1976 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1976 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Collingwood Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Collingwood Reserves were the premiers, with Ron Richards as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1976 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Ron Richards
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill
Fitzroy Reserves Junction Oval
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Princes Park
Melbourne Reserves MCG Roy Simmonds
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG Barry Richardson
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Collingwood Reserves
Runners-Up: North Melbourne Reserves
Minor Premiers: Collingwood Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 17 -0- 5 68 147.9% 2,771 1,874 401 365 257 332
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 117.6% 2,459 2,091 353 341 294 327
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 101.8% 2,101 2,064 295 331 295 294
Essendon Reserves 4th 13 -0- 9 52 108.8% 2,334 2,146 335 324 308 298
Carlton Reserves 5th 13 -0- 9 52 98.8% 2,126 2,151 302 314 305 321
Footscray Reserves 6th 12 -0- 10 48 103.3% 2,184 2,114 309 330 308 266
Geelong Reserves 7th 12 -0- 10 48 98.2% 2,184 2,223 312 312 323 285
Richmond Reserves 8th 10 -0- 12 40 97.0% 2,169 2,236 305 339 323 298
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 107.7% 2,415 2,242 354 291 312 370
Melbourne Reserves 10th 9 -0- 13 36 88.1% 2,152 2,442 306 316 349 348
St Kilda Reserves 11th 4 -0- 18 16 76.3% 1,813 2,375 256 277 337 353
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 3 -0- 19 12 71.7% 1,901 2,651 265 311 382 359

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Collingwood Reserves 1st Premiers
North Melbourne Reserves 2nd Runners-Up
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd Defeated by North Melbourne Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Essendon Reserves 4th Defeated by Hawthorn Reserves (Semi Final)
Carlton Reserves 5th Defeated by Essendon Reserves (Elimination Final)
Footscray Reserves 6th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong Reserves 7th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond Reserves 8th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Reserves 9th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Reserves 10th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Reserves 11th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy Reserves 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/04/1976 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 74 - 107
SAT 03/04/1976 Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) Western Oval 88 - 131
SAT 03/04/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 99 - 93
SAT 03/04/1976 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 150 - 74
SAT 03/04/1976 South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 223 - 88
SAT 03/04/1976 St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) Moorabbin Oval 118 - 95

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 202.7% 150 74
Essendon Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 148.9% 131 88
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 144.6% 107 74
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 106.5% 99 93
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 80.5% 95 118
Geelong Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 39.5% 88 223
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 253.4% 223 88
St Kilda Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 124.2% 118 95
Melbourne Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 93.9% 93 99
Carlton Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 69.2% 74 107
Footscray Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 67.2% 88 131
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 49.3% 74 150

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/04/1976 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 165 - 91
SAT 10/04/1976 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) Windy Hill 153 - 79
SAT 10/04/1976 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Junction Oval 110 - 70
SAT 10/04/1976 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) Kardinia Park 94 - 90
SAT 10/04/1976 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 98 - 128
SAT 10/04/1976 Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 108 - 146

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 170.1% 284 167
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 164.8% 272 165
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 118.8% 227 191
Geelong Reserves 4th 2 -0- 0 8 58.1% 182 313
Richmond Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 142.9% 240 168
Footscray Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 97.9% 234 239
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 83.6% 184 220
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 78.5% 193 246
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 0 -0- 2 0 124.1% 314 253
St Kilda Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 91.7% 188 205
Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 82.0% 201 245
Carlton Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 58.8% 153 260

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1976 Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 100 - 138
SAT 17/04/1976 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 162 - 139
SAT 17/04/1976 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 124 - 201
MON 19/04/1976 Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 106 - 81
MON 19/04/1976 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 88 - 120
MON 19/04/1976 St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) Moorabbin Oval 61 - 152

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 157.3% 390 248
North Melbourne Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 124.4% 347 279
Geelong Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 89.3% 334 374
Collingwood Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 163.7% 473 289
Footscray Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 104.8% 396 378
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 2 -0- 1 8 70.9% 317 447
Richmond Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 113.9% 328 288
Carlton Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 80.8% 291 360
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 79.3% 284 358
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 0 -0- 3 0 109.2% 453 415
Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 3 0 80.3% 282 351
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 69.7% 249 357

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1976 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 116 - 91
SAT 24/04/1976 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 93 - 91
SAT 24/04/1976 Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 103 - 63
SAT 24/04/1976 Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 111 - 113
SAT 24/04/1976 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Arden Street Oval 123 - 54
SAT 24/04/1976 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 122 - 154

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 4 -0- 0 16 147.0% 544 370
North Melbourne Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 141.1% 470 333
Geelong Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 0 16 91.8% 427 465
Collingwood Reserves 4th 3 -0- 1 12 155.0% 589 380
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 3 -0- 1 12 82.4% 420 510
Footscray Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 95.4% 459 481
Carlton Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 85.8% 404 471
Richmond Reserves 8th 1 -0- 3 4 103.7% 419 404
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 1 -0- 3 4 83.1% 375 451
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 0 -0- 4 0 101.1% 575 569
Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 4 0 84.7% 393 464
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 4 0 63.1% 303 480

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1976 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 130 - 100
SAT 01/05/1976 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 65 - 118
SAT 01/05/1976 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 96 - 114
SAT 01/05/1976 Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 126 - 115
SAT 01/05/1976 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 130 - 90
SAT 01/05/1976 St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) Moorabbin Oval 64 - 122

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 5 -0- 0 20 95.3% 553 580
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 160.1% 711 444
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 127.5% 585 459
Essendon Reserves 4th 4 -0- 1 16 124.8% 609 488
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 4 -0- 1 16 93.6% 538 575
Carlton Reserves 6th 3 -0- 2 12 93.5% 534 571
Richmond Reserves 7th 2 -0- 3 8 111.1% 549 494
Footscray Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 89.9% 549 611
Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 4 4 90.5% 507 560
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 1 -0- 4 4 83.4% 471 565
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 5 0 96.6% 675 699
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 5 0 61.0% 367 602

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1976 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 145 - 94
SAT 08/05/1976 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 99 - 72
SAT 08/05/1976 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Princes Park 104 - 113
SAT 08/05/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Arden Street Oval 139 - 111
SAT 08/05/1976 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 78 - 114
SAT 08/05/1976 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 109 - 78

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 5 -0- 1 20 159.1% 856 538
Essendon Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 127.7% 723 566
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 127.0% 724 570
Geelong Reserves 4th 5 -0- 1 20 89.2% 647 725
Carlton Reserves 5th 4 -0- 2 16 95.9% 647 675
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 4 -0- 2 16 93.3% 642 688
Footscray Reserves 7th 3 -0- 3 12 94.9% 648 683
Richmond Reserves 8th 2 -0- 4 8 103.1% 627 608
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 5 4 100.9% 784 777
Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 5 4 87.4% 585 669
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 5 4 82.7% 582 704
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 6 0 62.6% 439 701

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1976 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 70 - 104
SAT 15/05/1976 Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 109 - 162
SAT 15/05/1976 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) Kardinia Park 123 - 125
SAT 15/05/1976 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 114 - 123
SAT 15/05/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 85 - 152
SAT 15/05/1976 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Moorabbin Oval 46 - 95

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 6 -0- 1 24 161.8% 1,008 623
Essendon Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 133.7% 818 612
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 112.0% 809 722
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 5 -0- 2 20 95.4% 765 802
Geelong Reserves 5th 5 -0- 2 20 90.6% 770 850
Footscray Reserves 6th 4 -0- 3 16 95.9% 773 806
Carlton Reserves 7th 4 -0- 3 16 92.0% 717 779
Richmond Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 107.8% 731 678
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 2 -0- 5 8 106.8% 946 886
Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 6 4 88.3% 699 792
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 6 4 79.8% 691 866
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 7 0 60.9% 485 796

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1976 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) Victoria Park 138 - 70
SAT 22/05/1976 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 96 - 63
SAT 22/05/1976 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 58 - 81
SAT 22/05/1976 Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 103 - 72
SAT 22/05/1976 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 66 - 133
SAT 22/05/1976 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 61 - 78

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 7 -0- 1 28 165.4% 1,146 693
Essendon Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 135.4% 914 675
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 114.1% 890 780
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 6 -0- 2 24 99.3% 868 874
Carlton Reserves 5th 5 -0- 3 20 94.6% 795 840
Geelong Reserves 6th 5 -0- 3 20 88.1% 833 946
Footscray Reserves 7th 4 -0- 4 16 93.7% 831 887
Richmond Reserves 8th 3 -0- 5 12 98.3% 797 811
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 2 -0- 6 8 102.9% 1,018 989
Melbourne Reserves 10th 2 -0- 6 8 97.0% 832 858
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 7 4 75.8% 761 1,004
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 8 0 62.5% 546 874

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1976 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 87 - 67
SAT 29/05/1976 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 66 - 71
SAT 29/05/1976 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 136 - 82
SAT 29/05/1976 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 103 - 99
SAT 29/05/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Arden Street Oval 98 - 84
SAT 29/05/1976 South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 121 - 62

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 8 -0- 1 32 162.2% 1,233 760
Essendon Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 129.1% 998 773
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 114.4% 988 864
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 7 -0- 2 28 105.0% 1,004 956
Carlton Reserves 5th 6 -0- 3 24 95.6% 866 906
Geelong Reserves 6th 5 -0- 4 20 88.4% 899 1,017
Footscray Reserves 7th 4 -0- 5 16 92.2% 898 974
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 3 -0- 6 12 108.4% 1,139 1,051
Melbourne Reserves 9th 3 -0- 6 12 97.7% 935 957
Richmond Reserves 10th 3 -0- 6 12 92.2% 859 932
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 8 4 73.9% 843 1,140
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 9 0 66.0% 645 977

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1976 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 104 - 105
SAT 05/06/1976 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 85 - 98
SAT 05/06/1976 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) Junction Oval 111 - 102
SAT 05/06/1976 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 82 - 133
SAT 05/06/1976 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 79 - 170
SAT 05/06/1976 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 86 - 125

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 9 -0- 1 36 157.5% 1,331 845
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 113.4% 1,174 1,035
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 112.9% 1,093 968
Essendon Reserves 4th 7 -0- 3 28 124.3% 1,083 871
Carlton Reserves 5th 6 -0- 4 24 95.9% 970 1,011
Geelong Reserves 6th 5 -0- 5 20 85.3% 981 1,150
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 4 -0- 6 16 111.2% 1,264 1,137
Melbourne Reserves 8th 4 -0- 6 16 102.8% 1,068 1,039
Footscray Reserves 9th 4 -0- 6 16 92.2% 1,000 1,085
Richmond Reserves 10th 3 -0- 7 12 85.1% 938 1,102
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 2 -0- 8 8 76.8% 954 1,242
St Kilda Reserves 12th 0 -0- 10 0 66.3% 731 1,102

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1976 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 110 - 95
SAT 12/06/1976 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 94 - 130
SAT 12/06/1976 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Moorabbin Oval 98 - 73
MON 14/06/1976 Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 111 - 96
MON 14/06/1976 Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 105 - 84
MON 14/06/1976 Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 130 - 68

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 9 -0- 2 36 149.3% 1,426 955
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 118.2% 1,304 1,103
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 115.2% 1,223 1,062
Essendon Reserves 4th 8 -0- 3 32 123.5% 1,194 967
Carlton Reserves 5th 6 -0- 5 24 94.4% 1,054 1,116
Melbourne Reserves 6th 5 -0- 6 20 103.9% 1,178 1,134
Footscray Reserves 7th 5 -0- 6 20 94.5% 1,105 1,169
Geelong Reserves 8th 5 -0- 6 20 82.0% 1,049 1,280
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 107.2% 1,358 1,267
Richmond Reserves 10th 3 -0- 8 12 84.3% 1,011 1,200
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 2 -0- 9 8 77.6% 1,050 1,353
St Kilda Reserves 12th 1 -0- 10 4 70.6% 829 1,175

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1976 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 161 - 93
SAT 19/06/1976 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 119 - 113
SAT 19/06/1976 Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Junction Oval 85 - 118
SAT 19/06/1976 Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 94 - 69
SAT 19/06/1976 Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 179 - 68
SAT 19/06/1976 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 107 - 87

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 10 -0- 2 40 151.4% 1,587 1,048
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 126.6% 1,483 1,171
Essendon Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 121.6% 1,313 1,080
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 9 -0- 3 36 112.1% 1,310 1,169
Melbourne Reserves 5th 6 -0- 6 24 105.2% 1,285 1,221
Carlton Reserves 6th 6 -0- 6 24 89.8% 1,147 1,277
Geelong Reserves 7th 6 -0- 6 24 84.7% 1,143 1,349
Footscray Reserves 8th 5 -0- 7 20 94.6% 1,218 1,288
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 8 16 104.8% 1,427 1,361
Richmond Reserves 10th 4 -0- 8 16 87.9% 1,129 1,285
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 2 -0- 10 8 77.2% 1,135 1,471
St Kilda Reserves 12th 1 -0- 11 4 66.2% 897 1,354

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1976 Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 121 - 99
SAT 26/06/1976 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 125 - 73
SAT 26/06/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Arden Street Oval 84 - 67
SAT 26/06/1976 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 109 - 61
SAT 26/06/1976 South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 87 - 76
SAT 26/06/1976 St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 102 - 62

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 10 -0- 3 40 146.5% 1,663 1,135
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 123.5% 1,550 1,255
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 112.8% 1,394 1,236
Essendon Reserves 4th 9 -0- 4 36 117.6% 1,412 1,201
Carlton Reserves 5th 7 -0- 6 28 92.2% 1,268 1,376
Melbourne Reserves 6th 6 -0- 7 24 100.9% 1,358 1,346
Footscray Reserves 7th 6 -0- 7 24 98.7% 1,343 1,361
Geelong Reserves 8th 6 -0- 7 24 82.6% 1,204 1,458
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -0- 8 20 105.4% 1,514 1,437
Richmond Reserves 10th 5 -0- 8 20 92.0% 1,238 1,346
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 2 -0- 11 8 76.1% 1,197 1,573
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -0- 11 8 70.6% 999 1,416

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1976 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 70 - 103
SAT 03/07/1976 Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 83 - 117
SAT 03/07/1976 Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Junction Oval 78 - 85
SAT 03/07/1976 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 137 - 80
SAT 03/07/1976 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 108 - 83
SAT 03/07/1976 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 80 - 82

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 11 -0- 3 44 112.2% 1,476 1,316
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 140.5% 1,746 1,243
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 117.1% 1,630 1,392
Essendon Reserves 4th 9 -0- 5 36 113.4% 1,495 1,318
Melbourne Reserves 5th 7 -0- 7 28 103.2% 1,461 1,416
Footscray Reserves 6th 7 -0- 7 28 102.7% 1,480 1,441
Carlton Reserves 7th 7 -0- 7 28 90.5% 1,338 1,479
Geelong Reserves 8th 7 -0- 7 28 83.9% 1,289 1,536
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 6 -0- 8 24 107.3% 1,631 1,520
Richmond Reserves 10th 6 -0- 8 24 94.2% 1,346 1,429
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 2 -0- 12 8 76.9% 1,275 1,658
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -0- 12 8 72.0% 1,079 1,498

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1976 Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 95 - 76
SAT 10/07/1976 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 101 - 110
SAT 10/07/1976 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 105 - 69
SAT 10/07/1976 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 98 - 148
SAT 10/07/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Arden Street Oval 102 - 120
SAT 10/07/1976 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 75 - 85

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 11 -0- 4 44 116.5% 1,740 1,493
North Melbourne Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 109.9% 1,578 1,436
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 136.5% 1,847 1,353
Essendon Reserves 4th 10 -0- 5 40 116.0% 1,643 1,416
Footscray Reserves 5th 8 -0- 7 32 103.2% 1,565 1,516
Carlton Reserves 6th 8 -0- 7 32 92.2% 1,433 1,555
Geelong Reserves 7th 8 -0- 7 32 86.9% 1,394 1,605
Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -0- 8 28 99.7% 1,559 1,564
Richmond Reserves 9th 7 -0- 8 28 95.8% 1,466 1,531
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 6 -0- 9 24 106.3% 1,706 1,605
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 2 -0- 13 8 77.1% 1,351 1,753
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -0- 13 8 71.6% 1,148 1,603

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1976 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 163 - 91
SAT 17/07/1976 Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 112 - 99
SAT 17/07/1976 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 115 - 107
SAT 17/07/1976 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 131 - 89
SAT 17/07/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 61 - 130
SAT 17/07/1976 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 87 - 96

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 12 -0- 4 48 115.9% 1,855 1,600
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 139.2% 2,010 1,444
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 104.7% 1,639 1,566
Essendon Reserves 4th 10 -0- 6 40 114.3% 1,750 1,531
Footscray Reserves 5th 9 -0- 7 36 103.8% 1,677 1,615
Carlton Reserves 6th 9 -0- 7 36 93.1% 1,529 1,642
Geelong Reserves 7th 9 -0- 7 36 91.5% 1,524 1,666
Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 8 32 102.2% 1,690 1,653
Richmond Reserves 9th 7 -0- 9 28 95.3% 1,565 1,643
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 6 -0- 10 24 105.4% 1,793 1,701
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 2 -0- 14 8 76.4% 1,440 1,884
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -0- 14 8 70.2% 1,239 1,766

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1976 Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 102 - 72
SAT 24/07/1976 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) Windy Hill 128 - 122
SAT 24/07/1976 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 103 - 79
SAT 24/07/1976 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Kardinia Park 91 - 102
SAT 24/07/1976 Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 85 - 117
SAT 24/07/1976 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 63 - 68

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 12 -0- 5 48 137.6% 2,112 1,535
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 113.2% 1,927 1,702
Essendon Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 113.6% 1,878 1,653
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 11 -0- 6 44 102.9% 1,718 1,669
Footscray Reserves 5th 10 -0- 7 40 104.0% 1,745 1,678
Carlton Reserves 6th 10 -0- 7 40 95.2% 1,631 1,714
Geelong Reserves 7th 9 -0- 8 36 91.3% 1,615 1,768
Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 9 32 100.3% 1,775 1,770
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 7 -0- 10 28 106.9% 1,910 1,786
Richmond Reserves 10th 7 -0- 10 28 95.3% 1,687 1,771
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 3 -0- 14 12 78.6% 1,543 1,963
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -0- 15 8 71.0% 1,302 1,834

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1976 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 99 - 53
SAT 31/07/1976 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 74 - 67
SAT 31/07/1976 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 116 - 104
SAT 31/07/1976 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 96 - 75
SAT 31/07/1976 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 108 - 67
SAT 31/07/1976 South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 129 - 43

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 13 -0- 5 52 139.2% 2,211 1,588
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 113.8% 2,023 1,777
Essendon Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 113.5% 1,952 1,720
Footscray Reserves 4th 11 -0- 7 44 104.4% 1,861 1,782
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 11 -0- 7 44 100.2% 1,771 1,768
Carlton Reserves 6th 10 -0- 8 40 93.2% 1,698 1,822
Geelong Reserves 7th 9 -0- 9 36 91.2% 1,719 1,884
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 10 32 111.5% 2,039 1,829
Melbourne Reserves 9th 8 -0- 10 32 99.1% 1,850 1,866
Richmond Reserves 10th 8 -0- 10 32 97.7% 1,795 1,838
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 3 -0- 15 12 75.8% 1,586 2,092
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -0- 16 8 71.8% 1,369 1,908

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1976 Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 135 - 60
SAT 07/08/1976 Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Junction Oval 68 - 119
SAT 07/08/1976 Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 112 - 62
SAT 07/08/1976 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 84 - 80
SAT 07/08/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 52 - 51
SAT 07/08/1976 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 56 - 92

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 14 -0- 5 56 140.7% 2,330 1,656
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 115.4% 2,115 1,833
Essendon Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 7 48 109.9% 2,014 1,832
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 12 -0- 7 48 100.2% 1,823 1,819
Footscray Reserves 5th 11 -0- 8 44 104.3% 1,912 1,834
Carlton Reserves 6th 11 -0- 8 44 97.4% 1,833 1,882
Geelong Reserves 7th 10 -0- 9 40 94.1% 1,831 1,946
Melbourne Reserves 8th 9 -0- 10 36 99.4% 1,934 1,946
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 8 -0- 11 32 109.1% 2,095 1,921
Richmond Reserves 10th 8 -0- 11 32 97.6% 1,875 1,922
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 3 -0- 16 12 74.8% 1,654 2,211
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -0- 17 8 69.9% 1,429 2,043

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1976 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 91 - 118
SAT 14/08/1976 Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 72 - 94
SAT 14/08/1976 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Junction Oval 79 - 149
SAT 14/08/1976 Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 57 - 106
SAT 14/08/1976 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 84 - 127
SAT 14/08/1976 St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 131 - 100

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 15 -0- 5 60 142.2% 2,436 1,713
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 118.4% 2,264 1,912
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 101.4% 1,917 1,891
Essendon Reserves 4th 12 -0- 8 48 108.3% 2,086 1,926
Footscray Reserves 5th 11 -0- 9 44 101.5% 1,969 1,940
Carlton Reserves 6th 11 -0- 9 44 96.2% 1,924 2,000
Geelong Reserves 7th 11 -0- 9 44 95.7% 1,949 2,037
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 9 -0- 11 36 110.8% 2,222 2,005
Melbourne Reserves 9th 9 -0- 11 36 97.9% 2,034 2,077
Richmond Reserves 10th 8 -0- 12 32 95.6% 1,959 2,049
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 3 -0- 17 12 73.4% 1,733 2,360
St Kilda Reserves 12th 3 -0- 17 12 72.8% 1,560 2,143

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1976 Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 104 - 96
SAT 21/08/1976 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 139 - 52
SAT 21/08/1976 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 62 - 78
SAT 21/08/1976 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 53 - 134
SAT 21/08/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Arden Street Oval 75 - 80
SAT 21/08/1976 South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 100 - 128

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 16 -0- 5 64 140.4% 2,540 1,809
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 116.9% 2,326 1,990
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 8 52 101.1% 1,992 1,971
Essendon Reserves 4th 12 -0- 9 48 107.5% 2,182 2,030
Footscray Reserves 5th 12 -0- 9 48 105.8% 2,108 1,992
Geelong Reserves 6th 12 -0- 9 48 99.7% 2,083 2,090
Carlton Reserves 7th 12 -0- 9 48 96.6% 2,004 2,075
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 9 -0- 12 36 108.9% 2,322 2,133
Richmond Reserves 9th 9 -0- 12 36 96.5% 2,037 2,111
Melbourne Reserves 10th 9 -0- 12 36 94.4% 2,087 2,211
St Kilda Reserves 11th 4 -0- 17 16 75.3% 1,688 2,243
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 3 -0- 18 12 71.4% 1,785 2,499

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1976 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 122 - 76
SAT 28/08/1976 Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 231 - 65
SAT 28/08/1976 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Junction Oval 116 - 152
SAT 28/08/1976 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 101 - 133
SAT 28/08/1976 North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 109 - 93
SAT 28/08/1976 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 132 - 125

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 17 -0- 5 68 147.9% 2,771 1,874
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 117.6% 2,459 2,091
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 101.8% 2,101 2,064
Essendon Reserves 4th 13 -0- 9 52 108.8% 2,334 2,146
Carlton Reserves 5th 13 -0- 9 52 98.8% 2,126 2,151
Footscray Reserves 6th 12 -0- 10 48 103.3% 2,184 2,114
Geelong Reserves 7th 12 -0- 10 48 98.2% 2,184 2,223
Richmond Reserves 8th 10 -0- 12 40 97.0% 2,169 2,236
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 107.7% 2,415 2,242
Melbourne Reserves 10th 9 -0- 13 36 88.1% 2,152 2,442
St Kilda Reserves 11th 4 -0- 18 16 76.3% 1,813 2,375
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 3 -0- 19 12 71.7% 1,901 2,651

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1976 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 83 - 48

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1976 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 90 - 128

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1976 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 111 - 97
SAT 11/09/1976 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 67 - 63

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1976 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 118 - 83

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1976 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 155 - 129