1991 AFL reserves season

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1991 AFL reserves season
Date23 March – 28 September
Teams13
Premiers Brisbane Bears
1st premiership
Minor premiers Collingwood
Wooden spooners Sydney
  1990
1992  

The 1991 AFL reserves season was the 72nd season of the AFL reserve grade competition, the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Australian Football League (AFL).

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The premiership was won by the Brisbane Bears after they defeated Melbourne in the 1991 AFL reserves grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the 1991 AFL Grand Final at Waverley Park on 28 September. [1] This was the first time a non-Victorian club had won an AFL premiership in any grade, and the Bears' only premiership before the club merged with Fitzroy at the end of the 1996 season. [2]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Collingwood 22175027052027133.4560 Finals series
2 Melbourne 22157029232314126.3260
3 Brisbane Bears (P)22148024882366105.1656
4 Geelong 22139026252183120.2552
5 North Melbourne 22139025452346108.4852
6 St Kilda 221210023472042114.9448
7 Hawthorn 221210023942161110.7848
8 Carlton 221111022842183106.8344
9 Richmond 22101202293245693.3640
10 Essendon 22101202025242583.5140
11 Fitzroy 2261801984261775.8124
12 Footscray 2251701859258871.8320
13 Sydney 2251701972278170.9120

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

Finals series

Semi-finals

Semi-finals
Saturday, 14 September Collingwood 12.8 (80)def. by Brisbane Bears 17.14 (116) Waverley Park
Saturday, 14 September Melbourne 17.14 (116)def. St Kilda 11.8 (74) Waverley Park

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Saturday, 21 September (11:10am) Collingwood 19.11 (125)def. Melbourne 9.10 (64) Waverley Park

Grand Final

1991 AFL reserves Grand Final
Saturday, 28 September Melbourne def. by Brisbane Bears Waverley Park (crowd: 75,000) [4]
2.3 (15)
5.5 (35)
9.9 (63)
11.9 (75)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
2.4 (16)
3.7 (25)
8.8 (56)
16.13 (109)
Umpires: A. McKernan, M. Viney [5]

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