1975 VFLR Season: Melbourne Reserves

These are the details of the premiership results for the Melbourne Reserves for the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing ten matches there (nine as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in fifth place, securing a place in the finals series. The Melbourne Reserves were defeated by the Hawthorn Reserves in the elimination final, resulting in finishing in fifth place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1975 VFLR Season
Team: Melbourne Reserves
Club: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-0-10, P%: 93.0)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Hawthorn (R) (Elimination Final)

Player Results

Player	Guernseys	Matches	Goals	Rounds

Coach Results

Coach	Matches (W-D-L)				Rounds
Simmonds, Roy	23	12	-0-	11	R01-22, EF

Match Results

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result		Coach	Captain (Nominated)
05/04/1975	Round 1	Footscray (R)	HOME	LOSS	FOOR by 31	Roy Simmonds	unknown
12/04/1975	Round 2	North Melbourne (R)	AWAY	LOSS	NMLR by 18	Roy Simmonds	unknown
19/04/1975	Round 3	Essendon (R)	AWAY	LOSS	ESSR by 83	Roy Simmonds	unknown
26/04/1975	Round 4	St Kilda (R)	HOME	WIN	MLBR by 13	Roy Simmonds	unknown
03/05/1975	Round 5	Hawthorn (R)	AWAY	LOSS	HWTR by 91	Roy Simmonds	unknown
10/05/1975	Round 6	South Melbourne (R)	HOME	WIN	MLBR by 7	Roy Simmonds	unknown
17/05/1975	Round 7	Richmond (R)	AWAY	LOSS	RICR by 105	Roy Simmonds	unknown
24/05/1975	Round 8	Carlton (R)	AWAY	LOSS	CARR by 11	Roy Simmonds	unknown
31/05/1975	Round 9	Fitzroy (R)	HOME	LOSS	FITR by 6	Roy Simmonds	unknown
07/06/1975	Round 10	Geelong (R)	AWAY	LOSS	GEER by 83	Roy Simmonds	unknown
16/06/1975	Round 11	Collingwood (R)	HOME	WIN	MLBR by 17	Roy Simmonds	unknown
21/06/1975	Round 12	Footscray (R)	AWAY	WIN	MLBR by 47	Roy Simmonds	unknown
28/06/1975	Round 13	North Melbourne (R)	HOME	WIN	MLBR by 1	Roy Simmonds	unknown
05/07/1975	Round 14	St Kilda (R)	AWAY	LOSS	STKR by 48	Roy Simmonds	unknown
12/07/1975	Round 15	Essendon (R)	HOME	WIN	MLBR by 80	Roy Simmonds	unknown
19/07/1975	Round 16	Hawthorn (R)	HOME	WIN	MLBR by 70	Roy Simmonds	unknown
26/07/1975	Round 17	South Melbourne (R)	AWAY	WIN	MLBR by 35	Roy Simmonds	unknown
02/08/1975	Round 18	Richmond (R)	HOME	WIN	MLBR by 14	Roy Simmonds	unknown
09/08/1975	Round 19	Carlton (R)	HOME	WIN	MLBR by 4	Roy Simmonds	unknown
16/08/1975	Round 20	Fitzroy (R)	AWAY	LOSS	FITR by 4	Roy Simmonds	unknown
23/08/1975	Round 21	Geelong (R)	HOME	WIN	MLBR by 24	Roy Simmonds	unknown
30/08/1975	Round 22	Collingwood (R)	AWAY	WIN	MLBR by 11	Roy Simmonds	unknown
06/09/1975	Elimination Final	Hawthorn (R)	AWAY	LOSS	HWTR by 59	Roy Simmonds	unknown

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1975 VFLR Season

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