1990 AFL season

1990 AFL premiership season
Teams 14
Premiers Collingwood
(14th premiership)
Minor premiers Essendon
(13th minor premiership)
Pre-season cup Essendon
(1st pre-season cup win)
Matches played 161
Attendance 4,086,283 (25,381 per match)
Highest attendance 98,944 (Grand Final, Collingwood v 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)

Premiership Season

Round 1

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Carlton14.15 (99)Sydney15.14 (104)Princes Park22,427Saturday 31, March
Essendon20.21 (141)Fitzroy8.12 (60)Windy Hill18,960Saturday 31, March
Geelong11.11 (77)Hawthorn28.24 (192)Waverley Park41,694Saturday, 31 March
North Melbourne12.17 (89)Melbourne22.10 (142)MCG23,191Saturday, 31 March
Brisbane Bears19.19 (133)Richmond10.14 (74)Carrara Stadium11,814Saturday, 31 March
West Coast14.16 (100)Collingwood8.6 (54)Subiaco Oval25,342Sunday, 1 April
Footscray11.15 (81)St Kilda22.12 (144)Whitten Oval28,553Sunday, 1 April

Round 2

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond9.14 (68)North Melbourne32.17 (209)MCG18,105Friday 6, April
Carlton13.9 (87)Collingwood19.8 (122)Waverley Park44,906Saturday 7, April
Fitzroy13.20 (98)Brisbane Bears8.11 (59)Princes Park6,838Saturday 7, April
Melbourne18.20 (128)Geelong13.13 (91)MCG29,024Saturday 7, April
St Kilda18.19 (127)West Coast10.9 (69)Moorabbin Oval23,161Saturday 7, April
Essendon24.15 (159)Hawthorn14.13 (97)MCG55,311Sunday 8, April
Sydney10.18 (78)Footscray20.20 (140)SCG11,051Sunday 8, April

Round 3

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
St Kilda11.10 (76)Carlton14.8 (92)Waverley Park53,065Saturday 14, April
Footscray7.17 (59)West Coast18.14 (122)Whitten Oval14,842Saturday 14, April
Hawthorn15.21 (111)Richmond10.21 (81)Princes Park11,698Saturday 14, April
Brisbane Bears14.11 (95)North Melbourne17.11 (113)Carrara Stadium8,683Sunday 15, April
Collingwood20.8 (128)Sydney12.21 (93)Victoria Park27,839Monday 16, April
Melbourne18.14 (122)Essendon14.11 (95)MCG59,894Monday 16, April
Geelong22.18 (150)Fitzroy11.11 (77)Kardinia Park23,031Monday 16, April

Round 4

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
West Coast17.18 (120)Carlton10.10 (70)WACA Ground28,568Friday 20, April
Collingwood14.12 (96)Footscray11.12 (78)Victoria Park17,948Saturday 21, April
Richmond6.13 (49)Essendon18.19 (127)MCG17,975Saturday 21, April
Fitzroy9.10 (64)Melbourne13.11 (89)Waverley Park13,671Saturday 21, April
Hawthorn18.12 (120)Brisbane Bears5.8 (38)Princes Park8,649Saturday 21, April
North Melbourne15.22 (112)Geelong20.23 (143)MCG28,512Sunday 22, April
Sydney13.19 (97)St Kilda19.17 (131)SCG11,472Sunday 22, April

Round 5

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Carlton10.16 (76)Footscray15.13 (103)Princes Park24,960Wednesday 25, April
Richmond21.17 (143)Fitzroy9.10 (64)MCG23,078Wednesday 25, April
St Kilda13.13 (91)Collingwood12.20 (92)MCG67,893Saturday 28, April
Essendon11.15 (81)Geelong12.17 (89)Waverley Park42,097Saturday 28, April
Hawthorn16.12 (108)North Melbourne10.18 (78)Princes Park13,144Saturday 28, April
Brisbane Bears8.13 (61)Melbourne19.11 (125)Carrara Stadium9,381Saturday 28, April
West Coast19.14 (128)Sydney10.7 (67)Subiaco Oval25,683Sunday 29, April

Round 6

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond9.14 (68)West Coast15.13 (103)MCG17,229Friday 4, May
Carlton20.13 (133)North Melbourne14.19 (103)Princes Park17,555Saturday 5, May
Collingwood10.15 (75)Essendon15.11 (101)MCG63,218Saturday 5, May
Footscray12.10 (82)Fitzroy5.20 (50)Waverley Park13,610Saturday 5, May
Geelong23.13 (151)Brisbane Bears12.8 (80)Kardinia Park18,426Saturday 5, May
St Kilda15.14 (104)Hawthorn14.17 (101)Moorabbin Oval30,895Saturday 5, May
Sydney14.14 (98)Melbourne12.21 (93)SCG10,155Sunday 6, May

Round 7

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Melbourne18.8 (116)West Coast9.7 (61)MCG32,269Friday 11, May
Essendon13.13 (91)Carlton17.9 (111)Windy Hill22,198Saturday 12, May
Collingwood13.14 (92)Hawthorn13.16 (94)Waverley Park48,099Saturday 12, May
Fitzroy18.13 (121)St Kilda15.13 (103)Princes Park14,524Saturday 12, May
North Melbourne12.13 (85)Footscray12.15 (87)MCG16,155Saturday 12, May
Geelong9.28 (82)Richmond13.18 (96)Kardinia Park21,181Sunday 13, May
Brisbane Bears14.12 (96)Sydney13.10 (88)Carrara Stadium7,226Sunday 13, May

Round 8

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Sydney15.17 (107)Geelong13.20 (98)SCG8,960Friday 18, May
Carlton18.18 (126)Hawthorn9.5 (59)Waverley Park36,370Saturday 19, May
Fitzroy9.21 (75)Collingwood17.18 (120)Princes Park16,530Saturday 19, May
Melbourne20.13 (133)Richmond11.14 (80)MCG26,376Saturday 19, May
St Kilda12.22 (94)North Melbourne11.12 (78)Moorabbin Oval22,351Saturday 19, May
Footscray11.12 (78)Essendon14.13 (97)Whitten Oval25,255Sunday 20, May
West Coast16.26 (122)Brisbane Bears9.9 (63)Subiaco Oval20,457Sunday 20, May

Round 9

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Carlton18.15 (123)Fitzroy11.16 (82)Princes Park19,052Saturday 26, May
Collingwood26.20 (176)North Melbourne14.12 (96)Victoria Park22,232Saturday 26, May
Essendon18.16 (124)St Kilda17.11 (113)Windy Hill21,251Saturday 26, May
Hawthorn14.8 (92)Melbourne7.6 (48)Waverley Park39,701Saturday 26, May
Brisbane Bears8.8 (56)Footscray19.11 (125)Carrara Stadium6,628Saturday 26, May
West Coast16.16 (112)Geelong13.15 (93)Subiaco Oval21,323Sunday 27, May
Richmond20.19 (139)Sydney9.6 (60)MCG19,465Sunday 27, May

Round 10

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne17.16 (118)West Coast13.12 (90)MCG9,377Friday 1, June
Richmond15.18 (108)Carlton13.7 (85)MCG31,648Saturday 2, June
Collingwood16.14 (110)Melbourne9.4 (58)Waverley Park49,655Saturday 2, June
Fitzroy15.13 (103)Hawthorn13.11 (89)Princes Park11,329Saturday 2, June
St Kilda21.22 (148)Brisbane Bears10.11 (71)Moorabbin Oval14,099Saturday 2, June
Sydney11.8 (74)Essendon25.14 (164)SCG12,551Sunday 3, June
Geelong14.12 (96)Footscray13.16 (94)Kardinia Park26,073Sunday 3, June

Round 11

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Essendon15.9 (99)West Coast8.12 (60)Windy Hill19,427Saturday 9, June
St Kilda15.14 (104)Geelong16.16 (112)Waverley Park47,572Saturday 9, June
Hawthorn19.18 (132)Sydney11.17 (83)Princes Park11,848Saturday 9, June
Brisbane Bears10.13 (73)Collingwood15.17 (107)Carrara Stadium12,339Sunday 10, June
Melbourne15.9 (99)Carlton13.15 (93)MCG59,782Monday 11, June
Fitzroy11.12 (78)North Melbourne15.10 (100)Princes Park13,271Monday 11, June
Footscray15.6 (96)Richmond12.10 (82)Whitten Oval29,698Monday 11, June

Round 12

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
West Coast16.9 (105)Hawthorn12.10 (82)WACA28,094Friday 15, June
Carlton24.14 (158)Brisbane Bears11.23 (89)Princes Park11,738Saturday 16, June
Geelong12.16 (88)Collingwood14.15 (99)Waverley Park53,917Saturday 16, June
Essendon18.16 (124)North Melbourne13.16 (94)Windy Hill16,311Saturday 16, June
Richmond18.20 (128)St Kilda16.12 (108)MCG31,180Saturday 16, June
Sydney10.11 (71)Fitzroy17.14 (116)SCG6,136Sunday 17, June
Footscray10.8 (68)Melbourne15.11 (101)Whitten Oval17,828Sunday 17, June

Round 13

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Carlton18.15 (123)Geelong13.26 (104)Princes Park29,571Saturday 23, June
Melbourne14.15 (99)St Kilda20.12 (132)MCG38,511Saturday 23, June
Brisbane Bears7.13 (55)Essendon15.19 (109)Carrara Stadium10,105Saturday 23, June
Collingwood14.17 (101)Richmond5.12 (42)Victoria Park31,447Saturday 30, June
Hawthorn10.13 (73)Footscray14.7 (91)Waverley Park22,388Saturday 30, June
North Melbourne18.23 (131)Sydney5.11 (41)MCG10,721Saturday 30, June
West Coast20.8 (128)Fitzroy13.13 (91)Subiaco Oval20,133Sunday 1, July

Round 14

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond22.21 (153)Brisbane Bears10.11 (71)MCG11,438Friday 6, July
Collingwood15.12 (102)West Coast11.10 (76)Victoria Park23,596Saturday 7, July
Fitzroy9.7 (61)Essendon20.24 (144)Princes Park13,339Saturday 7, July
St Kilda11.12 (78)Footscray12.13 (85)Moorabbin Oval28,202Saturday 7, July
Hawthorn18.10 (118)Geelong7.8 (50)Waverley Park30,211Saturday 7, July
Melbourne10.13 (73)North Melbourne31.14 (200)MCG19,272Saturday 7, July
Sydney13.12 (90)Carlton25.12 (162)SCG10,555Sunday 8, July

Round 15

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
West Coast16.12 (108)St Kilda14.6 (90)WACA20,474Friday 13, July
Collingwood17.11 (113)Carlton8.11 (59)Waverley Park76,390Saturday 14, July
Hawthorn10.7 (67)Essendon21.16 (142)Princes Park25,159Saturday 14, July
Footscray17.10 (112)Sydney13.18 (96)Whitten Oval13,184Saturday 14, July
Geelong17.11 (113)Melbourne15.13 (103)Kardinia Park18,265Saturday 14, July
North Melbourne22.12 (144)Richmond15.10 (100)MCG21,426Saturday 14, July
Brisbane Bears17.9 (111)Fitzroy9.8 (62)Carrara Stadium7,347Sunday 15, July

Round 16

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
West Coast16.13 (109)Footscray9.12 (66)WACA20,296Friday 20, July
Carlton19.9 (123)St Kilda15.18 (108)Princes Park25,235Saturday 21, July
Essendon15.16 (106)Melbourne17.12 (114)Windy Hill19,945Saturday 21, July
Fitzroy17.6 (108)Geelong12.9 (81)Waverley Park13,335Saturday 21, July
Richmond10.8 (68)Hawthorn25.9 (159)MCG25,532Saturday 21, July
Sydney19.9 (123)Collingwood21.21 (147)SCG11,722Sunday 22, July
North Melbourne13.12 (90)Brisbane Bears7.12 (54)MCG8,310Sunday 22, July

Round 17

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Carlton15.11 (101)West Coast20.12 (132)Princes Park18,712Saturday 28, July
Essendon18.17 (125)Richmond6.10 (46)Waverley Park24,436Saturday 28, July
Melbourne15.19 (109)Fitzroy12.18 (90)MCG20,222Saturday 28, July
Geelong17.8 (110)North Melbourne20.11 (131)Kardinia Park18,018Saturday 28, July
St Kilda22.16 (148)Sydney10.13 (73)Moorabbin Oval19,108Saturday 28, July
Footscray14.12 (96)Collingwood12.21 (93)MCG52,724Sunday 29, July
Brisbane Bears14.11 (95)Hawthorn16.14 (110)Carrara Stadium8,768Sunday 29, July

Round 18

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne14.14 (98)Hawthorn15.18 (108)MCG44,627Friday 3, August
Collingwood16.21 (117)St Kilda7.7 (49)Victoria Park28,301Saturday 4, August
Geelong14.8 (92)Essendon13.16 (94)Kardinia Park21,796Saturday 4, August
Fitzroy16.17 (113)Richmond10.15 (75)Princes Park8,949Saturday 4, August
Melbourne10.13 (73)Brisbane Bears9.6 (60)Waverley Park10,890Saturday 4, August
Footscray9.13 (67)Carlton15.6 (96)Whitten Oval22,142Sunday 5, August
Sydney10.8 (68)West Coast12.11 (83)SCG6,970Sunday 5, August

Round 19

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Fitzroy12.16 (88)Footscray17.21 (123)Princes Park10,482Saturday 11, August
Hawthorn17.17 (119)St Kilda13.5 (83)Waverley Park27,612Saturday 11, August
Melbourne27.11 (173)Sydney15.16 (106)MCG16,719Saturday 11, August
Brisbane Bears25.13 (163)Geelong14.13 (97)Carrara Stadium8,180Saturday 11, August
North Melbourne13.11 (89)Carlton7.13 (55)MCG21,094Sunday 12, August
Essendon13.6 (84)Collingwood11.12 (78)Waverley Park65,293Sunday 12, August
West Coast22.21 (153)Richmond16.9 (105)Subiaco Oval22,939Sunday 12, August

Round 20

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Sydney11.20 (86)Brisbane Bears7.13 (55)SCG5,272Friday 17, August
Carlton16.11 (107)Essendon12.15 (87)Princes Park25,455Saturday 18, August
Hawthorn26.7 (163)Collingwood12.8 (80)Waverley Park53,982Saturday 18, August
St Kilda17.15 (117)Fitzroy18.8 (116)Moorabbin Oval13,712Saturday 18, August
Footscray12.16 (88)North Melbourne17.13 (115)Whitten Oval16,087Saturday 18, August
Richmond14.10 (94)Geelong24.14 (158)MCG16,984Saturday 18, August
West Coast15.13 (103)Melbourne21.13 (139)Subiaco Oval35,623Sunday 19, August

Round 21

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne27.17 (179)St Kilda12.15 (87)MCG18,079Friday 24, August
Hawthorn17.14 (116)Carlton12.13 (85)Princes Park23,200Saturday 25, August
Collingwood17.16 (118)Fitzroy4.8 (32)Victoria Park21,008Saturday 25, August
Essendon15.14 (104)Footscray11.14 (80)Windy Hill17,258Saturday 25, August
Geelong12.18 (90)Sydney14.8 (92)Kardinia Park13,109Saturday 25, August
Richmond7.8 (50)Melbourne12.14 (86)Waverley Park15,342Saturday 25, August
Brisbane Bears8.11 (59)West Coast14.16 (100)Carrara Stadium7,286Sunday 26, August

Round 22

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Fitzroy18.17 (125)Carlton16.17 (113)Princes Park14,168Saturday 1, September
North Melbourne8.19 (67)Collingwood23.18 (156)Waverley Park43,044Saturday 1, September
St Kilda13.15 (93)Essendon19.14 (128)Moorabbin Oval26,661Saturday 1, September
Footscray16.21 (117)Brisbane Bears15.6 (96)Whitten Oval11,371Saturday 1, September
Geelong12.11 (83)West Coast14.6 (90)Kardinia Park16,312Saturday 1, September
Melbourne17.14 (116)Hawthorn15.14 (104)MCG57,247Saturday 1, September
Sydney15.19 (109)Richmond20.19 (139)SCG7,180Sunday 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
TeamPWLDPFPA%Pts
1 Essendon 22 17 5 0 2526 1815 139.17 68
2 Collingwood (P) 22 16 6 0 2376 1825 130.19 64
3 West Coast 22 16 6 0 2274 1920 118.44 64
4 Melbourne 22 16 6 0 2339 2066 113.21 64
5 Hawthorn 22 14 8 0 2414 2002 120.58 56
6 North Melbourne 22 12 10 0 2519 2210 113.98 48
7 Footscray 22 12 10 0 2016 2031 99.26 48
8 Carlton 22 11 11 0 2277 2187 104.12 44
9 St Kilda 22 9 13 0 2328 2313 100.65 36
10 Geelong 22 8 14 0 2248 2398 93.74 32
11 Richmond 22 7 15 0 1988 2530 78.58 28
12 Fitzroy 22 7 15 0 1874 2389 78.44 28
13 Sydney 22 5 17 0 1904 2704 70.41 20
14 Brisbane Bears 22 4 18 0 1733 2426 71.43 16
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Finals Series

Elimination Final

Elimination Final
Sunday, 9 September 2:30pm Melbourne def. Hawthorn MCG (crowd: 74,954)
1.2 (8)
3.6 (24)
9.10 (64)
 10.13 (73)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 2.6 (18)
4.7 (31)
5.10 (40)
 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)
7.11 (53)
10.12 (72)
 13.12 (90)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 3.1 (19)
6.5 (41)
10.10 (70)
 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)
12.6 (78)
14.9 (93)
 19.12 (126)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 2.1 (13)
4.5 (29)
9.9 (63)
 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)
10.5 (65)
16.10 (106)
 19.16 (130)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 2.1 (13)
2.8 (20)
8.9 (57)
 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)
7.7 (49)
12.8 (80)
 17.15 (117)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 2.3 (15)
5.7 (37)
7.10 (52)
 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)
11.3 (69)
13.10 (88)
 18.13 (121)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 1.2 (8)
5.3 (33)
6.8 (44)
 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

This was Collingwood's 14th VFL/AFL premiership, ending 32 years of heartbreak as the Magpies had lost each of the eight Grand Finals it had contested since it won the 1958 Grand Final (it had also drawn the 1977 VFL Grand Final then lost the replay the following week).

Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final
Collingwood 2.5 8.9 11.10 13.11 (89)
Essendon 2.2 3.5 5.6 5.11 (41)

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

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 under great financial stress – 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.[2]
  • 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 finals draw in 1977.[3] The AFL went on to introduce the provision to play extra time in tied finals matches (except the Grand Final) in future years to prevent a repeat of this.
  • 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, and 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

  1. ↑ Russell Holmesby (7 October 1990). "Blues turn on grand display". The Sunday Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 37.
  2. ↑ Tony de Bolfo (24 October 1989). "Dogs alive". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. pp. 79–80.
  3. ↑ Bruce Matthews (11 September 1990). "Commission rules out grand final change". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 66.
  • Stephen Rodgers: Every Game Ever Played VFL/AFL Results 1897–1991 3rd Edition 1992. Penguin Books Australia ISBN 0-670-90526-7.
  • 1990 Season – AFL Tables
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