1998 AFLR Season: Melbourne Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Melbourne Reserves for the 1998 season of the Australian Football League Reserves. The team used Punt Road Oval as their home ground, playing eight matches there (six as hosts and two as visitors). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the North Melbourne Reserves in the second elimination final and being defeated by the Essendon Reserves in the second semi final, the Melbourne Reserves were defeated by the Footscray Reserves in the preliminary final, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).
Team Details
Competition:
1998 AFLR Season
Team:
Melbourne Reserves
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
Punt Road Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
3rd (W-D-L: 14-1-5, P%: 117.4)
Finals Performance:
Defeated by Footscray (R) (Preliminary Final)
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fagan, Chris | 23 | 15 | -1- | 7 | R02-09, R11-22, EF, SF, PF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | BYE | ||||||
| 04/04/1998 | Round 2 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 35 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 12/04/1998 | Round 3 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 19/04/1998 | Round 4 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 2 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 26/04/1998 | Round 5 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | LOSS | HWTR by 20 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 03/05/1998 | Round 6 | Sydney (R) | AWAY | LOSS | SYDR by 38 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 10/05/1998 | Round 7 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | LOSS | RICR by 57 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 17/05/1998 | Round 8 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 43 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 23/05/1998 | Round 9 | Essendon (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 32 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| Round 10 | BYE | ||||||
| 06/06/1998 | Round 11 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 37 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 13/06/1998 | Round 12 | Geelong (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 23 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 21/06/1998 | Round 13 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 31 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 27/06/1998 | Round 14 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | LOSS | RICR by 24 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 04/07/1998 | Round 15 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOR by 1 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 18/07/1998 | Round 16 | Carlton (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 40 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 25/07/1998 | Round 17 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 26 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 01/08/1998 | Round 18 | Footscray (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 7 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 08/08/1998 | Round 19 | Carlton (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 81 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 15/08/1998 | Round 20 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 77 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 23/08/1998 | Round 21 | Sydney (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 4 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 30/08/1998 | Round 22 | Richmond (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 5 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 04/09/1998 | Elimination Final | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 35 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 12/09/1998 | Semi Final | Essendon (R) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSR by 12 | Chris Fagan | unknown |
| 19/09/1998 | Preliminary Final | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 80 | Chris Fagan | unknown |