99th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
Australian rules football season
The 1995 AFL season was the 99th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.
The league expanded to sixteen clubs, with the newly established Fremantle Football Club , based in Fremantle, Western Australia , joining the league. The season ran from 31 March until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the 16th time, after it defeated Geelong by 61 points in the 1995 AFL Grand Final .[ 1]
See 1995 AFL Draft .
Ansett Australia Cup [ edit ] North Melbourne defeated Adelaide 14.9 (93) to 8.15 (63) in the final.
Home-and-away season [ edit ]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne 11.13 (79) Adelaide 10.16 (76)
MCG 24,882
Friday, 31 March
Richmond 12.18 (90) Fremantle 12.13 (85)
MCG 26,219
Saturday, 1 April
Hawthorn 20.7 (127) Brisbane Bears 11.4 (70)
Waverley Park 14,653
Saturday, 1 April
Geelong 12.15 (87) Melbourne 11.7 (73)
Kardinia Park 22,707
Saturday, 1 April
Fitzroy 6.2 (38)
Essendon 16.16 (112) Whitten Oval 17,869
Saturday, 1 April
West Coast 18.13 (121) St Kilda 11.9 (75)
WACA 28,083
Sunday, 2 April
Carlton 14.11 (95) Collingwood 9.12 (66)
MCG 87,119
Sunday, 2 April
Footscray 15.12 (102) Sydney 12.13 (85)
Whitten Oval 19,189
Sunday, 2 April
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Fremantle 11.16 (82)
Essendon 12.19 (91) WACA 23,688
Friday, 7 April
Melbourne 12.15 (87)
North Melbourne 16.10 (106) MCG 25,010
Saturday, 8 April
Hawthorn 10.11 (71)
Footscray 14.11 (95) Waverley Park 18,136
Saturday, 8 April
Carlton 18.17 (125) Fitzroy 8.8 (56)
Princes Park 16,586
Saturday, 8 April
Brisbane Bears 18.18 (126) Adelaide 14.15 (99)
Gabba 9,334
Sunday, 9 April
Collingwood 11.10 (76)
West Coast 11.14 (80) MCG 33,129
Sunday, 9 April
St Kilda 9.15 (69)
Richmond 14.11 (95) Waverley Park 26,037
Sunday, 9 April
Sydney 10.15 (75)
Geelong 11.14 (80) SCG 12,973
Sunday, 9 April
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Fitzroy 11.12 (78)
Fremantle 18.13 (121) Whitten Oval 7,561
Saturday, 15 April
Geelong 18.14 (122) Collingwood 14.11 (95)
Kardinia Park 27,057
Saturday, 15 April
Footscray 8.12 (60)
Carlton 23.20 (158) MCG 41,576
Saturday, 15 April
West Coast 12.19 (91) North Melbourne 5.13 (43)
WACA 16,586
Saturday, 15 April
Hawthorn 5.4 (34)
Richmond 4.16 (40) Waverley Park 24,820
Sunday, 16 April
Brisbane Bears 15.14 (104) Sydney 14.15 (99)
Gabba 8,460
Sunday, 16 April
Adelaide 13.14 (92) St Kilda 3.8 (26)
Football Park 38,046
Sunday, 16 April
Essendon 14.14 (98) Melbourne 12.10 (82)
MCG 60,057
Monday, 17 April
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Fremantle 12.22 (94) Geelong 10.15 (75)
WACA 26,455
Friday, 21 April
St Kilda 10.10 (70)
Hawthorn 16.10 (106) Waverley Park 24,972
Saturday, 22 April
Sydney 17.14 (116) Fitzroy 12.12 (84)
SCG 10,762
Saturday, 22 April
Brisbane Bears 12.10 (82)
Carlton 18.11 (119) Gabba 12,009
Sunday, 23 April
Melbourne 12.8 (80)
Footscray 16.7 (103) Optus Oval 16,969
Sunday, 23 April
Adelaide 7.14 (56) West Coast 6.10 (46)
Football Park 42,723
Sunday, 23 April
Richmond 21.8 (134) North Melbourne 13.7 (85)
MCG 62,606
Monday, 24 April
Collingwood 17.9 (111)
Essendon 16.15 (111)
MCG 94,825
Tuesday, 25 April
This round featured the first Anzac Day match held between Collingwood and Essendon , which famously ended in a draw.
The crowd of 94,825 for the Anzac Day match was the second-largest crowd for a home and away game in AFL history. It is currently the third-largest crowd, having been surpassed by the crowd of 95,179 at the Round 6, 2023 Anzac Day match.
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond 17.14 (116) Brisbane Bears 14.12 (96)
MCG 24,379
Saturday, 29 April
Geelong 28.13 (181) Fitzroy 13.14 (92)
Kardinia Park 19,644
Saturday, 29 April
Footscray 14.14 (98) Fremantle 14.12 (96)
Whitten Oval 16,800
Saturday, 29 April
West Coast 13.12 (90) Melbourne 11.8 (74)
WACA 30,294
Saturday, 29 April
North Melbourne 7.8 (50)
Carlton 12.12 (84) MCG 42,729
Sunday, 30 April
Hawthorn 14.12 (96) Collingwood 4.13 (37)
Waverley Park 40,715
Sunday, 30 April
Essendon 24.10 (154) St Kilda 5.8 (38)
Optus Oval 17,930
Sunday, 30 April
Sydney 20.24 (144) Adelaide 12.15 (87)
SCG 15,491
Sunday, 30 April
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Adelaide 11.11 (77) Melbourne 10.9 (69)
Football Park 40,406
Friday, 5 May
St Kilda 10.13 (73)
Fitzroy 12.12 (84) Waverley Park 15,440
Saturday, 6 May
Carlton 13.12 (90) West Coast 10.7 (67)
Optus Oval 24,527
Saturday, 6 May
Footscray 8.14 (62)
Geelong 22.18 (150) Whitten Oval 20,749
Saturday, 6 May
Collingwood 12.10 (82)
Richmond 13.16 (94 )MCG 59,954
Saturday, 6 May
Fremantle 25.13 (163) Sydney 16.9 (105)
WACA 22,804
Sunday, 7 May
North Melbourne 22.12 (144) Hawthorn 14.13 (97)
MCG 32,207
Sunday, 7 May
Essendon 19.14 (128) Brisbane Bears 14.16 (100)
Optus Oval 17,646
Sunday, 7 May
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond 10.12 (72) Adelaide 9.4 (58)
MCG 38,791
Friday, 12 May
Carlton 10.15 (75) Essendon 9.13 (67)
MCG 73,753
Saturday, 13 May
St Kilda 15.15 (105) Footscray 12.15 (87)
Waverley Park 13,280
Saturday, 13 May
Geelong 9.19 (73)
Hawthorn 11.12 (78) Kardinia Park 24,842
Saturday, 13 May
Fitzroy 13.10 (88)
North Melbourne 17.16 (118) Whitten Oval 11,082
Saturday, 13 May
Collingwood 13.19 (97) Sydney 11.10 (76)
Victoria Park 22,835
Saturday, 13 May
West Coast 23.13 (151) Fremantle 9.12 (66)
Subiaco Oval 40,356
Sunday, 14 May
Melbourne 12.10 (82) Brisbane Bears 10.15 (75)
MCG 12,783
Sunday, 14 May
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Sydney 21.6 (132) Carlton 8.12 (60)
SCG 23,744
Friday, 19 May
Richmond 14.7 (91)
Geelong 24.19 (163) MCG 65,335
Saturday, 20 May
Hawthorn 7.8 (50)
Melbourne 17.10 (112) Waverley Park 24,372
Saturday, 20 May
Footscray 13.6 (84)
North Melbourne 15.15 (105) Whitten Oval 17,741
Saturday, 20 May
Collingwood 20.11 (131 )Fremantle 14.9 (93)
Victoria Park 22,466
Saturday, 20 May
Adelaide 9.12 (66)
Fitzroy 15.9 (99) Football Park 39,888
Saturday, 20 May
Brisbane Bears 17.13 (115) St Kilda 14.10 (94)
Gabba 7,648
Sunday, 21 May
West Coast 13.12 (90)
Essendon 16.12 (108) Subiaco Oval 34,731
Sunday, 21 May
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne 12.7 (79)
Geelong 20.20 (140) MCG 44,780
Friday 26 May
Essendon 15.11 (101) Footscray 9.13 (67)
MCG 38,719
Saturday, 27 May
St Kilda 11.14 (80) Carlton 3.6 (24)
Waverley Park 17,902
Saturday, 27 May
Fitzroy 8.6 (54)
West Coast 12.10 (82) Bruce Stadium 11,282
Saturday, 27 May
Adelaide 9.6 (60) Hawthorn 7.16 (58)
Football Park 38,740
Saturday, 27 May
Sydney 14.6 (90)
Richmond 17.14 (116) SCG 23,475
Sunday, 28 May
Melbourne 12.13 (85) Collingwood 7.16 (58)
MCG 51,774
Sunday, 28 May
Fremantle 17.18 (120) Brisbane Bears 8.6 (54)
Subiaco Oval 17,574
Sunday, 28 May
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne 19.12 (126) Essendon 15.9 (99)
MCG 59,354
Friday, 2 June
Melbourne 15.12 (102) Sydney 11.11 (77)
MCG 26,630
Saturday, 3 June
St Kilda 9.6 (60)
Fremantle 20.11 (131) Waverley Park 14,890
Saturday, 3 June
Geelong 16.20 (116) Adelaide 14.7 (91)
Kardinia Park 26,314
Saturday, 3 June
Collingwood 13.15 (93) Fitzroy 10.19 (79)
Victoria Park 23,356
Saturday, 3 June
West Coast 17.10 (112) Brisbane Bears 10.7 (67)
Subiaco Oval 26,261
Sunday, 4 June
Footscray 9.10 (64)
Richmond 13.18 (96) MCG 33,042
Sunday, 4 June
Carlton 26.16 (172) Hawthorn 10.10 (70)
Optus Oval 29,520
Sunday, 4 June
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Collingwood 25.11 (161) St Kilda 13.9 (87)
MCG 36,528
Friday, 9 June
Essendon 17.10 (112)
Geelong 19.9 (123) MCG 77,643
Saturday, 10 June
Richmond 18.15 (123) West Coast 9.9 (63)
Optus Oval 17,041
Saturday, 10 June
Adelaide 12.18 (90) Footscray 6.10 (46)
Football Park 36,955
Saturday, 10 June
Brisbane Bears 17.30 (132) Fitzroy 10.14 (74)
Gabba 8,209
Sunday, 11 June
Fremantle 11.6 (72)
North Melbourne 22.11 (143)
Subiaco Oval 28,013
Sunday, 11 June
Melbourne 12.8 (80)
Carlton 16.16 (112) MCG 53,290
Monday, 12 June
Hawthorn 17.11 (113) Sydney 9.17 (71)
Waverley Park 19,737
Monday, 12 June
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Essendon 10.18 (78) Hawthorn 8.12 (60)
MCG 47,237
Friday, 23 June
Richmond 15.19 (109) Fitzroy 15.13 (103)
MCG 26,403
Saturday, 24 June
Footscray 10.11 (71)
Collingwood 10.11 (71)
Waverley Park 27,421
Saturday, 24 June
Carlton 16.16 (112) Geelong 15.19 (109)
Optus Oval 30,843
Saturday, 24 June
Adelaide 16.9 (105) Fremantle 12.12 (84)
Football Park 40,981
Saturday, 24 June
Brisbane Bears 13.11 (89)
North Melbourne 20.13 (133) Gabba 11,996
Sunday, 25 June
St Kilda 11.7 (73)
Melbourne 13.12 (90) Waverley Park 18,390
Sunday, 25 June
West Coast 11.7 (73) Sydney 10.12 (72)
Subiaco Oval 24,574
Sunday, 25 June
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Collingwood 24.8 (152) Adelaide 7.14 (56)
MCG 33,407
Friday, 30 June
Melbourne 14.11 (95) Richmond 12.12 (84)
MCG 42,548
Saturday, 1 July
St Kilda 12.12 (84)
North Melbourne 18.13 (121) Waverley Park 14,301
Saturday, 1 July
Geelong 17.14 (116) West Coast 9.10 (64)
Kardinia Park 23,743
Saturday, 1 July
Footscray 9.15 (69) Brisbane Bears 8.5 (53)
Whitten Oval 11,556
Saturday, 1 July
Sydney 21.12 (138) Essendon 17.17 (119)
SCG 21,853
Sunday, 2 July
Fitzroy 7.10 (52)
Hawthorn 21.25 (151) Optus Oval 12,503
Sunday, 2 July
Fremantle 7.7 (49)
Carlton 15.16 (106) Subiaco Oval 25,465
Sunday, 2 July
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne 18.17 (125) Collingwood 10.13 (73)
MCG 66,719
Friday, 7 July
Essendon 27.20 (182) Adelaide 8.12 (60)
MCG 40,269
Saturday, 8 July
Hawthorn 8.8 (56)
West Coast 14.13 (97) Waverley Park 19,373
Saturday, 8 July
Geelong 15.21 (111) Brisbane Bears 15.8 (98)
Kardinia Park 22,459
Saturday, 8 July
Sydney 14.10 (94)
St Kilda 17.17 (119) SCG 14,979
Sunday, 9 July
Carlton 17.13 (115) Richmond 12.13 (85)
MCG 84,745
Sunday, 9 July
Fitzroy 12.7 (79)
Footscray 23.8 (146) Whitten Oval 16,745
Sunday, 9 July
Fremantle 7.8 (50)
Melbourne 15.12 (102) Subiaco Oval 16,161
Sunday, 9 July
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond 15.11 (101)
Essendon 15.11 (101)
MCG 76,628
Friday, 14 July
North Melbourne 12.12 (84)
Sydney 16.17 (113) MCG 22,524
Saturday, 15 July
Hawthorn 18.10 (118) Fremantle 11.8 (74)
Waverley Park 14,167
Saturday, 15 July
Carlton 20.13 (133) Adelaide 15.10 (100)
Optus Oval 22,543
Saturday, 15 July
Fitzroy 7.8 (50)
Melbourne 20.11 (131) Whitten Oval 8,862
Saturday, 15 July
Brisbane Bears 11.14 (80)
Collingwood 19.15 (129) Gabba 11,467
Sunday, 16 July
Geelong 13.7 (85)
St Kilda 13.15 (93) MCG 37,382
Sunday, 16 July
West Coast 8.13 (61)
Footscray 12.15 (87) Subiaco Oval 30,169
Sunday, 16 July
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Adelaide 9.11 (65) North Melbourne 7.12 (54)
Football Park 34,301
Friday, 21 July
Essendon 22.18 (150) Fitzroy 12.7 (79)
MCG 25,295
Saturday, 22 July
St Kilda 9.10 (64)
West Coast 19.8 (122) Waverley Park 13,490
Saturday, 22 July
Melbourne 12.10 (82)
Geelong 15.21 (111) Optus Oval 18,416
Saturday, 22 July
Sydney 12.7 (79)
Footscray 21.8 (134) SCG 15,708
Saturday, 22 July
Brisbane Bears 14.20 (104) Hawthorn 14.13 (97)
Gabba 8,209
Sunday, 23 July
Collingwood 10.8 (68)
Carlton 12.18 (90) MCG 78,934
Sunday, 23 July
Fremantle 9.13 (67)
Richmond 10.14 (74) Subiaco Oval 18,723
Sunday, 23 July
*Brisbane Bears came from 45 points down at 3 quarter time to beat Hawthorn by 7 points.
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne 12.8 (80)
Melbourne 15.12 (102) MCG 28,838
Friday, 28 July
Essendon 21.9 (135) Fremantle 13.9 (87)
MCG 29,102
Saturday, 29 July
Richmond 9.8 (62)
St Kilda 15.17 (107) Optus Oval 15,715
Saturday, 29 July
Geelong 23.13 (151) Sydney 11.8 (74)
Kardinia Park 28,600
Saturday, 29 July
Footscray 8.9 (57) Hawthorn 7.10 (52)
Whitten Oval 16,673
Saturday, 29 July
West Coast 18.21 (129) Collingwood 11.13 (79)
Subiaco Oval 35,332
Sunday, 30 July
Fitzroy 9.10 (64)
Carlton 24.17 (161) Waverley Park 15,567
Sunday, 30 July
Adelaide 6.10 (46)
Brisbane Bears 11.10 (76) Football Park 33,829
Sunday, 30 July
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Richmond 13.21 (99) Hawthorn 8.7 (55)
MCG 37,543
Friday, 4 August
Melbourne 11.7 (73)
Essendon 15.16 (106) MCG 52,523
Saturday, 5 August
St Kilda 10.8 (68)
Adelaide 14.14 (98) Waverley Park 13,141
Saturday, 5 August
North Melbourne 15.16 (106) West Coast 7.2 (44)
Optus Oval 11,822
Saturday, 5 August
Sydney 17.9 (111)
Brisbane Bears 19.12 (126) SCG 8,150
Sunday, 6 August
Collingwood 15.9 (99) Geelong 14.11 (95)
MCG 62,212
Sunday, 6 August
Carlton 15.16 (106) Footscray 11.15 (81)
Optus Oval 24,084
Sunday, 6 August
Fremantle 17.14 (116) Fitzroy 9.10 (64)
Subiaco Oval 20,073
Sunday, 6 August
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
North Melbourne 16.14 (110) Richmond 15.10 (100)
MCG 51,247
Friday, 11 August
Essendon 16.14 (110) Collingwood 15.12 (102)
MCG 77,448
Saturday, 12 August
Hawthorn 14.13 (97)
St Kilda 16.9 (105) Waverley Park 19,852
Saturday, 12 August
Geelong 16.10 (106) Fremantle 12.11 (83)
Kardinia Park 20,679
Saturday, 12 August
Footscray 11.12 (78) Melbourne 7.16 (58)
Whitten Oval 17,697
Saturday, 12 August
West Coast 26.21 (177) Adelaide 5.12 (42)
Subiaco Oval 30,507
Sunday, 13 August
Carlton 11.19 (85) Brisbane Bears 10.11 (71)
Optus Oval 16,350
Sunday, 13 August
Fitzroy 6.8 (44)
Sydney 27.8 (170) Whitten Oval 7,426
Sunday, 13 August
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Collingwood 15.14 (104) Hawthorn 15.11 (101)
MCG 51,746
Friday, 18 August
Melbourne 10.15 (75)
West Coast 16.8 (104) MCG 24,874
Saturday, 19 August
St Kilda 10.15 (75)
Essendon 23.13 (151) Waverley Park 34,121
Saturday, 19 August
Carlton 18.14 (122) North Melbourne 15.13 (103)
Optus Oval 32,065
Saturday, 19 August
Fitzroy 8.17 (65)
Geelong 15.16 (106) Whitten Oval 9,196
Saturday, 19 August
Adelaide 13.15 (93)
Sydney 22.7 (139) Football Park 38,529
Saturday, 19 August
Brisbane Bears 24.16 (160) Richmond 13.5 (83)
Gabba 11,524
Sunday, 20 August
Fremantle 17.14 (116) Footscray 12.13 (85)
Subiaco Oval 18,175
Sunday, 20 August
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Melbourne 18.7 (115)
Adelaide 23.8 (146) MCG 22,800
Friday, 25 August
Richmond 14.25 (109) Collingwood 7.13 (55)
MCG 70,809
Saturday, 26 August
Hawthorn 9.14 (68)
North Melbourne 17.11 (113) Waverley Park 21,513
Saturday, 26 August
Geelong 15.20 (110)
Footscray 19.11 (125) Kardinia Park 25,057
Saturday, 26 August
Fitzroy 13.12 (90)
St Kilda 16.21 (117) Optus Oval 9,363
Saturday, 26 August
Brisbane Bears 17.14 (116) Essendon 12.12 (84)
Gabba 12,657
Saturday, 26 August
Sydney 19.13 (127)
Fremantle 20.24 (144) SCG 10,410
Sunday, 27 August
West Coast 16.8 (104)
Carlton 15.15 (105) Subiaco Oval 41,492
Sunday, 27 August
Tony Lockett kicked both his 100th goal for the season and his 1000th career goal during the Sydney Swans v Fremantle game at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Brisbane Bears 16.14 (110) Melbourne 13.11 (89)
Gabba 11,842
Friday, 1 September
Essendon 9.13 (67)
Carlton 16.12 (108) MCG 87,984
Saturday, 2 September
Hawthorn 15.12 (102)
Geelong 23.10 (148) Waverley Park 32,747
Saturday, 2 September
North Melbourne 30.24 (204) Fitzroy 15.11 (101)
Optus Oval 14,907
Saturday, 2 September
Footscray 11.12 (78)
St Kilda 20.12 (132) Whitten Oval 19,442
Saturday, 2 September
Adelaide 12.14 (86)
Richmond 19.9 (123) Football Park 40,168
Saturday, 2 September
Sydney 19.13 (127) Collingwood 15.14 (104)
SCG 18,191
Sunday, 3 September
Fremantle 8.10 (58)
West Coast 16.15 (111) Subiaco Oval 39,844
Sunday, 3 September
(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points forAFL Tables
Progression by round [ edit ] 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 ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Carlton (P) 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 28 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 Geelong 4 8 12 12 16 20 20 24 28 32 36 36 40 44 44 48 52 52 56 60 60 64 Richmond 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 28 32 36 40 44 44 46 50 50 50 54 54 54 58 62 Essendon 4 8 12 14 18 22 22 26 30 30 30 34 34 38 40 44 48 52 56 60 60 60 West Coast Eagles 4 8 12 12 16 16 20 20 24 28 28 32 32 36 36 40 44 44 48 52 52 56 North Melbourne 4 8 8 8 8 12 16 20 20 24 28 32 36 40 40 40 40 44 48 48 52 56 Footscray 4 8 8 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 18 22 26 30 34 38 38 42 42 46 46 Brisbane Bears 0 4 8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 20 20 24 28 28 32 36 40 Melbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 12 16 16 20 24 28 32 32 36 36 36 36 36 36 Collingwood 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 10 10 14 18 20 24 24 28 28 28 32 32 36 36 36 Adelaide 0 0 4 8 8 12 12 12 16 16 20 24 24 24 28 28 28 32 32 32 36 36 Sydney 0 0 0 4 8 8 8 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 20 20 20 20 24 28 28 32 Fremantle 0 0 4 8 8 12 12 12 16 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 24 24 28 32 32 St Kilda 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 12 16 16 20 20 24 24 28 32 Hawthorn 4 4 4 8 12 12 16 16 16 16 20 20 24 24 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 Fitzroy 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Attendance
Date
Geelong 11.14 (80)
Carlton 21.15 (141) MCG 93,102
Saturday, 30 September
The Fremantle Dockers made their debut in the competition.
The first ANZAC Day clash between Collingwood and Essendon was held in round 4 which ended in a draw.
Carlton won a record 16th premiership, winning twenty games for the home-and-away season, also a new record (subsequently surpassed by Essendon in 2000 and Geelong in 2008). They won their 16th consecutive match in the grand final, comfortably beating Geelong 21.15 (141) to 11.14 (80).
Amidst these records, they also suffered the rare ignominy of losing to the bottom team (St Kilda ) while atop the ladder in their Round 9 game. In this game, they failed to score a goal in the first half and became the fifth (and to date last) premier team to have kicked a season's lowest score (also in 1923 , 1968 , 1970 and 1992 ). Richmond reached the finals for the first time since 1982, finishing 3rd and making the preliminary finals.
They won their first 7 games, winning their first five games for the first time since the early 1980s.
They were on top of the ladder for the first time since 1982 (from rounds 9 to 12). Brisbane Bears made an exceptional late season charge to reach the finals for the first time in team history.
The Bears sat 14th after 15 rounds with a win–loss record of 4–11 and a percentage of 83.2%.
In Round 16 at the Gabba against Hawthorn, the Bears trailed Hawthorn by 45 points at three-quarter time, but scored nine goals to one in the final quarter to pull off a seven-point victory. It remains the largest three-quarter time deficit ever overcome in VFL/AFL history. The Bears were still in 14th place at the end of the game.
Brisbane won its next two games against bottom eight opposition to reach 12th place, but were to face Carlton, Richmond and Essendon (who then held the top three places respectively) in the following three weeks. Against all odds, Brisbane lost to Carlton by only 14 points, then thrashed the Tigers by 77 points and beat Essendon by 32 points.
At the start of the final round, Melbourne, Collingwood and Brisbane sat 8th, 9th and 10th respectively, all on nine wins. Brisbane needed to beat Melbourne, and rely on Sydney (13th place) beating Collingwood to reach the finals. Brisbane beat Melbourne by 21 points on Friday night, then watched on Sunday as Sydney scored eight final quarter goals to overhaul Collingwood by 23 points.
The Bears finals appearance was short-lived, as the eventual premiers Carlton beat them by 13 points in the first week of the finals in a very high standard game.
However, the 10 wins and 12 losses of Brisbane in 1995, remains the worst record of a team in VFL/AFL history which qualified a team for the finals (excluding those seasons where more than half of teams qualified for the finals). Tony Lockett transferred from St Kilda to Sydney .Footscray , VFL and State of Origin legend Ted Whitten died.
He had been given a "lap of honour" during the 1995 State of Origin match between Victoria and South Australia. The State of Origin saw Victoria win against South Australia in Melbourne and Allies win against Western Australia in Perth.
The Western Oval would be renamed the Whitten Oval in his memory. Hawthorn missed out on the finals for the first time since the early 1980s.
The team finished second last, failing to register a win for its last seven matches. Fitzroy continued to decline, failing to register a win from round 9 and finished on the bottom of the ladder with just 2 wins.There were many significant changes to incumbent AFL team coaches:
After round 19, the Fitzroy coach Bernie Quinlan was sacked and replaced by caretaker coach Alan McConnell for the remaining three games of their season (Michael Nunan later was signed as coach for 1996).
Peter Knights was sacked as coach of Hawthorn .John Northey resigned from Richmond (he became coach of Brisbane Bears in 1996).Robert Walls resigned as coach of Brisbane Bears and joined Richmond as coach in 1996.Ron Barassi coached his last VFL/AFL match, resigning as coach of Sydney at the end of 1995.The first ever (and to date only) AFL game was played at Bruce Stadium in Canberra , between Fitzroy and West Coast Eagles in round 9.
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Seasons Grand finals Venues Other awards Major recurring Second-tier and
Related articles Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924
