| 1996 AFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 28 September 1996 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 93,102 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | North Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Gavin Dore (156), Mark Nash (63), Bryan Sheehan (223) | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | A collection of past singers | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Glenn Archer (North Melbourne) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Denis Pagan | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Bruce McAvaney (host and commentator) Sandy Roberts (commentator) Leigh Matthews (expert commentator) Robert DiPierdomenico (boundary rider) Neil Kerley (boundary rider) | |||||||||||||||
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The 1996 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Sydney Swans, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 1996. It was the 100th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1996 AFL season. The match, attended by 93,102 people, was won by North Melbourne by a margin of 43 points, marking that club's third premiership victory. North Melbourne were awarded a gold premiership cup instead of the usual silver in honour of the centenary grand final.