1986 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1986 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. Carlton Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Carlton Reserves were the premiers, with Col Kinnear as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1986 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 Col Kinnear
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Paul Cranage
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill
Fitzroy Reserves Victoria Park
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Princes Park
Melbourne Reserves MCG Greg Wells
North Melbourne Reserves MCG
Richmond Reserves MCG Peter Welsh
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval Stuart Trott
Sydney Reserves SCG David Spence

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton Reserves
Runners-Up: Footscray Reserves
Minor Premiers: Carlton Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton Reserves 1st 18 -0- 4 72 152.2% 2,820 1,853 414 336 264 269
Footscray Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 8 52 130.0% 2,346 1,804 344 282 257 262
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 9 52 115.5% 2,479 2,146 355 349 305 316
Melbourne Reserves 4th 13 -0- 9 52 109.8% 2,448 2,229 353 330 325 279
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 13 -0- 9 52 108.0% 2,325 2,152 337 303 306 316
Richmond Reserves 6th 13 -0- 9 52 104.1% 2,486 2,387 365 296 344 323
Essendon Reserves 7th 10 -0- 12 44 94.0% 2,270 2,415 325 320 351 309
St Kilda Reserves 8th 9 -0- 13 36 93.5% 2,158 2,307 310 298 330 327
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 80.9% 2,109 2,608 304 285 385 298
Sydney Reserves 10th 7 -0- 15 32 73.9% 2,074 2,805 292 322 413 327
Geelong Reserves 11th 7 -0- 15 24 93.8% 2,178 2,322 316 282 337 300
Collingwood Reserves 12th 6 -0- 16 24 77.3% 2,269 2,934 329 295 427 372

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/03/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 125 - 187
SAT 29/03/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 105 - 128
SUN 30/03/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 132 - 112
MON 31/03/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 127 - 110
MON 31/03/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 81 - 95
MON 31/03/1986 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Sydney (R) MCG 87 - 112

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 8 149.6% 187 125
Sydney Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 8 128.7% 112 87
Richmond Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 121.9% 128 105
Fitzroy Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 117.9% 132 112
St Kilda Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 117.3% 95 81
Carlton Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 115.5% 127 110
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 86.6% 110 127
Melbourne Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 82.0% 105 128
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 77.7% 87 112
Collingwood Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 66.8% 125 187
Footscray Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 -4 85.3% 81 95
Geelong Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 -4 84.8% 112 132

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 04/04/1986 4:45 PM North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 128 - 133
SAT 05/04/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 116 - 96
SAT 05/04/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 91 - 79
SAT 05/04/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 74 - 89
SAT 05/04/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 95 - 75
SUN 06/04/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Collingwood (R) SCG 190 - 136

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 12 136.3% 278 204
Sydney Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 12 135.4% 302 223
Carlton Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 118.0% 243 206
Fitzroy Reserves 4th 1 -0- 1 4 102.5% 206 201
Richmond Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 101.4% 224 221
Melbourne Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 98.5% 200 203
St Kilda Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 96.6% 170 176
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 95.3% 243 255
Footscray Reserves 9th 1 -0- 1 0 100.6% 170 169
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 87.8% 215 245
Collingwood Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 69.2% 261 377
Geelong Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 -4 85.7% 191 223

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 74 - 201
SAT 12/04/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 61 - 167
SAT 12/04/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Sydney (R) Kardinia Park 153 - 52
SAT 12/04/1986 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 81 - 139
SAT 12/04/1986 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 78 - 159
SUN 13/04/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 59 - 141

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 141.5% 402 284
Essendon Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 1 12 97.7% 337 345
Sydney Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 1 12 94.1% 354 376
Melbourne Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 139.0% 367 264
Richmond Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 120.2% 363 302
Footscray Reserves 6th 2 -0- 1 4 136.4% 311 228
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 130.4% 416 319
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 82.2% 324 394
St Kilda Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 74.0% 248 335
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 1 -0- 2 4 72.6% 267 368
Geelong Reserves 11th 1 -0- 2 0 125.1% 344 275
Collingwood Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 58.0% 335 578

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 99 - 104
SAT 19/04/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 128 - 95
SAT 19/04/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 123 - 90
SAT 19/04/1986 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 88 - 95
SAT 19/04/1986 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) Moorabbin Oval 135 - 100
SUN 20/04/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Footscray (R) SCG 106 - 151

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 3 -0- 1 16 105.7% 460 435
Carlton Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 129.1% 501 388
Richmond Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 117.4% 458 390
Sydney Reserves 4th 2 -0- 2 12 87.3% 460 527
Footscray Reserves 5th 3 -0- 1 8 138.3% 462 334
Melbourne Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 118.1% 457 387
St Kilda Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 88.0% 383 435
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 2 -0- 2 8 79.4% 371 467
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 3 4 121.7% 504 414
Hawthorn Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 80.2% 424 529
Collingwood Reserves 11th 1 -0- 3 4 68.8% 463 673
Geelong Reserves 12th 1 -0- 3 0 108.9% 439 403

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 146 - 72
SAT 26/04/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Victoria Park 157 - 92
SAT 26/04/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 132 - 50
SAT 26/04/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Sydney (R) Junction Oval 136 - 59
SAT 26/04/1986 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 88 - 110
SUN 27/04/1986 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 138 - 92

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 4 -0- 1 16 140.7% 647 460
Richmond Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 123.7% 596 482
Essendon Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 2 16 91.6% 532 581
Footscray Reserves 4th 4 -0- 1 12 154.7% 594 384
Melbourne Reserves 5th 3 -0- 2 12 133.0% 593 446
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 3 -0- 2 12 94.5% 528 559
Sydney Reserves 7th 2 -0- 3 12 78.3% 519 663
St Kilda Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 82.9% 475 573
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 4 4 113.0% 592 524
Geelong Reserves 10th 2 -0- 3 4 111.8% 549 491
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 1 -0- 4 4 75.2% 516 686
Collingwood Reserves 12th 1 -0- 4 4 63.7% 513 805

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 02/05/1986 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 111 - 88
SAT 03/05/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 111 - 87
SAT 03/05/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 118 - 177
SAT 03/05/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) Kardinia Park 97 - 103
SAT 03/05/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 144 - 114
SUN 04/05/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Carlton (R) SCG 92 - 184

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 5 -0- 1 20 150.5% 831 552
Richmond Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 128.8% 773 600
Essendon Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 2 20 96.3% 643 668
Footscray Reserves 4th 5 -0- 1 16 144.9% 697 481
Melbourne Reserves 5th 4 -0- 2 16 131.6% 737 560
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 87.8% 646 736
Sydney Reserves 7th 2 -0- 4 12 72.1% 611 847
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 2 -0- 4 8 114.9% 703 612
St Kilda Reserves 9th 2 -0- 4 8 82.3% 563 684
Geelong Reserves 10th 2 -0- 4 4 108.8% 646 594
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 1 -0- 5 4 75.7% 603 797
Collingwood Reserves 12th 1 -0- 5 4 66.1% 627 949

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 60 - 97
SAT 10/05/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 138 - 124
SAT 10/05/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 91 - 92
SAT 10/05/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 106 - 110
SAT 10/05/1986 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 66 - 83
SUN 11/05/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 43 - 135

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 6 -0- 1 24 151.6% 928 612
Essendon Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 2 24 98.6% 781 792
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 127.2% 847 666
Richmond Reserves 4th 5 -0- 2 20 121.5% 897 738
Footscray Reserves 5th 5 -0- 2 16 137.5% 788 573
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 4 -0- 3 16 90.9% 729 802
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 113.1% 795 703
Sydney Reserves 8th 2 -0- 5 12 66.6% 654 982
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 2 -0- 5 8 87.9% 738 840
St Kilda Reserves 10th 2 -0- 5 8 82.0% 629 767
Geelong Reserves 11th 2 -0- 5 4 106.8% 752 704
Collingwood Reserves 12th 1 -0- 6 4 65.7% 687 1,046

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 111 - 113
SAT 17/05/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 55 - 120
SAT 17/05/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) Windy Hill 52 - 125
SAT 17/05/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 88 - 115
SAT 17/05/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 117 - 118
SUN 18/05/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Richmond (R) SCG 93 - 156

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 6 -0- 2 24 143.3% 1,039 725
Richmond Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 126.7% 1,053 831
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 123.2% 965 783
Essendon Reserves 4th 5 -0- 3 24 90.8% 833 917
Footscray Reserves 5th 5 -0- 3 16 131.0% 905 691
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 4 -0- 4 16 115.0% 910 791
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 4 -0- 4 16 89.1% 817 917
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 3 -0- 5 12 95.9% 858 895
St Kilda Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 92.1% 754 819
Sydney Reserves 10th 2 -0- 6 12 65.6% 747 1,138
Geelong Reserves 11th 3 -0- 5 8 106.1% 865 815
Collingwood Reserves 12th 1 -0- 7 4 63.6% 742 1,166

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 87 - 187
SAT 24/05/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 93 - 84
SAT 24/05/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 49 - 68
SAT 24/05/1986 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Sydney (R) Moorabbin Oval 101 - 50
SUN 25/05/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 95 - 98
SUN 25/05/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 69 - 106

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 7 -0- 2 28 143.0% 1,107 774
Richmond Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 135.1% 1,240 918
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 116.3% 1,034 889
Essendon Reserves 4th 5 -0- 4 24 90.8% 917 1,010
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 5 -0- 4 20 118.1% 1,016 860
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 5 -0- 4 20 90.9% 910 1,001
Footscray Reserves 7th 5 -0- 4 16 125.7% 954 759
St Kilda Reserves 8th 4 -0- 5 16 98.4% 855 869
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 4 -0- 5 16 96.6% 956 990
Sydney Reserves 10th 2 -0- 7 12 64.3% 797 1,239
Geelong Reserves 11th 3 -0- 6 8 105.1% 960 913
Collingwood Reserves 12th 1 -0- 8 4 61.3% 829 1,353

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 30/05/1986 4:45 PM Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 75 - 153
SAT 31/05/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 102 - 93
SAT 31/05/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 108 - 73
SAT 31/05/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) Kardinia Park 95 - 108
SAT 31/05/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 118 - 109
SUN 01/06/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Fitzroy (R) SCG 149 - 99

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 8 -0- 2 32 133.1% 1,348 1,013
Carlton Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 136.3% 1,216 892
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 115.4% 1,152 998
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 4 24 125.0% 1,169 935
Essendon Reserves 5th 5 -0- 5 24 85.3% 992 1,163
Footscray Reserves 6th 6 -0- 4 20 127.6% 1,062 832
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 5 -0- 5 20 87.7% 1,009 1,150
St Kilda Reserves 8th 4 -0- 6 16 97.6% 948 971
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 4 -0- 6 16 93.7% 1,029 1,098
Sydney Reserves 10th 3 -0- 7 16 70.7% 946 1,338
Geelong Reserves 11th 3 -0- 7 8 103.3% 1,055 1,021
Collingwood Reserves 12th 2 -0- 8 8 64.4% 931 1,446

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) Victoria Park 173 - 86
SAT 07/06/1986 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 136 - 67
SUN 08/06/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 117 - 82
MON 09/06/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 229 - 79
MON 09/06/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Sydney (R) Windy Hill 154 - 82
MON 09/06/1986 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 127 - 102

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 9 -0- 2 36 132.3% 1,475 1,115
Carlton Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 148.8% 1,445 971
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 107.5% 1,219 1,134
Essendon Reserves 4th 6 -0- 5 28 92.0% 1,146 1,245
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 6 -0- 5 24 107.2% 1,248 1,164
Footscray Reserves 6th 6 -0- 5 20 121.4% 1,164 959
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 5 -0- 6 20 100.0% 1,165 1,165
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 5 -0- 6 20 82.8% 1,095 1,323
St Kilda Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 94.7% 1,030 1,088
Sydney Reserves 10th 3 -0- 8 16 68.9% 1,028 1,492
Geelong Reserves 11th 4 -0- 7 12 106.3% 1,172 1,103
Collingwood Reserves 12th 3 -0- 8 12 72.1% 1,104 1,532

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 13/06/1986 4:45 PM Sydney (R) v North Melbourne (R) SCG 99 - 83
SAT 14/06/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 119 - 104
SAT 14/06/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 169 - 81
SAT 14/06/1986 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 51 - 133
SUN 15/06/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 166 - 80
SUN 15/06/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 87 - 89

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 9 -0- 3 36 153.3% 1,611 1,051
Richmond Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 121.2% 1,556 1,284
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 114.2% 1,388 1,215
Essendon Reserves 4th 7 -0- 5 32 92.7% 1,235 1,332
Footscray Reserves 5th 7 -0- 5 24 128.4% 1,297 1,010
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 6 -0- 6 24 105.4% 1,331 1,263
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 6 -0- 6 24 85.1% 1,214 1,427
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 5 -0- 7 20 93.5% 1,245 1,331
Sydney Reserves 9th 4 -0- 8 20 71.6% 1,127 1,575
St Kilda Reserves 10th 4 -0- 8 16 88.5% 1,081 1,221
Geelong Reserves 11th 4 -0- 8 12 104.4% 1,276 1,222
Collingwood Reserves 12th 3 -0- 9 12 73.5% 1,191 1,621

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Sydney (R) Victoria Park 101 - 118
SAT 21/06/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) Western Oval 159 - 62
SAT 21/06/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 86 - 63
SAT 21/06/1986 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 152 - 100
SAT 21/06/1986 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 122 - 66
SUN 22/06/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 130 - 93

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 10 -0- 3 40 152.2% 1,741 1,144
Richmond Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 116.6% 1,649 1,414
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 108.8% 1,454 1,337
Essendon Reserves 4th 7 -0- 6 32 91.5% 1,298 1,418
Footscray Reserves 5th 8 -0- 5 28 135.8% 1,456 1,072
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 6 -0- 7 24 101.1% 1,431 1,415
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 6 -0- 7 24 97.6% 1,397 1,431
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 6 -0- 7 24 80.5% 1,276 1,586
Sydney Reserves 9th 5 -0- 8 24 74.3% 1,245 1,676
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 8 20 93.5% 1,203 1,287
Geelong Reserves 11th 5 -0- 8 16 106.0% 1,362 1,285
Collingwood Reserves 12th 3 -0- 10 12 74.3% 1,292 1,739

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 93 - 70
SAT 28/06/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 99 - 97
SAT 28/06/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 63 - 68
SAT 28/06/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 109 - 90
SAT 28/06/1986 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 93 - 89
SUN 29/06/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Geelong (R) SCG 76 - 119

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 11 -0- 3 44 151.1% 1,834 1,214
Richmond Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 115.9% 1,742 1,503
Footscray Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 5 32 134.3% 1,524 1,135
Melbourne Reserves 4th 8 -0- 6 32 106.8% 1,544 1,446
Essendon Reserves 5th 7 -0- 7 32 91.6% 1,361 1,486
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 7 -0- 7 28 82.6% 1,385 1,676
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 6 -0- 8 24 100.9% 1,528 1,514
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 6 -0- 8 24 97.5% 1,486 1,524
Sydney Reserves 9th 5 -0- 9 24 73.6% 1,321 1,795
Geelong Reserves 10th 6 -0- 8 20 108.8% 1,481 1,361
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -0- 9 20 92.2% 1,273 1,380
Collingwood Reserves 12th 4 -0- 10 16 75.8% 1,391 1,836

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 04/07/1986 4:45 PM North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 87 - 81
SAT 05/07/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 79 - 60
SAT 05/07/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 90 - 147
SAT 05/07/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Sydney (R) Western Oval 112 - 49
SAT 05/07/1986 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 84 - 64
SUN 06/07/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 81 - 74

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 12 -0- 3 48 150.2% 1,913 1,274
Richmond Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 114.7% 1,823 1,590
Footscray Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 5 36 138.2% 1,636 1,184
Melbourne Reserves 4th 9 -0- 6 36 110.1% 1,691 1,536
Essendon Reserves 5th 7 -0- 8 32 88.9% 1,451 1,633
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 7 -0- 8 28 101.3% 1,615 1,595
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 7 -0- 8 28 98.9% 1,570 1,588
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 7 -0- 8 28 82.3% 1,445 1,755
Sydney Reserves 9th 5 -0- 10 24 71.8% 1,370 1,907
Geelong Reserves 10th 6 -0- 9 20 107.8% 1,555 1,442
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -0- 10 20 91.3% 1,337 1,464
Collingwood Reserves 12th 5 -0- 10 20 77.1% 1,472 1,910

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 70 - 79
SAT 12/07/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 135 - 113
SAT 12/07/1986 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 114 - 74
SUN 13/07/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Essendon (R) SCG 110 - 86
SAT 19/07/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 163 - 142
SUN 20/07/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 132 - 73

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 12 -0- 4 48 146.6% 1,983 1,353
Footscray Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 5 40 140.7% 1,768 1,257
Richmond Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 110.1% 1,896 1,722
Melbourne Reserves 4th 9 -0- 7 36 107.0% 1,765 1,650
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 8 -0- 8 32 101.7% 1,694 1,665
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 8 -0- 8 32 101.3% 1,684 1,662
Essendon Reserves 7th 7 -0- 9 32 88.2% 1,537 1,743
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 7 -0- 9 28 82.7% 1,587 1,918
Sydney Reserves 9th 6 -0- 10 28 74.3% 1,480 1,993
Geelong Reserves 10th 7 -0- 9 24 108.7% 1,690 1,555
Collingwood Reserves 11th 6 -0- 10 24 79.7% 1,635 2,052
St Kilda Reserves 12th 5 -0- 11 20 90.7% 1,450 1,599

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 20/07/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 189 - 120
SAT 26/07/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 60 - 140
SAT 26/07/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 51 - 141
SAT 26/07/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 82 - 86
SAT 26/07/1986 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Moorabbin Oval 92 - 29
SUN 27/07/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Melbourne (R) SCG 81 - 135

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 13 -0- 4 52 147.5% 2,172 1,473
Footscray Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 5 44 144.9% 1,908 1,317
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 109.8% 1,900 1,731
Richmond Reserves 4th 10 -0- 7 40 106.1% 1,925 1,814
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 9 -0- 8 36 106.5% 1,825 1,713
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 9 -0- 8 36 101.9% 1,780 1,747
Essendon Reserves 7th 7 -0- 10 32 85.8% 1,657 1,932
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 7 -0- 10 28 79.6% 1,638 2,059
Sydney Reserves 9th 6 -0- 11 28 73.4% 1,561 2,128
Geelong Reserves 10th 7 -0- 10 24 108.0% 1,772 1,641
St Kilda Reserves 11th 6 -0- 11 24 94.7% 1,542 1,628
Collingwood Reserves 12th 6 -0- 11 24 77.3% 1,695 2,192

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Sydney (R) Princes Park 119 - 102
SAT 02/08/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 88 - 164
SAT 02/08/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 91 - 129
SAT 02/08/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 136 - 81
SAT 02/08/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 138 - 124
SAT 02/08/1986 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 44 - 123

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 14 -0- 4 56 145.5% 2,291 1,575
Footscray Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 48 142.0% 2,046 1,441
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 113.5% 2,064 1,819
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 10 -0- 8 40 108.3% 1,954 1,804
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 10 -0- 8 40 106.3% 1,903 1,791
Richmond Reserves 6th 10 -0- 8 40 102.9% 2,006 1,950
Essendon Reserves 7th 7 -0- 11 32 84.8% 1,748 2,061
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 8 -0- 10 32 82.9% 1,774 2,140
Sydney Reserves 9th 6 -0- 12 28 74.0% 1,663 2,247
Geelong Reserves 10th 7 -0- 11 24 106.6% 1,896 1,779
St Kilda Reserves 11th 6 -0- 12 24 90.6% 1,586 1,751
Collingwood Reserves 12th 6 -0- 12 24 75.7% 1,783 2,356

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 127 - 73
SAT 09/08/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 130 - 153
SAT 09/08/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Junction Oval 119 - 85
SAT 09/08/1986 11:10 AM North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 101 - 99
SUN 10/08/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 132 - 100
SUN 10/08/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v Hawthorn (R) SCG 107 - 102

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 15 -0- 4 60 144.7% 2,423 1,675
Footscray Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 6 48 139.1% 2,145 1,542
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 7 48 114.7% 2,183 1,904
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 11 -0- 8 44 106.0% 2,004 1,890
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 10 -0- 9 40 107.6% 2,056 1,911
Richmond Reserves 6th 10 -0- 9 40 100.1% 2,079 2,077
Essendon Reserves 7th 8 -0- 11 36 87.9% 1,875 2,134
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 8 -0- 11 32 83.0% 1,904 2,293
Sydney Reserves 9th 7 -0- 12 32 75.4% 1,770 2,349
St Kilda Reserves 10th 7 -0- 12 28 92.5% 1,739 1,881
Geelong Reserves 11th 7 -0- 12 24 104.4% 1,981 1,898
Collingwood Reserves 12th 6 -0- 13 24 75.7% 1,883 2,488

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 130 - 180
SAT 16/08/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 36 - 105
SAT 16/08/1986 11:10 AM Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 48 - 154
SAT 16/08/1986 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Sydney (R) MCG 150 - 83
SAT 16/08/1986 11:10 AM St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Moorabbin Oval 96 - 156
SUN 17/08/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 95 - 68

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 16 -0- 4 64 149.6% 2,577 1,723
Footscray Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 6 52 139.1% 2,240 1,610
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 8 48 112.6% 2,251 1,999
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 12 -0- 8 48 109.5% 2,109 1,926
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 11 -0- 9 44 109.6% 2,236 2,041
Richmond Reserves 6th 11 -0- 9 44 103.2% 2,229 2,160
Essendon Reserves 7th 9 -0- 11 40 91.1% 2,031 2,230
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 8 -0- 12 32 80.9% 1,940 2,398
Sydney Reserves 9th 7 -0- 13 32 74.1% 1,853 2,499
St Kilda Reserves 10th 7 -0- 13 28 90.1% 1,835 2,037
Geelong Reserves 11th 7 -0- 13 24 98.9% 2,029 2,052
Collingwood Reserves 12th 6 -0- 14 24 75.4% 2,013 2,668

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 106 - 56
SAT 23/08/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 133 - 142
SAT 23/08/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) Windy Hill 136 - 62
SAT 23/08/1986 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 155 - 55
SAT 23/08/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 123 - 93
SUN 24/08/1986 11:10 AM Sydney (R) v St Kilda (R) SCG 147 - 199

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 17 -0- 4 68 150.8% 2,683 1,779
Footscray Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 7 52 133.8% 2,296 1,716
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 8 52 113.5% 2,374 2,092
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 12 -0- 9 48 114.1% 2,391 2,096
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 12 -0- 9 48 107.5% 2,202 2,049
Richmond Reserves 6th 12 -0- 9 48 103.4% 2,371 2,293
Essendon Reserves 7th 10 -0- 11 44 94.5% 2,167 2,292
St Kilda Reserves 8th 8 -0- 13 32 93.1% 2,034 2,184
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 8 -0- 13 32 79.0% 2,002 2,534
Sydney Reserves 10th 7 -0- 14 32 74.1% 2,000 2,698
Geelong Reserves 11th 7 -0- 14 24 94.4% 2,084 2,207
Collingwood Reserves 12th 6 -0- 15 24 76.4% 2,146 2,810

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1986 11:10 AM Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 123 - 124
SAT 30/08/1986 11:10 AM Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 103 - 123
SAT 30/08/1986 11:10 AM Fitzroy (R) v Sydney (R) Victoria Park 107 - 74
SAT 30/08/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 50 - 88
SAT 30/08/1986 11:10 AM Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 115 - 94
SUN 31/08/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 137 - 74

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 18 -0- 4 72 152.2% 2,820 1,853
Footscray Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 8 52 130.0% 2,346 1,804
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 9 52 115.5% 2,479 2,146
Melbourne Reserves 4th 13 -0- 9 52 109.8% 2,448 2,229
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 13 -0- 9 52 108.0% 2,325 2,152
Richmond Reserves 6th 13 -0- 9 52 104.1% 2,486 2,387
Essendon Reserves 7th 10 -0- 12 44 94.0% 2,270 2,415
St Kilda Reserves 8th 9 -0- 13 36 93.5% 2,158 2,307
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 80.9% 2,109 2,608
Sydney Reserves 10th 7 -0- 15 32 73.9% 2,074 2,805
Geelong Reserves 11th 7 -0- 15 24 93.8% 2,178 2,322
Collingwood Reserves 12th 6 -0- 16 24 77.3% 2,269 2,934

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 07/09/1986 11:10 AM Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 116 - 92

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 97 - 64

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1986 11:10 AM Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 126 - 84
SUN 14/09/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 132 - 88

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1986 11:10 AM Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 102 - 76

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1986 11:10 AM Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 146 - 72