1979 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1979 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. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Collingwood Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. North Melbourne Reserves were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1979 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Carlton Reserves	Princes Park	Serge Silvagni
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	Ray Biffin
North Melbourne Reserves	Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves	MCG	Royce Hart
South Melbourne Reserves	Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves	Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: North Melbourne Reserves
Runners-Up: Collingwood 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	15	-0-	7	60	138.5%	3,035	2,191	438	407	316	295
North Melbourne Reserves	2nd	15	-0-	7	60	136.1%	2,534	1,862	370	314	263	284
Footscray Reserves	3rd	15	-0-	7	60	124.3%	2,677	2,154	394	313	305	324
Carlton Reserves	4th	14	-0-	8	56	117.0%	2,462	2,104	344	398	296	328
Geelong Reserves	5th	14	-0-	8	56	113.2%	2,510	2,218	363	332	313	340
Richmond Reserves	6th	13	-0-	9	52	114.7%	2,386	2,080	339	352	294	316
Essendon Reserves	7th	12	-0-	10	48	109.4%	2,222	2,031	316	326	284	327
Hawthorn Reserves	8th	9	-0-	13	36	93.8%	2,246	2,395	320	326	342	343
Melbourne Reserves	9th	8	-0-	14	32	87.6%	2,267	2,587	324	323	372	355
South Melbourne Reserves	10th	8	-0-	14	32	78.7%	2,196	2,789	312	324	405	359
St Kilda Reserves	11th	5	-0-	17	20	58.0%	1,660	2,863	233	262	413	385
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	4	-0-	18	16	67.4%	1,900	2,821	262	328	412	349

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
North Melbourne Reserves	1st	Premiers
Collingwood Reserves	2nd	Runners-Up
Geelong Reserves	3rd	Defeated by Collingwood Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Footscray Reserves	4th	Defeated by Geelong Reserves (Semi Final)
Carlton Reserves	5th	Defeated by Geelong Reserves (Elimination Final)
Richmond Reserves	6th	Did not qualify for finals
Essendon Reserves	7th	Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn Reserves	8th	Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Reserves	9th	Did not qualify for finals
South 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
SAT	07/04/1979	Carlton (R) v Geelong (R)		143	-	147
SAT	07/04/1979	Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R)	Victoria Park	142	-	75
SAT	07/04/1979	Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R)	MCG	125	-	127
SAT	07/04/1979	North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R)	Arden Street Oval	89	-	98
SAT	07/04/1979	South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R)	Lakeside Oval	163	-	114
SAT	07/04/1979	St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R)	Moorabbin Oval	38	-	148

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hawthorn Reserves	1st	1	-0-	0	4	389.5%	148	38
Collingwood Reserves	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	189.3%	142	75
South Melbourne Reserves	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	143.0%	163	114
Essendon Reserves	4th	1	-0-	0	4	110.1%	98	89
Geelong Reserves	5th	1	-0-	0	4	102.8%	147	143
Footscray Reserves	6th	1	-0-	0	4	101.6%	127	125
Melbourne Reserves	7th	0	-0-	1	0	98.4%	125	127
Carlton Reserves	8th	0	-0-	1	0	97.3%	143	147
North Melbourne Reserves	9th	0	-0-	1	0	90.8%	89	98
Richmond Reserves	10th	0	-0-	1	0	69.9%	114	163
Fitzroy Reserves	11th	0	-0-	1	0	52.8%	75	142
St Kilda Reserves	12th	0	-0-	1	0	25.7%	38	148

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/04/1979	Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R)		103	-	62
SAT	14/04/1979	Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R)	Junction Oval	154	-	92
SAT	14/04/1979	Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R)	Western Oval	91	-	160
SAT	14/04/1979	Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R)	Princes Park	119	-	197
MON	16/04/1979	Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R)	Kardinia Park	120	-	108
MON	16/04/1979	Richmond (R) v Carlton (R)	MCG	82	-	107

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	2	-0-	0	8	174.7%	339	194
Essendon Reserves	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	133.1%	201	151
Geelong Reserves	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	106.4%	267	251
North Melbourne Reserves	4th	1	-0-	1	4	131.7%	249	189
Hawthorn Reserves	5th	1	-0-	1	4	113.6%	267	235
Carlton Reserves	6th	1	-0-	1	4	109.2%	250	229
Fitzroy Reserves	7th	1	-0-	1	4	97.9%	229	234
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	1	-0-	1	4	95.1%	255	268
Footscray Reserves	9th	1	-0-	1	4	76.5%	218	285
Melbourne Reserves	10th	0	-0-	2	0	94.3%	233	247
Richmond Reserves	11th	0	-0-	2	0	72.6%	196	270
St Kilda Reserves	12th	0	-0-	2	0	39.8%	100	251

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/03/1979	Essendon (R) v Carlton (R)	VFL Park	70	-	98
SAT	21/04/1979	Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R)	Princes Park	153	-	96
SAT	21/04/1979	Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R)	MCG	116	-	96
SAT	21/04/1979	South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R)	Lakeside Oval	104	-	65
SAT	21/04/1979	St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R)	Moorabbin Oval	85	-	168
SUN	22/04/1979	North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R)	Moorabbin Oval	116	-	91

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	2	-0-	1	8	138.7%	430	310
North Melbourne Reserves	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	130.4%	365	280
Hawthorn Reserves	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	126.9%	420	331
Carlton Reserves	4th	2	-0-	1	8	116.4%	348	299
Essendon Reserves	5th	2	-0-	1	8	108.8%	271	249
South Melbourne Reserves	6th	2	-0-	1	8	107.8%	359	333
Footscray Reserves	7th	2	-0-	1	8	104.3%	386	370
Geelong Reserves	8th	2	-0-	1	8	89.9%	363	404
Fitzroy Reserves	9th	1	-0-	2	4	92.9%	325	350
Richmond Reserves	10th	1	-0-	2	4	85.2%	312	366
Melbourne Reserves	11th	0	-0-	3	0	84.9%	298	351
St Kilda Reserves	12th	0	-0-	3	0	44.2%	185	419

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/04/1979	Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R)	Victoria Park	222	-	71
SAT	28/04/1979	Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R)	Junction Oval	95	-	76
SAT	28/04/1979	Footscray (R) v Essendon (R)	Western Oval	110	-	104
SAT	28/04/1979	Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R)	Kardinia Park	102	-	101
SAT	28/04/1979	Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R)	VFL Park	100	-	102
SUN	29/04/1979	Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R)	Moorabbin Oval	83	-	105

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	3	-0-	1	12	171.1%	652	381
South Melbourne Reserves	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	106.5%	461	433
Footscray Reserves	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	104.6%	496	474
Geelong Reserves	4th	3	-0-	1	12	92.1%	465	505
North Melbourne Reserves	5th	2	-0-	2	8	122.0%	466	382
Hawthorn Reserves	6th	2	-0-	2	8	120.1%	520	433
Carlton Reserves	7th	2	-0-	2	8	107.6%	424	394
Essendon Reserves	8th	2	-0-	2	8	104.5%	375	359
Fitzroy Reserves	9th	2	-0-	2	8	98.6%	420	426
Richmond Reserves	10th	2	-0-	2	8	92.9%	417	449
Melbourne Reserves	11th	0	-0-	4	0	83.6%	381	456
St Kilda Reserves	12th	0	-0-	4	0	39.9%	256	641

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/05/1979	Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R)	Princes Park	146	-	94
SAT	05/05/1979	Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R)		133	-	65
SAT	05/05/1979	Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R)	VFL Park	128	-	107
SAT	05/05/1979	North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R)	Arden Street Oval	177	-	92
SAT	05/05/1979	Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R)	MCG	122	-	109
SAT	05/05/1979	St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R)	Moorabbin Oval	100	-	85

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray Reserves	1st	4	-0-	1	16	107.4%	624	581
Collingwood Reserves	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	149.1%	759	509
North Melbourne Reserves	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	135.7%	643	474
Essendon Reserves	4th	3	-0-	2	12	119.8%	508	424
Carlton Reserves	5th	3	-0-	2	12	116.8%	570	488
Richmond Reserves	6th	3	-0-	2	12	96.6%	539	558
Geelong Reserves	7th	3	-0-	2	12	90.9%	550	605
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	3	-0-	2	12	90.7%	553	610
Hawthorn Reserves	9th	2	-0-	3	8	113.3%	629	555
Fitzroy Reserves	10th	2	-0-	3	8	86.8%	485	559
St Kilda Reserves	11th	1	-0-	4	4	49.0%	356	726
Melbourne Reserves	12th	0	-0-	5	0	78.9%	475	602

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/05/1979	Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R)	Victoria Park	148	-	66
SAT	12/05/1979	Geelong (R) v Footscray (R)	Kardinia Park	93	-	116
SAT	12/05/1979	Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R)		108	-	109
SAT	12/05/1979	Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R)	MCG	101	-	154
SAT	12/05/1979	North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R)	VFL Park	74	-	63
SAT	12/05/1979	South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R)	Lakeside Oval	101	-	110

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray Reserves	1st	5	-0-	1	20	109.8%	740	674
Collingwood Reserves	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	157.7%	907	575
North Melbourne Reserves	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	133.5%	717	537
Carlton Reserves	4th	4	-0-	2	16	113.9%	679	596
Essendon Reserves	5th	3	-0-	3	12	100.3%	574	572
Fitzroy Reserves	6th	3	-0-	3	12	96.8%	639	660
Richmond Reserves	7th	3	-0-	3	12	95.3%	602	632
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	3	-0-	3	12	90.8%	654	720
Geelong Reserves	9th	3	-0-	3	12	89.2%	643	721
Hawthorn Reserves	10th	2	-0-	4	8	111.0%	737	664
St Kilda Reserves	11th	2	-0-	4	8	56.3%	466	827
Melbourne Reserves	12th	0	-0-	6	0	76.2%	576	756

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/05/1979	Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R)	Princes Park	97	-	162
SAT	19/05/1979	Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R)	VFL Park	160	-	120
SAT	19/05/1979	Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R)	Windy Hill	138	-	115
SAT	19/05/1979	Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R)	Junction Oval	106	-	144
SAT	19/05/1979	Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R)		106	-	123
SAT	19/05/1979	St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R)	Moorabbin Oval	97	-	86

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	5	-0-	2	20	153.5%	1,067	695
North Melbourne Reserves	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	138.6%	879	634
Footscray Reserves	3rd	5	-0-	2	20	106.1%	846	797
Essendon Reserves	4th	4	-0-	3	16	103.6%	712	687
Carlton Reserves	5th	4	-0-	3	16	102.4%	776	758
South Melbourne Reserves	6th	4	-0-	3	16	94.1%	777	826
Hawthorn Reserves	7th	3	-0-	4	12	114.4%	881	770
Richmond Reserves	8th	3	-0-	4	12	94.4%	688	729
Fitzroy Reserves	9th	3	-0-	4	12	92.7%	745	804
Geelong Reserves	10th	3	-0-	4	12	86.6%	763	881
St Kilda Reserves	11th	3	-0-	4	12	61.7%	563	913
Melbourne Reserves	12th	0	-0-	7	0	77.3%	691	894

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/05/1979	Geelong (R) v Essendon (R)	Kardinia Park	101	-	70
SAT	26/05/1979	Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R)	Princes Park	114	-	142
SAT	26/05/1979	North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R)		71	-	50
SAT	26/05/1979	Richmond (R) v Footscray (R)	MCG	124	-	116
SAT	26/05/1979	South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R)	Lakeside Oval	106	-	156
SAT	26/05/1979	St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R)	VFL Park	71	-	108

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	6	-0-	2	24	152.7%	1,223	801
North Melbourne Reserves	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	138.9%	950	684
Carlton Reserves	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	106.6%	884	829
Footscray Reserves	4th	5	-0-	3	20	104.5%	962	921
Essendon Reserves	5th	4	-0-	4	16	99.2%	782	788
Richmond Reserves	6th	4	-0-	4	16	96.1%	812	845
Geelong Reserves	7th	4	-0-	4	16	90.9%	864	951
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	4	-0-	4	16	89.9%	883	982
Hawthorn Reserves	9th	3	-0-	5	12	109.1%	995	912
Fitzroy Reserves	10th	3	-0-	5	12	90.9%	795	875
St Kilda Reserves	11th	3	-0-	5	12	62.1%	634	1,021
Melbourne Reserves	12th	1	-0-	7	4	82.6%	833	1,008

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/06/1979	Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R)		110	-	116
SAT	02/06/1979	Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R)	Junction Oval	88	-	97
SAT	02/06/1979	Footscray (R) v Carlton (R)	Western Oval	101	-	78
SAT	02/06/1979	Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R)	VFL Park	138	-	65
SAT	02/06/1979	Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R)	Princes Park	71	-	99
SAT	02/06/1979	Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R)	MCG	135	-	128

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	6	-0-	3	24	145.4%	1,333	917
North Melbourne Reserves	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	131.6%	1,078	819
Footscray Reserves	3rd	6	-0-	3	24	106.4%	1,063	999
Carlton Reserves	4th	5	-0-	4	20	103.4%	962	930
Essendon Reserves	5th	5	-0-	4	20	102.6%	881	859
Geelong Reserves	6th	5	-0-	4	20	98.6%	1,002	1,016
Richmond Reserves	7th	5	-0-	4	20	97.2%	928	955
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	4	-0-	5	16	84.6%	948	1,120
St Kilda Reserves	9th	4	-0-	5	16	65.9%	731	1,109
Hawthorn Reserves	10th	3	-0-	6	12	105.4%	1,066	1,011
Fitzroy Reserves	11th	3	-0-	6	12	90.8%	883	972
Melbourne Reserves	12th	2	-0-	7	8	85.2%	968	1,136

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/06/1979	Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R)	Princes Park	106	-	133
SAT	09/06/1979	Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R)	Windy Hill	182	-	81
SAT	09/06/1979	Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R)	VFL Park	214	-	82
SAT	09/06/1979	North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R)		80	-	84
SAT	09/06/1979	Richmond (R) v Geelong (R)	MCG	162	-	95
SAT	09/06/1979	St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R)	Moorabbin Oval	95	-	76

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	7	-0-	3	28	143.3%	1,466	1,023
Footscray Reserves	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	118.1%	1,277	1,081
North Melbourne Reserves	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	128.2%	1,158	903
Essendon Reserves	4th	6	-0-	4	24	113.1%	1,063	940
Richmond Reserves	5th	6	-0-	4	24	103.8%	1,090	1,050
Carlton Reserves	6th	5	-0-	5	20	100.5%	1,068	1,063
Geelong Reserves	7th	5	-0-	5	20	93.1%	1,097	1,178
St Kilda Reserves	8th	5	-0-	5	20	69.7%	826	1,185
Hawthorn Reserves	9th	4	-0-	6	16	105.4%	1,150	1,091
South Melbourne Reserves	10th	4	-0-	6	16	79.0%	1,029	1,302
Fitzroy Reserves	11th	3	-0-	7	12	81.4%	965	1,186
Melbourne Reserves	12th	2	-0-	8	8	84.8%	1,044	1,231

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/06/1979	Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R)	Junction Oval	81	-	119
SAT	16/06/1979	Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R)		124	-	82
SAT	16/06/1979	Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R)	MCG	113	-	155
MON	18/06/1979	Richmond (R) v Essendon (R)	VFL Park	86	-	56
MON	18/06/1979	South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R)	Lakeside Oval	155	-	134
MON	18/06/1979	St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R)	Moorabbin Oval	77	-	165

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	8	-0-	3	32	142.7%	1,621	1,136
North Melbourne Reserves	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	135.0%	1,323	980
Footscray Reserves	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	112.8%	1,359	1,205
Richmond Reserves	4th	7	-0-	4	28	106.3%	1,176	1,106
Essendon Reserves	5th	6	-0-	5	24	109.1%	1,119	1,026
Geelong Reserves	6th	6	-0-	5	24	96.6%	1,216	1,259
Hawthorn Reserves	7th	5	-0-	6	20	108.6%	1,274	1,173
Carlton Reserves	8th	5	-0-	6	20	98.7%	1,202	1,218
South Melbourne Reserves	9th	5	-0-	6	20	82.5%	1,184	1,436
St Kilda Reserves	10th	5	-0-	6	20	66.9%	903	1,350
Fitzroy Reserves	11th	3	-0-	8	12	80.2%	1,046	1,305
Melbourne Reserves	12th	2	-0-	9	8	83.5%	1,157	1,386

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/06/1979	Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R)		133	-	66
SAT	23/06/1979	Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R)	VFL Park	97	-	179
SAT	23/06/1979	Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R)	Western Oval	85	-	92
SAT	23/06/1979	Geelong (R) v Carlton (R)	Kardinia Park	74	-	83
SAT	23/06/1979	Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R)	Princes Park	113	-	80
SAT	23/06/1979	Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R)	MCG	171	-	81

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	9	-0-	3	36	146.0%	1,800	1,233
Richmond Reserves	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	113.5%	1,347	1,187
North Melbourne Reserves	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	124.8%	1,389	1,113
Essendon Reserves	4th	7	-0-	5	28	114.7%	1,252	1,092
Footscray Reserves	5th	7	-0-	5	28	111.3%	1,444	1,297
Hawthorn Reserves	6th	6	-0-	6	24	110.7%	1,387	1,253
Carlton Reserves	7th	6	-0-	6	24	99.5%	1,285	1,292
Geelong Reserves	8th	6	-0-	6	24	96.1%	1,290	1,342
South Melbourne Reserves	9th	5	-0-	7	20	78.7%	1,265	1,607
St Kilda Reserves	10th	5	-0-	7	20	67.2%	983	1,463
Melbourne Reserves	11th	3	-0-	9	12	84.9%	1,249	1,471
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	3	-0-	9	12	77.0%	1,143	1,484

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/06/1979	Carlton (R) v Richmond (R)	Princes Park	84	-	51
SAT	30/06/1979	Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R)	Victoria Park	130	-	80
SAT	30/06/1979	Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R)		122	-	143
SAT	30/06/1979	North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R)	Arden Street Oval	70	-	84
SAT	30/06/1979	South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R)	Lakeside Oval	133	-	91
SAT	30/06/1979	St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R)	Moorabbin Oval	74	-	114

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	10	-0-	3	40	147.0%	1,930	1,313
Essendon Reserves	2nd	8	-0-	5	32	117.2%	1,366	1,166
Footscray Reserves	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	111.8%	1,528	1,367
Richmond Reserves	4th	8	-0-	5	32	110.0%	1,398	1,271
North Melbourne Reserves	5th	7	-0-	6	28	121.9%	1,459	1,197
Carlton Reserves	6th	7	-0-	6	28	101.9%	1,369	1,343
Geelong Reserves	7th	7	-0-	6	28	97.9%	1,433	1,464
Hawthorn Reserves	8th	6	-0-	7	24	106.1%	1,467	1,383
South Melbourne Reserves	9th	6	-0-	7	24	82.3%	1,398	1,698
St Kilda Reserves	10th	5	-0-	8	20	67.0%	1,057	1,577
Melbourne Reserves	11th	3	-0-	10	12	84.9%	1,371	1,614
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	3	-0-	10	12	76.3%	1,234	1,617

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/07/1979	Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R)	VFL Park	113	-	49
SAT	07/07/1979	Essendon (R) v Footscray (R)	Windy Hill	66	-	145
SAT	07/07/1979	North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R)	Arden Street Oval	81	-	93
SAT	07/07/1979	Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R)	MCG	87	-	92
SAT	07/07/1979	South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R)	Lakeside Oval	74	-	62
SAT	07/07/1979	St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R)		71	-	134

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	11	-0-	3	44	149.1%	2,064	1,384
Footscray Reserves	2nd	9	-0-	5	36	116.7%	1,673	1,433
Essendon Reserves	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	109.2%	1,432	1,311
Richmond Reserves	4th	8	-0-	6	32	109.0%	1,485	1,363
Carlton Reserves	5th	8	-0-	6	32	106.5%	1,482	1,392
Geelong Reserves	6th	8	-0-	6	32	98.8%	1,526	1,545
North Melbourne Reserves	7th	7	-0-	7	28	119.4%	1,540	1,290
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	7	-0-	7	28	83.6%	1,472	1,760
Hawthorn Reserves	9th	6	-0-	8	24	104.9%	1,529	1,457
St Kilda Reserves	10th	5	-0-	9	20	65.9%	1,128	1,711
Melbourne Reserves	11th	4	-0-	10	16	86.0%	1,463	1,701
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	3	-0-	11	12	74.2%	1,283	1,730

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/07/1979	Carlton (R) v Essendon (R)	Princes Park	139	-	108
SAT	14/07/1979	Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R)	Victoria Park	78	-	105
SAT	14/07/1979	Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R)		85	-	158
SAT	14/07/1979	Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R)	Western Oval	142	-	105
SAT	14/07/1979	Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R)	VFL Park	165	-	92
SAT	14/07/1979	Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R)	MCG	144	-	121

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	11	-0-	4	44	143.9%	2,142	1,489
Footscray Reserves	2nd	10	-0-	5	40	118.0%	1,815	1,538
Richmond Reserves	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	113.5%	1,643	1,448
Carlton Reserves	4th	9	-0-	6	36	108.1%	1,621	1,500
Geelong Reserves	5th	9	-0-	6	36	103.3%	1,691	1,637
North Melbourne Reserves	6th	8	-0-	7	32	120.2%	1,645	1,368
Essendon Reserves	7th	8	-0-	7	32	106.2%	1,540	1,450
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	7	-0-	8	28	83.7%	1,593	1,904
Hawthorn Reserves	9th	6	-0-	9	24	99.9%	1,621	1,622
Melbourne Reserves	10th	5	-0-	10	20	88.2%	1,607	1,822
St Kilda Reserves	11th	5	-0-	10	20	66.5%	1,233	1,853
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	3	-0-	12	12	72.5%	1,368	1,888

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/07/1979	Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R)	Victoria Park	140	-	109
SAT	21/07/1979	Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R)	Junction Oval	82	-	98
SAT	21/07/1979	Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R)	Kardinia Park	117	-	28
SAT	21/07/1979	Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R)	Princes Park	58	-	94
SAT	21/07/1979	Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R)	MCG	67	-	114
SAT	21/07/1979	South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R)		54	-	105

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	12	-0-	4	48	142.8%	2,282	1,598
Richmond Reserves	2nd	10	-0-	6	40	115.3%	1,737	1,506
Footscray Reserves	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	114.7%	1,924	1,678
Carlton Reserves	4th	10	-0-	6	40	110.7%	1,735	1,567
Geelong Reserves	5th	10	-0-	6	40	108.6%	1,808	1,665
North Melbourne Reserves	6th	9	-0-	7	36	123.1%	1,750	1,422
Essendon Reserves	7th	9	-0-	7	36	106.9%	1,638	1,532
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	7	-0-	9	28	82.0%	1,647	2,009
Hawthorn Reserves	9th	6	-0-	10	24	97.8%	1,679	1,716
Melbourne Reserves	10th	5	-0-	11	20	86.5%	1,674	1,936
St Kilda Reserves	11th	5	-0-	11	20	64.0%	1,261	1,970
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	3	-0-	13	12	73.0%	1,450	1,986

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/07/1979	Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R)	Princes Park	105	-	100
SAT	28/07/1979	Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R)	Windy Hill	131	-	96
SAT	28/07/1979	Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R)		56	-	181
SAT	28/07/1979	Footscray (R) v Geelong (R)	Western Oval	124	-	45
SAT	28/07/1979	Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R)	MCG	139	-	155
SAT	28/07/1979	St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R)	Moorabbin Oval	66	-	181

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	12	-0-	5	48	137.5%	2,378	1,729
Footscray Reserves	2nd	11	-0-	6	44	118.9%	2,048	1,723
Carlton Reserves	3rd	11	-0-	6	44	110.4%	1,840	1,667
North Melbourne Reserves	4th	10	-0-	7	40	122.0%	1,905	1,561
Richmond Reserves	5th	10	-0-	7	40	112.9%	1,876	1,661
Essendon Reserves	6th	10	-0-	7	40	108.7%	1,769	1,628
Geelong Reserves	7th	10	-0-	7	40	103.6%	1,853	1,789
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	8	-0-	9	32	88.1%	1,828	2,075
Hawthorn Reserves	9th	6	-0-	11	24	97.7%	1,779	1,821
Melbourne Reserves	10th	6	-0-	11	24	93.1%	1,855	1,992
St Kilda Reserves	11th	5	-0-	12	20	61.7%	1,327	2,151
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	3	-0-	14	12	69.5%	1,506	2,167

Round 18

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/08/1979	Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R)		145	-	118
SAT	04/08/1979	Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R)	Princes Park	176	-	112
SAT	04/08/1979	Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R)	MCG	104	-	99
SAT	04/08/1979	North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R)	Arden Street Oval	107	-	102
SAT	04/08/1979	Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R)	VFL Park	158	-	76
SAT	04/08/1979	South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R)	Lakeside Oval	107	-	155

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	12	-0-	6	48	133.2%	2,496	1,874
Footscray Reserves	2nd	12	-0-	6	48	120.4%	2,203	1,830
North Melbourne Reserves	3rd	11	-0-	7	44	121.0%	2,012	1,663
Richmond Reserves	4th	11	-0-	7	44	117.1%	2,034	1,737
Carlton Reserves	5th	11	-0-	7	44	109.5%	1,942	1,774
Geelong Reserves	6th	11	-0-	7	44	104.8%	1,998	1,907
Essendon Reserves	7th	10	-0-	8	40	107.9%	1,868	1,732
South Melbourne Reserves	8th	8	-0-	10	32	86.8%	1,935	2,230
Hawthorn Reserves	9th	7	-0-	11	28	101.1%	1,955	1,933
Melbourne Reserves	10th	7	-0-	11	28	93.7%	1,959	2,091
St Kilda Reserves	11th	5	-0-	13	20	60.8%	1,403	2,309
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	3	-0-	15	12	69.1%	1,618	2,343

Round 19

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/08/1979	Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R)	Princes Park	186	-	59
SAT	11/08/1979	Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R)	Victoria Park	122	-	85
SAT	11/08/1979	Essendon (R) v Geelong (R)	Windy Hill	83	-	90
SAT	11/08/1979	Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R)	Junction Oval	31	-	56
SAT	11/08/1979	Footscray (R) v Richmond (R)		62	-	50
SAT	11/08/1979	Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R)	VFL Park	68	-	95

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	13	-0-	6	52	133.6%	2,618	1,959
Footscray Reserves	2nd	13	-0-	6	52	120.5%	2,265	1,880
North Melbourne Reserves	3rd	12	-0-	7	48	122.1%	2,068	1,694
Carlton Reserves	4th	12	-0-	7	48	116.1%	2,128	1,833
Geelong Reserves	5th	12	-0-	7	48	104.9%	2,088	1,990
Richmond Reserves	6th	11	-0-	8	44	115.8%	2,084	1,799
Essendon Reserves	7th	10	-0-	9	40	107.1%	1,951	1,822
Hawthorn Reserves	8th	8	-0-	11	32	102.4%	2,050	2,001
South Melbourne Reserves	9th	8	-0-	11	32	85.9%	2,020	2,352
Melbourne Reserves	10th	7	-0-	12	28	92.7%	2,027	2,186
St Kilda Reserves	11th	5	-0-	14	20	58.6%	1,462	2,495
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	3	-0-	16	12	68.7%	1,649	2,399

Round 20

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/08/1979	Carlton (R) v Footscray (R)	VFL Park	104	-	103
SAT	18/08/1979	Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R)		56	-	61
SAT	18/08/1979	North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R)	Arden Street Oval	143	-	80
SAT	18/08/1979	Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R)	MCG	118	-	93
SAT	18/08/1979	South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R)	Lakeside Oval	78	-	140
SAT	18/08/1979	St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R)	Moorabbin Oval	103	-	105

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	13	-0-	7	52	130.5%	2,711	2,077
North Melbourne Reserves	2nd	13	-0-	7	52	124.6%	2,211	1,774
Footscray Reserves	3rd	13	-0-	7	52	119.4%	2,368	1,984
Carlton Reserves	4th	13	-0-	7	52	115.3%	2,232	1,936
Geelong Reserves	5th	13	-0-	7	52	107.7%	2,228	2,068
Richmond Reserves	6th	12	-0-	8	48	116.4%	2,202	1,892
Essendon Reserves	7th	10	-0-	10	40	106.6%	2,007	1,883
Hawthorn Reserves	8th	9	-0-	11	36	102.6%	2,111	2,057
South Melbourne Reserves	9th	8	-0-	12	32	84.2%	2,098	2,492
Melbourne Reserves	10th	7	-0-	13	28	90.5%	2,107	2,329
St Kilda Reserves	11th	5	-0-	15	20	60.2%	1,565	2,600
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	4	-0-	16	16	70.1%	1,754	2,502

Round 21

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/08/1979	Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R)	Victoria Park	144	-	51
SAT	25/08/1979	Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R)	Junction Oval	106	-	128
SAT	25/08/1979	Geelong (R) v Richmond (R)	Kardinia Park	91	-	110
SAT	25/08/1979	Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R)	Princes Park	71	-	157
SAT	25/08/1979	Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R)		97	-	78
SAT	25/08/1979	South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R)	VFL Park	74	-	118

Round 21 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	14	-0-	7	56	134.2%	2,855	2,128
North Melbourne Reserves	2nd	14	-0-	7	56	128.3%	2,368	1,845
Footscray Reserves	3rd	14	-0-	7	56	119.4%	2,496	2,090
Richmond Reserves	4th	13	-0-	8	52	116.6%	2,312	1,983
Carlton Reserves	5th	13	-0-	8	52	109.8%	2,283	2,080
Geelong Reserves	6th	13	-0-	8	52	106.5%	2,319	2,178
Essendon Reserves	7th	11	-0-	10	44	108.6%	2,125	1,957
Hawthorn Reserves	8th	9	-0-	12	36	98.6%	2,182	2,214
Melbourne Reserves	9th	8	-0-	13	32	91.6%	2,204	2,407
South Melbourne Reserves	10th	8	-0-	13	32	83.2%	2,172	2,610
St Kilda Reserves	11th	5	-0-	16	20	60.9%	1,643	2,697
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	4	-0-	17	16	70.7%	1,860	2,630

Round 22

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/09/1979	Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R)		179	-	24
SAT	01/09/1979	Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R)	Victoria Park	180	-	63
SAT	01/09/1979	Essendon (R) v Richmond (R)	Windy Hill	97	-	74
SAT	01/09/1979	Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R)	Western Oval	181	-	64
SAT	01/09/1979	Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R)	Kardinia Park	191	-	40
SAT	01/09/1979	North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R)	VFL Park	166	-	17

Round 22 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood Reserves	1st	15	-0-	7	60	138.5%	3,035	2,191
North Melbourne Reserves	2nd	15	-0-	7	60	136.1%	2,534	1,862
Footscray Reserves	3rd	15	-0-	7	60	124.3%	2,677	2,154
Carlton Reserves	4th	14	-0-	8	56	117.0%	2,462	2,104
Geelong Reserves	5th	14	-0-	8	56	113.2%	2,510	2,218
Richmond Reserves	6th	13	-0-	9	52	114.7%	2,386	2,080
Essendon Reserves	7th	12	-0-	10	48	109.4%	2,222	2,031
Hawthorn Reserves	8th	9	-0-	13	36	93.8%	2,246	2,395
Melbourne Reserves	9th	8	-0-	14	32	87.6%	2,267	2,587
South Melbourne Reserves	10th	8	-0-	14	32	78.7%	2,196	2,789
St Kilda Reserves	11th	5	-0-	17	20	58.0%	1,660	2,863
Fitzroy Reserves	12th	4	-0-	18	16	67.4%	1,900	2,821

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/09/1979		Carlton (R) v Geelong (R)	VFL Park	70	-	126

Qualifying Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/09/1979		North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R)		142	-	77

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/09/1979		Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R)		84	-	109
SAT	15/09/1979		Footscray (R) v Geelong (R)	VFL Park	114	-	120

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/09/1979		Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R)		94	-	83

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/09/1979		North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R)		92	-	67

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