1991 AFL reserves season

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
	← 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).

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

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

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