1979 VFLR Season: North Melbourne Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the North Melbourne Reserves for the 1979 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Arden Street Oval as their home ground, playing six matches there (six as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the Footscray Reserves in the qualifying final and defeating the Collingwood Reserves in the second semi final, the North Melbourne Reserves defeated the Collingwood Reserves in the grand final, winning the premiership.
Team Details
Competition:
1979 VFLR Season
Team:
North Melbourne Reserves
Club:
North Melbourne
Home Ground:
Arden Street Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
2nd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 136.1)
Finals Performance:
Premiers
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 | Essendon (R) | HOME | LOSS | ESSR by 9 | unknown | unknown |
| 14/04/1979 | Round 2 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 69 | unknown | unknown |
| 22/04/1979 | Round 3 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 25 | unknown | unknown |
| 28/04/1979 | Round 4 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | LOSS | GEER by 1 | unknown | unknown |
| 05/05/1979 | Round 5 | South Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 85 | unknown | unknown |
| 12/05/1979 | Round 6 | Richmond (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 11 | unknown | unknown |
| 19/05/1979 | Round 7 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 65 | unknown | unknown |
| 26/05/1979 | Round 8 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 21 | unknown | unknown |
| 02/06/1979 | Round 9 | Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | MLBR by 7 | unknown | unknown |
| 09/06/1979 | Round 10 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | LOSS | HWTR by 4 | unknown | unknown |
| 18/06/1979 | Round 11 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 88 | unknown | unknown |
| 23/06/1979 | Round 12 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSR by 67 | unknown | unknown |
| 30/06/1979 | Round 13 | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 14 | unknown | unknown |
| 07/07/1979 | Round 14 | Geelong (R) | HOME | LOSS | GEER by 12 | unknown | unknown |
| 14/07/1979 | Round 15 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 27 | unknown | unknown |
| 21/07/1979 | Round 16 | South Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 51 | unknown | unknown |
| 28/07/1979 | Round 17 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 16 | unknown | unknown |
| 04/08/1979 | Round 18 | Carlton (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 5 | unknown | unknown |
| 11/08/1979 | Round 19 | Fitzroy (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 25 | unknown | unknown |
| 18/08/1979 | Round 20 | Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 63 | unknown | unknown |
| 25/08/1979 | Round 21 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 86 | unknown | unknown |
| 01/09/1979 | Round 22 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 149 | unknown | unknown |
| 08/09/1979 | Qualifying Final | Footscray (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 65 | unknown | unknown |
| 15/09/1979 | Semi Final | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 25 | unknown | unknown |
| 29/09/1979 | Grand Final | Collingwood (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 25 | unknown | unknown |