1980 VFLR Season: South Melbourne Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the South Melbourne Reserves for the 1980 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Lakeside Oval as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (eleven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in first place, securing the minor premiership, and in turn, a place in the finals series. After defeating the Collingwood Reserves in the second semi final, the South Melbourne Reserves were defeated by the Geelong Reserves in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Team Details
Competition:
1980 VFLR Season
Team:
South Melbourne Reserves
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
1st (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 127.8)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin, Tony | 24 | 17 | -0- | 7 | R01-22, SF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/03/1980 | Round 1 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | LOSS | GEER by 75 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 07/04/1980 | Round 2 | Footscray (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 73 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 12/04/1980 | Round 3 | Essendon (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 75 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 19/04/1980 | Round 4 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | LOSS | CARR by 1 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 26/04/1980 | Round 5 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 22 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 03/05/1980 | Round 6 | Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | SMLR by 44 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 10/05/1980 | Round 7 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 55 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 17/05/1980 | Round 8 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | SMLR by 62 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 24/05/1980 | Round 9 | Fitzroy (R) | AWAY | WIN | SMLR by 44 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 31/05/1980 | Round 10 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 73 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 07/06/1980 | Round 11 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | WIN | SMLR by 40 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 14/06/1980 | Round 12 | Geelong (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 10 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 21/06/1980 | Round 13 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOR by 6 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 28/06/1980 | Round 14 | Carlton (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 17 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 12/07/1980 | Round 15 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | WIN | SMLR by 20 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 19/07/1980 | Round 16 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | WIN | SMLR by 11 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 26/07/1980 | Round 17 | Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 36 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 02/08/1980 | Round 18 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 10 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 09/08/1980 | Round 19 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | LOSS | NMLR by 17 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 16/08/1980 | Round 20 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 144 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 23/08/1980 | Round 21 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | SMLR by 6 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 30/08/1980 | Round 22 | Richmond (R) | HOME | LOSS | RICR by 76 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 14/09/1980 | Semi Final | Collingwood (R) | HOME | WIN | SMLR by 50 | Tony Franklin | unknown |
| 27/09/1980 | Grand Final | Geelong (R) | HOME | LOSS | GEER by 33 | Tony Franklin | unknown |