Round 13, 1996
Adelaide vs Melbourne
Sunday 30 June
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 37,557
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Adelaide | 3.3 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 10.12.72 |
| Melbourne | 2.1 | 5.3 | 10.6 | 19.9.123 |
Melbourne win by 51 points
Goalkickers: David Neitz 6, Jeff Farmer 3, Alastair Clarkson 2, Anthony Ingerson 2, Stephen Tingay 2, Craig Turley 2, Matthew Febey 1, Jim Stynes 1
Brownlow Votes:
3 - Jim Stynes
2 - David Neitz
1 - Stephen Tingay
Milestones:
Last Game
Greg Doyle
Statistical categories led:
Biggest win and highest score at Football Park
With only three wins for the season and no chance left of making the finals, Melbourne played spoiler for Adelaide's season, delivering their fifth straight defeat. In the absence of Garry Lyon, out again with a back complaint, David Neitz and Jeff Farmer combined for nine goals in their side's best performance of the year.
Both teams were poor in the first half, but as expected the Crows had their visitors at arms' length when 19 points up 10 minutes into the third quarter. Against the odds, Melbourne then launched a 14 goal to two run that set a record winning margin against the Crows which lasted until 2011.
Adelaide fans took poorly to the result, and in the following days police were required to protect coach Robert Shaw after his house was egged and car rammed.
Best were Stynes, Neitz and G. Lovett
Reserves (played Saturday 29 June)
Melbourne 9.10.64 d. St Kilda 8.14.62
Goals - Guest 3, Sampson 2, Davidson 1, Molloy 1, D. Yze 1, Parthenides 1
Best - Corrigan, Lamprill, Irving
Media
Age - 30/06/1996
Age - 01/07/1996
Football Record R14 1996