1979 VFLR Season: Melbourne Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Melbourne Reserves for the 1979 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 eight matches there (seven as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in ninth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1979 VFLR Season
Team:
Melbourne Reserves
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
9th (W-D-L: 8-0-14, P%: 87.6)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biffin, Ray | 22 | 8 | -0- | 14 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/1979 | Round 1 | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 2 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 16/04/1979 | Round 2 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | LOSS | GEER by 12 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 21/04/1979 | Round 3 | South Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | SMLR by 39 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 29/04/1979 | Round 4 | Richmond (R) | HOME | LOSS | RICR by 22 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 05/05/1979 | Round 5 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | LOSS | CARR by 52 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 12/05/1979 | Round 6 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | LOSS | FITR by 53 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 19/05/1979 | Round 7 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSR by 23 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 26/05/1979 | Round 8 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 28 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 02/06/1979 | Round 9 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 7 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 09/06/1979 | Round 10 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | LOSS | STKR by 19 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 16/06/1979 | Round 11 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | LOSS | COLR by 42 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 23/06/1979 | Round 12 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 7 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 30/06/1979 | Round 13 | Geelong (R) | HOME | LOSS | GEER by 21 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 07/07/1979 | Round 14 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 5 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 14/07/1979 | Round 15 | South Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 23 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 21/07/1979 | Round 16 | Carlton (R) | HOME | LOSS | CARR by 47 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 28/07/1979 | Round 17 | Fitzroy (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 125 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 04/08/1979 | Round 18 | Essendon (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 5 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 11/08/1979 | Round 19 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | LOSS | HWTR by 27 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 18/08/1979 | Round 20 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | NMLR by 63 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 25/08/1979 | Round 21 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 19 | Ray Biffin | unknown |
| 01/09/1979 | Round 22 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 117 | Ray Biffin | unknown |