1977 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured twenty-two rounds (one of which went completely unplayed) in a double round-robin format. Richmond Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Richmond Reserves were the premiers, with Tony Jewell as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1977 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 21
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 132

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park Hugh Mitchell
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Ron Richards
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill Ken Fraser
Fitzroy Reserves Junction Oval Bob Henderson
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Princes Park
Melbourne Reserves MCG Frank Davis
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG Tony Jewell
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Richmond Reserves
Runners-Up: Footscray Reserves
Minor Premiers: Richmond Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond Reserves 1st 18 -0- 3 72 156.8% 2,733 1,743 398 345 252 231
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 130.7% 2,455 1,879 343 397 261 313
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 123.1% 2,209 1,794 321 283 248 306
Footscray Reserves 4th 14 -0- 7 56 109.6% 2,144 1,956 303 326 280 276
Melbourne Reserves 5th 12 -0- 9 48 97.5% 2,045 2,097 288 317 297 315
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 10 -0- 11 40 99.0% 2,181 2,204 307 339 320 284
Geelong Reserves 7th 9 -0- 12 36 101.2% 2,022 1,999 284 318 286 283
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 13 32 80.7% 1,998 2,476 280 318 354 352
St Kilda Reserves 9th 7 -0- 14 28 86.3% 1,914 2,219 274 270 317 317
Carlton Reserves 10th 7 -0- 14 28 82.9% 1,958 2,361 280 278 341 315
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 6 -0- 15 24 78.9% 1,853 2,350 264 269 334 346
Essendon Reserves 12th 5 -0- 16 20 81.4% 1,902 2,336 276 246 328 368

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/04/1977 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) Victoria Park 130 - 96
SAT 02/04/1977 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) Windy Hill 113 - 150
SAT 02/04/1977 Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Junction Oval 122 - 184
SAT 02/04/1977 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 137 - 35
SAT 02/04/1977 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) 123 - 95
SAT 02/04/1977 Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 121 - 159

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 391.4% 137 35
Richmond Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 150.8% 184 122
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 135.4% 130 96
St Kilda Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 132.7% 150 113
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 131.4% 159 121
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 129.5% 123 95
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 77.2% 95 123
Melbourne Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 76.1% 121 159
Essendon Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 75.3% 113 150
Footscray Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 73.8% 96 130
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 66.3% 122 184
Carlton Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 25.5% 35 137

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/04/1977 Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 151 - 109
SAT 09/04/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Arden Street Oval 85 - 129
SAT 09/04/1977 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 139 - 96
MON 11/04/1977 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 109 - 75
MON 11/04/1977 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 163 - 103
MON 11/04/1977 St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) Moorabbin Oval 141 - 134

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 154.2% 347 225
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 143.1% 259 181
South Melbourne Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 137.3% 298 217
St Kilda Reserves 4th 2 -0- 0 8 117.8% 291 247
Geelong Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 154.0% 271 176
Footscray Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 100.0% 205 205
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 87.6% 226 258
Carlton Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 75.6% 186 246
Melbourne Reserves 9th 0 -0- 2 0 73.1% 196 268
Essendon Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 72.3% 209 289
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 71.4% 180 252
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 69.0% 231 335

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1977 Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 132 - 111
SAT 16/04/1977 Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 150 - 105
SAT 16/04/1977 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 108 - 71
SAT 16/04/1977 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 69 - 105
SAT 16/04/1977 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 72 - 171
SAT 16/04/1977 South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 79 - 175

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 171.7% 522 304
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 143.0% 409 286
Footscray Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 113.4% 313 276
St Kilda Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 106.1% 402 379
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 101.2% 331 327
South Melbourne Reserves 6th 2 -0- 1 8 96.2% 377 392
Carlton Reserves 7th 2 -0- 1 8 89.1% 318 357
Geelong Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 121.0% 340 281
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 108.3% 351 324
Essendon Reserves 10th 0 -0- 3 0 71.5% 314 439
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 0 -0- 3 0 68.2% 302 443
Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 61.0% 268 439

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1977 Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 106 - 118
SAT 23/04/1977 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Princes Park 139 - 91
SAT 23/04/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 99 - 140
SAT 23/04/1977 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 91 - 107
SAT 23/04/1977 South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 111 - 102
SAT 23/04/1977 St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 111 - 117

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 4 -0- 0 16 149.1% 613 411
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 136.9% 516 377
Footscray Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 120.8% 453 375
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 3 -0- 1 12 112.4% 470 418
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 3 -0- 1 12 98.8% 488 494
St Kilda Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 103.4% 513 496
Carlton Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 82.5% 409 496
Geelong Reserves 8th 1 -0- 3 4 112.8% 442 392
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 3 4 97.0% 450 464
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 75.6% 419 554
Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 3 4 70.8% 386 545
Essendon Reserves 12th 0 -0- 4 0 75.4% 420 557

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1977 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 97 - 110
SAT 30/04/1977 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 108 - 91
SAT 30/04/1977 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Junction Oval 65 - 118
SAT 30/04/1977 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 93 - 54
SAT 30/04/1977 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 114 - 113
SAT 30/04/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 90 - 80

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 4 -0- 1 16 138.3% 726 525
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 133.3% 624 468
Footscray Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 127.3% 546 429
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 4 -0- 1 16 121.7% 588 483
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 4 -0- 1 16 101.2% 598 591
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 2 -0- 3 8 99.3% 540 544
St Kilda Reserves 7th 2 -0- 3 8 96.3% 567 589
Carlton Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 83.5% 506 606
Melbourne Reserves 9th 2 -0- 3 8 76.0% 500 658
Geelong Reserves 10th 1 -0- 4 4 106.6% 533 500
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 4 4 72.0% 484 672
Essendon Reserves 12th 0 -0- 5 0 77.3% 500 647

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1977 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 111 - 113
SAT 07/05/1977 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 129 - 86
SAT 07/05/1977 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 80 - 115
SAT 07/05/1977 Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 125 - 143
SAT 07/05/1977 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 123 - 75
SAT 07/05/1977 South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 136 - 114

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 5 -0- 1 20 141.5% 849 600
South Melbourne Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 104.1% 734 705
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 126.5% 735 581
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 4 -0- 2 16 113.9% 713 626
Footscray Reserves 5th 4 -0- 2 16 113.3% 632 558
St Kilda Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 99.4% 710 714
Carlton Reserves 7th 3 -0- 3 12 86.3% 619 717
Melbourne Reserves 8th 3 -0- 3 12 83.3% 615 738
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 2 -0- 4 8 92.2% 615 667
Geelong Reserves 10th 1 -0- 5 4 99.7% 613 615
Essendon Reserves 11th 1 -0- 5 4 85.8% 629 733
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 5 4 74.0% 598 808

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1977 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 79 - 177
SAT 14/05/1977 Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Junction Oval 86 - 125
SAT 14/05/1977 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 111 - 107
SAT 14/05/1977 Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 117 - 99
SAT 14/05/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 110 - 76
SAT 14/05/1977 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 77 - 99

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 6 -0- 1 24 151.1% 1,026 679
South Melbourne Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 106.5% 833 782
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 128.9% 860 667
Footscray Reserves 4th 5 -0- 2 20 111.7% 743 665
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 4 -0- 3 16 111.3% 820 737
Melbourne Reserves 6th 4 -0- 3 16 87.5% 732 837
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 97.6% 725 743
St Kilda Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 96.8% 787 813
Carlton Reserves 9th 3 -0- 4 12 86.1% 718 834
Geelong Reserves 10th 1 -0- 6 4 95.0% 689 725
Essendon Reserves 11th 1 -0- 6 4 77.8% 708 910
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 6 4 73.3% 684 933

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1977 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 66 - 120
SAT 21/05/1977 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 117 - 64
SAT 21/05/1977 Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 75 - 47
SAT 21/05/1977 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 68 - 55
SAT 21/05/1977 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 143 - 76
SAT 21/05/1977 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 101 - 125

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 7 -0- 1 28 154.8% 1,169 755
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 133.7% 977 731
South Melbourne Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 103.0% 934 907
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 5 -0- 3 20 112.8% 945 838
Footscray Reserves 5th 5 -0- 3 20 101.4% 819 808
Melbourne Reserves 6th 5 -0- 3 20 89.7% 800 892
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 4 -0- 4 16 104.4% 845 809
St Kilda Reserves 8th 3 -0- 5 12 91.5% 851 930
Carlton Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 82.2% 784 954
Geelong Reserves 10th 2 -0- 6 8 99.0% 764 772
Essendon Reserves 11th 1 -0- 7 4 76.6% 755 985
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 7 4 73.8% 739 1,001

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1977 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) Windy Hill 88 - 70
SAT 28/05/1977 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 98 - 141
SAT 28/05/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Arden Street Oval 155 - 41
SAT 28/05/1977 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 92 - 87
SAT 28/05/1977 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 88 - 107
SAT 28/05/1977 St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 77 - 83

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 7 -0- 2 28 149.8% 1,261 842
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 134.9% 1,118 829
Footscray Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 103.3% 926 896
South Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 3 24 100.8% 1,022 1,014
Melbourne Reserves 5th 6 -0- 3 24 91.1% 883 969
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 5 -0- 4 20 117.6% 1,000 850
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 5 -0- 4 20 106.5% 1,043 979
Geelong Reserves 8th 3 -0- 6 12 98.5% 851 864
St Kilda Reserves 9th 3 -0- 6 12 91.6% 928 1,013
Carlton Reserves 10th 3 -0- 6 12 82.0% 854 1,042
Essendon Reserves 11th 2 -0- 7 8 79.9% 843 1,055
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 8 4 67.5% 780 1,156

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1977 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 74 - 124
SAT 04/06/1977 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 130 - 81
SAT 04/06/1977 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Junction Oval 100 - 95
SAT 04/06/1977 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 95 - 111
SAT 04/06/1977 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 125 - 102
SAT 04/06/1977 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 110 - 82

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 8 -0- 2 32 151.2% 1,385 916
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 137.1% 1,248 910
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 94.1% 1,008 1,071
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 4 24 119.1% 1,110 932
Footscray Reserves 5th 6 -0- 4 24 101.4% 1,021 1,007
South Melbourne Reserves 6th 6 -0- 4 24 96.4% 1,103 1,144
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 5 -0- 5 20 103.7% 1,145 1,104
Geelong Reserves 8th 4 -0- 6 16 100.3% 962 959
St Kilda Reserves 9th 3 -0- 7 12 89.9% 1,010 1,123
Carlton Reserves 10th 3 -0- 7 12 79.6% 928 1,166
Essendon Reserves 11th 2 -0- 8 8 81.2% 938 1,155
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 8 8 70.3% 880 1,251

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1977 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 122 - 99
SAT 11/06/1977 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 138 - 79
SAT 11/06/1977 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 79 - 103
MON 13/06/1977 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) 118 - 86
MON 13/06/1977 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) 100 - 127
MON 13/06/1977 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) 41 - 114

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 9 -0- 2 36 156.6% 1,499 957
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 136.1% 1,375 1,010
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 120.0% 1,213 1,011
Melbourne Reserves 4th 7 -0- 4 28 92.5% 1,108 1,198
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 6 -0- 5 24 106.1% 1,263 1,190
Footscray Reserves 6th 6 -0- 5 24 99.2% 1,120 1,129
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 6 -0- 5 24 94.8% 1,182 1,247
Geelong Reserves 8th 5 -0- 6 20 106.0% 1,100 1,038
Carlton Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 83.0% 1,050 1,265
St Kilda Reserves 10th 3 -0- 8 12 85.0% 1,051 1,237
Essendon Reserves 11th 2 -0- 9 8 80.4% 1,024 1,273
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 9 8 69.0% 959 1,389

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1977 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 30 - 94
SAT 18/06/1977 Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 75 - 64
SAT 18/06/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Arden Street Oval 61 - 88
SAT 18/06/1977 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 106 - 65
SAT 18/06/1977 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 53 - 73
SAT 18/06/1977 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 78 - 32

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 10 -0- 2 40 157.0% 1,605 1,022
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 132.6% 1,439 1,085
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 94.4% 1,181 1,251
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 7 -0- 5 28 115.9% 1,274 1,099
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 7 -0- 5 28 108.0% 1,351 1,251
Footscray Reserves 6th 7 -0- 5 28 100.2% 1,195 1,193
Geelong Reserves 7th 6 -0- 6 24 111.8% 1,194 1,068
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 6 -0- 6 24 93.6% 1,235 1,320
St Kilda Reserves 9th 4 -0- 8 16 89.0% 1,129 1,269
Carlton Reserves 10th 4 -0- 8 16 79.5% 1,080 1,359
Essendon Reserves 11th 2 -0- 10 8 78.2% 1,056 1,351
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 10 8 68.5% 1,024 1,495

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
CANCELLED Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R)
CANCELLED Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R)
CANCELLED Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R)
CANCELLED Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R)
CANCELLED Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R)
CANCELLED Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R)

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 10 -0- 2 40 157.0% 1,605 1,022
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 132.6% 1,439 1,085
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 94.4% 1,181 1,251
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 7 -0- 5 28 115.9% 1,274 1,099
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 7 -0- 5 28 108.0% 1,351 1,251
Footscray Reserves 6th 7 -0- 5 28 100.2% 1,195 1,193
Geelong Reserves 7th 6 -0- 6 24 111.8% 1,194 1,068
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 6 -0- 6 24 93.6% 1,235 1,320
St Kilda Reserves 9th 4 -0- 8 16 89.0% 1,129 1,269
Carlton Reserves 10th 4 -0- 8 16 79.5% 1,080 1,359
Essendon Reserves 11th 2 -0- 10 8 78.2% 1,056 1,351
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 10 8 68.5% 1,024 1,495

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1977 Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 95 - 85
SAT 02/07/1977 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 61 - 107
SAT 02/07/1977 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 67 - 65
SAT 02/07/1977 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 73 - 70
SAT 02/07/1977 Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 73 - 71
SAT 02/07/1977 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 72 - 64

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 11 -0- 2 44 158.1% 1,712 1,083
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 125.8% 1,500 1,192
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 95.3% 1,253 1,315
Footscray Reserves 4th 8 -0- 5 32 100.4% 1,268 1,263
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 7 -0- 6 28 114.7% 1,344 1,172
Geelong Reserves 6th 7 -0- 6 28 111.2% 1,267 1,139
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 7 -0- 6 28 106.7% 1,436 1,346
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 6 -0- 7 24 93.8% 1,306 1,393
Carlton Reserves 9th 5 -0- 8 20 81.4% 1,175 1,444
St Kilda Reserves 10th 4 -0- 9 16 89.4% 1,194 1,336
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 3 -0- 10 12 69.9% 1,091 1,560
Essendon Reserves 12th 2 -0- 11 8 78.7% 1,120 1,423

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1977 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 60 - 113
SAT 09/07/1977 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) Junction Oval 117 - 124
SAT 09/07/1977 Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 80 - 154
SAT 09/07/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 131 - 103
SAT 09/07/1977 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 173 - 70
SAT 09/07/1977 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 146 - 105

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 12 -0- 2 48 163.5% 1,885 1,153
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 128.8% 1,613 1,252
Footscray Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 100.9% 1,392 1,380
Melbourne Reserves 4th 9 -0- 5 36 93.8% 1,356 1,446
Geelong Reserves 5th 8 -0- 6 32 116.6% 1,421 1,219
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 8 -0- 6 32 115.7% 1,475 1,275
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 7 -0- 7 28 101.1% 1,516 1,500
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 6 -0- 8 24 87.9% 1,376 1,566
St Kilda Reserves 9th 5 -0- 9 20 93.0% 1,340 1,441
Carlton Reserves 10th 5 -0- 9 20 80.5% 1,280 1,590
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 3 -0- 11 12 71.7% 1,208 1,684
Essendon Reserves 12th 2 -0- 12 8 76.8% 1,180 1,536

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1977 Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 71 - 98
SAT 16/07/1977 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 112 - 119
SAT 16/07/1977 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 90 - 110
SAT 16/07/1977 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 80 - 73
SAT 16/07/1977 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 128 - 103
SAT 16/07/1977 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 99 - 84

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 13 -0- 2 52 160.3% 1,965 1,226
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 127.0% 1,732 1,364
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 116.9% 1,573 1,346
Footscray Reserves 4th 9 -0- 6 36 99.8% 1,476 1,479
Melbourne Reserves 5th 9 -0- 6 36 93.6% 1,429 1,526
Geelong Reserves 6th 8 -0- 7 32 114.6% 1,533 1,338
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 7 -0- 8 28 99.8% 1,606 1,610
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -0- 8 28 90.1% 1,504 1,669
St Kilda Reserves 9th 6 -0- 9 24 94.4% 1,439 1,525
Carlton Reserves 10th 5 -0- 10 20 80.5% 1,383 1,718
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 4 -0- 11 16 74.3% 1,318 1,774
Essendon Reserves 12th 2 -0- 13 8 76.6% 1,251 1,634

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1977 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 107 - 105
SAT 23/07/1977 Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 115 - 90
SAT 23/07/1977 Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) Western Oval 106 - 75
SAT 23/07/1977 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 140 - 102
SAT 23/07/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Arden Street Oval 84 - 111
SAT 23/07/1977 St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 74 - 92

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 14 -0- 2 56 158.5% 2,076 1,310
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 124.9% 1,837 1,471
Footscray Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 101.8% 1,582 1,554
Melbourne Reserves 4th 10 -0- 6 40 96.4% 1,569 1,628
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 9 -0- 7 36 113.7% 1,657 1,457
Geelong Reserves 6th 8 -0- 8 32 110.6% 1,635 1,478
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 8 -0- 8 32 100.8% 1,698 1,684
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -0- 9 28 89.3% 1,594 1,784
St Kilda Reserves 9th 6 -0- 10 24 93.6% 1,513 1,617
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 10 24 81.7% 1,490 1,823
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 5 -0- 11 20 76.9% 1,433 1,864
Essendon Reserves 12th 2 -0- 14 8 76.2% 1,326 1,740

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1977 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 52 - 57
SAT 30/07/1977 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) Victoria Park 95 - 90
SAT 30/07/1977 Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 39 - 89
SAT 30/07/1977 Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 87 - 100
SAT 30/07/1977 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 139 - 95
SAT 30/07/1977 South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 90 - 85

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 15 -0- 2 60 157.7% 2,215 1,405
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 123.8% 1,932 1,561
Footscray Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 102.5% 1,682 1,641
Melbourne Reserves 4th 11 -0- 6 44 96.8% 1,626 1,680
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 10 -0- 7 40 116.7% 1,746 1,496
Geelong Reserves 6th 8 -0- 9 32 106.8% 1,674 1,567
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 8 -0- 9 32 100.1% 1,785 1,784
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 9 32 90.1% 1,684 1,869
St Kilda Reserves 9th 6 -0- 11 24 93.6% 1,598 1,707
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 11 24 82.0% 1,542 1,880
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 5 -0- 12 20 77.7% 1,523 1,959
Essendon Reserves 12th 2 -0- 15 8 75.6% 1,421 1,879

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1977 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 99 - 127
SAT 06/08/1977 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 66 - 131
SAT 06/08/1977 Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) Western Oval 99 - 90
SAT 06/08/1977 Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 101 - 87
SAT 06/08/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Arden Street Oval 114 - 76
SAT 06/08/1977 St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) Moorabbin Oval 75 - 125

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 15 -0- 3 60 153.3% 2,305 1,504
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 125.7% 2,057 1,636
Footscray Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 102.9% 1,781 1,731
Melbourne Reserves 4th 12 -0- 6 48 100.6% 1,757 1,746
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 11 -0- 7 44 118.3% 1,860 1,572
Geelong Reserves 6th 9 -0- 9 36 108.1% 1,801 1,666
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 9 -0- 9 36 100.8% 1,886 1,871
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 10 32 89.9% 1,771 1,970
St Kilda Reserves 9th 6 -0- 12 24 91.3% 1,673 1,832
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 12 24 81.1% 1,618 1,994
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 5 -0- 13 20 76.0% 1,589 2,090
Essendon Reserves 12th 2 -0- 16 8 75.8% 1,520 2,006

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1977 Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 127 - 161
SAT 13/08/1977 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) Victoria Park 127 - 88
SAT 13/08/1977 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 66 - 70
SAT 13/08/1977 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 184 - 76
SAT 13/08/1977 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) Kardinia Park 90 - 119
SAT 13/08/1977 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 110 - 130

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 16 -0- 3 64 152.1% 2,424 1,594
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 126.7% 2,184 1,724
Footscray Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 108.7% 1,965 1,807
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 12 -0- 7 48 117.8% 1,930 1,638
Melbourne Reserves 5th 12 -0- 7 48 99.5% 1,867 1,876
Geelong Reserves 6th 9 -0- 10 36 105.9% 1,891 1,785
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 9 -0- 10 36 98.8% 1,974 1,998
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 11 32 85.7% 1,847 2,154
St Kilda Reserves 9th 7 -0- 12 28 92.8% 1,803 1,942
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 13 24 81.0% 1,745 2,155
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 5 -0- 14 20 76.6% 1,655 2,160
Essendon Reserves 12th 3 -0- 16 12 78.8% 1,681 2,133

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1977 Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) Windy Hill 99 - 95
SAT 20/08/1977 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 40 - 111
SAT 20/08/1977 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 99 - 84
SAT 20/08/1977 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 138 - 104
SAT 20/08/1977 South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 61 - 149
SAT 20/08/1977 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 66 - 106

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 17 -0- 3 68 150.9% 2,562 1,698
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 130.7% 2,333 1,785
Footscray Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 112.4% 2,076 1,847
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 13 -0- 7 52 119.5% 2,036 1,704
Melbourne Reserves 5th 12 -0- 8 48 98.8% 1,951 1,975
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 10 -0- 10 40 99.6% 2,073 2,082
Geelong Reserves 7th 9 -0- 11 36 101.8% 1,931 1,896
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 12 32 82.8% 1,908 2,303
St Kilda Reserves 9th 7 -0- 13 28 91.3% 1,869 2,048
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 14 24 80.6% 1,849 2,293
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 5 -0- 15 20 77.5% 1,750 2,259
Essendon Reserves 12th 4 -0- 16 16 79.9% 1,780 2,228

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1977 Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 122 - 94
SAT 27/08/1977 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 122 - 108
SAT 27/08/1977 Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Junction Oval 103 - 91
SAT 27/08/1977 Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 68 - 109
SAT 27/08/1977 North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 173 - 90
SAT 27/08/1977 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 171 - 45

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 18 -0- 3 72 156.8% 2,733 1,743
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 130.7% 2,455 1,879
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 123.1% 2,209 1,794
Footscray Reserves 4th 14 -0- 7 56 109.6% 2,144 1,956
Melbourne Reserves 5th 12 -0- 9 48 97.5% 2,045 2,097
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 10 -0- 11 40 99.0% 2,181 2,204
Geelong Reserves 7th 9 -0- 12 36 101.2% 2,022 1,999
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 13 32 80.7% 1,998 2,476
St Kilda Reserves 9th 7 -0- 14 28 86.3% 1,914 2,219
Carlton Reserves 10th 7 -0- 14 28 82.9% 1,958 2,361
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 6 -0- 15 24 78.9% 1,853 2,350
Essendon Reserves 12th 5 -0- 16 20 81.4% 1,902 2,336

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1977 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 122 - 70

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1977 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 76 - 108

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1977 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 121 - 133
SAT 10/09/1977 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 115 - 84

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1977 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 65 - 89

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1977 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 132 - 75