1989 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1989 VFL Season
Team(s): 14
Round(s): 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Match(es): 160

Season Results

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners-Up: Geelong
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn
Brownlow Medallist(s): Paul Couch (Geelong)
Coleman Medallist(s): Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn)
Norm Smith Medallist(s): Gary Ablett (Geelong)
Leigh Matthews Trophy Winner(s): Tim Watson (Essendon)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Hawthorn (P) 1st 19 -0- 3 153.2% John Platten (20) Jason Dunstall (128)
Essendon 2nd 17 -0- 5 131.4% Tim Watson (16) Paul Salmon (36)
Geelong (R) 3rd 16 -0- 6 146.8% Paul Couch (22) Gavin Exell (62)
Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 8 96.5% Stephen Newport, Jim Stynes (10) Darren Bennett (28)
Collingwood 5th 13 -0- 9 112.8% Paul Hawke (14) Brian Taylor (49)
Fitzroy 6th 12 -0- 10 97.4% Matt Armstrong, Richard Osborne (9) Richard Osborne (68)
Sydney 7th 11 -0- 11 100.1% Greg Williams (16) Bernard Toohey (27)
Carlton 8th 9 -1- 12 92.4% Justin Madden (11) Stephen Kernahan (59)
North Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 13 89.6% Wayne Schwass (10) Ian Fairley (28)
Brisbane Bears 10th 8 -0- 14 78.8% Roger Merrett (14) Brad Hardie (54)
West Coast 11th 7 -0- 15 86.7% Guy McKenna (13) Peter Sumich (45)
St Kilda 12th 7 -0- 15 84.3% Nicky Winmar (16) Tony Lockett (78)
Footscray 13th 6 -1- 15 87.0% Doug Hawkins, Tony McGuinness (9) Adrian Campbell (21)
Richmond 14th 5 -0- 17 70.9% Allan McKellar (10) Jeff Hogg (34)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 26
Goal Umpire 2
Boundary Umpire 2

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 31/03/1989 7:40 PM West Coast v Essendon WACA 96 - 112 25,664
SAT 01/04/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 116 - 111 25,792
SAT 01/04/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 73 - 132 21,294
SAT 01/04/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Brisbane Bears Moorabbin Oval 136 - 97 17,236
SAT 01/04/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn VFL Park 93 - 83 50,287
SUN 02/04/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 125 - 123 24,383
SUN 02/04/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 89 - 73 8,611

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 94 - 68 20,431
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 96 - 92 27,796
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Princes Park 132 - 107 21,618
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 156 - 88 22,834
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 72 - 141 18,939
SUN 09/04/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v West Coast Kardinia Park 175 - 80 19,939
SUN 09/04/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Sydney Carrara Stadium 123 - 65 11,405

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 61 - 122 32,582
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 135 - 91 23,922
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy VFL Park 122 - 132 31,780
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Brisbane Bears Victoria Park 135 - 75 18,240
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 66 - 84 14,926
SUN 16/04/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 117 - 64 27,633
SUN 16/04/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v West Coast SCG 134 - 83 11,298

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 21/04/1989 7:40 PM Melbourne v Brisbane Bears MCG 79 - 53 17,560
SAT 22/04/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 159 - 95 27,331
SAT 22/04/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Princes Park 79 - 153 12,573
SUN 23/04/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 87 - 99 22,844
SUN 23/04/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v North Melbourne WACA 72 - 115 18,546
TUE 25/04/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 110 - 138 33,074
TUE 25/04/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn VFL Park 66 - 110 41,347

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 82 - 71 25,273
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Princes Park 113 - 112 13,102
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton VFL Park 125 - 71 31,827
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 138 - 84 18,542
SUN 30/04/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 77 - 66 22,490
SUN 30/04/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond MCG 134 - 171 19,691
SUN 30/04/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v West Coast Carrara Stadium 73 - 125 9,694

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/05/1989 7:40 PM West Coast v Fitzroy WACA 81 - 89 21,268
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 64 - 124 67,239
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 171 - 163 17,430
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond VFL Park 102 - 66 31,287
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Moorabbin Oval 95 - 67 20,285
SUN 07/05/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 121 - 105 34,379
SUN 07/05/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Footscray Carrara Stadium 59 - 51 5,134

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/05/1989 7:40 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 58 - 67 13,875
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 86 - 80 36,785
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 228 - 109 21,421
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 165 - 84 16,316
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 106 - 78 23,533
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v West Coast VFL Park 92 - 90 11,745
SUN 14/05/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Essendon Carrara Stadium 81 - 112 12,034

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Brisbane Bears Kardinia Park 179 - 50 17,265
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood VFL Park 80 - 109 61,237
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 145 - 87 18,030
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 115 - 112 19,193
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Princes Park 157 - 83 13,148
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 64 - 63 11,926
SUN 21/05/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Melbourne Subiaco Oval 93 - 95 16,017

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 26/05/1989 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Brisbane Bears MCG 165 - 71 8,634
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 77 - 211 24,321
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 159 - 122 19,307
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood VFL Park 125 - 58 71,390
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v West Coast Moorabbin Oval 118 - 83 15,768
SUN 28/05/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 43 - 52 13,475
SUN 28/05/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 73 - 117 16,437

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 02/06/1989 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 83 - 113 27,159
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong MCG 88 - 154 65,185
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Brisbane Bears Princes Park 115 - 118 12,099
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 122 - 69 15,556
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond VFL Park 99 - 92 24,839
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney Western Oval 98 - 66 10,170
SUN 04/06/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 105 - 110 20,219

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 09/06/1989 7:40 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 57 - 85 13,703
SAT 10/06/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda VFL Park 62 - 54 17,060
SAT 10/06/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Princes Park 14 - 49 7,817
SAT 10/06/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Brisbane Bears MCG 45 - 26 7,966
SUN 11/06/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Collingwood Subiaco Oval 81 - 116 20,233
MON 12/06/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 54 - 69 21,396
MON 12/06/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 89 - 35 87,653

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 16/06/1989 7:40 PM West Coast v Footscray WACA 105 - 77 13,578
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 20 - 89 38,128
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 51 - 40 15,909
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Sydney Windy Hill 50 - 55 13,351
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 54 - 72 18,124
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond VFL Park 123 - 69 26,557
SUN 18/06/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Fitzroy Carrara Stadium 114 - 128 10,008

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 23/06/1989 7:40 PM Hawthorn v Brisbane Bears VFL Park 106 - 35 6,292
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 56 - 64 19,040
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v West Coast Princes Park 64 - 41 11,991
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 28 - 23 13,429
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond VFL Park 95 - 67 12,424
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 108 - 56 21,210
SUN 25/06/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 103 - 111 12,967

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 07/07/1989 7:40 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 127 - 67 19,354
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 82 - 58 18,407
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton VFL Park 61 - 58 34,617
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney MCG 75 - 50 12,601
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v West Coast Princes Park 141 - 50 7,894
SUN 09/07/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Melbourne Carrara Stadium 99 - 113 8,799
SUN 09/07/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 105 - 57 18,775

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 117 - 81 23,766
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton VFL Park 90 - 96 44,548
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v West Coast Windy Hill 160 - 18 11,452
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Princes Park 92 - 86 10,789
SAT 15/07/1989 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v Geelong Carrara Stadium 77 - 151 18,198
SUN 16/07/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Footscray SCG 117 - 77 8,010
SUN 16/07/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 104 - 142 17,894

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne VFL Park 109 - 112 38,865
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 46 - 46 15,089
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 66 - 99 23,964
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 137 - 77 21,487
SAT 22/07/1989 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v St Kilda Carrara Stadium 94 - 90 11,004
SUN 23/07/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Sydney Subiaco Oval 112 - 70 13,118
SUN 23/07/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 66 - 107 13,702

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 28/07/1989 7:40 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 51 - 123 15,045
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 106 - 79 20,368
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 104 - 125 35,217
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 106 - 133 17,008
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 78 - 154 15,523
SUN 30/07/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Brisbane Bears SCG 95 - 70 7,437
SUN 30/07/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v West Coast Western Oval 72 - 109 9,467

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Princes Park 151 - 103 11,090
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 90 - 113 14,243
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn VFL Park 90 - 95 33,615
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park 81 - 85 17,566
SAT 05/08/1989 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v North Melbourne Carrara Stadium 167 - 84 9,606
SUN 06/08/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 23 - 51 16,005
SUN 06/08/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Richmond Subiaco Oval 130 - 79 17,595

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 11/08/1989 7:40 PM Richmond v Carlton VFL Park 76 - 104 14,783
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 63 - 87 28,117
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 124 - 74 17,046
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Brisbane Bears Windy Hill 101 - 47 11,915
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v West Coast Princes Park 72 - 40 6,623
SUN 13/08/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 159 - 109 11,583
SUN 13/08/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 80 - 78 21,027

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 18/08/1989 7:40 PM West Coast v Geelong WACA 126 - 82 15,721
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 98 - 87 16,304
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 133 - 132 15,106
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 128 - 112 15,794
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood VFL Park 71 - 104 42,117
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 107 - 29 8,673
SUN 20/08/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Hawthorn Carrara Stadium 77 - 61 9,093

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/08/1989 7:40 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 110 - 104 12,042
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 72 - 104 19,649
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 139 - 117 18,025
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Brisbane Bears VFL Park 68 - 81 6,622
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 83 - 37 16,657
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 134 - 59 10,022
SUN 27/08/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Carlton Subiaco Oval 148 - 72 23,644

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 01/09/1989 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Sydney MCG 93 - 136 9,235
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 89 - 108 41,080
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 162 - 86 20,788
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda VFL Park 181 - 91 25,532
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Princes Park 96 - 81 8,837
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v West Coast Victoria Park 129 - 80 18,118
SUN 03/09/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Carlton Carrara Stadium 105 - 70 15,409

Finals Week 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1989 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 111 - 88 63,062

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 10/09/1989 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong MCG 157 - 81 75,861

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1989 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Essendon VFL Park 112 - 76 66,003
SUN 17/09/1989 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne MCG 153 - 90 69,082

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1989 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong VFL Park 70 - 164 67,892

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1989 2:50 PM Hawthorn v Geelong MCG 144 - 138 94,796