1980 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1980 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. South Melbourne Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Geelong Reserves were the premiers, with David Harris as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1980 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park Serge Silvagni
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Ron Richards
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill Bernie Sheehy
Fitzroy Reserves Junction Oval
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park David Harris
Hawthorn Reserves Princes Park
Melbourne Reserves MCG Adrian Gallagher
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG Paddy Guinane
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval Tony Franklin
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong Reserves
Runners-Up: South Melbourne Reserves
Minor Premiers: South Melbourne Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 16 -0- 6 64 127.8% 2,518 1,971 360 358 276 315
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 112.9% 2,559 2,266 361 393 329 292
Geelong Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 133.9% 2,788 2,082 399 394 301 276
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 110.3% 2,432 2,204 356 296 317 302
Essendon Reserves 5th 13 -0- 9 56 109.2% 2,454 2,247 351 348 322 315
Richmond Reserves 6th 13 -0- 9 52 127.1% 2,919 2,296 428 351 326 340
Carlton Reserves 7th 10 -0- 12 40 107.7% 2,570 2,387 370 350 341 341
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 10 -0- 12 40 90.8% 2,471 2,720 358 323 386 404
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 8 -1- 13 34 80.3% 2,302 2,866 331 316 414 382
Footscray Reserves 10th 8 -0- 14 28 78.6% 2,232 2,841 319 318 414 357
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -1- 16 22 84.6% 2,104 2,487 300 304 360 327
Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 18 16 68.5% 2,134 3,116 306 298 453 398

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/03/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 125 - 110
SAT 29/03/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 96 - 67
SAT 29/03/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) Western Oval 92 - 120
SAT 29/03/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 141 - 66
SAT 29/03/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 106 - 139
SAT 29/03/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 70 - 129

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 8 143.3% 96 67
Geelong Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 213.6% 141 66
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 184.3% 129 70
Richmond Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 131.1% 139 106
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 130.4% 120 92
Collingwood Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 113.6% 125 110
Carlton Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 88.0% 110 125
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 76.3% 106 139
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 69.8% 67 96
St Kilda Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 54.3% 70 129
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 46.8% 66 141
Footscray Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 -4 76.7% 92 120

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/04/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Arden Street Oval 117 - 126
SAT 05/04/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 100 - 131
SAT 05/04/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) Moorabbin Oval 82 - 119
MON 07/04/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 91 - 171
MON 07/04/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 72 - 127
MON 07/04/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 156 - 83

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 12 135.9% 227 167
Geelong Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 198.7% 312 157
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 180.3% 256 142
Collingwood Reserves 4th 2 -0- 0 8 110.6% 251 227
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 101.8% 225 221
Richmond Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 100.8% 239 237
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 99.1% 222 224
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 87.7% 192 219
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 0 -0- 2 0 82.9% 184 222
Carlton Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 67.9% 201 296
St Kilda Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 61.3% 152 248
Footscray Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 -4 63.4% 175 276

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 136 - 137
SAT 12/04/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 145 - 126
SAT 12/04/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 161 - 108
SAT 12/04/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 118 - 126
SAT 12/04/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 93 - 138
SAT 12/04/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 155 - 80

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 178.5% 473 265
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 109.3% 377 345
Essendon Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 1 12 95.3% 307 322
South Melbourne Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 124.0% 377 304
Melbourne Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 120.1% 364 303
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 1 -0- 2 4 98.8% 343 347
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 92.1% 328 356
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 89.7% 321 358
Richmond Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 88.5% 332 375
St Kilda Reserves 10th 1 -0- 2 4 85.0% 290 341
Footscray Reserves 11th 1 -0- 2 0 79.6% 320 402
Carlton Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 74.1% 327 441

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 103 - 102
SAT 19/04/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 149 - 126
SAT 19/04/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 162 - 97
SAT 19/04/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 135 - 114
SAT 19/04/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 88 - 59
SAT 19/04/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Moorabbin Oval 117 - 88

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 4 -0- 0 16 111.7% 526 471
Geelong Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 150.7% 532 353
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 119.7% 499 417
Essendon Reserves 4th 2 -0- 2 12 90.0% 395 439
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 2 -0- 2 8 117.7% 479 407
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 108.2% 490 453
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 98.1% 409 417
St Kilda Reserves 8th 2 -0- 2 8 94.9% 407 429
Richmond Reserves 9th 1 -0- 3 4 87.4% 458 524
Hawthorn Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 86.4% 440 509
Carlton Reserves 11th 1 -0- 3 4 79.2% 430 543
Footscray Reserves 12th 1 -0- 3 0 80.8% 434 537

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 145 - 108
FRI 25/04/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 195 - 123
FRI 25/04/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 95 - 115
SAT 26/04/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 82 - 117
SAT 26/04/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 108 - 86
SUN 27/04/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 70 - 160

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 5 -0- 0 20 116.3% 643 553
Geelong Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 152.7% 727 476
South Melbourne Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 119.1% 587 493
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 3 -0- 2 12 116.8% 569 487
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 3 -0- 2 12 110.4% 605 548
Melbourne Reserves 6th 3 -0- 2 12 108.0% 607 562
Essendon Reserves 7th 2 -0- 3 12 85.8% 477 556
St Kilda Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 91.8% 493 537
Carlton Reserves 9th 2 -0- 3 8 88.3% 575 651
Richmond Reserves 10th 1 -0- 4 4 86.5% 553 639
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 1 -0- 4 4 80.0% 563 704
Footscray Reserves 12th 1 -0- 4 0 72.3% 504 697

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 110 - 83
SAT 03/05/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Junction Oval 128 - 125
SAT 03/05/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 172 - 121
SAT 03/05/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 143 - 131
SAT 03/05/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 85 - 129
SAT 03/05/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Arden Street Oval 128 - 102

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 6 -0- 0 24 118.4% 753 636
Geelong Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 150.6% 899 597
South Melbourne Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 123.9% 716 578
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 4 -0- 2 16 118.3% 697 589
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 4 -0- 2 16 108.9% 733 673
Melbourne Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 100.1% 692 691
Essendon Reserves 7th 2 -0- 4 12 88.0% 602 684
St Kilda Reserves 8th 2 -0- 4 8 89.0% 576 647
Carlton Reserves 9th 2 -0- 4 8 86.9% 677 779
Hawthorn Reserves 10th 2 -0- 4 8 84.6% 706 835
Richmond Reserves 11th 1 -0- 5 4 83.1% 674 811
Footscray Reserves 12th 1 -0- 5 0 75.6% 635 840

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 77 - 82
SAT 10/05/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 119 - 133
SAT 10/05/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) Western Oval 73 - 160
SAT 10/05/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 81 - 146
SAT 10/05/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 135 - 80
SAT 10/05/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 127 - 127

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 6 -0- 1 24 144.1% 1,032 716
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 108.0% 833 771
South Melbourne Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 129.3% 851 658
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 5 -0- 2 20 125.8% 843 670
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 4 -1- 2 18 107.5% 860 800
Melbourne Reserves 6th 3 -0- 4 12 92.4% 773 837
Essendon Reserves 7th 2 -0- 5 12 88.2% 721 817
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 86.4% 788 912
St Kilda Reserves 9th 2 -1- 4 10 90.8% 703 774
Richmond Reserves 10th 2 -0- 5 8 94.3% 834 884
Carlton Reserves 11th 2 -0- 5 8 87.6% 754 861
Footscray Reserves 12th 1 -0- 6 0 70.8% 708 1,000

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Junction Oval 116 - 124
SAT 17/05/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 83 - 72
SAT 17/05/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 118 - 100
SAT 17/05/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 154 - 121
SAT 17/05/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 85 - 147
SAT 17/05/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 138 - 108

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 7 -0- 1 28 140.9% 1,150 816
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 107.9% 957 887
South Melbourne Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 134.3% 998 743
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 5 -0- 3 20 113.6% 928 817
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 4 -1- 3 18 105.6% 976 924
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 4 -0- 4 16 91.2% 942 1,033
Richmond Reserves 7th 3 -0- 5 12 98.0% 972 992
Melbourne Reserves 8th 3 -0- 5 12 90.2% 894 991
Essendon Reserves 9th 2 -0- 6 12 88.1% 793 900
St Kilda Reserves 10th 2 -1- 5 10 90.0% 803 892
Carlton Reserves 11th 2 -0- 6 8 86.3% 862 999
Footscray Reserves 12th 2 -0- 6 4 73.8% 791 1,072

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 108 - 86
SAT 24/05/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 83 - 127
SAT 24/05/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 87 - 198
SAT 24/05/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 132 - 66
SAT 24/05/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 121 - 128
SUN 25/05/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) Windy Hill 91 - 124

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 8 -0- 1 32 109.5% 1,065 973
South Melbourne Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 136.2% 1,125 826
Geelong Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 133.8% 1,236 924
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 3 24 120.0% 1,060 883
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 4 -1- 4 18 100.8% 1,059 1,051
Richmond Reserves 6th 4 -0- 5 16 108.4% 1,170 1,079
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 4 -0- 5 16 86.5% 1,008 1,165
Carlton Reserves 8th 3 -0- 6 12 90.5% 986 1,090
Essendon Reserves 9th 2 -0- 7 12 86.3% 884 1,024
Melbourne Reserves 10th 3 -0- 6 12 82.5% 981 1,189
St Kilda Reserves 11th 2 -1- 6 10 90.6% 924 1,020
Footscray Reserves 12th 3 -0- 6 8 77.0% 919 1,193

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 131 - 62
SAT 31/05/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 141 - 95
SAT 31/05/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 156 - 124
SAT 31/05/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 158 - 120
SAT 31/05/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 161 - 134
SAT 31/05/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 167 - 94

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 8 -0- 2 32 140.4% 1,292 920
Geelong Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 133.5% 1,394 1,044
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 105.3% 1,189 1,129
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 4 24 114.4% 1,194 1,044
Richmond Reserves 5th 5 -0- 5 20 109.7% 1,331 1,213
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 4 -1- 5 18 97.5% 1,179 1,209
Carlton Reserves 7th 4 -0- 6 16 97.0% 1,117 1,152
Essendon Reserves 8th 3 -0- 7 16 91.6% 1,025 1,119
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 4 -0- 6 16 82.7% 1,102 1,332
Footscray Reserves 10th 4 -0- 6 12 81.6% 1,075 1,317
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 7 12 80.9% 1,076 1,330
St Kilda Reserves 12th 2 -1- 7 10 85.7% 986 1,151

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 126 - 77
SAT 07/06/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) Junction Oval 109 - 166
SAT 07/06/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 65 - 184
SAT 07/06/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 89 - 156
SAT 07/06/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 83 - 123
SAT 07/06/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 128 - 86

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 9 -0- 2 36 142.3% 1,578 1,109
South Melbourne Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 141.1% 1,415 1,003
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 109.0% 1,315 1,206
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 5 24 109.2% 1,280 1,172
Richmond Reserves 5th 5 -0- 6 20 105.8% 1,414 1,336
Carlton Reserves 6th 5 -0- 6 20 101.7% 1,283 1,261
Essendon Reserves 7th 4 -0- 7 20 97.8% 1,181 1,208
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 4 -1- 6 18 93.7% 1,288 1,375
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 80.0% 1,191 1,488
St Kilda Reserves 10th 3 -1- 7 14 90.1% 1,114 1,237
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 8 12 79.2% 1,153 1,456
Footscray Reserves 12th 4 -0- 7 12 75.9% 1,140 1,501

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 93 - 119
SAT 14/06/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) Junction Oval 173 - 132
SAT 14/06/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 89 - 156
SAT 14/06/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Arden Street Oval 96 - 98
SAT 14/06/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 122 - 172
SAT 14/06/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 89 - 79

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 10 -0- 2 40 139.0% 1,504 1,082
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 110.4% 1,434 1,299
Geelong Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 138.3% 1,657 1,198
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 6 24 108.3% 1,376 1,270
Essendon Reserves 5th 5 -0- 7 24 98.1% 1,279 1,304
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 5 -1- 6 22 96.9% 1,461 1,507
Richmond Reserves 7th 5 -0- 7 20 101.9% 1,536 1,508
Carlton Reserves 8th 5 -0- 7 20 99.7% 1,376 1,380
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 5 -0- 7 20 84.7% 1,363 1,610
St Kilda Reserves 10th 4 -1- 7 18 95.8% 1,270 1,326
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 9 12 77.0% 1,242 1,612
Footscray Reserves 12th 4 -0- 8 12 76.0% 1,272 1,674

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 99 - 115
SAT 21/06/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) Windy Hill 93 - 78
SAT 21/06/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 90 - 84
SAT 21/06/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 72 - 90
SAT 21/06/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 89 - 46
SAT 21/06/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 131 - 136

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 10 -0- 3 40 135.5% 1,588 1,172
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 108.4% 1,533 1,414
Geelong Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 134.2% 1,729 1,288
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 7 -0- 6 28 108.9% 1,491 1,369
Essendon Reserves 5th 6 -0- 7 28 99.3% 1,372 1,382
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 6 -1- 6 26 97.5% 1,597 1,638
Carlton Reserves 7th 6 -0- 7 24 101.0% 1,466 1,452
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 6 -0- 7 24 87.7% 1,452 1,656
Richmond Reserves 9th 5 -0- 8 20 100.8% 1,614 1,601
St Kilda Reserves 10th 4 -1- 8 18 93.0% 1,316 1,415
Footscray Reserves 11th 5 -0- 8 16 77.5% 1,362 1,758
Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 10 12 78.5% 1,373 1,748

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 113 - 73
SAT 28/06/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 154 - 54
SAT 28/06/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 36 - 37
SAT 28/06/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 90 - 91
SAT 28/06/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 83 - 113
SAT 28/06/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 89 - 72

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 11 -0- 3 44 134.8% 1,677 1,244
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 110.0% 1,646 1,497
Geelong Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 133.2% 1,765 1,325
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 8 -0- 6 32 108.8% 1,528 1,405
Essendon Reserves 5th 7 -0- 7 32 102.1% 1,485 1,455
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 7 -1- 6 30 97.7% 1,688 1,728
Carlton Reserves 7th 6 -0- 8 24 99.8% 1,538 1,541
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 6 -0- 8 24 88.3% 1,542 1,747
Richmond Reserves 9th 5 -0- 9 20 99.0% 1,697 1,714
Footscray Reserves 10th 6 -0- 8 20 83.7% 1,516 1,812
St Kilda Reserves 11th 4 -1- 9 18 90.9% 1,389 1,528
Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 11 12 75.0% 1,427 1,902

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 132 - 77
SAT 12/07/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Junction Oval 62 - 160
SAT 12/07/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 101 - 85
SAT 12/07/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 108 - 103
SAT 12/07/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 83 - 76
SAT 12/07/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 69 - 89

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 12 -0- 3 48 134.5% 1,766 1,313
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 113.0% 1,778 1,574
Geelong Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 129.7% 1,850 1,426
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 9 -0- 6 36 108.8% 1,611 1,481
Essendon Reserves 5th 7 -0- 8 32 98.4% 1,562 1,587
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 7 -1- 7 30 92.7% 1,750 1,888
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 7 -0- 8 28 89.7% 1,643 1,832
Richmond Reserves 8th 6 -0- 9 24 104.6% 1,857 1,776
Carlton Reserves 9th 6 -0- 9 24 99.5% 1,641 1,649
Footscray Reserves 10th 6 -0- 9 20 84.0% 1,592 1,895
St Kilda Reserves 11th 4 -1- 10 18 90.2% 1,458 1,617
Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 11 16 76.6% 1,535 2,005

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 207 - 101
SAT 19/07/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) Victoria Park 116 - 118
SAT 19/07/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 86 - 97
SAT 19/07/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 70 - 220
SAT 19/07/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 115 - 110
SUN 20/07/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) 83 - 130

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 13 -0- 3 52 133.2% 1,863 1,399
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 111.9% 1,894 1,692
Geelong Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 138.4% 2,070 1,496
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 10 -0- 6 40 108.5% 1,726 1,591
Essendon Reserves 5th 7 -0- 9 32 97.9% 1,648 1,684
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 8 -0- 8 32 90.4% 1,761 1,948
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 7 -1- 8 30 92.9% 1,860 2,003
Richmond Reserves 8th 7 -0- 9 28 106.9% 1,987 1,859
Carlton Reserves 9th 7 -0- 9 28 105.6% 1,848 1,750
Footscray Reserves 10th 6 -0- 10 20 80.5% 1,693 2,102
St Kilda Reserves 11th 4 -1- 11 18 88.2% 1,541 1,747
Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 12 16 72.1% 1,605 2,225

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 96 - 78
SAT 26/07/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) Windy Hill 146 - 79
SAT 26/07/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 129 - 117
SAT 26/07/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 130 - 85
SAT 26/07/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 149 - 113
SAT 26/07/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 151 - 94

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 14 -0- 3 56 133.1% 2,012 1,512
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 107.9% 1,988 1,843
Geelong Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 132.5% 2,155 1,626
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 10 -0- 7 40 106.9% 1,804 1,687
Essendon Reserves 5th 8 -0- 9 36 101.8% 1,794 1,763
Richmond Reserves 6th 8 -0- 9 32 108.9% 2,117 1,944
Carlton Reserves 7th 8 -0- 9 32 106.3% 1,944 1,828
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 8 -0- 9 32 90.4% 1,878 2,077
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 7 -1- 9 30 90.2% 1,939 2,149
Footscray Reserves 10th 7 -0- 10 24 82.1% 1,822 2,219
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -1- 11 22 91.9% 1,692 1,841
Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 13 16 72.4% 1,718 2,374

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 60 - 50
SAT 02/08/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Junction Oval 107 - 72
SAT 02/08/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 91 - 128
SAT 02/08/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Princes Park 102 - 95
SAT 02/08/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 122 - 87
SAT 02/08/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 128 - 36

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 14 -0- 4 56 131.2% 2,062 1,572
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 108.2% 2,048 1,893
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 108.6% 1,926 1,774
Geelong Reserves 4th 10 -0- 8 40 128.1% 2,246 1,754
Essendon Reserves 5th 9 -0- 9 40 103.7% 1,922 1,854
Richmond Reserves 6th 9 -0- 9 36 113.4% 2,245 1,980
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 9 -0- 9 36 91.2% 1,980 2,172
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 8 -1- 9 34 92.1% 2,046 2,221
Carlton Reserves 9th 8 -0- 10 32 105.6% 2,039 1,930
Footscray Reserves 10th 7 -0- 11 24 79.2% 1,858 2,347
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -1- 12 22 90.6% 1,764 1,948
Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 14 16 72.3% 1,805 2,496

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 110 - 168
SAT 09/08/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 128 - 50
SAT 09/08/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 125 - 82
SAT 09/08/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 112 - 134
SAT 09/08/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 72 - 89
SAT 09/08/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) Moorabbin Oval 67 - 93

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 14 -0- 5 56 128.5% 2,134 1,661
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 112.0% 2,176 1,943
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 7 48 109.2% 2,015 1,846
Geelong Reserves 4th 11 -0- 8 44 128.4% 2,339 1,821
Essendon Reserves 5th 10 -0- 9 44 105.7% 2,047 1,936
Richmond Reserves 6th 10 -0- 9 40 115.5% 2,413 2,090
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 10 -0- 9 40 92.6% 2,114 2,284
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 8 -1- 10 34 89.2% 2,096 2,349
Carlton Reserves 9th 8 -0- 11 32 102.4% 2,149 2,098
Footscray Reserves 10th 7 -0- 12 24 78.5% 1,940 2,472
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -1- 13 22 89.7% 1,831 2,041
Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 15 16 72.9% 1,917 2,630

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 111 - 120
SAT 16/08/1980 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 138 - 106
SAT 16/08/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Kardinia Park 171 - 99
SAT 16/08/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 128 - 186
SAT 16/08/1980 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 202 - 54
SAT 16/08/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 204 - 60

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 15 -0- 5 60 135.9% 2,338 1,721
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 6 56 107.6% 2,275 2,114
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 111.5% 2,201 1,974
Geelong Reserves 4th 12 -0- 8 48 130.7% 2,510 1,920
Essendon Reserves 5th 11 -0- 9 48 105.9% 2,167 2,047
Richmond Reserves 6th 11 -0- 9 44 122.0% 2,615 2,144
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 10 -0- 10 40 90.8% 2,242 2,470
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 8 -1- 11 34 84.4% 2,156 2,553
Carlton Reserves 9th 8 -0- 12 32 101.9% 2,260 2,218
Footscray Reserves 10th 8 -0- 12 28 80.6% 2,078 2,578
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -1- 14 22 88.9% 1,937 2,179
Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 16 16 69.6% 1,971 2,832

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) Victoria Park 155 - 72
SAT 23/08/1980 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Junction Oval 80 - 170
SAT 23/08/1980 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 112 - 118
SAT 23/08/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 83 - 155
SAT 23/08/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Arden Street Oval 90 - 166
SAT 23/08/1980 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 103 - 167

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 16 -0- 5 64 134.0% 2,456 1,833
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 111.2% 2,430 2,186
Geelong Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 8 52 134.0% 2,680 2,000
Essendon Reserves 4th 12 -0- 9 52 109.0% 2,322 2,130
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 13 -0- 8 52 107.1% 2,291 2,140
Richmond Reserves 6th 12 -0- 9 48 124.5% 2,781 2,234
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 10 -0- 11 40 91.0% 2,354 2,588
Carlton Reserves 8th 9 -0- 12 36 104.6% 2,427 2,321
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 8 -1- 12 34 82.1% 2,236 2,723
Footscray Reserves 10th 8 -0- 13 28 78.7% 2,150 2,733
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -1- 15 22 87.0% 2,040 2,346
Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 17 16 68.8% 2,054 2,987

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1980 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 143 - 66
SAT 30/08/1980 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 132 - 117
SAT 30/08/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 108 - 82
SAT 30/08/1980 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 80 - 129
SAT 30/08/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Arden Street Oval 141 - 64
SAT 30/08/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 62 - 138

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Reserves 1st 16 -0- 6 64 127.8% 2,518 1,971
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 112.9% 2,559 2,266
Geelong Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 133.9% 2,788 2,082
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 110.3% 2,432 2,204
Essendon Reserves 5th 13 -0- 9 56 109.2% 2,454 2,247
Richmond Reserves 6th 13 -0- 9 52 127.1% 2,919 2,296
Carlton Reserves 7th 10 -0- 12 40 107.7% 2,570 2,387
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 10 -0- 12 40 90.8% 2,471 2,720
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 8 -1- 13 34 80.3% 2,302 2,866
Footscray Reserves 10th 8 -0- 14 28 78.6% 2,232 2,841
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -1- 16 22 84.6% 2,104 2,487
Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -0- 18 16 68.5% 2,134 3,116

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1980 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 74 - 115

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 121 - 102

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1980 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 114 - 97
SUN 14/09/1980 11:10 AM South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 140 - 90

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1980 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 84 - 167

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1980 11:00 AM South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 126 - 159