1999 AFL reserves season

The 1999 AFL reserves season was the 80th and final season of the AFL reserve grade competition, the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Australian Football League (AFL).

1999 AFL reserves season
Date25 March – 25 September
Teams11
PremiersEssendon
8th premiership
Minor premiersSt Kilda
Wooden spoonersCarlton
← 1998

Essendon won their 8th reserves premiership, defeating St Kilda by 52 points in the grand final on 25 September.

Following the end of the season, the AFL reserves was disbanded and merged into the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 St Kilda 20 15 5 0 1924 1466 131.2 60
2 Melbourne 20 14 6 0 1998 1690 118.2 56
3 Richmond 20 13 7 0 2041 1635 124.8 52
4 Collingwood 20 12 8 0 1879 1579 119.0 48
5 Western Bulldogs 20 11 9 0 1909 1835 104.0 44
6 Essendon (P) 20 10 10 0 1891 2080 90.9 40
7 Sydney 20 9 11 0 1982 2149 92.2 36
8 North Melbourne 20 7 13 0 1735 1962 88.4 28
9 Geelong 20 7 13 0 1801 2209 81.5 28
10 Hawthorn 20 6 14 0 1679 1868 89.9 24
11 Carlton 20 6 14 0 1648 2014 81.8 24
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Finals series

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Qualifying and Elimination Finals

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Qualifying Final
Saturday, 4 September (11:00 am) St Kilda 15.12 (102) def. Melbourne 13.12 (90) Melbourne Cricket Ground [2]
Elimination Finals
Friday, 3 September (4:00 pm) Collingwood 14.14 (98) def. by Western Bulldogs 18.9 (117) Melbourne Cricket Ground [2]
Sunday, 5 September (11:00 am) Richmond 8.9 (57) def. by Essendon 8.21 (69) Melbourne Cricket Ground [2]

Semi-finals

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Semi-finals
Saturday, 11 September (11:00 am) Melbourne 12.11 (83) def. by Essendon 13.19 (97) Punt Road Oval [2]
Saturday, 11 September (2:00 pm) St Kilda 17.18 (120) def. Western Bulldogs 11.12 (78) Princes Park [2]

Preliminary Final

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Preliminary Final
Saturday, 19 September (11:00 am) Western Bulldogs 14.10 (94) def. by Essendon 15.16 (106) Melbourne Cricket Ground [2]

Grand final

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Grand final
Saturday, 25 September (11:00 am) St Kilda 14.10 (76) def. by Essendon 20.13 (133) Melbourne Cricket Ground [2]

Aftermath

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From 1995 until 1999, the Victorian State Football League operated its two open-age competitions – the VFA/VFL and the Victorian AFL reserves competition – separately; however, its intention had always been to merge the two, and this took place at the end of the season, after the agreement of the AFL clubs. Under the administration's new name Football Victoria (later AFL Victoria), the two competitions were merged into a single competition still known as the Victorian Football League.[3]

Under the new arrangement, three Victorian AFL clubs opted to end their reserves teams and enter into affiliations with existing VFL clubs:[4]

Additionally, Sydney entered a partial affiliation with Port Melbourne, the club with which it had shared a zone when it was based in South Melbourne. No more than six of Sydney's reserves players played for Port Melbourne; the rest played for a dedicated Sydney reserves team in the Sydney AFL competition.

References

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  1. ^ Max Laughton (24 August 2020). "VFL to merge with NEAFL, under-18 comps revamped in massive changes to AFL's second tier". Fox Sports.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "1999 AFL Reserve Grade Competition". Australian Football.
  3. ^ Wilson, Caroline (28 July 2011). "Deadline looms for VFL team decisions". The Age.
  4. ^ Fiddian, Marc (2004); The VFA; A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877-1995; p. 188