
Saturday, 27 June (2:10 pm) | Essendon 9.8 (62) | def. by | West Coast 20.17 (137) | MCG (crowd: 32,849) | |
Saturday, 27 June (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 18.9 (117) | def. | North Melbourne 16.13 (109) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 22,329) | |
Sunday, 28 June (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Bears 15.14 (104) | def. by | Hawthorn 16.12 (108) | Carrara Oval (crowd: 7,573) | |
Sunday, 28 June (2:10 pm) | Melbourne 16.13 (109) | def. | Fitzroy 13.9 (87) | MCG (crowd: 21,097) | |
Sunday, 28 June (2:10 pm) | Geelong 14.18 (102) | def. | Footscray 14.9 (93) | Kardinia Park (crowd: 27,445) | |
Bye Collingwood |
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Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 20 | |||||
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Friday, 31 July (7:40 pm) | West Coast 29.12 (186) | def. | Brisbane Bears 8.7 (55) | WACA Ground (crowd: 23,236) | |
Saturday, 1 August (2:10 pm) | Collingwood 14.16 (100) | def. by | Melbourne 16.13 (109) | Victoria Park (crowd: 25,536) | |
Saturday, 1 August (2:10 pm) | Essendon 8.8 (56) | def. by | Hawthorn 32.24 (216) | MCG (crowd: 41,070) | |
Saturday, 1 August (2:10 pm) | St Kilda 14.18 (102) | def. | Fitzroy 10.24 (84) | Moorabbin Oval (crowd: 27,736) | |
Saturday, 1 August (2:10 pm) | Footscray 24.8 (152) | def. | North Melbourne 16.9 (105) | Waverley Park (crowd: 13,373) | |
Sunday, 2 August (2:10 pm) | Richmond 7.11 (53) | def. by | Adelaide 24.19 (163) | MCG (crowd: 10,291) | |
Sunday, 2 August (2:10 pm) | Sydney 20.10 (130) | def. by | Carlton 21.13 (139) | SCG (crowd: 13,265) | |
Bye Geelong |
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Round 21
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Ladder
All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | Geelong | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3057 | 2099 | 145.6 | 64 | Finals |
2 | Footscray | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2384 | 1836 | 129.8 | 64 | |
3 | Collingwood | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2195 | 1911 | 114.9 | 64 | |
4 | West Coast (P) | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2206 | 1752 | 125.9 | 62 | |
5 | Hawthorn | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2579 | 2098 | 122.9 | 56 | |
6 | St Kilda | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2415 | 2009 | 120.2 | 56 | |
7 | Carlton | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2362 | 2103 | 112.3 | 56 | |
8 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2241 | 2414 | 92.8 | 48 | |
9 | Adelaide | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2317 | 2286 | 101.4 | 44 | |
10 | Fitzroy | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2166 | 2398 | 90.3 | 36 | |
11 | Melbourne | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2083 | 2386 | 87.3 | 30 | |
12 | North Melbourne | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2269 | 2535 | 89.5 | 28 | |
13 | Richmond | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2160 | 2938 | 73.5 | 20 | |
14 | Brisbane Bears | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1770 | 2742 | 64.6 | 18 | |
15 | Sydney | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1997 | 2694 | 74.1 | 14 |
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals
Elimination Finals
First Elimination Final[6] | |||||
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Sunday, 6 September 2:30pm | West Coast | def. | Hawthorn | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 40,237) | |
1.3 (9) 6.5 (41) 10.10 (70) 14.16 (100) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
4.6 (30) 6.8 (44) 10.13 (73) 12.15 (87) |
Umpires: C. Mitchell, Rich Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
Sumich 4 Matera 3 Pyke, Langdon 2 Heady, Kemp, Lewis 1 |
Goals | 6 Dunstall 2 Hudson 1 Anderson, Jarman, Gowers, Platten | |||
Matera, Pyke, Harding, Kemp, McKenna, Waterman, Langdon | Best | Gowers, Allan, Taylor, Platten, Dunstall | |||
Second Elimination Final[6] | |||||
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Saturday, 5 September 2:30pm | Collingwood | def. by | St Kilda | Waverley Park (crowd: 74,253) | |
2.3 (15) 5.4 (34) 8.8 (56) 12.11 (83) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.4 (16) 6.7 (43) 10.9 (69) 13.13 (91) |
Umpires: Carey, Sheehan Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
McKeown 5 Russell, Rowe 2 Francis, Brown, Starcevich 1 |
Goals | 5 Lockett 2 Dwyer, Loewe 1 Devonport, Morris, Fletcher, Kickett | |||
Monkhorst, Wright, Russell, McKeown, Pert, Shaw | Best | Harvey, Loewe, Ralphsmith, Dwyer, Devonport, Lockett | |||
Qualifying Final
Qualifying Final | |||||
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Sunday, 6 September 2:30pm | Geelong | def. | Footscray | MCG (crowd: 68,753) | |
5.4 (34) 11.6 (72) 18.9 (117) 26.16 (172) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
7.2 (44) 14.4 (88) 15.7 (97) 17.9 (111) |
Umpires: Goldspink, Kennedy Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
Brownless 9 Ablett 5 Hocking 3 Scott, Mansfield, Barnes 2 Couch, Stoneham, Bews 1 |
Goals | 8 Del-Re 2 Hawkins, Royal 1 Charles, Kellett, MacPherson, Grant, Atkins | |||
Couch, Brownless, Ablett, Scott, Mansfield, Bews, Simpson, Hocking | Best | Del-Re, Baxter, Liberatore, Kellett, Hawkins, Charles | |||
Semi Finals
Preliminary Final
Grand Final
Awards
- The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Scott Wynd of Footscray.
- The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Jason Dunstall of Hawthorn.
- The Coleman Medal was awarded to Jason Dunstall of Hawthorn.
- The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Peter Matera of West Coast.
- The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Sydney.
Notable events
- The minor grades and recruitment processes for Victorian clubs in the AFL competition underwent significant changes for the 1992 season. Zone-based recruiting was abolished, firmly establishing the AFL Draft as the primary mechanism for player recruitment, and the AFL's reserves and under-19s competitions were abolished. The Victorian State Football League (VSFL) was established as a new administrative body to oversee football in Victoria, and it also operated the two leagues which replaced the minor grades: the AFL clubs' reserves teams played in the VSFL (which, from an onfield perspective, served as a continuation of the AFL reserves), but the AFL clubs' under-19s teams were abolished entirely, and replaced by a new VSFL Under-18s competition (later known as the TAC Cup) featuring zone-based clubs not affiliated with any AFL club.[7]
- Geelong also set records for most points scored in a home-and-away season (3,057) and in all games (3,558), which again have not been broken.
- The Round 9 game between the Brisbane Bears and Footscray on a rainy Sunday at Carrara[8] saw only 3,059 attend. This was the lowest attendance at a VFL/AFL match since war-affected 1942, and remained the lowest until pandemic restricted crowds in 2020.[9]
- In Round 23 following torrential rain at the Western Oval, West Coast kicked only 0.2 (2) to three-quarter time. This is the lowest three-quarter time score since 1953.
- The First McIntyre "Final Six" system, which had operated in 1991, was replaced by the Second McIntyre "Final Six" system. The second McIntyre "Final Six" system lasted two seasons; it was replaced by the McIntyre "Final Eight" system in 1994.
- The Round 20 Game between St. Kilda and Fitzroy was the last senior AFL game to be played at Moorabbin Oval.
See also
References
- ^ Rohan Connolly (26 April 1992). "What a comeback". The Sunday Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 2.
- ^ "Miscellaneous goalkicking records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ "Carlton v. Collingwood". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 9 May 1892. p. 10.
- ^ "SAINTS PROVE A POINT IN WAR OF WORDS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 1992.
- ^ Carter, Ron (8 June 1992). "Angry fans force entry after lock-out at MCG". The Age.
- ^ a b Lovett, 2012, p. 914
- ^ Geoff Poulter (12 March 1991). "AFL rings in the changes". Herald-Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 76.
- ^ Southport Ridgeway Avenue (040190) May 1992 rainfall
- ^ AFL Tables: Lowest Attendances
Bibliography
- Lovett, Michael, ed. (2012). AFL Record Season Guide 2012: The Official Statistical History of the AFL. Docklands: Australian Football League. ISSN 1839-8383.