1989 VFLR Season: Essendon Reserves

These are the details of the premiership results for the Essendon Reserves for the 1989 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 nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by the Geelong Reserves in the qualifying final, the Essendon Reserves were defeated by the Fitzroy Reserves in the first semi final, resulting in finishing in fourth place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1989 VFLR Season
Team: Essendon Reserves
Club: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-5, P%: 125.0)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Fitzroy (R) (Semi Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Keane, Merv 22 15 -0- 7 R02-14, R16-22, QF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
Round 1 BYE
08/04/1989 Round 2 Melbourne (R) HOME WIN ESSR by 54 Merv Keane unknown
15/04/1989 Round 3 Hawthorn (R) HOME LOSS HWTR by 13 Merv Keane unknown
25/04/1989 Round 4 Carlton (R) AWAY LOSS CARR by 48 Merv Keane unknown
29/04/1989 Round 5 St Kilda (R) HOME WIN ESSR by 13 Merv Keane unknown
07/05/1989 Round 6 North Melbourne (R) HOME LOSS NMLR by 12 Merv Keane unknown
14/05/1989 Round 7 Brisbane Bears (R) AWAY WIN ESSR by 21 Merv Keane unknown
20/05/1989 Round 8 Richmond (R) HOME WIN ESSR by 35 Merv Keane unknown
27/05/1989 Round 9 Collingwood (R) AWAY WIN ESSR by 15 Merv Keane unknown
03/06/1989 Round 10 Fitzroy (R) HOME WIN ESSR by 14 Merv Keane unknown
12/06/1989 Round 11 Geelong (R) HOME LOSS GEER by 83 Merv Keane unknown
17/06/1989 Round 12 Sydney (R) HOME LOSS SYDR by 9 Merv Keane unknown
24/06/1989 Round 13 Footscray (R) HOME WIN ESSR by 7 Merv Keane unknown
08/07/1989 Round 14 Carlton (R) AWAY WIN ESSR by 40 Merv Keane unknown
Round 15 BYE
22/07/1989 Round 16 Richmond (R) HOME WIN ESSR by 58 Merv Keane unknown
29/07/1989 Round 17 St Kilda (R) AWAY WIN ESSR by 72 Merv Keane unknown
06/08/1989 Round 18 Footscray (R) AWAY WIN ESSR by 10 Merv Keane unknown
12/08/1989 Round 19 Brisbane Bears (R) HOME WIN ESSR by 153 Merv Keane unknown
19/08/1989 Round 20 North Melbourne (R) HOME WIN ESSR by 36 Merv Keane unknown
25/08/1989 Round 21 Sydney (R) AWAY WIN ESSR by 36 Merv Keane unknown
02/09/1989 Round 22 Melbourne (R) HOME WIN ESSR by 13 Merv Keane unknown
10/09/1989 Qualifying Final Geelong (R) AWAY LOSS GEER by 26 Merv Keane unknown
16/09/1989 Semi Final Fitzroy (R) HOME LOSS FITR by 7 Merv Keane unknown