1996 SANFL season

{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 1}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 30 March (2:10 pm)|{{SANFL Cen}}|13.9 (87)|A|{{SANFL Nor}}|14.12 (96)|Football Park||[Report]}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 30 March (2:10 pm)|{{SANFL SthA}}|16.9 (105)|H|{{SANFL Stu}}|8.4 (52)|Hickinbotham Oval||[Report]}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 30 March (2:10 pm)|{{SANFL WestA}}|7.9 (51)|A|{{SANFL WWT}}|10.10 (70)|Richmond Oval||[Report]}}

{{AFLGameFooter|notes=

• BYE - {{AFL Por}}, {{SANFL NthA}}, {{SANFL Gle}}

}}

{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 2}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm)|{{SANFL Por}}|4.6 (30)|A|{{SANFL Cen}}|8.9 (57)|Football Park|7527|[Report]}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm)|{{SANFL Gle}}|12.13 (85)|H|{{SANFL Stu}}|7.8 (50)|Glenelg Oval||[Report]}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm)|{{SANFL Nor}}|11.13 (79)|H|{{SANFL SthA}}|7.14 (56)|Norwood Oval||[Report]}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm)|{{SANFL NthA}}|9.9 (63)|H|{{SANFL WestA}}|9.7 (61)|Prospect Oval||[Report]}}

{{AFLGameFooter|notes=

• BYE - {{SANFL WWT}}

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|title=1996 SANFL Ladder

|loss_before_draw=true|for_against_style=points|use_point_percentage=y|winpoints=2

|status_text_P=Premiers

|team1=CEN|name_CEN={{SANFL Cen}}

|team2=NOR|name_NOR={{SANFL Nor}}

|team3=POR|name_POR={{SANFL Por}}

|team4=WWT|name_WWT={{SANFL WWT}}

|team5=WAD|name_WAD={{SANFL WestA}}

|team6=NAD|name_NAD={{SANFL NthA}}

|team7=GLE|name_GLE={{SANFL Gle}}

|team8=SAD|name_SAD={{SANFL SthA}}

|team9=STU|name_STU={{SANFL Stu}}

|win_CEN=15|loss_CEN=5|draw_CEN=0|pf_CEN=1970|pa_CEN=1315

|win_NOR=15|loss_NOR=5|draw_NOR=0|pf_NOR=1773|pa_NOR=1381

|win_POR=13|loss_POR=7|draw_POR=0|pf_POR=1928|pa_POR=1491|status_POR=P

|win_WWT=12|loss_WWT=8|draw_WWT=0|pf_WWT=1627|pa_WWT=1504

|win_WAD=10|loss_WAD=10|draw_WAD=0|pf_WAD=1632|pa_WAD=1472

|win_NAD=8|loss_NAD=12|draw_NAD=0|pf_NAD=1521|pa_NAD=1734

|win_GLE=7|loss_GLE=13|draw_GLE=0|pf_GLE=1487|pa_GLE=1812

|win_SAD=6|loss_SAD=14|draw_SAD=0|pf_SAD=1449|pa_SAD=1891

|win_STU=4|loss_STU=16|draw_STU=0|pf_STU=1360|pa_STU=2147

|col_A=#CCFFCC|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A|result4=A|result5=A

|class_rules=1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141205163141/http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1996/]

}}

{{AFLGameHeader|title=Elimination and qualifying Finals}}

{{AFLGame||{{SANFL WWT}}|20.7 (127)|H|{{SANFL WestA}}|9.8 (62)|Football Park||[Report]}}

{{AFLGame||{{SANFL Por}}|10.18 (78)|H|{{SANFL Nor}}|9.11 (65)|Football Park|31,245|[Report]}}

{{AFLGameFooter|notes= }}

{{AFLGameHeader|title=Semi-finals}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 22 September (2:10 pm)|{{SANFL Nor}}|12.8 (80)|H|{{SANFL WWT}}|5.6 (36)|Football Park||}}

{{AFLGame|Saturday, 22 September (6:10 pm)|{{SANFL Cen}}|12.15 (87)|H|{{SANFL Por}}|7.21 (63)|Football Park|31604||}}

{{AFLGameFooter|notes=}}

{{AFLGameHeader|title=Preliminary Final}}

{{AFLGame|Sunday, 29 September (2:10 pm)|{{AFL Por}}|9.12 (66)|H|{{SANFL Nor}}|9.8 (62)|Football Park|18,338|}}

{{AFLGameFooter|notes=

• At the 29-minute mark of the 4th quarter Scott Hodges had a set shot from the boundary line 40m out to win the game. }}

{{main|1996 SANFL Grand Final}}

{{AFLGameDetailed

|title = 1996 SANFL Grand Final

|date = Sunday 6 October (2:10 pm)

|home team = {{SANFL Cen}}

|home Q1 = 2.1 (13)

|home Q2 = 3.4 (22)

|home Q3 = 5.6 (36)

|home final = 6.8 (44)

|home goals= P. Vardy 2
T. Cook, A, Balkwill, J. Cotton, R. Girdham 1

|home best = S. Schwerdt, S. Lee, R. Girdham

|home injuries =

|home reports =

|winner = A

|away team = {{AFL Por}}

|away Q1 = 1.4 (10)

|away Q2 = 4.6 (30)

|away Q3 = 7.10 (52)

|away final = 11.14 (80)

|away goals= 7 S. Hodges
2 W. Tredrea
1 D. Smith, R. Smith

|away best= D. Brown, F. Francis, S. Hodges

|away injuries =

|away reports =

|venue = Football Park

|crowd = 46,120

|report =

|umpires = Richard Williams, Michael Avon, Troy Burton

|BOG award = Jack Oatey Medallist

|BOG winner = David Brown

|broadcast = ABC

|anthem =

|notes=

• 1996 marked the end of an era for Port Adelaide being their last year their first team played in the SANFL, as the club entered the AFL in 1997.
• This is the highest attendance for an SANFL Grand Final since the first year of the Adelaide Crows in the AFL (1991).

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{{Reflist}}

• https://web.archive.org/web/20141205163141/http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1996/

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