1989 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 14-0-8, P%: 96.5%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Geelong (Semi Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Stephen Newport, Jim Stynes (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Darren Bennett (28)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Alan Johnson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Greg Healy
Vice-Captain(s): Danny Hughes

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ahern, John #47 2 R01-R02 0 0
Bailey, Bret #24 9 R01, R03-R06, R09-R11, R20 3 0
Bennett, Darren #19 13 R03-R05, R07-R08, R15-R19, R21, EF, SF 34 0
Beveridge, Luke #48 12 R07-R13, R18-R19, R22, EF, SF 7 0
Campbell, Tony #4 14 R01-R06, R12, R18-R22, EF, SF 11 1
Chiron, Dean #29 2 R02-R03 0 0
Connolly, Chris #22 10 R01-R06, R19-R22 4 0
Dean, Warren #23 6 R13-R18 5 0
Duursma, Jamie #28 20 R02-R11, R13-R19, R22, EF, SF 0 0
Eishold, Simon #25 16 R01-R05, R07-R17 7 2
Febey, Steven #21 20 R04-R21, EF, SF 3 4
Flintoff, David #37 12 R03-R06, R15-R22 10 1
Grinter, Rod #14 19 R01-R02, R08-R22, EF, SF 4 0
Healy, Greg #33 21 R01-R07, R09-R14, R16-R17, R19-R22, EF, SF 24 1
Howat, John #51 5 R09-R12, R14 4 0
Hughes, Danny #10 19 R03-R19, R21-R22 4 2
Jackson, Ricky #45 18 R01-R02, R06-R18, R22, EF, SF 15 1
Johnson, Alan #9 20 R01-R17, R22, EF, SF 4 6
Kavanagh, Tom #13 2 R07-R08 1 0
Lovell, Andy #16 1 R21 0 0
Lovett, Brett #17 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 1 2
Lovett, Glenn #6 5 R07-R08, R19-R21 0 0
Lyon, Garry #3 15 R01, R03-R16 20 3
Newport, Stephen #34 20 R01-R18, EF, SF 15 10
O'Dwyer, Steven #1 17 R01-R03, R06, R11-R20, R22, EF, SF 6 5
Rohde, Peter #41 14 R01-R06, R17-R22, EF, SF 4 0
Seow, Dannie #30 5 R01-R04, R20 2 0
Spalding, Earl #5 19 R01-R13, R15, R20-R22, EF, SF 19 8
Stretch, Steven #18 22 R01-R15, R18-R22, EF, SF 11 5
Stynes, Jim #11 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 17 10
Tingay, Stephen #52 12 R01-R02, R07-R12, R14, R19-R21 5 0
Viney, Todd #12 9 R05, R16-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF 6 0
Wight, Sean #27 19 R06-R22, EF, SF 15 0
Wilson, Brian #7 18 R01-R02, R04-R06, R12-R22, EF, SF 26 1
Yeats, Graeme #8 16 R07-R10, R13-R22, EF, SF 8 0

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)
Northey, John 24 15 -0- 9 R01-R22, EF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1989 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 5 John Northey Greg Healy
08/04/1989 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 26 John Northey Greg Healy
15/04/1989 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 61 John Northey Greg Healy
21/04/1989 Round 4 Brisbane Bears HOME WIN MEL by 26 John Northey Greg Healy
29/04/1989 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 11 John Northey Greg Healy
06/05/1989 Round 6 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 60 John Northey Greg Healy
13/05/1989 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 6 John Northey Greg Healy
21/05/1989 Round 8 West Coast AWAY WIN MEL by 2 John Northey Danny Hughes
28/05/1989 Round 9 Sydney AWAY WIN MEL by 9 John Northey Greg Healy
02/06/1989 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 30 John Northey Greg Healy
12/06/1989 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 15 John Northey Greg Healy
17/06/1989 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 69 John Northey Greg Healy
24/06/1989 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 8 John Northey Greg Healy
09/07/1989 Round 14 Brisbane Bears AWAY WIN MEL by 14 John Northey Greg Healy
15/07/1989 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 36 John Northey Danny Hughes
22/07/1989 Round 16 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 3 John Northey Greg Healy
29/07/1989 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 27 John Northey Greg Healy
05/08/1989 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 48 John Northey Danny Hughes
12/08/1989 Round 19 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 24 John Northey Greg Healy
19/08/1989 Round 20 Sydney HOME WIN MEL by 11 John Northey Greg Healy
26/08/1989 Round 21 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 32 John Northey Greg Healy
02/09/1989 Round 22 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 19 John Northey Greg Healy
09/09/1989 Elimination Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 23 John Northey Greg Healy
17/09/1989 Semi Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 63 John Northey Greg Healy