Fitzroy defaulted on a $17,500 cheque to the Australian Taxation Office, with wages cheques expected to bounce and a taxi company threatening to cut off its account, in a month its president called the club effectively bankrupt.
President Frank Bibby proposed moving to Sydney, and the club's solicitor registered the name Sydney Lions.
Clubs
Norwood's club ball on 15 July meant the committee postponed the next day's match until 23 July, because the players were likely to attend the ball.
Clubs
Brisbane hosted Geelong in the first night match ever played at Carrara, drawing a then-record crowd of 18,198.
Grounds
Brisbane and Fitzroy settled their court fight over the lion logo, agreeing the Fitzroy lion symbolised the historic deal between the two clubs.
The row began after the Lions introduced a new lion design that fans nicknamed the Paddle Pop lion.
Clubs
Adelaide won by 119 points
AFL · Round 16 · Škoda Stadium · crowd 7,669
Essendon won by 142 points
VFL · Round 15 · Windy Hill · crowd 11,452
300th AFL game, Hawthorn v Geelong
Western Bulldogs v Carlton, first of 312 VFL/AFL games
Fitzroy v Geelong, first of 228 VFL/AFL games
Sydney v Footscray, first of 221 VFL/AFL games
Hawthorn v North Melbourne, first of 195 VFL/AFL games
Adelaide v GWS, first of 189 VFL/AFL games
St Kilda v Footscray, first of 174 VFL/AFL games
North Melbourne v Port Adelaide, first of 166 VFL/AFL games so far
Carlton v Adelaide, first of 161 VFL/AFL games
Fitzroy v Geelong, first of 159 VFL/AFL games
North Melbourne v Fitzroy, first of 150 VFL/AFL games
Gold Coast Suns, 3 games (2025)
West Coast Eagles, 17 games (2025-2026)
Port Adelaide, 79 games (2022-2026)
Brisbane Lions, 91 games (2020-2026)
Adelaide Crows, 85 games (2020-2026)
Melbourne, 208 games (2014-2026)
