Played (28/12/1996) Perth Oval
Referee : A Gorton, Crowd : 14759
Perth Glory
Vincent Matassa, Craig Naven, Gavin Wilkinson, Gareth Naven, Vinko Buljubasic, Scott Miller, Paul McVittie, Paul Strudwick, Slobodan Despotovski, Vasili Kalogeracos (Vladimir Beretovac 79), Dale Wingell (sent off 77)
Melbourne Knights
Joe Didulica, David Cervinski, Zoran Markovski, Andrew Marth, Joe Simunic, Lubomir Lapsansky (Adrian Cervinski 45), Ice Kutlesovski, Tom Pondeljak, Ante Kovacevic, Joe Caleta (Damian Vojtek 34), Ivan Duzel (Josip Biskic 78)
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