1989 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 146.8%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Paul Couch (22)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gavin Exell (62)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Paul Couch

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Damian Bourke

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ablett, Gary #5 23 R01-R12, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 87 8
Bairstow, Mark #3 25 R01-R07, R09-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 25 11
Bews, Andrew #27 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 21 8
Bos, Mark #24 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 3 0
Bourke, Damian #30 20 R02-R03, R05-R16, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 3 0
Bourke, Tim #31 1 R01 0 0
Brownless, Bill #16 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 46 0
Bruns, Neville #19 19 R07-R14, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 10 9
Cameron, David #36 8 R01-R05, SF, PF, GF 12 1
Cameron, Gary #13 5 R18-R22 3 0
Couch, Paul #7 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 23 22
Darcy, Tim #28 21 R06-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 2 0
Denham, Sean #18 6 R01-R06 3 0
Drum, Damian #29 3 QF, SF, PF 0 0
Exell, Gavin #17 17 R04-R15, R18-R19, R21-R22, QF 63 3
Flanigan, Darren #14 14 R03-R05, R12, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 4 2
Fletcher, Adrian #4 8 R08, R14-R20 5 0
Hamilton, Shane #25 6 R15, R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 14 0
Hinkley, Ken #39 1 R01 0 0
Hocking, Garry #32 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 24 12
Hocking, Steve #1 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 2 0
Kol, Michael #37 3 R06, R19-R20 0 0
Lindner, Bruce #2 18 R07-R17, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 27 0
Malakellis, Spiro #12 14 R07-R17, SF, PF, GF 5 0
McCrabb, Austin #38 8 R01-R04, R17-R20 0 0
Morgan, Darren #11 21 R01-R18, R21-R22, QF 14 3
Rogers, Andrew #20 16 R06-R21 2 0
Russell, Dwayne #6 7 R01-R05, R08, R13 10 1
Schulze, Michael #23 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 4 3
Scott, Robert #8 23 R01-R21, PF, GF 42 6
Sterrett, Ray #9 1 R02 0 0
Stoneham, Barry #26 26 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF 39 3
Troy, Darren #10 6 R01-R06 2 0
Yeates, Mark #21 18 R01-R07, R09-R11, R13-R16, R22, QF, SF, GF 8 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Spiro Malakellis Tim Darcy Mark Bos
Half-Back: Bruce Lindner Michael Schulze Steve Hocking
Centre: Garry Hocking Paul Couch Neville Bruns
Half-Forward: Gary Ablett Barry Stoneham Mark Yeates
Forward: Robert Scott Bill Brownless David Cameron
Follower: Damian Bourke Mark Bairstow Andrew Bews
Interchange: Darren Flanigan Shane Hamilton

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)
Blight, Malcolm 26 18 -0- 8 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1989 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 2 Malcolm Blight unknown
09/04/1989 Round 2 West Coast HOME WIN GEE by 95 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
16/04/1989 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 53 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
23/04/1989 Round 4 Footscray AWAY WIN GEE by 12 Malcolm Blight unknown
29/04/1989 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
06/05/1989 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 8 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
13/05/1989 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 119 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
20/05/1989 Round 8 Brisbane Bears HOME WIN GEE by 129 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
27/05/1989 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN GEE by 134 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
03/06/1989 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN GEE by 66 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
12/06/1989 Round 11 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 54 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
17/06/1989 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 69 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
25/06/1989 Round 13 Sydney AWAY WIN GEE by 8 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
08/07/1989 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 24 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
15/07/1989 Round 15 Brisbane Bears AWAY WIN GEE by 74 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
22/07/1989 Round 16 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 3 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
29/07/1989 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 21 Malcolm Blight unknown
05/08/1989 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN GEE by 23 Malcolm Blight unknown
12/08/1989 Round 19 Footscray HOME WIN GEE by 50 Malcolm Blight unknown
18/08/1989 Round 20 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 44 Malcolm Blight unknown
26/08/1989 Round 21 North Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 22 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
02/09/1989 Round 22 Richmond HOME WIN GEE by 76 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
10/09/1989 Qualifying Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 76 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
17/09/1989 Semi Final Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 63 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
23/09/1989 Preliminary Final Essendon AWAY WIN GEE by 94 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke
30/09/1989 Grand Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 6 Malcolm Blight Damian Bourke