1989 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 13th (W-D-L: 6-1-15, P%: 87.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Doug Hawkins, Tony McGuinness (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Adrian Campbell (21)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Terry Wallace

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Steve Wallis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Athorn, Mark #20 1 R17 0 0
Atkins, Simon #23 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 12 6
Baxter, Darren #35 14 R01-R06, R15-R22 0 0
Beasley, Simon #18 6 R04-R09 15 0
Campbell, Adrian #3 14 R01-R03, R05, R09-R17, R19 21 0
Charles, Justin #17 1 R21 0 0
Collins, Darren #34 10 R04-R05, R10-R16, R22 16 1
Cousins, Richard #2 17 R01-R04, R07-R08, R10-R20 7 0
Cullen, Mark #22 7 R01-R03, R18-R21 7 0
Davies, Darren #4 7 R01-R02, R06-R07, R12, R18, R22 4 0
Eppelstun, Greg #12 14 R01-R03, R10-R14, R17-R22 0 0
Evans, Tony #29 3 R04-R05, R12 1 0
Fitzpatrick, Lynton #42 3 R08-R10 4 0
Ford, Michael #45 17 R01-R09, R13-R15, R18-R22 9 2
Foster, Peter #32 19 R01-R12, R16-R22 13 0
Georgiades, John #9 9 R01-R07, R11-R12 19 6
Hannebery, Matt #36 13 R08-R16, R18-R21 4 1
Harrington, Tim #30 10 R04-R13 0 0
Hawkins, Doug #7 20 R01-R04, R07-R22 8 9
Hogg, Matthew #43 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 2 1
Hunter, Mark #10 16 R03-R07, R11-R16, R18-R22 0 0
James, Ron #5 5 R08, R19-R22 2 0
Kellett, Nigel #48 3 R17-R18, R22 0 0
Kennedy, Rick #8 12 R01-R05, R09, R13-R18 5 0
Kolyniuk, Steven #21 3 R10-R12 1 0
Liberatore, Tony #39 1 R13 0 0
MacPherson, Stephen #27 14 R01-R09, R13-R17 6 0
McGuinness, Tony #11 22 R01-R22 14 9
McLean, Michael #51 12 R03-R10, R13-R16 3 0
Moloney, Troy #40 8 R06-R11, R13, R21 2 0
Nicol, Stuart #37 1 R06 0 0
O'Keeffe, Phillip #31 9 R01-R03, R16-R18, R20-R22 19 0
Petraglia, Angelo #38 1 R19 0 0
Royal, Brian #33 12 R06-R11, R14-R18, R20 11 0
Tzatzaris, Zeno #19 4 R19-R22 0 3
Wallace, Terry #16 22 R01-R22 3 5
Wallis, Steve #24 22 R01-R22 3 1
Wigney, Stuart #6 18 R05-R22 1 0
Williams, Mark #28 8 R01-R02, R09, R14-R17, R22 6 0
Wynd, Scott #15 20 R01-R15, R17, R19-R22 5 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)
Malthouse, Mick 22 6 -1- 15 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1989 Round 1 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 59 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
08/04/1989 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 68 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
15/04/1989 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 18 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
23/04/1989 Round 4 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 12 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
29/04/1989 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 11 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
07/05/1989 Round 6 Brisbane Bears AWAY LOSS BRB by 8 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
13/05/1989 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 28 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
20/05/1989 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 1 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
28/05/1989 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 44 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
03/06/1989 Round 10 Sydney HOME WIN FOO by 32 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
10/06/1989 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 8 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
16/06/1989 Round 12 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 28 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
24/06/1989 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 5 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
09/07/1989 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 48 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
16/07/1989 Round 15 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 40 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
22/07/1989 Round 16 Carlton HOME DRAW drawn Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
30/07/1989 Round 17 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 37 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
06/08/1989 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 28 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
12/08/1989 Round 19 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 50 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
19/08/1989 Round 20 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 78 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
26/08/1989 Round 21 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 75 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis
02/09/1989 Round 22 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 15 Mick Malthouse Steve Wallis