The Victorian Football Association committee voted 11 to 6 to rescind its award of a drawn South Melbourne match to Essendon, restoring South Melbourne's unbeaten season, after the club's lawyer argued the association had no power to overrule an umpire.
Administration
The Footscray v North Melbourne VFA semi-final ended with no result when the crowd flooded the field on the final bell and stopped North Melbourne's Considine from taking a set shot for goal.
The Association ruled two days later that the match remained undecided and ordered a full replay the following Saturday.
Oddities
Southport won the first Gold Coast Australian Football League premiership by 13 points over Ipswich, just four months after the club had been formed.
The club had been called the Magpies and borrowed Collingwood's black and white stripes.
Clubs
An estimated 10,000 fans were let in free as the crowd pressed at the gates for the SANFL Grand Final at Football Park, officially 66,897, still the ground's record.
Officials let many fans watch from inside the fence on the perimeter of the oval.
Records
Richmond's Maurice Rioli won the Norm Smith Medal in a losing Grand Final side, the first player to do so.
Awards
Collingwood and St Kilda drew the grand final on 68 points each, the third drawn decider in VFL/AFL history, and it was settled by a full replay.
Collingwood won the replay a week later by 56 points.
Records
The drawn Grand Final between Collingwood and St Kilda was broadcast in 3D for the first time, and Seven also used Skycam for the first time at an AFL Grand Final.
Media
Eddie McGuire, Sam Newman, Trevor Marmalade and Garry Lyon did the last-ever Footy Show Grand Final edition, looking back over the show's 25 and a half years.
It was filmed at Rod Laver Arena.
Media
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 110,143
Grand Final
AFL · Optus Stadium · crowd 61,118
Drawn Grand Final
AFL · Grand Final · MCG · crowd 100,016
Grand Final
AFL · MCG · crowd 77,671
Grand Final
AFL · MCG · crowd 94,228
Grand Final
AFL · MCG · crowd 96,862
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 107,536
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 118,192
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 104,846
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 80,897
Grand Final
VFL · Princes Park · crowd 42,100
Grand Final
VFL · MCG · crowd 88,540
100th AFLW game, Melbourne v North Melbourne
GWS, 282 games (2012-2026)
Adelaide, 142 games (2018-2026)
Richmond, 57 games (2022-2026)
GWS Giants, 35 games (2023-2026)
Collingwood, 26 games (2024-2026)
Adelaide, 19 games (2024-2026)
Collingwood, 14 games (2022-2026)
Brisbane, 318 games (1989-2003)
Collingwood, 306 games (1920-1937)
Collingwood, 254 games (1987-2000)
St Kilda, 251 games (1987-1999)
West Coast, 209 games (1987-1998)
Carlton, 174 games (1973-1985)
Collingwood, 157 games (1951-1961)
Western Bulldogs, 60 games (2017-2023)
