1991 AFL season

For the 1991 season of the Arena Football League, see 1991 Arena Football League season.

1991 AFL premiership season
Teams	15
Premiers	Hawthorn (9th premiership)
Minor premiers	West Coast (1st minor premiership)
Pre-season cup	Hawthorn (1st pre-season cup win)
Matches played	172
Attendance	4,178,884 (24,296 per match)
Highest attendance	75,230 (Grand Final, Hawthorn v West Coast)
Coleman Medallist	Tony Lockett (St Kilda)
Brownlow Medallist	Jim Stynes (Melbourne)
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The 1991 Australian Football League season was the 95th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

National Cup

Hawthorn defeated North Melbourne 14.19 (103) to 7.12 (54). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Premiership Season

Due to the addition of the Adelaide Crows, there was an odd number of teams in the league, requiring byes. Each team played 22 games for the season, with two byes: seven teams had a bye in Round 1, and then one team had a bye in each other week.

Round 1

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Adelaide	24.11 (155)	Hawthorn	9.15 (69)	Football Park	44,902	Friday 22, March
St Kilda	16.11 (107)	Richmond	12.10 (82)	Waverley Park	33,192	Saturday 23, March
Footscray	11.10 (76)	Collingwood	21.20 (146)	Waverley Park	38,861	Sunday 24, March
West Coast	14.15 (99)	Melbourne	2.8 (20)	Subiaco Oval	26,105	Sunday 24, March

Round 2

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Collingwood	8.10 (58)	West Coast	13.7 (85)	Waverley Park	39,266	Saturday 30, March
Fitzroy	6.13 (49)	Melbourne	27.18 (180)	Princes Park	11,278	Saturday 30, March
Brisbane Bears	8.10 (58)	North Melbourne	15.14 (104)	Carrara Stadium	5,724	Saturday 30, March
Adelaide	12.9 (81)	Carlton	15.14 (104)	Football Park	43,850	Sunday 31, March
Richmond	17.7 (109)	Essendon	16.17 (113)	MCG	31,793	Monday 1, April
Geelong	18.22 (130)	St Kilda	16.8 (104)	Kardinia Park	26,303	Monday 1, April
Hawthorn	25.16 (166)	Sydney	10.15 (75)	Princes Park	13,815	Monday 1, April

Round 3

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Carlton	18.19 (127)	Brisbane Bears	9.16 (70)	Princes Park	16,651	Saturday 6, April
Collingwood	16.21 (117)	Fitzroy	8.10 (58)	Victoria Park	24,691	Saturday 6, April
North Melbourne	13.16 (94)	Essendon	25.17 (167)	MCG	24,961	Saturday 6, April
Hawthorn	20.16 (136)	Richmond	11.13 (79)	Waverley Park	25,960	Saturday 6, April
Footscray	10.8 (68)	Geelong	15.27 (117)	Whitten Oval	20,875	Sunday 7, April
Melbourne	21.19 (145)	St Kilda	24.10 (154)	MCG	27,266	Sunday 7, April
Sydney	15.18 (108)	Adelaide	19.18 (132)	SCG	10,649	Sunday 7, April

Round 4

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
West Coast	18.19 (127)	North Melbourne	8.7 (55)	WACA	28,362	Friday 12, April
Melbourne	23.17 (155)	Carlton	17.8 (110)	Waverley Park	32,573	Saturday 13, April
St Kilda	13.16 (94)	Collingwood	13.16 (94)	Moorabbin Oval	31,213	Saturday 13, April
Essendon	12.20 (92)	Adelaide	6.11 (47)	Windy Hill	20,197	Saturday 13, April
Fitzroy	12.18 (90)	Footscray	15.16 (106)	Princes Park	10,351	Saturday 13, April
Richmond	19.13 (127)	Sydney	24.20 (164)	MCG	17,294	Saturday 13, April
Brisbane Bears	12.16 (88)	Geelong	27.28 (190)	Gabba	12,654	Sunday 14, April

Round 5

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Sydney	19.16 (130)	Essendon	24.17 (161)	SCG	13,140	Friday 19, April
Collingwood	16.19 (115)	Brisbane Bears	14.9 (93)	Victoria Park	20,403	Saturday 20, April
Fitzroy	12.17 (89)	Richmond	16.17 (113)	Princes Park	12,124	Saturday 20, April
Footscray	17.16 (118)	Hawthorn	16.11 (107)	Waverley Park	21,448	Saturday 20, April
Melbourne	28.14 (182)	North Melbourne	17.10 (112)	MCG	22,928	Saturday 20, April
Geelong	13.17 (95)	Carlton	8.10 (58)	Kardinia Park	27,365	Sunday 21, April
West Coast	19.16 (130)	Adelaide	9.11 (65)	Subiaco Oval	34,704	Sunday 21, April

Round 6

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Collingwood	10.17 (77)	Melbourne	17.11 (113)	Waverley Park	55,735	Thursday 25, April
North Melbourne	27.26 (188)	Sydney	21.8 (134)	MCG	15,664	Thursday 25, April
Carlton	13.16 (94)	St Kilda	7.18 (60)	Princes Park	29,005	Saturday 27, April
Geelong	13.11 (89)	West Coast	19.20 (134)	Waverley Park	33,905	Saturday 27, April
Brisbane Bears	12.11 (83)	Essendon	16.18 (114)	Carrara Stadium	9,253	Saturday 27, April
Fitzroy	11.8 (74)	Hawthorn	36.15 (231)	North Hobart Oval	13,335	Sunday 28, April
Adelaide	19.14 (128)	Footscray	14.13 (97)	Football Park	36,695	Sunday 28, April

Round 7

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	21.15 (141)	Fitzroy	14.13 (97)	MCG	13,111	Friday 3, May
Essendon	17.13 (115)	Carlton	13.16 (94)	Waverley Park	47,651	Saturday 4, May
Hawthorn	8.14 (62)	West Coast	21.18 (144)	Princes Park	18,585	Saturday 4, May
Melbourne	18.18 (126)	Brisbane Bears	17.11 (113)	MCG	14,722	Saturday 4, May
St Kilda	24.18 (162)	Adelaide	4.7 (31)	Moorabbin Oval	25,057	Saturday 4, May
Footscray	20.13 (133)	Richmond	14.17 (101)	Whitten Oval	18,644	Sunday 5, May
Sydney	20.24 (144)	Geelong	14.14 (98)	SCG	11,244	Sunday 5, May

Round 8

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	18.14 (122)	Carlton	11.12 (78)	Waverley Park	29,727	Saturday 11, May
Essendon	13.9 (87)	West Coast	14.10 (94)	Windy Hill	21,438	Saturday 11, May
Fitzroy	10.10 (70)	Sydney	21.21 (147)	Princes Park	7,416	Saturday 11, May
Melbourne	17.19 (121)	Footscray	12.10 (82)	MCG	23,617	Saturday 11, May
Geelong	17.17 (119)	North Melbourne	22.18 (150)	Kardinia Park	17,746	Saturday 11, May
Richmond	24.15 (159)	Collingwood	15.12 (102)	MCG	28,322	Sunday 12, May
Brisbane Bears	12.7 (79)	St Kilda	21.22 (148)	Gabba	9,828	Sunday 12, May

Round 9

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	18.12 (120)	Adelaide	18.10 (118)	MCG	16,175	Friday 17, May
Carlton	13.15 (93)	Richmond	12.9 (81)	Princes Park	23,087	Saturday 18, May
Collingwood	13.12 (90)	Geelong	18.24 (132)	Victoria Park	26,262	Saturday 18, May
Hawthorn	15.13 (103)	Essendon	13.9 (87)	Waverley Park	40,537	Saturday 18, May
Footscray	15.11 (101)	Brisbane Bears	14.12 (96)	Whitten Oval	10,585	Saturday 18, May
West Coast	17.23 (125)	Fitzroy	3.8 (26)	Subiaco Oval	23,586	Sunday 19, May
Sydney	16.17 (113)	St Kilda	18.11 (119)	SCG	13,284	Sunday 19, May

Round 10

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Adelaide	15.16 (106)	Melbourne	10.12 (72)	Football Park	43,722	Friday 24, May
Collingwood	16.12 (108)	Hawthorn	23.13 (151)	Waverley Park	45,595	Saturday 25, May
St Kilda	11.15 (81)	Essendon	16.13 (109)	Moorabbin Oval	33,832	Saturday 25, May
Fitzroy	19.13 (127)	Geelong	14.22 (106)	Princes Park	10,214	Saturday 25, May
North Melbourne	21.15 (141)	Footscray	18.19 (127)	MCG	17,254	Saturday 25, May
Brisbane Bears	10.15 (75)	Richmond	12.10 (82)	Carrara Stadium	7,330	Sunday 26, May
West Coast	15.16 (106)	Sydney	10.12 (72)	Subiaco Oval	33,498	Sunday 26, May

Round 11

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	18.22 (130)	Collingwood	17.12 (114)	MCG	28,299	Saturday 1, June
Essendon	12.14 (86)	Melbourne	12.8 (80)	Windy Hill	21,635	Saturday 1, June
Geelong	27.15 (177)	Adelaide	14.9 (93)	Kardinia Park	17,644	Saturday 1, June
Hawthorn	10.17 (77)	St Kilda	15.13 (103)	Princes Park	20,832	Saturday 1, June
Richmond	12.8 (80)	West Coast	17.15 (117)	Waverley Park	15,476	Saturday 1, June
Footscray	8.9 (57)	Carlton	1.10 (16)	Whitten Oval	16,036	Sunday 2, June
Sydney	18.13 (121)	Brisbane Bears	26.12 (168)	SCG	7,657	Sunday 2, June

Round 12

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Carlton	12.10 (82)	Collingwood	10.2 (62)	Waverley Park	39,832	Saturday 8, June
Footscray	4.11 (35)	Sydney	5.5 (35)	Whitten Oval	11,236	Saturday 8, June
Brisbane Bears	14.9 (93)	West Coast	21.19 (145)	Carrara Stadium	5,728	Sunday 9, June
Adelaide	7.8 (50)	Fitzroy	7.5 (47)	Football Park	31,273	Sunday 9, June
Hawthorn	13.18 (96)	Geelong	20.16 (136)	Princes Park	23,123	Monday 10, June
Melbourne	13.12 (90)	Richmond	14.12 (96)	MCG	29,415	Monday 10, June
St Kilda	15.11 (101)	North Melbourne	8.18 (66)	Moorabbin Oval	31,242	Monday 10, June

Round 13

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
West Coast	25.15 (165)	Footscray	7.5 (47)	WACA	25,117	Friday 14, June
Essendon	10.14 (74)	Collingwood	11.10 (76)	Waverley Park	41,948	Saturday 15, June
Hawthorn	22.17 (149)	Brisbane Bears	9.8 (62)	Princes Park	5,741	Saturday 15, June
Richmond	6.11 (47)	Adelaide	12.13 (85)	MCG	16,235	Saturday 15, June
Sydney	18.16 (124)	Carlton	17.8 (110)	SCG	12,769	Sunday 16, June
Fitzroy	15.8 (98)	St Kilda	17.9 (111)	North Hobart Oval	13,746	Sunday 16, June
Melbourne	16.8 (104)	Geelong	20.14 (134)	MCG	40,930	Sunday 16, June

Round 14

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Richmond	19.14 (128)	North Melbourne	26.16 (172)	MCG	23,353	Friday 21, June
Carlton	12.11 (83)	West Coast	11.14 (80)	Princes Park	19,588	Saturday 22, June
Collingwood	20.23 (143)	Sydney	6.8 (44)	Victoria Park	22,332	Saturday 22, June
Essendon	17.20 (122)	Fitzroy	12.11 (83)	Windy Hill	16,519	Saturday 22, June
St Kilda	16.6 (102)	Footscray	8.21 (69)	Moorabbin Oval	23,963	Saturday 22, June
Melbourne	11.11 (77)	Hawthorn	19.13 (127)	Waverley Park	30,664	Saturday 22, June
Adelaide	23.18 (156)	Brisbane Bears	13.12 (90)	Football Park	35,355	Sunday 23, June

Round 15


	Round 15
Friday, 28 June (7:40 pm)	North Melbourne 18.7 (115)	def. by	Hawthorn 27.17 (179)	MCG (crowd: 25,819)
Saturday, 29 June (2:10 pm)	Collingwood 23.22 (160)	def.	Adelaide 5.7 (37)	Victoria Park (crowd: 25,164)
Saturday, 29 June (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy 6.5 (41)	def. by	Carlton 8.12 (60)	Princes Park (crowd: 15,147)
Saturday, 29 June (2:10 pm)	Footscray 11.23 (89)	def.	Essendon 6.7 (43)	Western Oval (crowd: 17,536)
Saturday, 29 June (2:10 pm)	Geelong 19.17 (131)	def.	Richmond 14.14 (98)	Waverley Park (crowd: 22,688)
Sunday, 30 June (2:10 pm)	Sydney 14.10 (94)	def. by	Melbourne 26.21 (177)	SCG (crowd: 10,569)
Sunday, 30 June (2:10 pm)	West Coast 21.11 (137)	def.	St Kilda 14.9 (93)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 42,255)
	Bye: Brisbane Bears

Round 16

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Carlton	14.5 (89)	North Melbourne	13.17 (95)	Princes Park	23,191	Saturday 6, July
Collingwood	20.13 (133)	Footscray	13.2 (80)	Victoria Park	27,757	Saturday 6, July
Hawthorn	23.20 (158)	Adelaide	14.11 (95)	Waverley Park	21,715	Saturday 6, July
Melbourne	11.10 (76)	West Coast	14.16 (100)	MCG	25,799	Saturday 6, July
Geelong	13.21 (99)	Essendon	10.15 (75)	Kardinia Park	31,096	Sunday 7, July
Brisbane Bears	26.14 (170)	Fitzroy	15.15 (105)	Gabba	7,373	Sunday 7, July
Richmond	13.18 (96)	St Kilda	18.16 (124)	MCG	32,782	Sunday 7, July

Round 17

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
West Coast	20.15 (135)	Collingwood	8.6 (54)	WACA	30,715	Friday 12, July
Carlton	6.12 (48)	Adelaide	7.13 (55)	Princes Park	13,509	Saturday 13, July
Essendon	6.7 (43)	Richmond	7.18 (60)	Windy Hill	13,501	Saturday 13, July
Melbourne	12.20 (92)	Fitzroy	7.13 (55)	MCG	12,710	Saturday 13, July
St Kilda	9.13 (67)	Geelong	18.8 (116)	Moorabbin Oval	28,789	Saturday 13, July
North Melbourne	15.13 (103)	Brisbane Bears	14.6 (90)	Waverley Park	7,239	Saturday 13, July
Sydney	14.19 (103)	Hawthorn	15.24 (114)	SCG	12,143	Sunday 14, July

Round 18

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Fitzroy	15.21 (111)	Collingwood	18.16 (124)	Princes Park	14,129	Saturday 20, July
Essendon	19.9 (123)	North Melbourne	5.19 (49)	Windy Hill	19,322	Saturday 20, July
Richmond	13.10 (88)	Hawthorn	13.16 (94)	Waverley Park	24,731	Saturday 20, July
St Kilda	16.14 (110)	Melbourne	17.9 (111)	Moorabbin Oval	24,950	Saturday 20, July
Brisbane Bears	14.16 (100)	Carlton	12.21 (93)	Carrara Stadium	9,735	Sunday 21, July
Geelong	20.16 (136)	Footscray	10.8 (68)	Kardinia Park	22,145	Sunday 21, July
Adelaide	16.22 (118)	Sydney	19.8 (122)	Football Park	40,794	Sunday 21, July

Round 19

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	12.13 (85)	West Coast	11.16 (82)	MCG	19,399	Friday 26, July
Carlton	10.8 (68)	Melbourne	11.14 (80)	Princes Park	16,110	Saturday 27, July
Collingwood	13.7 (85)	St Kilda	7.11 (53)	Waverley Park	53,315	Saturday 27, July
Footscray	16.12 (108)	Fitzroy	7.9 (51)	Whitten Oval	8,977	Saturday 27, July
Geelong	24.15 (159)	Brisbane Bears	8.10 (58)	Kardinia Park	13,639	Saturday 27, July
Sydney	14.15 (99)	Richmond	12.20 (92)	SCG	9,276	Sunday 28, July
Adelaide	16.12 (108)	Essendon	12.9 (81)	Football Park	41,716	Sunday 28, July

Round 20

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Carlton	16.9 (105)	Geelong	14.19 (103)	Princes Park	20,277	Saturday 3, August
Essendon	22.19 (151)	Sydney	12.12 (84)	Windy Hill	14,341	Saturday 3, August
Hawthorn	12.11 (83)	Footscray	10.9 (69)	Waverley Park	20,670	Saturday 3, August
North Melbourne	13.10 (88)	Melbourne	20.20 (140)	MCG	28,323	Saturday 3, August
Brisbane Bears	10.11 (71)	Collingwood	26.16 (172)	Carrara Stadium	9,302	Saturday 3, August
Richmond	13.19 (97)	Fitzroy	23.18 (156)	MCG	16,434	Sunday 4, August
Adelaide	11.14 (80)	West Coast	14.11 (95)	Football Park	45,864	Sunday 4, August

Round 21

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
West Coast	11.16 (82)	Geelong	12.9 (81)	WACA	30,987	Friday 9, August
St Kilda	23.17 (155)	Carlton	15.11 (101)	Waverley Park	32,615	Saturday 10, August
Melbourne	8.7 (55)	Collingwood	19.13 (127)	MCG	50,085	Saturday 10, August
Essendon	23.19 (157)	Brisbane Bears	17.10 (112)	Windy Hill	12,970	Saturday 10, August
Hawthorn	28.27 (195)	Fitzroy	10.9 (69)	Princes Park	11,500	Saturday 10, August
Footscray	8.16 (64)	Adelaide	6.4 (40)	Whitten Oval	11,452	Saturday 10, August
Sydney	13.22 (100)	North Melbourne	20.16 (136)	SCG	13,252	Sunday 11, August

Round 22


	Round 22
Friday, 16 August (7:40 pm)	Adelaide 12.9 (81)	def. by	St Kilda 20.12 (132)	Football Park (crowd: 45,440)
Saturday, 17 August (2:10 pm)	Carlton 12.12 (84)	def. by	Essendon 13.10 (88)	Waverley Park (crowd: 34,588)
Saturday, 17 August (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy 22.16 (148)	def.	North Melbourne 21.21 (147)	Princes Park (crowd: 8,588)
Saturday, 17 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond 14.11 (95)	def.	Footscray 11.12 (78)	MCG (crowd: 15,466)
Saturday, 17 August (2:10 pm)	Geelong 17.13 (115)	def.	Sydney 13.10 (88)	Kardinia Park (crowd: 17,755)
Sunday, 18 August (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Bears 13.13 (91)	def. by	Melbourne 15.13 (103)	Gabba (crowd: 6,480)
Sunday, 18 August (2:10 pm)	West Coast 15.9 (99)	def.	Hawthorn 11.9 (75)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 35,001)
	Bye: Collingwood

Round 23

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Sydney	21.14 (140)	Fitzroy	13.16 (94)	SCG	8,553	Friday 23, August
Carlton	8.10 (58)	Hawthorn	23.18 (156)	Princes Park	18,521	Saturday 24, August
Collingwood	18.18 (126)	Richmond	14.9 (93)	Victoria Park	29,541	Saturday 24, August
North Melbourne	8.10 (58)	Geelong	13.12 (90)	Waverley Park	26,445	Saturday 24, August
St Kilda	27.12 (174)	Brisbane Bears	7.12 (54)	Moorabbin Oval	16,364	Saturday 24, August
West Coast	16.19 (115)	Essendon	7.10 (52)	Subiaco Oval	38,990	Sunday 25, August
Footscray	6.9 (45)	Melbourne	8.8 (56)	Whitten Oval	16,380	Sunday 25, August

Round 24

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Richmond	20.18 (138)	Carlton	18.15 (123)	MCG	21,854	Saturday 31, August
Geelong	16.11 (107)	Collingwood	8.18 (66)	Kardinia Park	28,491	Saturday 31, August
Essendon	9.9 (63)	Hawthorn	21.17 (143)	Waverley Park	48,311	Saturday 31, August
Fitzroy	14.15 (99)	West Coast	12.17 (89)	Princes Park	7,308	Saturday 31, August
St Kilda	24.14 (158)	Sydney	17.17 (119)	Moorabbin Oval	24,106	Saturday 31, August
Brisbane Bears	8.14 (62)	Footscray	14.14 (98)	Carrara Stadium	4,721	Saturday 31, August
Adelaide	28.12 (180)	North Melbourne	16.11 (107)	Football Park	36,220	Sunday 1, September

Finals Series

Elimination Finals

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	17.11 (113)	Essendon	11.9 (75)	Waverley Park	46,032	Saturday 7, September
Geelong	15.14 (104)	St Kilda	14.13 (97)	Waverley Park	63,796	Sunday 8, September

Qualifying Final

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
West Coast	15.11 (101)	Hawthorn	18.16 (124)	Subiaco Oval	44,142	Sunday 8, September

Semi finals

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	13.17 (95)	Geelong	13.15 (93)	Waverley Park	63,733	Saturday 14, September
West Coast	17.15 (117)	Melbourne	12.7 (79)	Waverley Park	41,136	Sunday 15, September

Preliminary Final

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Geelong	8.16 (64)	West Coast	11.13 (79)	Waverley Park	47,638	Saturday 21, September

Grand final

Main article: 1991 AFL Grand Final

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	20.19 (139)	West Coast	13.8 (86)	Waverley Park	75,230	Saturday 28, September

Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 165. An additional 7 games were played during the finals series.

A team based in the state of South Australia, christened the "Adelaide Crows" after the epithet bestowed upon those from South Australia by those living in other Australian states (viz., the "crow eaters") was admitted to the AFL competition in 1991.

1991 AFL Ladder

Team

Pts

West Coast

2485

1532

162.21

Hawthorn (P)

2793

2055

135.91

Geelong

2660

2021

131.62

St Kilda

2512

2087

120.36

Melbourne

2355

2123

110.93

Essendon

2203

2017

109.22

Collingwood

2349

2033

115.54

North Melbourne

2456

2693

91.20

Adelaide

2041

2282

89.44

Footscray

1815

2064

87.94

Carlton

1878

2113

88.88

Sydney

2360

2778

84.95

Richmond

2141

2450

87.39

Fitzroy

1837

2771

66.29

Brisbane Bears

1976

2842

69.53

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Match attendance

Total match attendance for the home-and-away season was 3,810,868 people. Total attendance for the finals series was 381,707 people. Attendance at the Grand Final was 75,230 people. The largest non-finals attendance was 55,735 people for the Collingwood v Melbourne game of Round 6.

Awards

The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Jim Stynes of Melbourne
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Tony Lockett of St Kilda
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Paul Dear of Hawthorn
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Jim Stynes of Melbourne
The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Brisbane Bears
Brisbane Bears won the reserves premiership. Brisbane 16.13 (109) defeated Melbourne 11.9 (75) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final on 28 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.^[1]

Notable events

The Adelaide Crows entered the AFL competition.
The McIntyre "Final Five" system, which had operated from 1972 until 1991, was replaced by the First McIntyre "Final Six" system. This system lasted only this season, and it was replaced by the Second McIntyre "Final Six" system in 1992.
In Round 6, North Melbourne and Sydney kicked 32.18 (210) in the first half. It is the only aggregate of 200 points for a half in VFL/AFL history.
In Round 11, Carlton kicked its only goal through Mark Arceri 33 seconds from the end of their match with Footscray. It was the Blues' lowest score since 1904, and the closest a team has come to a goalless match since 1961.
In Round 21, Essendon hosted its last senior VFL/AFL match at Windy Hill—its home venue since 1922. Essendon played its home matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the remainder of the 1990s.
West Coast did not concede more than 100 points in any game during the home-and-away season, being the first team to do this since 1967.
The Qualifying Final at Subiaco Oval between West Coast and Hawthorn was the first finals match played outside Melbourne since 1897, when one finals match was played in Geelong; it was the first final ever played outside Victoria.
The capacity of the Melbourne Cricket Ground was reduced by half during 1991 as the new Great Southern Stand was constructed in preparation for the 1992 Cricket World Cup, to be played there in the summer of 1991/92. One consequence of this was that Waverley Park hosted all finals that were played in Melbourne, including (for the first and only time in its history) the Grand Final. The other was that Hawthorn's plans move its home games from Princes Park to Waverley Park were delayed by one year: Hawthorn had played five home games at Waverley Park and six at Princes Park in 1990 as part of transitional arrangements for a permanent move in 1991, but the AFL reneged on the deal when it became clear that the ground was needed for blockbuster games throughout the year; as a compromise, Hawthorn again played five home games at Waverley Park and six at Princes Park during 1991, and then moved permanently to Waverley Park in 1992.^[2]
By the end of the year, Hawthorn captain Michael Tuck retired from the game, having played a record 426 VFL/AFL matches (including 7 premierships from 11 grand finals).

References

↑ Glenn McFarline (29 September 1991). "Brisbane breaks the ice". The Sunday Herald-Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 72.
↑ Daryl Timms (2 July 1990). "Feathers fly". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 88.

1991 Season - AFL Tables

Bibliography

Rodgers, Stephen (1992). Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1991 (3rd ed.). Australia: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-670-90526-7.

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