1991 AFL reserves season

1991 AFL reserves season
Date	23 March – 28 September
Teams	13
Premiers	Brisbane Bears 1st premiership
Minor premiers	Collingwood
Wooden spooners	Sydney
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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).

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Collingwood	22	17	5	0	2705	2027	133.45	60	Finals series
2	Melbourne	22	15	7	0	2923	2314	126.32	60
3	Brisbane Bears (P)	22	14	8	0	2488	2366	105.16	56
4	Geelong	22	13	9	0	2625	2183	120.25	52
5	North Melbourne	22	13	9	0	2545	2346	108.48	52
6	St Kilda	22	12	10	0	2347	2042	114.94	48
7	Hawthorn	22	12	10	0	2394	2161	110.78	48
8	Carlton	22	11	11	0	2284	2183	106.83	44
9	Richmond	22	10	12	0	2293	2456	93.36	40
10	Essendon	22	10	12	0	2025	2425	83.51	40
11	Fitzroy	22	6	18	0	1984	2617	75.81	24
12	Footscray	22	5	17	0	1859	2588	71.83	20
13	Sydney	22	5	17	0	1972	2781	70.91	20

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]

References

1. "Bears make history". Trove. The Canberra Times. 29 September 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
2. "Recognising the Bears". Brisbane Lions. 7 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
3. "1991 AFL Reserves". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
4. "1991 Reserves Grand Final". Demonwiki. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
5. "1991 RESERVE TEAMS Grand Final". Archive Today. AFL Record. 28 September 1991. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.