For the 1990 season of the Arena Football League, see 1990 Arena Football League season .
1990 AFL premiership season Teams 14 Premiers Collingwood Minor premiers Essendon Pre-season cup Essendon Matches played 161 Attendance 4,086,283 (25,381 per match) Highest attendance 98,944 (Grand final , Collingwood vs. Essendon ) Coleman Medallist John Longmire (North Melbourne ) Brownlow Medallist Tony Liberatore (Footscray )
The 1990 Australian Football League season was the 94th season of the elite Australian rules football competition, and the first under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989.
Foster's Cup [ ] Essendon defeated North Melbourne 17.10 (112) to 10.16 (76) in the final.
Club leadership [ ]
Club
Coaches
Chairman/President
Executive Director/General Manager
Football Manager
Leadership group
Brisbane Bears
Norm Dare (senior)Rodney Eade (reserves)
Noel Gordon
Andrew Ireland
Shane O'Sullivan
Roger Merrett (captain)Scott McIvor (v/captain)Martin Leslie (deputy v/c)
[1]
Carlton
Alex Jesaulenko (senior)Rod Ashman (reserves)Ross Henshaw (under 19s)
John Elliott
Ian Collins
Stephen Gough
Stephen Kernahan (captain)Craig Bradley (v/captain)David Rhys-Jones (deputy v/c)
[1]
Collingwood
Leigh Matthews (senior)Michael Taylor (reserves)Keith Burns (under 19s)
Rob Petrie
Graeme Allan
Tony Shaw (captain)Peter Daicos (v/captain)Brian Taylor , Gavin Crosisca , Darren Millane (deputy v/captains)
[1]
Essendon
Kevin Sheedy (senior)Mervyn Keane (reserves)Ray Jordon (under 19s)
Ron Evans
David Shaw (exec. director)Roger Hampson (gen. manager)
Kevin Egan
Tim Watson (captain)Simon Madden (v/captain)Mark Thompson (deputy v/c)
[1]
Fitzroy
Rod Austin (senior)Robert Shaw (reserves)Leigh Carlson (under 19s)
Leon Wiegard
Arthur Wilson
Paul Roos (captain)Gary Pert (v/captain)
[1]
Footscray
Terry Wheeler (senior)Trevor Fletcher (reserves)Neil Clarke (under 19s)
Gary Merrington
Doug Hawkins (captain)Stephen Wallis (v/captain)Tony McGuinness (deputy v/c)
[2]
Geelong
Malcolm Blight (senior)Ron Hovey
Andrew Bews (captain)Steve Hocking (v/captain)Barry Stoneham (deputy v/c)
[2]
Hawthorn
Allan Jeans (senior)Des Meagher (reserves)Russell Greene (under 19s)
John Hook (football manager)Alan Joyce (director of football)
Michael Tuck (captain)Gary Ayres (v/captain)
[2]
Melbourne
John Northey (senior)Mark Cross (reserves & under 19s)
Stuart Spencer
Tony King
Greg Healy (captain)Garry Lyon (v/captain)Jim Stynes (deputy v/c)
[2]
North Melbourne
Wayne Schimmelbusch (senior)Laurie Dwyer (reserves)Denis Pagan (under 19s)
Ken Montgomery
Greg Miller
Matthew Larkin (captain)Ben Buckley (v/captain)
[2]
Richmond
Kevin Bartlett (senior)Emmett Dunne (reserves)Doug Searl (under 19s)
Neville Crowe
Cameron Schwab
Dale Weightman (captain)Michael Pickering (v/captain)
[2]
St Kilda
Ken Sheldon (senior)Warren Jones (reserves)Gary Colling (under 19s)
Travis Payze
Peter Hudson
Danny Frawley (captain)
[3]
Sydney
Colin Kinnear (senior)Mark Maclure (reserves)Michael Willesee
(exec. director)Barry Breen (gen. manager)
John Reid
Dennis Carroll (captain)Gerard Healy (v/captain)Greg Williams (deputy v/c)
[3]
West Coast
Michael Malthouse (senior)
Brian Cook
Trevor Nisbett
Steve Malaxos (captain)John Worsfold (v/captain)Phil Scott (deputy v/c)
[3]
Premiership Season [ ] Round 1 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Carlton 14.15 (99)
Sydney 15.14 (104) Princes Park 22,427
Saturday 31, March
Essendon 20.21 (141) Fitzroy 8.12 (60)
Windy Hill 18,960
Saturday 31, March
Geelong 11.11 (77)
Hawthorn 28.24 (192) Waverley Park 41,694
Saturday, 31 March
North Melbourne 12.17 (89)
Melbourne 22.10 (142) MCG 23,191
Saturday, 31 March
Brisbane Bears 19.19 (133) Richmond 10.14 (74)
Carrara Stadium 11,814
Saturday, 31 March
West Coast 14.16 (100) Collingwood 8.6 (54)
Subiaco Oval 25,342
Sunday, 1 April
Footscray 11.15 (81)
St Kilda 22.12 (144) Whitten Oval 28,553
Sunday, 1 April
Round 2 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Richmond 9.14 (68)
North Melbourne 32.17 (209) MCG 18,105
Friday, 6 April
Carlton 13.9 (87)
Collingwood 19.8 (122) Waverley Park 44,906
Saturday, 7 April
Fitzroy 13.20 (98) Brisbane Bears 8.11 (59)
Princes Park 6,838
Saturday, 7 April
Melbourne 18.20 (128) Geelong 13.13 (91)
MCG 29,024
Saturday, 7 April
St Kilda 18.19 (127) West Coast 10.9 (69)
Moorabbin Oval 23,161
Saturday, 7 April
Essendon 24.15 (159) Hawthorn 14.13 (97)
MCG 55,311
Sunday, 8 April
Sydney 10.18 (78)
Footscray 20.20 (140) SCG 11,051
Sunday, 8 April
Round 3 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
St Kilda 11.10 (76)
Carlton 14.8 (92) Waverley Park 53,065
Saturday 14, April
Footscray 7.17 (59)
West Coast 18.14 (122) Whitten Oval 14,842
Saturday 14, April
Hawthorn 15.21 (111) Richmond 10.21 (81)
Princes Park 11,698
Saturday 14, April
Brisbane Bears 14.11 (95)
North Melbourne 17.11 (113) Carrara Stadium 8,683
Sunday 15, April
Collingwood 20.8 (128) Sydney 12.21 (93)
Victoria Park 27,839
Monday 16, April
Melbourne 18.14 (122) Essendon 14.11 (95)
MCG 59,894
Monday 16, April
Geelong 22.18 (150) Fitzroy 11.11 (77)
Kardinia Park 23,031
Monday 16, April
Round 4 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
West Coast 17.18 (120) Carlton 10.10 (70)
WACA Ground 28,568
Friday 20, April
Collingwood 14.12 (96) Footscray 11.12 (78)
Victoria Park 17,948
Saturday 21, April
Richmond 6.13 (49)
Essendon 18.19 (127) MCG 17,975
Saturday 21, April
Fitzroy 9.10 (64)
Melbourne 13.11 (89) Waverley Park 13,671
Saturday 21, April
Hawthorn 18.12 (120) Brisbane Bears 5.8 (38)
Princes Park 8,649
Saturday 21, April
North Melbourne 15.22 (112)
Geelong 20.23 (143) MCG 28,512
Sunday 22, April
Sydney 13.19 (97)
St Kilda 19.17 (131) SCG 11,472
Sunday 22, April
Round 5 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Carlton 10.16 (76)
Footscray 15.13 (103) Princes Park 24,960
Wednesday 25, April
Richmond 21.17 (143) Fitzroy 9.10 (64)
MCG 23,078
Wednesday 25, April
St Kilda 13.13 (91)
Collingwood 12.20 (92) MCG 67,893
Saturday 28, April
Essendon 11.15 (81)
Geelong 12.17 (89) Waverley Park 42,097
Saturday 28, April
Hawthorn 16.12 (108) North Melbourne 10.18 (78)
Princes Park 13,144
Saturday 28, April
Brisbane Bears 8.13 (61)
Melbourne 19.11 (125) Carrara Stadium 9,381
Saturday 28, April
West Coast 19.14 (128) Sydney 10.7 (67)
Subiaco Oval 25,683
Sunday 29, April
Round 6 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Richmond 9.14 (68)
West Coast 15.13 (103) MCG 17,229
Friday 4, May
Carlton 20.13 (133) North Melbourne 14.19 (103)
Princes Park 17,555
Saturday 5, May
Collingwood 10.15 (75)
Essendon 15.11 (101) MCG 63,218
Saturday 5, May
Footscray 12.10 (82) Fitzroy 5.20 (50)
Waverley Park 13,610
Saturday 5, May
Geelong 23.13 (151) Brisbane Bears 12.8 (80)
Kardinia Park 18,426
Saturday 5, May
St Kilda 15.14 (104) Hawthorn 14.17 (101)
Moorabbin Oval 30,895
Saturday 5, May
Sydney 14.14 (98) Melbourne 12.21 (93)
SCG 10,155
Sunday 6, May
Round 7 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Melbourne 18.8 (116) West Coast 9.7 (61)
MCG 32,269
Friday 11, May
Essendon 13.13 (91)
Carlton 17.9 (111) Windy Hill 22,198
Saturday 12, May
Collingwood 13.14 (92)
Hawthorn 13.16 (94) Waverley Park 48,099
Saturday 12, May
Fitzroy 18.13 (121) St Kilda 15.13 (103)
Princes Park 14,524
Saturday 12, May
North Melbourne 12.13 (85)
Footscray 12.15 (87) MCG 16,155
Saturday 12, May
Geelong 9.28 (82)
Richmond 13.18 (96) Kardinia Park 21,181
Sunday 13, May
Brisbane Bears 14.12 (96) Sydney 13.10 (88)
Carrara Stadium 7,226
Sunday 13, May
Round 8 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Sydney 15.17 (107) Geelong 13.20 (98)
SCG 8,960
Friday 18, May
Carlton 18.18 (126) Hawthorn 9.5 (59)
Waverley Park 36,370
Saturday 19, May
Fitzroy 9.21 (75)
Collingwood 17.18 (120) Princes Park 16,530
Saturday 19, May
Melbourne 20.13 (133) Richmond 11.14 (80)
MCG 26,376
Saturday 19, May
St Kilda 12.22 (94) North Melbourne 11.12 (78)
Moorabbin Oval 22,351
Saturday 19, May
Footscray 11.12 (78)
Essendon 14.13 (97) Whitten Oval 25,255
Sunday 20, May
West Coast 16.26 (122) Brisbane Bears 9.9 (63)
Subiaco Oval 20,457
Sunday 20, May
Round 9 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Carlton 18.15 (123) Fitzroy 11.16 (82)
Princes Park 19,052
Saturday 26, May
Collingwood 26.20 (176) North Melbourne 14.12 (96)
Victoria Park 22,232
Saturday 26, May
Essendon 18.16 (124) St Kilda 17.11 (113)
Windy Hill 21,251
Saturday 26, May
Hawthorn 14.8 (92) Melbourne 7.6 (48)
Waverley Park 39,701
Saturday 26, May
Brisbane Bears 8.8 (56)
Footscray 19.11 (125) Carrara Stadium 6,628
Saturday 26, May
West Coast 16.16 (112) Geelong 13.15 (93)
Subiaco Oval 21,323
Sunday 27, May
Richmond 20.19 (139) Sydney 9.6 (60)
MCG 19,465
Sunday 27, May
Round 10 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne 17.16 (118) West Coast 13.12 (90)
MCG 9,377
Friday 1, June
Richmond 15.18 (108) Carlton 13.7 (85)
MCG 31,648
Saturday 2, June
Collingwood 16.14 (110) Melbourne 9.4 (58)
Waverley Park 49,655
Saturday 2, June
Fitzroy 15.13 (103) Hawthorn 13.11 (89)
Princes Park 11,329
Saturday 2, June
St Kilda 21.22 (148) Brisbane Bears 10.11 (71)
Moorabbin Oval 14,099
Saturday 2, June
Sydney 11.8 (74)
Essendon 25.14 (164) SCG 12,551
Sunday 3, June
Geelong 14.12 (96) Footscray 13.16 (94)
Kardinia Park 26,073
Sunday 3, June
Round 11 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Essendon 15.9 (99) West Coast 8.12 (60)
Windy Hill 19,427
Saturday 9, June
St Kilda 15.14 (104)
Geelong 16.16 (112) Waverley Park 47,572
Saturday 9, June
Hawthorn 19.18 (132) Sydney 11.17 (83)
Princes Park 11,848
Saturday 9, June
Brisbane Bears 10.13 (73)
Collingwood 15.17 (107) Carrara Stadium 12,339
Sunday 10, June
Melbourne 15.9 (99) Carlton 13.15 (93)
MCG 59,782
Monday 11, June
Fitzroy 11.12 (78)
North Melbourne 15.10 (100) Princes Park 13,271
Monday 11, June
Footscray 15.6 (96) Richmond 12.10 (82)
Whitten Oval 29,698
Monday 11, June
Round 12 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
West Coast 16.9 (105) Hawthorn 12.10 (82)
WACA 28,094
Friday 15, June
Carlton 24.14 (158) Brisbane Bears 11.23 (89)
Princes Park 11,738
Saturday 16, June
Geelong 12.16 (88)
Collingwood 14.15 (99) Waverley Park 53,917
Saturday 16, June
Essendon 18.16 (124) North Melbourne 13.16 (94)
Windy Hill 16,311
Saturday 16, June
Richmond 18.20 (128) St Kilda 16.12 (108)
MCG 31,180
Saturday 16, June
Sydney 10.11 (71)
Fitzroy 17.14 (116) SCG 6,136
Sunday 17, June
Footscray 10.8 (68)
Melbourne 15.11 (101) Whitten Oval 17,828
Sunday 17, June
Round 13 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Carlton 18.15 (123) Geelong 13.26 (104)
Princes Park 29,571
Saturday 23, June
Melbourne 14.15 (99)
St Kilda 20.12 (132) MCG 38,511
Saturday 23, June
Brisbane Bears 7.13 (55)
Essendon 15.19 (109) Carrara Stadium 10,105
Saturday 23, June
Collingwood 14.17 (101) Richmond 5.12 (42)
Victoria Park 31,447
Saturday 30, June
Hawthorn 10.13 (73)
Footscray 14.7 (91) Waverley Park 22,388
Saturday 30, June
North Melbourne 18.23 (131) Sydney 5.11 (41)
MCG 10,721
Saturday 30, June
West Coast 20.8 (128) Fitzroy 13.13 (91)
Subiaco Oval 20,133
Sunday 1, July
Round 14 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Richmond 22.21 (153) Brisbane Bears 10.11 (71)
MCG 11,438
Friday 6, July
Collingwood 15.12 (102) West Coast 11.10 (76)
Victoria Park 23,596
Saturday 7, July
Fitzroy 9.7 (61)
Essendon 20.24 (144) Princes Park 13,339
Saturday 7, July
St Kilda 11.12 (78)
Footscray 12.13 (85) Moorabbin Oval 28,202
Saturday 7, July
Hawthorn 18.10 (118) Geelong 7.8 (50)
Waverley Park 30,211
Saturday 7, July
Melbourne 10.13 (73)
North Melbourne 31.14 (200) MCG 19,272
Saturday 7, July
Sydney 13.12 (90)
Carlton 25.12 (162) SCG 10,555
Sunday 8, July
Round 15 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
West Coast 16.12 (108) St Kilda 14.6 (90)
WACA 20,474
Friday 13, July
Collingwood 17.11 (113) Carlton 8.11 (59)
Waverley Park 76,390
Saturday 14, July
Hawthorn 10.7 (67)
Essendon 21.16 (142) Princes Park 25,159
Saturday 14, July
Footscray 17.10 (112) Sydney 13.18 (96)
Whitten Oval 13,184
Saturday 14, July
Geelong 17.11 (113) Melbourne 15.13 (103)
Kardinia Park 18,265
Saturday 14, July
North Melbourne 22.12 (144) Richmond 15.10 (100)
MCG 21,426
Saturday 14, July
Brisbane Bears 17.9 (111) Fitzroy 9.8 (62)
Carrara Stadium 7,347
Sunday 15, July
Round 16 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
West Coast 16.13 (109) Footscray 9.12 (66)
WACA 20,296
Friday 20, July
Carlton 19.9 (123) St Kilda 15.18 (108)
Princes Park 25,235
Saturday 21, July
Essendon 15.16 (106)
Melbourne 17.12 (114) Windy Hill 19,945
Saturday 21, July
Fitzroy 17.6 (108) Geelong 12.9 (81)
Waverley Park 13,335
Saturday 21, July
Richmond 10.8 (68)
Hawthorn 25.9 (159) MCG 25,532
Saturday 21, July
Sydney 19.9 (123)
Collingwood 21.21 (147) SCG 11,722
Sunday 22, July
North Melbourne 13.12 (90) Brisbane Bears 7.12 (54)
MCG 8,310
Sunday 22, July
Round 17 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Carlton 15.11 (101)
West Coast 20.12 (132) Princes Park 18,712
Saturday 28, July
Essendon 18.17 (125) Richmond 6.10 (46)
Waverley Park 24,436
Saturday 28, July
Melbourne 15.19 (109) Fitzroy 12.18 (90)
MCG 20,222
Saturday 28, July
Geelong 17.8 (110)
North Melbourne 20.11 (131) Kardinia Park 18,018
Saturday 28, July
St Kilda 22.16 (148) Sydney 10.13 (73)
Moorabbin Oval 19,108
Saturday 28, July
Footscray 14.12 (96) Collingwood 12.21 (93)
MCG 52,724
Sunday 29, July
Brisbane Bears 14.11 (95)
Hawthorn 16.14 (110) Carrara Stadium 8,768
Sunday 29, July
Round 18 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne 14.14 (98)
Hawthorn 15.18 (108) MCG 44,627
Friday 3, August
Collingwood 16.21 (117) St Kilda 7.7 (49)
Victoria Park 28,301
Saturday 4, August
Geelong 14.8 (92)
Essendon 13.16 (94) Kardinia Park 21,796
Saturday 4, August
Fitzroy 16.17 (113) Richmond 10.15 (75)
Princes Park 8,949
Saturday 4, August
Melbourne 10.13 (73) Brisbane Bears 9.6 (60)
Waverley Park 10,890
Saturday 4, August
Footscray 9.13 (67)
Carlton 15.6 (96) Whitten Oval 22,142
Sunday 5, August
Sydney 10.8 (68)
West Coast 12.11 (83) SCG 6,970
Sunday 5, August
Round 19 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Fitzroy 12.16 (88)
Footscray 17.21 (123) Princes Park 10,482
Saturday 11, August
Hawthorn 17.17 (119) St Kilda 13.5 (83)
Waverley Park 27,612
Saturday 11, August
Melbourne 27.11 (173) Sydney 15.16 (106)
MCG 16,719
Saturday 11, August
Brisbane Bears 25.13 (163) Geelong 14.13 (97)
Carrara Stadium 8,180
Saturday 11, August
North Melbourne 13.11 (89) Carlton 7.13 (55)
MCG 21,094
Sunday 12, August
Essendon 13.6 (84) Collingwood 11.12 (78)
Waverley Park 65,293
Sunday 12, August
West Coast 22.21 (153) Richmond 16.9 (105)
Subiaco Oval 22,939
Sunday 12, August
Round 20 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Sydney 11.20 (86) Brisbane Bears 7.13 (55)
SCG 5,272
Friday 17, August
Carlton 16.11 (107) Essendon 12.15 (87)
Princes Park 25,455
Saturday 18, August
Hawthorn 26.7 (163) Collingwood 12.8 (80)
Waverley Park 53,982
Saturday 18, August
St Kilda 17.15 (117) Fitzroy 18.8 (116)
Moorabbin Oval 13,712
Saturday 18, August
Footscray 12.16 (88)
North Melbourne 17.13 (115) Whitten Oval 16,087
Saturday 18, August
Richmond 14.10 (94)
Geelong 24.14 (158) MCG 16,984
Saturday 18, August
West Coast 15.13 (103)
Melbourne 21.13 (139) Subiaco Oval 35,623
Sunday 19, August
Round 21 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne 27.17 (179) St Kilda 12.15 (87)
MCG 18,079
Friday 24, August
Hawthorn 17.14 (116) Carlton 12.13 (85)
Princes Park 23,200
Saturday 25, August
Collingwood 17.16 (118) Fitzroy 4.8 (32)
Victoria Park 21,008
Saturday 25, August
Essendon 15.14 (104) Footscray 11.14 (80)
Windy Hill 17,258
Saturday 25, August
Geelong 12.18 (90)
Sydney 14.8 (92) Kardinia Park 13,109
Saturday 25, August
Richmond 7.8 (50)
Melbourne 12.14 (86) Waverley Park 15,342
Saturday 25, August
Brisbane Bears 8.11 (59)
West Coast 14.16 (100) Carrara Stadium 7,286
Sunday 26, August
Round 22 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Ground
Crowd
Date
Fitzroy 18.17 (125) Carlton 16.17 (113)
Princes Park 14,168
Saturday 1, September
North Melbourne 8.19 (67)
Collingwood 23.18 (156) Waverley Park 43,044
Saturday 1, September
St Kilda 13.15 (93)
Essendon 19.14 (128) Moorabbin Oval 26,661
Saturday 1, September
This was the only game which all 4 Daniher brothers played in the same match.
Footscray 16.21 (117) Brisbane Bears 15.6 (96)
Whitten Oval 11,371
Saturday 1, September
Geelong 12.11 (83)
West Coast 14.6 (90) Kardinia Park 16,312
Saturday 1, September
Melbourne 17.14 (116) Hawthorn 15.14 (104)
MCG 57,247
Saturday 1, September
Sydney 15.19 (109)
Richmond 20.19 (139) SCG 7,180
Sunday 2, September
Ladder [ ] All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 154. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series.
1990 AFL ladder
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
PF
PA
PP
Pts
1
Essendon
22
17
5
0
2526
1815
139.2
68
Finals Series
2
Collingwood (P)
22
16
6
0
2376
1825
130.2
64
3
West Coast
22
16
6
0
2274
1920
118.4
64
4
Melbourne
22
16
6
0
2339
2066
113.2
64
5
Hawthorn
22
14
8
0
2414
2002
120.6
56
6
North Melbourne
22
12
10
0
2519
2210
114.0
48
7
Footscray
22
12
10
0
2016
2031
99.3
48
8
Carlton
22
11
11
0
2277
2187
104.1
44
9
St Kilda
22
9
13
0
2328
2313
100.6
36
10
Geelong
22
8
14
0
2248
2398
93.7
32
11
Richmond
22
7
15
0
1988
2530
78.6
28
12
Fitzroy
22
7
15
0
1874
2389
78.4
28
13
Sydney
22
5
17
0
1904
2704
70.4
20
14
Brisbane Bears
22
4
18
0
1733
2426
71.4
16
Source:
AFL ladder Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals Series [ ] Elimination Final [ ]
Elimination Final
Sunday, 9 September 2:30pm
Melbourne
def.
Hawthorn
MCG (crowd: 74,954)
1.2 (8)10.13 (73)
Q1
2.6 (18)8.16 (64)
Umpires: Carey , Sawers Television broadcast: Seven Network
Bennett 4 Stretch 2 Eishold , Healy , Jackson , Spalding 1
Goals
2 Brereton , Dunstall , Hall 1 Platten , Pritchard
Eishold, Stynes , Campbell , Yeats , Rohde , Newport , Healy
Best
Hall, Tuck , Mew , Pritchard
Qualifying Final [ ]
Qualifying Final
Saturday, 8 September 2:30pm
Collingwood
drew with
West Coast
Waverley Park (crowd: 57,546)
3.6 (24)13.12 (90)
Q1
3.1 (19)13.12 (90)
Umpires: Ball, Rich Television broadcast: Seven Network
Daicos 4 Barwick , Brown 3 Taylor 2 Manson 1
Goals
4 Sumich 2 Lewis , Heady , Langdon 1 Kemp , Keene , Waterman
Brown, Wright , Francis , Millane , A. Richardson , Gayfer , Daicos
Best
Lewis, Heady, Lamb , Mainwaring , Hart , Langdon, Watters
Qualifying Final Replay
Saturday, 15 September 2:30pm
Collingwood
def.
West Coast
Waverley Park (crowd: 53,520)
8.1 (49)19.12 (126)
Q1
2.1 (13)9.13 (67)
Umpires: Mitchell, Sheehan Television broadcast: Seven Network
Brown , Daicos 4 Manson , Crosisca , Francis 2 Kelly , Russell , McGuane , Christian , Millane 1
Goals
4 Sumich 2 Keene 1 Langdon , Turley , Kemp
Christian, Francis, Wright , Morwood , Brown, Gayfer , McGuane
Best
Turley, Sumich, Lamb , Keene, Worsfold , Lewis
Semi Finals [ ]
First Semi-Final
Saturday, 22 September 2:30pm
West Coast
def.
Melbourne
Waverley Park (crowd: 43,458)
4.2 (26)19.16 (130)
Q1
2.1 (13)15.10 (100)
Umpires: Sawers , Rich Television broadcast: Seven Network
6 Waterman 4 Sumich 3 Jackson 2 Mainwaring 1 Lewis , Keene , Langdon , Kemp
Goals
Grinter 4 Bennett , Yeats , Jackson 2 Tingay , Campbell , Spalding , Healy , Eishold 1
Turley , Keene, Mainwaring, Waterman, McKenna , Jackson, Lewis
Best
B. Lovett , Spalding, Campbell, Eishold, Stynes , Grinter
Second Semi-Final
Sunday, 23 September 2:30pm
Collingwood
def.
Essendon
MCG (crowd: 91,555)
4.5 (29)17.15 (117)
Q1
2.3 (15)7.12 (54)
Umpires: Carey , Sheehan Television broadcast: Seven Network
Brown 5 Daicos , Barwick 3 Starcevich , Russell 2 Francis , Crosisca 1
Goals
3 Salmon 1 Harvey , Kickett , Vander Haar , Thompson
McGuane , Brown, Banks , Morwood , Russell, Francis, Christian
Best
Salmon, T. Daniher , Thompson, Bewick , Ezard
Preliminary Final [ ]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 29 September 2:30pm
Essendon
def.
West Coast
Waverley Park (crowd: 55,813)
4.1 (25)18.13 (121)
Q1
1.2 (8)8.10 (58)
Umpires: Carey , Sheehan Television broadcast: Seven Network
Ezard , Harvey 3 Salmon , Madden , Vander Haar 2 Anderson , Bewick , Kickett , Long , Manning , Watson 1
Goals
3 Jackson 2 Sumich 1 Heady , Langdon , Mainwaring
Madden, T. Daniher , Anderson, Grenvold , Ezard, Hamilton , Bewick
Best
Mainwaring, Lewis , Scott , Hart , Heady, Brennan , McKenna
Grand Final [ ]
1990 AFL Grand Final
Saturday, 6 October 2:30pm
Collingwood
def.
Essendon
MCG (crowd: 98,944)
2.5 (17)13.11 (89)
Q1
2.2 (14)5.11 (41)
Umpires: Sawers , RichNorm Smith Medal :Tony Shaw Television broadcast: Seven Network National anthem: Normie Rowe
Brown 2, Barwick 2, Crosisca 2, Russell 2, Daicos 2, Monkhorst , Starcevich , McGuane
Goals
Salmon 2, Kickett , Somerville , Grenvold
Shaw , Russell , Monkhorst , Millane , Francis , Kerrison , Starcevich , Crosisca , McGuane
Best
Watson , Sporn , T. Daniher , Kickett , Ezard , O'Donnell
Brown (concussion), Starcevich (concussion)
Injuries
Nil
See Tribunal
Reports
See Tribunal
Match was also broadcast on 3AW and 3LO radio
Match attendance [ ] Total match attendance for the home-and-away season was 3,587,595 people. Total attendance for the finals series was 475,790 people.
Awards [ ] The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Tony Liberatore of Footscray .
The Coleman Medal was awarded to John Longmire of North Melbourne .
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Tony Shaw of Collingwood
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Darren Millane of Collingwood
The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to the Brisbane Bears
The Under 19's grand final won by North Melbourne
Carlton won the reserves premiership. Carlton 14.14 (98) defeated Melbourne 11.15 (81) in the grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors grand final on 6 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[4] Notable events [ ] The Victorian Football League (VFL) was renamed and re-badged (with a new logo) as the Australian Football League in 1990.
VFL Park was re-designated as Waverley Park (although it took about two or three years for football commentators and sporting editors to relinquish the usage of the old name for the ground).
Prior to the season, Fitzroy and Footscray – both in serious financial difficulty – announced that they would be merging to form a single club known as the Fitzroy Bulldogs , which was to have taken its place in the AFL from 1990. Less than three weeks after the announcement, a successful grass-roots campaign by Footscray supporters restored their club to a position of financial viability, and the merger was called off.[5]
Five minutes into the third quarter of the Round 1 game between Geelong and Hawthorn, the Cats lead the Hawks 10.6.(66) to 9.11.(65). Hawthorn then outscored Geelong 19.13.(127) to 1.5.(11) in the rest of the game to win by 115 points.[6]
By the AFL rules at the time, the drawn qualifying final between Collingwood and West Coast was replayed on the following weekend. This meant that minor premier Essendon was given a second consecutive bye week, giving them three weeks between games; Essendon ultimately reached the grand final through the preliminary final, but they were soundly beaten in both the second semi-final and grand final, to which many laid partial blame upon the extended layoff. Additionally, the delay caused scheduling chaos for venues and hotels as a large number of league and corporate events related to the finals, and particularly to grand final week, had to be rescheduled: the extent of this was unprecedented, as the number and scale of such events had increased significantly since the last drawn early weeks finals match in 1972.[7] extra time in tied finals matches (except the grand final) in future years to prevent a repeat of these problems. In 2016, a resolution in extra time was implemented for the grand final as well.
The Port Adelaide Football Club from the South Australian National Football League made a bid to join the new AFL competition; the application was rejected, in response, a composite South Australian National Football League team, christened the "Adelaide Crows " was admitted to the AFL competition in the 1991 season .
The Brisbane-Melbourne game in round 5 was the 10,000th VFL/AFL match. References [ ] Stephen Rodgers: Every Game Ever Played VFL/AFL Results 1897–1991 3rd Edition 1992. Penguin Books Australia ISBN 0-670-90526-7 .
Clubs
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