1994 AFL season

For the 1994 season of the Arena Football League, see 1994 Arena Football League season.

1994 AFL premiership season
Teams	15
Premiers	West Coast (2nd premiership)
Minor premiers	West Coast (2nd minor premiership)
Pre-season cup	Essendon (3rd pre-season cup win)
Matches played	174
Attendance	5,237,398 (30,100 per match)
Highest attendance	93,860 (Grand Final, West Coast v Geelong)
Leading goalkicker	Gary Ablett (Geelong)
Brownlow Medallist	Greg Williams (Carlton)
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The 1994 Australian Football League season was the 98th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

Pre-season cup

Essendon 15.12 (102) defeated Adelaide 9.14 (68)

Premiership Season

Round 1

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Collingwood	17.12 (114)	Fitzroy	16.7 (103)	Victoria Park	25,602	Saturday 26, March
Footscray	17.11 (113)	Richmond	17.9 (111)	Whitten Oval	18,592	Saturday 26, March
St Kilda	15.7 (97)	Hawthorn	23.15 (153)	Waverley Park	29,582	Saturday 26, March
Essendon	12.10 (82)	West Coast	11.13 (79)	MCG	39,492	Saturday 26, March
Melbourne	26.18 (174)	Geelong	16.13 (109)	MCG	39,741	Sunday 27, March
Brisbane Bears	13.21 (99)	Sydney	12.17 (89)	Gabba	7,901	Sunday 27, March
Adelaide	22.18 (150)	Carlton	13.6 (84)	Football Park	44,953	Sunday 27, March

Round 2

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Fitzroy	17.10 (112)	Essendon	14.15 (99)	Optus Oval	24,872	Saturday 2, April
North Melbourne	21.16 (142)	St Kilda	10.13 (73)	MCG	27,195	Saturday 2, April
Hawthorn	8.16 (64)	Melbourne	17.16 (118)	Waverley Park	29,581	Saturday 2, April
West Coast	14.13 (97)	Adelaide	11.12 (78)	Subiaco Oval	28,228	Sunday 3, April
Richmond	20.14 (134)	Brisbane Bears	11.6 (72)	MCG	15,333	Sunday 3, April
Geelong	22.20 (152)	Footscray	8.16 (64)	Kardinia Park	24,019	Monday 4, April
Carlton	9.12 (66)	Collingwood	14.16 (100)	MCG	85,063	Monday 4, April

Round 3

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	25.23 (173)	Hawthorn	6.10 (46)	MCG	36,726	Friday 8, April
St Kilda	16.12 (108)	Essendon	14.10 (94)	Waverley Park	30,454	Saturday 9, April
Fitzroy	17.9 (111)	Brisbane Bears	12.6 (78)	Whitten Oval	8,829	Saturday 9, April
Richmond	5.9 (39)	West Coast	20.15 (135)	MCG	19,609	Saturday 9, April
Carlton	14.15 (99)	Geelong	10.10 (70)	Optus Oval	28,496	Sunday 10, April
Collingwood	14.11 (95)	Footscray	12.22 (94)	MCG	38,307	Sunday 10, April
Sydney	21.9 (135)	Adelaide	24.10 (154)	SCG	11,068	Sunday 10, April

Round 4

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Sydney	11.20 (86)	Richmond	10.12 (72)	SCG	9,727	Friday 15, April
Hawthorn	11.7 (73)	Carlton	24.16 (160)	Waverley Park	30,944	Saturday 16, April
Footscray	14.15 (99)	North Melbourne	17.10 (112)	Whitten Oval	21,630	Saturday 16, April
Essendon	9.12 (66)	Melbourne	12.12 (84)	MCG	61,193	Saturday 16, April
West Coast	18.21 (129)	Fitzroy	8.5 (53)	WACA	28,980	Saturday 16, April
Brisbane Bears	22.19 (151)	St Kilda	15.8 (98)	Gabba	11,290	Sunday 17, April
Adelaide	15.14 (104)	Geelong	11.11 (77)	Football Park	45,638	Sunday 17, April

Round 5

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	17.15 (117)	Brisbane Bears	4.6 (30)	MCG	20,946	Friday 22, April
Geelong	17.18 (120)	North Melbourne	15.15 (105)	Kardinia Park	23,490	Saturday 23, April
Fitzroy	20.17 (137)	Sydney	20.9 (129)	Whitten Oval	10,514	Saturday 23, April
Essendon	14.14 (98)	Collingwood	14.10 (94)	MCG	74,330	Saturday 23, April
Adelaide	13.15 (93)	Footscray	17.8 (110)	Football Park	44,426	Sunday 24, April
West Coast	8.10 (58)	Hawthorn	19.15 (129)	Subiaco Oval	27,357	Sunday 24, April
St Kilda	10.10 (70)	Richmond	15.22 (112)	Waverley Park	37,870	Monday 25, April

Round 6

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Carlton	20.14 (134)	Sydney	11.8 (74)	Optus Oval	22,810	Saturday 30, April
Collingwood	8.7 (55)	Melbourne	9.6 (60)	Waverley Park	47,211	Saturday 30, April
North Melbourne	13.8 (86)	West Coast	18.15 (123)	MCG	27,022	Saturday 30, April
Brisbane Bears	17.8 (110)	Adelaide	18.13 (121)	Gabba	9,457	Saturday 30, April

Round 7

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	12.16 (88)	Essendon	11.9 (75)	Waverley Park	33,927	Saturday 7, May
Richmond	20.13 (133)	Fitzroy	13.14 (92)	Optus Oval	14,614	Saturday 7, May
Melbourne	8.10 (58)	North Melbourne	13.12 (90)	MCG	34,601	Saturday 7, May
Sydney	17.7 (109)	St Kilda	16.14 (110)	SCG	9,295	Sunday 8, May
Geelong	18.16 (124)	Collingwood	13.18 (96)	MCG	52,342	Sunday 8, May
Footscray	12.14 (86)	Brisbane Bears	7.7 (49)	Whitten Oval	12,181	Sunday 8, May
West Coast	16.19 (115)	Carlton	6.13 (49)	Subiaco Oval	26,676	Sunday 8, May

Round 8

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Richmond	16.11 (107)	Carlton	20.15 (135)	MCG	50,227	Friday 13, May
Hawthorn	25.16 (166)	Brisbane Bears	10.7 (67)	Waverley Park	12,233	Saturday 14, May
Fitzroy	13.12 (90)	North Melbourne	17.17 (119)	Whitten Oval	11,334	Saturday 14, May
Collingwood	19.13 (127)	St Kilda	11.12 (78)	MCG	35,851	Saturday 14, May
Melbourne	13.13 (91)	Footscray	14.10 (94)	MCG	28,559	Sunday 15, May
Sydney	9.17 (71)	Geelong	25.15 (165)	SCG	11,142	Sunday 15, May
Essendon	20.11 (131)	Adelaide	13.10 (88)	Optus Oval	28,626	Sunday 15, May

Round 9

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	17.19 (121)	Collingwood	13.10 (88)	MCG	72,216	Friday 20, May
Geelong	21.16 (142)	Richmond	11.12 (78)	Kardinia Park	22,777	Saturday 21, May
Melbourne	14.13 (97)	Sydney	16.10 (106)	MCG	19,333	Saturday 21, May
Carlton	7.20 (62)	Essendon	9.9 (63)	Waverley Park	40,080	Saturday 21, May
Footscray	7.10 (52)	West Coast	12.11 (83)	Whitten Oval	14,923	Saturday 21, May
Adelaide	7.6 (48)	Hawthorn	22.13 (145)	Football Park	44,403	Sunday 22, May
St Kilda	11.9 (75)	Fitzroy	8.14 (62)	Waverley Park	15,249	Sunday 22, May

Round 10

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
West Coast	14.17 (101)	Sydney	10.15 (75)	WACA	27,901	Friday 27, May
Carlton	16.13 (109)	Footscray	13.19 (97)	Optus Oval	23,691	Saturday 28, May
St Kilda	4.8 (32)	Melbourne	15.16 (106)	Waverley Park	19,914	Saturday 28, May
Collingwood	16.14 (110)	Hawthorn	10.14 (74)	Victoria Park	26,718	Saturday 28, May
Essendon	16.16 (112)	Geelong	15.11 (101)	MCG	75,129	Saturday 28, May
Brisbane Bears	17.18 (120)	North Melbourne	12.21 (93)	Gabba	10,953	Sunday 29, May
Adelaide	15.13 (103)	Fitzroy	9.10 (64)	Football Park	42,915	Sunday 29, May

Round 11

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Fitzroy	12.8 (80)	Carlton	20.15 (135)	Waverley Park	19,090	Saturday 4, June
Essendon	24.10 (154)	Richmond	17.6 (108)	Optus Oval	22,547	Saturday 4, June
Geelong	15.11 (101)	Brisbane Bears	19.12 (126)	Kardinia Park	18,599	Saturday 4, June
Collingwood	13.12 (90)	Adelaide	8.19 (67)	Victoria Park	27,390	Saturday 4, June
Hawthorn	20.5 (125)	Footscray	8.13 (61)	Waverley Park	22,895	Sunday 5, June
Sydney	16.10 (106)	North Melbourne	19.12 (126)	SCG	11,182	Sunday 5, June
Melbourne	11.8 (74)	West Coast	18.10 (118)	MCG	31,324	Sunday 5, June

Round 12

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Geelong	17.11 (113)	St Kilda	16.14 (110)	Kardinia Park	23,696	Saturday 11, June
Melbourne	13.16 (94)	Carlton	18.13 (121)	MCG	52,199	Saturday 11, June
North Melbourne	21.23 (149)	Adelaide	10.9 (69)	Optus Oval	16,643	Saturday 11, June
Sydney	13.5 (83)	Hawthorn	21.15 (141)	SCG	12,251	Sunday 12, June
West Coast	11.12 (78)	Brisbane Bears	10.9 (69)	Subiaco Oval	23,492	Sunday 12, June
Footscray	13.14 (92)	Essendon	9.10 (64)	Waverley Park	39,181	Monday 13, June
Richmond	14.18 (102)	Collingwood	4.12 (36)	MCG	61,983	Monday 13, June

Round 13

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Carlton	22.13 (145)	St Kilda	10.5 (65)	Optus Oval	22,927	Saturday 18, June
Hawthorn	7.11 (53)	Fitzroy	10.6 (66)	Waverley Park	17,599	Saturday 18, June
Richmond	9.18 (72)	North Melbourne	10.7 (67)	MCG	26,917	Saturday 18, June
Footscray	20.14 (134)	Sydney	9.6 (60)	Whitten Oval	13,070	Sunday 19, June
Brisbane Bears	17.12 (114)	Essendon	11.15 (81)	Gabba	18,484	Sunday 19, June
Collingwood	18.13 (121)	West Coast	12.12 (84)	MCG	27,699	Sunday 19, June
Adelaide	11.17 (83)	Melbourne	12.6 (78)	Football Park	41,189	Sunday 19, June

Round 14

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	13.10 (88)	Carlton	15.16 (106)	MCG	45,177	Friday 24, June
Footscray	21.18 (144)	Fitzroy	6.4 (40)	Whitten Oval	16,085	Saturday 25, June
Melbourne	9.8 (62)	Richmond	11.12 (78)	MCG	32,528	Saturday 25, June
St Kilda	12.7 (79)	Adelaide	11.13 (79)	Waverley Park	13,868	Saturday 25, June
Geelong	10.15 (75)	West Coast	14.9 (93)	Kardinia Park	21,939	Saturday 25, June
Essendon	19.15 (129)	Sydney	14.11 (95)	MCG	27,094	Sunday 26, June
Brisbane Bears	17.19 (121)	Collingwood	11.11 (77)	Gabba	18,881	Sunday 26, June

Round 15

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
West Coast	19.14 (128)	St Kilda	7.7 (49)	WACA	24,632	Friday 1, July
North Melbourne	11.19 (85)	Essendon	14.8 (92)	MCG	50,141	Saturday 2, July
Hawthorn	16.19 (115)	Geelong	11.13 (79)	Waverley Park	35,267	Saturday 2, July
Fitzroy	9.11 (65)	Melbourne	16.15 (111)	Whitten Oval	8,484	Saturday 2, July
Carlton	22.12 (144)	Brisbane Bears	6.10 (46)	Optus Oval	21,119	Saturday 2, July
Sydney	10.13 (73)	Collingwood	13.15 (93)	SCG	13,083	Sunday 3, July
Adelaide	12.11 (83)	Richmond	13.12 (90)	Football Park	43,052	Sunday 3, July

Round 16

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Fitzroy	11.14 (80)	Collingwood	19.15 (129)	Whitten Oval	15,394	Saturday 9, July
Geelong	22.13 (145)	Melbourne	17.13 (115)	Kardinia Park	23,687	Saturday 9, July
Hawthorn	21.16 (142)	St Kilda	11.12 (78)	Waverley Park	25,037	Saturday 9, July
Richmond	14.13 (97)	Footscray	12.22 (94)	MCG	49,878	Saturday 9, July
Sydney	15.20 (110)	Brisbane Bears	21.9 (135)	SCG	5,728	Sunday 10, July
West Coast	11.14 (80)	Essendon	5.14 (44)	Subiaco Oval	29,723	Sunday 10, July
Carlton	20.16 (136)	Adelaide	10.16 (76)	Optus Oval	29,695	Sunday 10, July

Round 17

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	17.10 (112)	Hawthorn	11.8 (74)	Optus Oval	14,096	Saturday 16, July
Footscray	17.11 (113)	Geelong	13.7 (85)	Whitten Oval	23,953	Saturday 16, July
St Kilda	8.7 (55)	North Melbourne	17.14 (116)	Waverley Park	21,097	Saturday 16, July
Collingwood	7.12 (54)	Carlton	14.13 (97)	MCG	85,831	Saturday 16, July
Essendon	24.9 (153)	Fitzroy	12.17 (89)	MCG	33,265	Sunday 17, July
Brisbane Bears	12.12 (84)	Richmond	15.8 (98)	Gabba	14,936	Sunday 17, July
Adelaide	12.10 (82)	West Coast	11.12 (78)	Football Park	42,860	Sunday 17, July

Round 18

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Adelaide	10.15 (75)	Sydney	13.9 (87)	Football Park	43,788	Friday 22, July
Footscray	13.9 (87)	Collingwood	7.13 (55)	Whitten Oval	25,540	Saturday 23, July
Essendon	15.10 (100)	St Kilda	18.2 (110)	MCG	38,858	Saturday 23, July
Hawthorn	9.5 (59)	North Melbourne	15.9 (99)	Waverley Park	26,936	Saturday 23, July
Brisbane Bears	8.17 (65)	Fitzroy	7.16 (58)	Gabba	8,236	Sunday 24, July
Geelong	13.12 (90)	Carlton	8.6 (54)	Waverley Park	42,930	Sunday 24, July
West Coast	14.17 (101)	Richmond	7.11 (53)	Subiaco Oval	26,020	Sunday 24, July

Round 19

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	15.12 (102)	Footscray	12.10 (82)	MCG	32,845	Friday 29, July
Melbourne	21.9 (135)	Essendon	8.10 (58)	MCG	43,132	Saturday 30, July
St Kilda	5.15 (45)	Brisbane Bears	8.7 (55)	Waverley Park	12,927	Saturday 30, July
Carlton	15.14 (104)	Hawthorn	9.18 (72)	Optus Oval	25,265	Saturday 30, July
Richmond	14.11 (95)	Sydney	9.8 (62)	MCG	23,906	Sunday 31, July
Geelong	13.13 (91)	Adelaide	5.8 (38)	Kardinia Park	15,383	Sunday 31, July
Fitzroy	3.8 (26)	West Coast	13.14 (92)	Whitten Oval	5,334	Sunday 31, July

Round 20

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Collingwood	19.20 (134)	Essendon	17.4 (106)	MCG	76,565	Friday 5, August
Richmond	12.21 (93)	St Kilda	9.7 (61)	MCG	33,503	Saturday 6, August
North Melbourne	11.11 (77)	Geelong	10.18 (78)	Optus Oval	26,014	Saturday 6, August
Hawthorn	15.10 (100)	West Coast	7.12 (54)	Waverley Park	16,328	Saturday 6, August
Brisbane Bears	12.12 (84)	Melbourne	14.15 (99)	Gabba	12,341	Sunday 7, August
Footscray	17.16 (118)	Adelaide	4.10 (34)	Whitten Oval	17,591	Sunday 7, August
Sydney	9.12 (66)	Fitzroy	13.16 (94)	SCG	6,513	Sunday 7, August

Round 21

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
West Coast	10.13 (73)	North Melbourne	9.10 (64)	WACA	31,948	Friday 12, August
St Kilda	10.12 (72)	Footscray	17.15 (117)	Waverley Park	14,653	Saturday 13, August
Fitzroy	8.11 (59)	Geelong	13.22 (100)	Optus Oval	11,388	Saturday 13, August
Melbourne	9.10 (64)	Collingwood	13.14 (92)	MCG	49,872	Saturday 13, August
Sydney	9.16 (70)	Carlton	8.14 (62)	SCG	9,622	Sunday 14, August
Richmond	11.23 (89)	Hawthorn	18.9 (117)	MCG	52,562	Sunday 14, August
Adelaide	13.11 (89)	Brisbane Bears	12.14 (86)	Football Park	36,599	Sunday 14, August

Round 22

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	12.11 (83)	Melbourne	15.13 (103)	MCG	32,951	Friday 19, August
St Kilda	17.12 (114)	Sydney	11.15 (81)	Waverley Park	13,454	Saturday 20, August
Fitzroy	10.9 (69)	Richmond	19.15 (129)	Whitten Oval	12,122	Saturday 20, August
Collingwood	15.17 (107)	Geelong	16.8 (104)	MCG	66,555	Saturday 20, August
Essendon	20.16 (136)	Hawthorn	12.12 (84)	MCG	49,354	Sunday 21, August
Brisbane Bears	13.10 (88)	Footscray	14.14 (98)	Gabba	10,572	Sunday 21, August
Carlton	19.12 (126)	West Coast	8.14 (62)	Optus Oval	28,038	Sunday 21, August

Round 23

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	25.10 (160)	Fitzroy	10.14 (74)	MCG	17,960	Friday 26, August
Carlton	25.11 (161)	Richmond	6.12 (48)	Optus Oval	32,486	Saturday 27, August
St Kilda	14.6 (90)	Collingwood	13.10 (88)	Waverley Park	40,154	Saturday 27, August
Geelong	16.15 (111)	Sydney	15.9 (99)	Kardinia Park	22,208	Saturday 27, August
Footscray	16.15 (111)	Melbourne	11.5 (71)	Whitten Oval	23,615	Saturday 27, August
Brisbane Bears	13.13 (91)	Hawthorn	15.12 (102)	Gabba	13,718	Sunday 28, August
Adelaide	17.13 (115)	Essendon	8.10 (58)	Football Park	41,669	Sunday 28, August

Round 24

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Collingwood	8.14 (62)	North Melbourne	19.12 (126)	MCG	72,932	Friday 2, September
Essendon	12.8 (80)	Carlton	9.8 (62)	MCG	61,231	Saturday 3, September
Fitzroy	15.12 (102)	St Kilda	21.14 (140)	Whitten Oval	10,809	Saturday 3, September
Richmond	13.17 (95)	Geelong	27.9 (171)	Optus Oval	25,112	Saturday 3, September
Hawthorn	9.12 (66)	Adelaide	6.11 (47)	Waverley Park	22,973	Saturday 3, September
Sydney	18.13 (121)	Melbourne	27.5 (167)	SCG	8,344	Sunday 4, September
West Coast	17.15 (117)	Footscray	6.10 (46)	Subiaco Oval	26,992	Sunday 4, September

Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series. It was the first season that the AFL implemented a top 8 team finals series.

1994 AFL Ladder

Team

Pts

West Coast (P)

2078

1572

132.19

Carlton

2351

1774

132.53

North Melbourne

2383

1848

128.95

Geelong

2403

2104

114.21

Footscray

2106

1905

110.55

Hawthorn

2188

2005

109.13

Melbourne

2190

1879

116.55

Collingwood

2017

2019

99.90

Richmond

2033

2167

93.82

Essendon

2075

2119

97.92

Adelaide

1876

2159

86.89

Brisbane Bears

1940

2195

88.38

St Kilda

1809

2415

74.91

Fitzroy

1726

2456

70.28

Sydney

1987

2545

78.07

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1	West Coast Eagles (P)	0	4	8	12	12	16	20	20	24	28	32	36	36	40	44	48	48	52	56	56	60	60	60	64
2	Carlton	0	0	4	8	8	12	12	16	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	48	52	52	52	56	60	60
3	North Melbourne	0	4	8	12	12	12	16	20	24	24	28	32	32	32	32	32	36	40	44	44	44	44	48	52
4	Geelong	0	4	4	4	8	8	12	16	20	20	20	24	24	24	24	28	28	32	36	40	44	44	48	52
5	Footscray	4	4	4	4	8	8	12	16	16	16	16	20	24	28	28	28	32	36	36	40	44	48	52	52
6	Hawthorn	4	4	4	4	8	8	12	16	20	20	24	28	28	28	32	36	36	36	36	40	44	44	48	52
7	Melbourne	4	8	8	12	16	20	20	20	20	24	24	24	24	24	28	28	32	32	36	40	40	44	44	48
8	Collingwood	4	8	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	20	24	24	28	28	32	36	36	36	36	40	44	48	48	48
9	Richmond	0	4	4	4	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	36	40	44	44	48	48	48
10	Essendon	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	12	16	20	24	24	24	28	32	32	36	36	36	36	36	40	40	44
11	Adelaide	4	4	8	12	12	16	16	16	16	20	20	20	24	26	26	26	30	30	30	30	34	34	38	38
12	Brisbane Bears	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	16	20	24	24	28	28	32	36	36	36	36	36	36
13	St Kilda	0	0	4	4	4	4	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	22	26	30
14	Fitzroy	0	4	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	20	20	20	20	20
15	Sydney	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	16	16	16	16

Rest Coming Soon

Finals

Qualifying Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	15.24 (114) (aet)	Hawthorn	13.13 (91) (aet)	Waverley Park	38,223	Saturday, 10 September
Geelong	15.16 (106)	Footscray	15.11 (101)	MCG	61,182	Saturday, 10 September
Carlton	14.12 (96)	Melbourne	18.15 (123)	MCG	56,111	Sunday, 11 September
West Coast	11.16 (82)	Collingwood	12.8 (80)	WACA	31,824	Sunday, 11 September

Semi finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Geelong	15.15 (105)	Carlton	10.12 (72)	Waverley Park	53,160	Saturday, 17 September
Melbourne	21.18 (144)	Footscray	9.11 (65)	MCG	65,577	Sunday, 18 September

Preliminary Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
West Coast	16.21 (117)	Melbourne	8.4 (52)	WACA	34,317	Saturday, 24 September
North Melbourne	14.19 (103)	Geelong	16.13 (109)	MCG	80,121	Saturday, 24 September

Grand final

Main article: 1994 AFL Grand Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
West Coast	20.23 (143)	Geelong	8.15 (63)	MCG	93,860	Saturday, 1 October

Awards

The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Greg Williams of Carlton.
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Greg Williams of Carlton.
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Gary Ablett of Geelong.
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Dean Kemp of West Coast.
The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Chris Scott of Brisbane Bears.
The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Sydney.

Notable events

The AFL increased the number of interchange players from two to three which, when added to the "run on" team of 18 on-the-field players, increased the standard team squad size to 21 players.
The AFL increased the number of field umpires in each game from two to three.
The size of each club's senior playing list was significantly reduced from 52 players to 42 players from the 1994 season (with the exception of the struggling Sydney, which was granted a list of 50 players). Victorian clubs could list ten players on a supplementary list to make up the numbers in their reserves teams, but those players were not eligible for AFL senior selection. The change was part of an AFL Commission plan to completely abolish the Victorian clubs' reserves competition by 1995, but this final stage did not occur until 2000.^[1]
The playing time allocated to each of a match's four quarters was adjusted for this season. Playing time was reduced from 25 minutes to 20 minutes, but additional stoppages (including all scores and boundary throw-ins) attracted "time-on" allocations; the total reduction of playing time was approximately 10%.^[2]
Advertising was permitted for the first time on the backs of guernseys. Small sponsors' logos had previously been permitted over the breast and on the shorts, but the new regulations allowed for logos 30 cm long and 8 cm high below the number on the back of the guernsey, which has since become the prime advertising location on guernseys. Under the original rules, the logo was required to be consistent with the colour of the guernsey, a stipulation which has since been relaxed.^[3]
Fitzroy moved its match-day home ground from Princes Park (which, due to the first ever ground naming rights deal affecting an AFL venue, became known as Optus Oval from this season) to the Western Oval. However, this left Carlton as the sole tenant of Optus Oval, and an existing arrangement between Carlton and the AFL required eighteen matches to be played there during the year; consequently, Fitzroy and the MCG's four co-tenants (Essendon, Richmond, Melbourne and North Melbourne) were each forced to play one or two home games at Optus Oval to make up the balance.^[4]
Starting from Round 20, the "blood rule" was introduced in order to allay fears raised by the threat of AIDS. Under the rule, any bleeding player would be sent from the field by the umpires until his wound had been covered or closed and any blood-stained gear replaced.^[5] The rule, which for the first time ever gave umpires the ability to order players from the ground, was not initially well-received – particularly following a Round 23 incident in which Hawthorn ruckman Stephen Lawrence was unable to return to the field after the third quarter because Hawthorn officials could not find a spare sock to replace his bloodstained one.^[6]
The Second McIntyre "Final Six" system, which had operated in 1992 and 1993, was replaced by the McIntyre "Final Eight" system. The McIntyre "Final Eight" system operated from 1994 to 1999; it was replaced by the AFL’s Amended "Final Eight" system in 2000.
The third qualifying final between North Melbourne and Hawthorn was the first ever AFL finals match to require extra time, after the scores were level which had North Melbourne 12.19 (91) to Hawthorn 13.13 (91) at the expiration of regular time. The provision for extra time had been introduced after the controversial 1990 finals series, when the qualifying final between Collingwood and West Coast was drawn. North Melbourne dominated extra time, kicking 3.5 to Hawthorn's nil, and won the match by 23 points.

References

↑ Greg Denham (12 June 1993). "League cuts team lists in shake-up". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 32.
↑ Rohan Connolly; Gerard Wright (21 August 1994). "A goal that wasn't and a clock that ran fast". The Sunday Age (Sport Liftout). Melbourne, VIC. p. 3.
↑ Stephen Linnell (19 August 1993). "Logos get a guernsey from the AFL". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 28.
↑ Greg Denham (9 November 1993). "MCG tenants protest at 'home' switch". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 46.
↑ Ashley Browne (4 August 1994). "AFL under fire over new law on bleeding players". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 30.
↑ Steve Perkin; Daryl Timms (29 August 1994). "Blood rule 'ridiculous'". Herald Sun (Afternoon ed.). Melbourne, VIC. p. 86.

1994 Season - AFL Tables

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