1991 AFLR Season: Melbourne Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Melbourne Reserves for the 1991 season of the Australian Football League Reserves. The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing nine matches there (eight as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by the Collingwood Reserves in the qualifying final, defeating the St Kilda Reserves in the first semi final and defeating the Collingwood Reserves in the preliminary final, the Melbourne Reserves were defeated by the Brisbane Bears Reserves in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Team Details
Competition:
1991 AFLR Season
Team:
Melbourne Reserves
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
2nd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 126.3)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross, Mark | 26 | 17 | -0- | 9 | R01-08, R10-23, QF, SF, PF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23/03/1991 | Round 1 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSR by 29 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 30/03/1991 | Round 2 | Fitzroy (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 16 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 07/04/1991 | Round 3 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 7 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 13/04/1991 | Round 4 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | LOSS | CARR by 40 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 20/04/1991 | Round 5 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 3 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 27/04/1991 | Round 6 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 21 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 04/05/1991 | Round 7 | Brisbane Bears (R) | HOME | LOSS | BRBR by 12 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 11/05/1991 | Round 8 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 66 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| Round 9 | BYE | ||||||
| 25/05/1991 | Round 10 | Sydney (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 89 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 01/06/1991 | Round 11 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 43 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 09/06/1991 | Round 12 | Richmond (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 50 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 16/06/1991 | Round 13 | Geelong (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 42 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 22/06/1991 | Round 14 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | LOSS | HWTR by 35 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 30/06/1991 | Round 15 | Sydney (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 89 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 06/07/1991 | Round 16 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 19 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 13/07/1991 | Round 17 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 127 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 20/07/1991 | Round 18 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | LOSS | STKR by 87 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 27/07/1991 | Round 19 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 64 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 03/08/1991 | Round 20 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 92 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 10/08/1991 | Round 21 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | LOSS | COLR by 5 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 18/08/1991 | Round 22 | Brisbane Bears (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 112 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 25/08/1991 | Round 23 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 19 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| Round 24 | BYE | ||||||
| 07/09/1991 | Qualifying Final | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 13 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 14/09/1991 | Semi Final | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 42 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 21/09/1991 | Preliminary Final | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 61 | Mark Cross | unknown |
| 28/09/1991 | Grand Final | Brisbane Bears (R) | AWAY | LOSS | BRBR by 34 | Mark Cross | unknown |