1990 AFL season

94th season of the Australian Football League (AFL) December 2017 December 2017 the 1990 season of the Arena Football League 1990 Arena Football League season afl 1990 100px The original AFL logo. 14 14 13 1 161 4086283 98,944 (Grand final, vs. ) John Longmire () Tony Liberatore () 1989 (VFL) 1991 The 1990 AFL season was the 94th season of the Australian Football League (AFL) and the first under this name, having been known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. It was the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria; and, as it featured clubs from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, it was the de facto highest level senior competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 31 March until 6 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs. The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the 14th time, after it defeated by 48 points in the 1990 AFL Grand Final. Club leadership Club Coaches Chairman/President Executive Director/General Manager Football Manager Leadership group Ref. Reference 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)http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/158577 CLUB PERSONNEL 18 The Football Record State Library of Victoria 1 April 1990 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) Leigh Matthews (senior) Michael Taylor (reserves) Keith Burns (under 19s) Allan McAlister Rob Petrie Graeme Allan Tony Shaw (captain) Peter Daicos (v/captain) Brian Taylor, Gavin Crosisca, Darren Millane (deputy v/captains) 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) Rod Austin (senior) Robert Shaw (reserves) Leigh Carlson (under 19s) Leon Wiegard Max Kelleher Arthur Wilson Paul Roos (captain) Gary Pert (v/captain) Terry Wheeler (senior) Trevor Fletcher (reserves) Neil Clarke (under 19s) Peter Gordon Dennis Galimberti Gary Merrington Doug Hawkins (captain) Stephen Wallis (v/captain) Tony McGuinness (deputy v/c)http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/158577 CLUB PERSONNEL 19 The Football Record State Library of Victoria 1 April 1990 Malcolm Blight (senior) Dennis Davey (reserves) Brendan Tinkler (under 19s) Ron Hovey Ken Gannon Garry Fletcher Andrew Bews (captain) Steve Hocking (v/captain) Barry Stoneham (deputy v/c) Allan Jeans (senior) Des Meagher (reserves) Russell Greene (under 19s) Trevor Coote John Lauritz John Hook (football manager) Alan Joyce (director of football) Michael Tuck (captain) Gary Ayres (v/captain) John Northey (senior) Mark Cross (reserves & under 19s) Stuart Spencer Tony King John Sell Greg Healy (captain) Garry Lyon (v/captain) Jim Stynes (deputy v/c) Wayne Schimmelbusch (senior) Laurie Dwyer (reserves) Denis Pagan (under 19s) Bob Ansett Ken Montgomery Greg Miller Matthew Larkin (captain) Ben Buckley (v/captain) Kevin Bartlett (senior) Emmett Dunne (reserves)Doug Searl (under 19s) Neville Crowe Cameron Schwab John Wardrop Dale Weightman (captain)Michael Pickering (v/captain) Ken Sheldon (senior) Warren Jones (reserves) Gary Colling (under 19s) Travis Payze Rick Watt Peter Hudson Danny Frawley (captain)http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/158577 CLUB PERSONNEL 20 The Football Record State Library of Victoria 1 April 1990 Colin Kinnear (senior) Mark Maclure (reserves) Greg Harris (under 19s) Michael Willesee Geoff Slade (exec. director) Barry Breen (gen. manager) John Reid Dennis Carroll (captain) Gerard Healy (v/captain) Greg Williams (deputy v/c) Michael Malthouse (senior) Terry O'Connor Brian Cook Trevor Nisbett Steve Malaxos (captain)John Worsfold (v/captain)Phil Scott (deputy v/c) Foster's Cup 1990 Foster's Cup defeated 17.10 (112) to 10.16 (76) in the final. Home-and-away season Round 1 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Crowd ! Date |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.15 (99) |||| 15.14 (104) ||Princes Park|| 22,427 ||Saturday 31, March |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 20.21 (141) |||| 8.12 (60) ||Windy Hill|| 18,960 ||Saturday 31, March |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 11.11 (77) |||| 28.24 (192) ||Waverley Park|| 41,694 ||Saturday, 31 March |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 12.17 (89) |||| 22.10 (142) ||MCG|| 23,191 ||Saturday, 31 March |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 19.19 (133) |||| 10.14 (74) ||Carrara Stadium|| 11,814 ||Saturday, 31 March |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.16 (100) |||| 8.6 (54) ||Subiaco Oval|| 25,342 ||Sunday, 1 April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 11.15 (81) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 9.14 (68) |||| 32.17 (209) ||MCG|| 18,105 ||Friday, 6 April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.9 (87) |||| 19.8 (122) ||Waverley Park|| 44,906 ||Saturday, 7 April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.20 (98) |||| 8.11 (59) ||Princes Park|| 6,838 ||Saturday, 7 April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.20 (128) |||| 13.13 (91) ||MCG|| 29,024 ||Saturday, 7 April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.19 (127) |||| 10.9 (69) ||Moorabbin Oval|| 23,161 ||Saturday, 7 April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 24.15 (159) |||| 14.13 (97) ||MCG|| 55,311 ||Sunday, 8 April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.18 (78) |||| 20.20 (140) ||SCG|| 11,051 ||Sunday, 8 April Round 3 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Crowd ! Date |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 11.10 (76) |||| 14.8 (92) ||Waverley Park|| 53,065 ||Saturday 14, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 7.17 (59) |||| 18.14 (122) ||Whitten Oval|| 14,842 ||Saturday 14, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.21 (111) |||| 10.21 (81) ||Princes Park|| 11,698 ||Saturday 14, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.11 (95) |||| 17.11 (113) ||Carrara Stadium|| 8,683 ||Sunday 15, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 20.8 (128) |||| 12.21 (93) ||Victoria Park|| 27,839 ||Monday 16, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.14 (122) |||| 14.11 (95) ||MCG|| 59,894 ||Monday 16, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 22.18 (150) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.18 (120) |||| 10.10 (70) ||WACA Ground|| 28,568 ||Friday 20, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.12 (96) |||| 11.12 (78) ||Victoria Park|| 17,948 ||Saturday 21, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 6.13 (49) |||| 18.19 (127) ||MCG|| 17,975 ||Saturday 21, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 9.10 (64) |||| 13.11 (89) ||Waverley Park|| 13,671 ||Saturday 21, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.12 (120) |||| 5.8 (38) ||Princes Park|| 8,649 ||Saturday 21, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.22 (112) |||| 20.23 (143) ||MCG|| 28,512 ||Sunday 22, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.19 (97) |||| 19.17 (131) ||SCG|| 11,472 ||Sunday 22, April Round 5 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Crowd ! Date |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.16 (76) |||| 15.13 (103) ||Princes Park|| 24,960 ||Wednesday 25, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 21.17 (143) |||| 9.10 (64) ||MCG|| 23,078 ||Wednesday 25, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.13 (91) |||| 12.20 (92) ||MCG|| 67,893 ||Saturday 28, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 11.15 (81) |||| 12.17 (89) ||Waverley Park|| 42,097 ||Saturday 28, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.12 (108) |||| 10.18 (78) ||Princes Park|| 13,144 ||Saturday 28, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 8.13 (61) |||| 19.11 (125) ||Carrara Stadium|| 9,381 ||Saturday 28, April |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 19.14 (128) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 9.14 (68) |||| 15.13 (103) ||MCG|| 17,229 ||Friday 4, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 20.13 (133) |||| 14.19 (103) ||Princes Park|| 17,555 ||Saturday 5, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.15 (75) |||| 15.11 (101) ||MCG|| 63,218 ||Saturday 5, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 12.10 (82) |||| 5.20 (50) ||Waverley Park|| 13,610 ||Saturday 5, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 23.13 (151) |||| 12.8 (80) ||Kardinia Park|| 18,426 ||Saturday 5, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.14 (104) |||| 14.17 (101) ||Moorabbin Oval|| 30,895 ||Saturday 5, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.14 (98) |||| 12.21 (93) ||SCG|| 10,155 ||Sunday 6, May Round 7 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Crowd ! Date |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.8 (116) |||| 9.7 (61) ||MCG|| 32,269 ||Friday 11, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.13 (91) |||| 17.9 (111) ||Windy Hill|| 22,198 ||Saturday 12, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.14 (92) |||| 13.16 (94) ||Waverley Park|| 48,099 ||Saturday 12, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.13 (121) |||| 15.13 (103) ||Princes Park|| 14,524 ||Saturday 12, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 12.13 (85) |||| 12.15 (87) ||MCG|| 16,155 ||Saturday 12, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 9.28 (82) |||| 13.18 (96) ||Kardinia Park|| 21,181 ||Sunday 13, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.12 (96) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.17 (107) |||| 13.20 (98) ||SCG|| 8,960 ||Friday 18, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.18 (126) |||| 9.5 (59) ||Waverley Park|| 36,370 ||Saturday 19, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 9.21 (75) |||| 17.18 (120) ||Princes Park|| 16,530 ||Saturday 19, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 20.13 (133) |||| 11.14 (80) ||MCG|| 26,376 ||Saturday 19, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 12.22 (94) |||| 11.12 (78) ||Moorabbin Oval|| 22,351 ||Saturday 19, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 11.12 (78) |||| 14.13 (97) ||Whitten Oval|| 25,255 ||Sunday 20, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.26 (122) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.15 (123) |||| 11.16 (82) ||Princes Park|| 19,052 ||Saturday 26, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 26.20 (176) |||| 14.12 (96) ||Victoria Park|| 22,232 ||Saturday 26, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.16 (124) |||| 17.11 (113) ||Windy Hill|| 21,251 ||Saturday 26, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.8 (92) |||| 7.6 (48) ||Waverley Park|| 39,701 ||Saturday 26, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 8.8 (56) |||| 19.11 (125) ||Carrara Stadium|| 6,628 ||Saturday 26, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.16 (112) |||| 13.15 (93) ||Subiaco Oval|| 21,323 ||Sunday 27, May |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 20.19 (139) |||| 9.6 (60) ||MCG|| 19,465 ||Sunday 27, May Round 10 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Crowd ! Date |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.16 (118) |||| 13.12 (90) ||MCG|| 9,377 ||Friday 1, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.18 (108) |||| 13.7 (85) ||MCG|| 31,648 ||Saturday 2, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.14 (110) |||| 9.4 (58) ||Waverley Park|| 49,655 ||Saturday 2, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.13 (103) |||| 13.11 (89) ||Princes Park|| 11,329 ||Saturday 2, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 21.22 (148) |||| 10.11 (71) ||Moorabbin Oval|| 14,099 ||Saturday 2, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 11.8 (74) |||| 25.14 (164) ||SCG|| 12,551 ||Sunday 3, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.12 (96) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.9 (99) |||| 8.12 (60) ||Windy Hill|| 19,427 ||Saturday 9, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.14 (104) |||| 16.16 (112) ||Waverley Park|| 47,572 ||Saturday 9, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 19.18 (132) |||| 11.17 (83) ||Princes Park|| 11,848 ||Saturday 9, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.13 (73) |||| 15.17 (107) ||Carrara Stadium|| 12,339 ||Sunday 10, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.9 (99) |||| 13.15 (93) ||MCG|| 59,782 ||Monday 11, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 11.12 (78) |||| 15.10 (100) ||Princes Park|| 13,271 ||Monday 11, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.6 (96) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.9 (105) |||| 12.10 (82) ||WACA|| 28,094 ||Friday 15, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 24.14 (158) |||| 11.23 (89) ||Princes Park|| 11,738 ||Saturday 16, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 12.16 (88) |||| 14.15 (99) ||Waverley Park|| 53,917 ||Saturday 16, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.16 (124) |||| 13.16 (94) ||Windy Hill|| 16,311 ||Saturday 16, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.20 (128) |||| 16.12 (108) ||MCG|| 31,180 ||Saturday 16, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.11 (71) |||| 17.14 (116) ||SCG|| 6,136 ||Sunday 17, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.8 (68) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.15 (123) |||| 13.26 (104) ||Princes Park|| 29,571 ||Saturday 23, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.15 (99) |||| 20.12 (132) ||MCG|| 38,511 ||Saturday 23, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 7.13 (55) |||| 15.19 (109) ||Carrara Stadium|| 10,105 ||Saturday 23, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.17 (101) |||| 5.12 (42) ||Victoria Park|| 31,447 ||Saturday 30, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.13 (73) |||| 14.7 (91) ||Waverley Park|| 22,388 ||Saturday 30, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.23 (131) |||| 5.11 (41) ||MCG|| 10,721 ||Saturday 30, June |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 20.8 (128) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 22.21 (153) |||| 10.11 (71) ||MCG|| 11,438 ||Friday 6, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.12 (102) |||| 11.10 (76) ||Victoria Park|| 23,596 ||Saturday 7, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 9.7 (61) |||| 20.24 (144) ||Princes Park|| 13,339 ||Saturday 7, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 11.12 (78) |||| 12.13 (85) ||Moorabbin Oval|| 28,202 ||Saturday 7, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.10 (118) |||| 7.8 (50) ||Waverley Park|| 30,211 ||Saturday 7, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.13 (73) |||| 31.14 (200) ||MCG|| 19,272 ||Saturday 7, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.12 (90) |||| 25.12 (162) ||SCG|| 10,555 ||Sunday 8, July Round 15 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Crowd ! Date |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.12 (108) |||| 14.6 (90) ||WACA|| 20,474 ||Friday 13, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.11 (113) |||| 8.11 (59) ||Waverley Park|| 76,390 ||Saturday 14, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.7 (67) |||| 21.16 (142) ||Princes Park|| 25,159 ||Saturday 14, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.10 (112) |||| 13.18 (96) ||Whitten Oval|| 13,184 ||Saturday 14, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.11 (113) |||| 15.13 (103) ||Kardinia Park|| 18,265 ||Saturday 14, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 22.12 (144) |||| 15.10 (100) ||MCG|| 21,426 ||Saturday 14, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.9 (111) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.13 (109) |||| 9.12 (66) ||WACA|| 20,296 ||Friday 20, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 19.9 (123) |||| 15.18 (108) ||Princes Park|| 25,235 ||Saturday 21, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.16 (106) |||| 17.12 (114) ||Windy Hill|| 19,945 ||Saturday 21, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.6 (108) |||| 12.9 (81) ||Waverley Park|| 13,335 ||Saturday 21, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.8 (68) |||| 25.9 (159) ||MCG|| 25,532 ||Saturday 21, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 19.9 (123) |||| 21.21 (147) ||SCG|| 11,722 ||Sunday 22, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.12 (90) |||| 7.12 (54) ||MCG|| 8,310 ||Sunday 22, July Round 17 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Crowd ! Date |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.11 (101) |||| 20.12 (132) ||Princes Park|| 18,712 ||Saturday 28, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.17 (125) |||| 6.10 (46) ||Waverley Park|| 24,436 ||Saturday 28, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.19 (109) |||| 12.18 (90) ||MCG|| 20,222 ||Saturday 28, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.8 (110) |||| 20.11 (131) ||Kardinia Park|| 18,018 ||Saturday 28, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 22.16 (148) |||| 10.13 (73) ||Moorabbin Oval|| 19,108 ||Saturday 28, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.12 (96) |||| 12.21 (93) ||MCG|| 52,724 ||Sunday 29, July |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.11 (95) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.14 (98) |||| 15.18 (108) ||MCG|| 44,627 ||Friday 3, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.21 (117) |||| 7.7 (49) ||Victoria Park|| 28,301 ||Saturday 4, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.8 (92) |||| 13.16 (94) ||Kardinia Park|| 21,796 ||Saturday 4, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.17 (113) |||| 10.15 (75) ||Princes Park|| 8,949 ||Saturday 4, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.13 (73) |||| 9.6 (60) ||Waverley Park|| 10,890 ||Saturday 4, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 9.13 (67) |||| 15.6 (96) ||Whitten Oval|| 22,142 ||Sunday 5, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 10.8 (68) |||| 12.11 (83) ||SCG|| 6,970 ||Sunday 5, August Round 19 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Ground ! Crowd ! Date |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 12.16 (88) |||| 17.21 (123) ||Princes Park|| 10,482 ||Saturday 11, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.17 (119) |||| 13.5 (83) ||Waverley Park|| 27,612 ||Saturday 11, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 27.11 (173) |||| 15.16 (106) ||MCG|| 16,719 ||Saturday 11, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 25.13 (163) |||| 14.13 (97) ||Carrara Stadium|| 8,180 ||Saturday 11, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.11 (89) |||| 7.13 (55) ||MCG|| 21,094 ||Sunday 12, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.6 (84) |||| 11.12 (78) ||Waverley Park|| 65,293 ||Sunday 12, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 22.21 (153) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 11.20 (86) |||| 7.13 (55) ||SCG|| 5,272 ||Friday 17, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.11 (107) |||| 12.15 (87) ||Princes Park|| 25,455 ||Saturday 18, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 26.7 (163) |||| 12.8 (80) ||Waverley Park|| 53,982 ||Saturday 18, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.15 (117) |||| 18.8 (116) ||Moorabbin Oval|| 13,712 ||Saturday 18, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 12.16 (88) |||| 17.13 (115) ||Whitten Oval|| 16,087 ||Saturday 18, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 14.10 (94) |||| 24.14 (158) ||MCG|| 16,984 ||Saturday 18, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.13 (103) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 27.17 (179) |||| 12.15 (87) ||MCG|| 18,079 ||Friday 24, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.14 (116) |||| 12.13 (85) ||Princes Park|| 23,200 ||Saturday 25, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.16 (118) |||| 4.8 (32) ||Victoria Park|| 21,008 ||Saturday 25, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.14 (104) |||| 11.14 (80) ||Windy Hill|| 17,258 ||Saturday 25, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 12.18 (90) |||| 14.8 (92) ||Kardinia Park|| 13,109 ||Saturday 25, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 7.8 (50) |||| 12.14 (86) ||Waverley Park|| 15,342 ||Saturday 25, August |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 8.11 (59) |||| 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 |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 18.17 (125) |||| 16.17 (113) ||Princes Park|| 14,168 ||Saturday 1, September |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 8.19 (67) |||| 23.18 (156) ||Waverley Park|| 43,044 ||Saturday 1, September |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 13.15 (93) |||| 19.14 (128) ||Moorabbin Oval|| 26,661 ||Saturday 1, September |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 16.21 (117) |||| 15.6 (96) ||Whitten Oval|| 11,371 ||Saturday 1, September |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 12.11 (83) |||| 14.6 (90) ||Kardinia Park|| 16,312 ||Saturday 1, September |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 17.14 (116) |||| 15.14 (104) ||MCG|| 57,247 ||Saturday 1, September |- style="background:#fff;" ||| 15.19 (109) |||| 20.19 (139) ||SCG|| 7,180 ||Sunday 2, September The St Kilda-Essendon game was the only one in which all 4 Daniher brothers (Anthony, Terry, Neale, and Chris) played in the same match. Ladder (P) Premiers Qualified for finals |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | || 22 || 17 || 5 || 0 || 2526 || 1815 || 139.2 || 68 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 2 || align=left | (P) || 22 || 16 || 6 || 0 || 2376 || 1825 || 130.2 || 64 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 3 || align=left | || 22 || 16 || 6 || 0 || 2274 || 1920 || 118.4 || 64 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 4 || align=left | || 22 || 16 || 6 || 0 || 2339 || 2066 || 113.2 || 64 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 5 || align=left | || 22 || 14 || 8 || 0 || 2414 || 2002 || 120.6 || 56 |- | 6 || align=left | || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2519 || 2210 || 114.0 || 48 |- | 7 || align=left | || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2016 || 2031 || 99.3 || 48 |- | 8 || align=left | || 22 || 11 || 11 || 0 || 2277 || 2187 || 104.1 || 44 |- | 9 || align=left | || 22 || 9 || 13 || 0 || 2328 || 2313 || 100.6 || 36 |- | 10 || align=left | || 22 || 8 || 14 || 0 || 2248 || 2398 || 93.7 || 32 |- | 11 || align=left | || 22 || 7 || 15 || 0 || 1988 || 2530 || 78.6 || 28 |- | 12 || align=left | || 22 || 7 || 15 || 0 || 1874 || 2389 || 78.4 || 28 |- | 13 || align=left | || 22 || 5 || 17 || 0 || 1904 || 2704 || 70.4 || 20 |- | 14 || align=left | || 22 || 4 || 18 || 0 || 1733 || 2426 || 71.4 || 16 |} Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points forAverage score: 100.1Source: AFL Tables Finals series Finals week 1 Elimination Final Sunday, 9 September 2:30pm 1.2 (8) 3.6 (24) 9.10 (64) 10.13 (73) Bennett 4Stretch 2Eishold, Healy, Jackson, Spalding 1 Eishold, Stynes, Campbell, Yeats, Rohde, Newport, Healy H 2.6 (18) 4.7 (31) 5.10 (40) 8.16 (64) 2 Brereton, Dunstall, Hall1 Platten, Pritchard Hall, Tuck, Mew, Pritchard MCG 74,954 Carey, Sawers Seven Network Qualifying Final Saturday, 8 September 2:30pm 3.6 (24) 7.11 (53) 10.12 (72) 13.12 (90) Daicos 4Barwick, Brown 3Taylor 2Manson 1 Brown, Wright, Francis, Millane, A. Richardson, Gayfer, Daicos D 3.1 (19) 6.5 (41) 10.10 (70) 13.12 (90) 4 Sumich2 Lewis, Heady, Langdon1 Kemp, Keene, Waterman Lewis, Heady, Lamb, Mainwaring, Hart, Langdon, Watters Waverley Park 57,546 Ball, Rich Seven Network Qualifying Final Replay Saturday, 15 September 2:30pm 8.1 (49) 12.6 (78) 14.9 (93) 19.12 (126) Brown, Daicos 4Manson, Crosisca, Francis 2Kelly, Russell, McGuane, Christian, Millane 1 Christian, Francis, Wright, Morwood, Brown, Gayfer, McGuane H 2.1 (13) 4.5 (29) 9.9 (63) 9.13 (67) 4 Sumich2 Keene1 Langdon, Turley, Kemp Turley, Sumich, Lamb, Keene, Worsfold, Lewis Waverley Park 53,520 Mitchell, Sheehan Seven Network Finals week 2 First Semi-final Saturday, 22 September 2:30pm H 4.2 (26) 10.5 (65) 16.10 (106) 19.16 (130) 6 Waterman4 Sumich3 Jackson2 Mainwaring1 Lewis, Keene, Langdon, Kemp Turley, Keene, Mainwaring, Waterman, McKenna, Jackson, Lewis 2.1 (13) 2.8 (20) 8.9 (57) 15.10 (100) Grinter 4Bennett, Yeats, Jackson 2Tingay, Campbell, Spalding, Healy, Eishold 1 B. Lovett, Spalding, Campbell, Eishold, Stynes, Grinter Waverley Park 43,458 Sawers, Rich Seven Network Second Semi-final Sunday, 23 September 2:30pm 4.5 (29) 7.7 (49) 12.8 (80) 17.15 (117) Brown 5Daicos, Barwick 3Starcevich, Russell 2Francis, Crosisca 1 McGuane, Brown, Banks, Morwood, Russell, Francis, Christian H 2.3 (15) 5.7 (37) 7.10 (52) 7.12 (54) 3 Salmon1 Harvey, Kickett, Vander Haar, Thompson Salmon, T. Daniher, Thompson, Bewick, Ezard MCG 91,555 Carey, Sheehan Seven Network Preliminary final Preliminary Final Saturday, 29 September 2:30pm 4.1 (25) 11.3 (69) 13.10 (88) 18.13 (121) Ezard, Harvey 3Salmon, Madden, Vander Haar 2Anderson, Bewick, Kickett, Long, Manning, Watson 1 Madden, T. Daniher, Anderson, Grenvold, Ezard, Hamilton, Bewick H 1.2 (8) 5.3 (33) 6.8 (44) 8.10 (58) 3 Jackson2 Sumich1 Heady, Langdon, Mainwaring Mainwaring, Lewis, Scott, Hart, Heady, Brennan, McKenna Waverley Park 55,813 Carey, Sheehan Seven Network Grand final 1990 AFL Grand Final Saturday, 6 October 2:30pm Tony Shaw Leigh Matthews 2.5 (17) 8.9 (57) 11.10 (76) 13.11 (89) Brown 2, Barwick 2, Crosisca 2, Russell 2, Daicos 2, Monkhorst, Starcevich, McGuane Shaw, Russell, Monkhorst, Millane, Francis, Kerrison, Starcevich, Crosisca, McGuane Brown (concussion), Starcevich (concussion) See Tribunal H Tim Watson Kevin Sheedy 2.2 (14) 3.5 (23) 5.6 (36) 5.11 (41) Salmon 2, Kickett, Somerville, Grenvold Watson, Sporn, T. Daniher, Kickett, Ezard, O'Donnell Nil See Tribunal MCG 98,944 Sawers, Rich Norm Smith Medal Tony Shaw Seven Network Normie Rowe Season notes 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 stop using the old name for the ground. July 2024 Prior to the season, it was announced that and – both in serious financial difficulty – would be merging to form a single club known as the Fitzroy Bulldogs, which was to have commenced in the AFL in 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 cancelled.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne, VIC 79–80 Tony de Bolfo 24 October 1989 Dogs alive Five minutes into the third quarter of the Round 1 game between Geelong and Hawthorn, the Cats led 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.Geelong v Hawthorn, Round 1, 1990 https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1990/091019900331.html afltables.com 16 September 2020 Under the AFL rules at the time, the drawn qualifying final between and was replayed on the following weekend. This meant that minor premier 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 one-week delay caused scheduling issues for venues and hotels, as a large number of league and corporate events related to the finals, and particularly in the week of the grand final, had to be rescheduled: the extent of this was unprecedented, as the number and scale of such events had increased significantly since 1972, which was the last time an early weeks finals match had required a replay.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne, VIC 66 Bruce Matthews 11 September 1990 Commission rules out grand final change The AFL introduced the provision to play extra time in drawn finals matches, except the grand final, in future years to prevent any repeat of these logistical problems; extra time was implemented in the grand final from 2016. The Port Adelaide Football Club from the South Australian National Football League made a bid to join the AFL; the application was rejected, with a composite SANFL team, christened the "Adelaide Crows", being admitted to the AFL competition in the 1991 season. Port Adelaide ultimately entered the competition in 1997. The Brisbane-Melbourne game in round 5 was the 10,000th VFL/AFL match. North Melbourne won the Under 19's premiership. North Melbourne 16.12 (108) defeated Melbourne 5.14 (44) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the reserves grand final on 6 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. 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.The Sunday Sun Melbourne, VIC Russell Holmesby 7 October 1990 37 Blues turn on grand display Awards The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Tony Liberatore of . 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 Brisbane The Under 19's Grand Final was won by North Melbourne against Melbourne The Reserves Grand Final was won by Carlton against Melbourne The Seniors Grand Final was won by Collingwood against Essendon References Stephen Rodgers: Every Game Ever Played VFL/AFL Results 1897–1991 3rd Edition 1992. Penguin Books Australia 0-670-90526-7. Sources 1990 AFL season at AFL Tables 1990 AFL season at Australian Football 1990 Category:1990 in Australian men's sport Category:1990 in Australian rules football