1989 VFL reserves season

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1989 VFL reserves season
Date1 April – 30 September
Teams13
Premiers Fitzroy
3rd premiership
Minor premiers Carlton
Wooden spooners St Kilda
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1990 (AFL)  →

The 1989 VFL reserves season was the 70th season of the VFL reserve grade competition, the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] [2]

Contents

The premiership was won by Fitzroy after they defeated Geelong in the 1989 VFL reserves grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the 1989 VFL Grand Final at the MCG on 30 September. [3] This was the last time Fitzroy won a VFL/AFL premiership in any grade before their 1996 merger with the Brisbane Bears. [4]

This was also the last season under the VFL reserves name, before the competition was renamed to the AFL reserves when the VFL was renamed to the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990. [5]

Ladder

Following their Round 1 match on 1 April, both St Kilda and Brisbane were found to have fielded unregistered players. As a result, the VFL fined both clubs and ordered that they receive zero premiership points for the match. [6] [7]

PosTeamPldWLDNRPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Carlton 201640023121781129.8164 Finals series
2 Geelong 201550027211770153.7360
3 Essendon 201550020571645125.0560
4 Footscray 201370020961541136.0252
5 Fitzroy (P)201370021191711123.8552
6 North Melbourne 201280020621731119.1248
7 Collingwood 201190019891781115.7744
8 Hawthorn 20910101987213693.0238
9 Sydney 20911001652179092.2936
10 Richmond 20713001561237065.8628
11 Melbourne 20416001581230768.5316
12 Brisbane Bears 20316011779233676.1612
13 St Kilda 20117111708278861.266

Source: [8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Finals series

Qualifying and elimination finals

Elimination final
Saturday, 9 September (11:10am) Footscray 15.14 (104)def. Fitzroy 6.10 (46) VFL Park
Qualifying final
Sunday, 10 September (11:10am) Geelong 16.10 (106)def. Essendon 11.14 (80) MCG

Semi-finals

Semi-finals
Saturday, 16 September (11:10am) Essendon 8.11 (59)def. by Fitzroy 8.18 (66) VFL Park
Saturday, 17 September (11:10am) Carlton 12.16 (88)def. by Geelong 17.13 (115) MCG

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Saturday, 23 September (11:10am) Carlton 11.15 (81)def. Fitzroy 16.16 (112) VFL Park

Grand Final

1989 VFL reserves Grand Final
Saturday, 30 September (11:10am) Geelong def. by Fitzroy MCG [9] [10]
3.3 (21)
9.5 (59)
15.10 (100)
16.16 (112)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		2.4 (16)
7.7 (49)
11.10 (76)
17.12 (114)

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