1989 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 12-0-10, P%: 97.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Matt Armstrong, Richard Osborne (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Richard Osborne (68)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Gary Pert

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Paul Roos

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Matt #14 22 R01-R22 11 9
Baldwin, Jason #32 8 R11, R16-R22 1 0
Blakey, John #18 20 R01-R09, R11-R20, R22 7 3
Bourke, Peter #41 13 R07-R10, R14-R22 3 3
Brockhurst, Andrew #5 12 R01-R08, R11, R13-R14, R22 0 0
Broderick, Paul #17 17 R01-R04, R08-R09, R12-R22 16 0
Caton, Kevin #28 9 R02-R10 8 0
Clayton, Scott #40 12 R02-R06, R11-R12, R15-R17, R20-R21 0 0
Conlan, Mick #12 7 R05-R06, R11-R15 14 0
Dilena, Carl #2 11 R01-R07, R10, R18, R21-R22 4 0
Edwards, Bradley #10 6 R01, R04-R08 1 0
Gale, Michael #7 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 4 3
Harris, Leon #38 8 R13-R20 2 0
Kappler, Darren #21 19 R01-R02, R04-R13, R16-R22 8 2
Lupson, Dean #46 3 R19, R21-R22 0 0
Lynch, Alastair #11 18 R01-R07, R09-R11, R15-R22 26 1
Lyon, Ross #29 14 R01-R12, R20-R21 13 0
Matera, Wally #16 20 R01-R07, R09-R10, R12-R22 22 4
McCormack, Brendan #22 15 R01, R06-R18, R22 3 0
McGrath, Craig #35 14 R01-R03, R06-R15, R19 6 0
Osborne, Graham #19 5 R09, R11-R14 1 0
Osborne, Richard #44 16 R01-R08, R13-R20 68 9
Pekin, Tim #24 14 R01-R10, R18-R19, R21-R22 0 0
Pert, Gary #3 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 2 4
Rendell, Matthew #9 18 R01-R05, R07, R10-R18, R20-R22 1 4
Roos, Paul #1 20 R01-R05, R08-R22 36 8
Rowe, Duane #20 6 R15-R20 0 0
Scott, Mark #23 6 R08-R13 16 0
Stephens, Brett #33 22 R01-R22 1 7
Strooper, David #31 9 R08-R09, R16-R22 10 0
Thornton, Ross #4 5 R10-R14 0 0
Trewella, Mark #39 1 R21 0 0
Wheildon, Darren #50 6 R09-R10, R12-R15 12 0
Woods, Tony #34 1 R03 0 0
Wynd, Jim #8 21 R01-R17, R19-R22 4 3

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Austin, Rod 22 12 -0- 10 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1989 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 5 Rod Austin Paul Roos
08/04/1989 Round 2 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 25 Rod Austin Paul Roos
15/04/1989 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 10 Rod Austin Paul Roos
22/04/1989 Round 4 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 74 Rod Austin Paul Roos
29/04/1989 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 1 Rod Austin Paul Roos
05/05/1989 Round 6 West Coast AWAY WIN FIT by 8 Rod Austin unknown
13/05/1989 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 81 Rod Austin unknown
20/05/1989 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 1 Rod Austin Paul Roos
27/05/1989 Round 9 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 37 Rod Austin Paul Roos
03/06/1989 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 53 Rod Austin Paul Roos
10/06/1989 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 35 Rod Austin Paul Roos
18/06/1989 Round 12 Brisbane Bears AWAY WIN FIT by 14 Rod Austin Paul Roos
24/06/1989 Round 13 Richmond HOME WIN FIT by 28 Rod Austin Paul Roos
08/07/1989 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 24 Rod Austin Paul Roos
15/07/1989 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 6 Rod Austin Paul Roos
23/07/1989 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 41 Rod Austin Paul Roos
28/07/1989 Round 17 Richmond AWAY WIN FIT by 72 Rod Austin Paul Roos
05/08/1989 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 48 Rod Austin Paul Roos
12/08/1989 Round 19 West Coast HOME WIN FIT by 32 Rod Austin Paul Roos
19/08/1989 Round 20 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 33 Rod Austin Paul Roos
26/08/1989 Round 21 Brisbane Bears HOME LOSS BRB by 13 Rod Austin Paul Roos
02/09/1989 Round 22 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 15 Rod Austin Paul Roos