1994 AFL Grand Final
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The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the 1994 AFL Grand Final took place.
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| Date | 1 October 1994 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 93,860 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | David Howlett, Denis Rich, Bryan Sheehan | |||||||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ||||||||||||||||
| Pre-match entertainment | The Seekers and Debra Byrne | |||||||||||||||
| Accolades | ||||||||||||||||
| Norm Smith Medallist | Dean Kemp (West Coast) | |||||||||||||||
| Jock McHale Medallist | Mick Malthouse | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Bruce McAvaney and Dennis Cometti | |||||||||||||||
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The 1994 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 1 October 1994. It was the 98th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 1994 AFL season. The match, attended by 93,860 spectators, was won by West Coast by a margin of 80 points.
Geelong was looking for its first premiership since winning the 1963 VFL Grand Final and West Coast was attempting to repeat its success in the 1992 AFL Grand Final, when it had defeated Geelong by a margin of 28 points, becoming the first non-Victorian team to win the AFL Premiership.
At the conclusion of the home and away season, West Coast had finished first on the AFL ladder with 16 wins and 6 losses, winning the McClelland Trophy. Geelong had finished fourth (behind Carlton and North Melbourne) with 13 wins and 9 losses.
During the lead-up to the game, West Coast were the strong favourites to win. Geelong had won through to the decider after winning three tough finals, including two dramatic after-the-siren wins over Footscray and North Melbourne. West Coast had a relatively smooth run into the Grand Final, beating Collingwood in a Qualifying Final to earn a week's rest, before easily accounting for Melbourne in a Preliminary Final.
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