1979 VFLR Season: Footscray Reserves

These are the details of the premiership results for the Footscray Reserves for the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing seven matches there (seven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by the North Melbourne Reserves in the qualifying final, the Footscray Reserves were defeated by the Geelong Reserves in the first semi final, resulting in finishing in fourth place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1979 VFLR Season
Team: Footscray Reserves
Club: Western Bulldogs
Home Ground: Western Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 124.3)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Geelong (R) (Semi Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1979 Round 1 Melbourne (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 2 unknown unknown
14/04/1979 Round 2 North Melbourne (R) HOME LOSS NMLR by 69 unknown unknown
21/04/1979 Round 3 St Kilda (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 83 unknown unknown
28/04/1979 Round 4 Essendon (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 6 unknown unknown
05/05/1979 Round 5 Collingwood (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 21 unknown unknown
12/05/1979 Round 6 Geelong (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 23 unknown unknown
19/05/1979 Round 7 South Melbourne (R) HOME LOSS SMLR by 17 unknown unknown
26/05/1979 Round 8 Richmond (R) AWAY LOSS RICR by 8 unknown unknown
02/06/1979 Round 9 Carlton (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 23 unknown unknown
09/06/1979 Round 10 Fitzroy (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 132 unknown unknown
16/06/1979 Round 11 Hawthorn (R) AWAY LOSS HWTR by 42 unknown unknown
23/06/1979 Round 12 Melbourne (R) HOME LOSS MLBR by 7 unknown unknown
30/06/1979 Round 13 North Melbourne (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 14 unknown unknown
07/07/1979 Round 14 Essendon (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 79 unknown unknown
14/07/1979 Round 15 St Kilda (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 37 unknown unknown
21/07/1979 Round 16 Collingwood (R) AWAY LOSS COLR by 31 unknown unknown
28/07/1979 Round 17 Geelong (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 79 unknown unknown
04/08/1979 Round 18 South Melbourne (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 48 unknown unknown
11/08/1979 Round 19 Richmond (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 12 unknown unknown
18/08/1979 Round 20 Carlton (R) AWAY LOSS CARR by 1 unknown unknown
25/08/1979 Round 21 Fitzroy (R) AWAY WIN FOOR by 22 unknown unknown
01/09/1979 Round 22 Hawthorn (R) HOME WIN FOOR by 117 unknown unknown
08/09/1979 Qualifying Final North Melbourne (R) AWAY LOSS NMLR by 65 unknown unknown
15/09/1979 Semi Final Geelong (R) HOME LOSS GEER by 6 unknown unknown