1981 VFLR Season: Essendon Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Essendon Reserves for the 1981 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Windy Hill as their home ground, playing eight matches there (eight as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fifth place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the South Melbourne Reserves in the elimination final, defeating the North Melbourne Reserves in the first semi final and defeating the Richmond Reserves in the preliminary final, the Essendon Reserves were defeated by the Geelong Reserves in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Team Details
Competition:
1981 VFLR Season
Team:
Essendon Reserves
Club:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Windy Hill
Team Results
Ladder Position:
5th (W-D-L: 13-0-9, P%: 103.5)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheehy, Bernie | 26 | 16 | -0- | 10 | R01-22, EF, SF, PF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/03/1981 | Round 1 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | LOSS | GEER by 91 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 04/04/1981 | Round 2 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 19 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 11/04/1981 | Round 3 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 6 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 20/04/1981 | Round 4 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | LOSS | HWTR by 4 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 25/05/1981 | Round 5 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 27 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 02/05/1981 | Round 6 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 35 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 09/05/1981 | Round 7 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 76 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 16/05/1981 | Round 8 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 36 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 23/05/1981 | Round 9 | Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | MLBR by 30 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 30/05/1981 | Round 10 | Carlton (R) | HOME | LOSS | CARR by 16 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 08/06/1981 | Round 11 | South Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | SMLR by 23 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 13/06/1981 | Round 12 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 8 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 20/06/1981 | Round 13 | Richmond (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 45 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 27/06/1981 | Round 14 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 7 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 04/07/1981 | Round 15 | Fitzroy (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FITR by 2 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 18/07/1981 | Round 16 | Footscray (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 38 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 25/07/1981 | Round 17 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 11 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 01/08/1981 | Round 18 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | LOSS | COLR by 7 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 08/08/1981 | Round 19 | Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 65 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 15/08/1981 | Round 20 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 2 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 22/08/1981 | Round 21 | South Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 4 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 29/08/1981 | Round 22 | Geelong (R) | HOME | LOSS | GEER by 60 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 05/09/1981 | Elimination Final | South Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 11 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 13/09/1981 | Semi Final | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 10 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 19/09/1981 | Preliminary Final | Richmond (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 32 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |
| 26/09/1981 | Grand Final | Geelong (R) | AWAY | LOSS | GEER by 26 | Bernie Sheehy | unknown |