1989 VFL Season: West Coast

Season Team Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Team: West Coast
Home Ground: Subiaco Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 7-0-15, P%: 86.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Guy McKenna (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Sumich (45)
John Worsfold Medal Recipient(s): Guy McKenna

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Murray Rance

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Annear, John #2 13 R01-R05, R08-R09, R11-R15, R19 6 2
Barich, Adrian #38 14 R01, R03-R04, R11-R18, R20-R22 2 0
Breman, Todd #11 15 R01-R02, R04, R08-R13, R15-R18, R21-R22 10 0
Brennan, Michael #14 16 R01-R12, R14-R16, R20 2 1
Browning, Clinton #30 4 R04-R06, R11 5 0
Cable, Shane #32 1 R12 0 0
Cormack, Joe #16 3 R01, R03, R22 0 0
Ellis, Shane #22 10 R01-R06, R13-R15, R17 8 0
Geary, Richard #34 2 R04, R19 0 0
Hart, David #36 19 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R14, R16-R22 9 0
Higgins, Peter #29 4 R11, R15, R17-R18 0 0
Holmes, Don #33 4 R18-R20, R22 5 0
Hutton, Brent #9 5 R07-R11 0 0
Jackson, Stevan #27 16 R05-R12, R14, R16-R22 38 6
Keene, Laurie #25 2 R01-R02 1 1
Laidley, Dani #15 10 R02-R03, R09-R10, R12-R14, R18-R20 0 0
Lamb, Dwayne #5 18 R05-R22 8 5
Langdon, Karl #19 14 R01-R07, R15-R21 12 0
Lewis, Chris #28 16 R05-R17, R20-R22 18 3
Lockyer, Andrew #45 18 R02-R10, R12-R20 4 0
MacNish, Andrew #18 6 R16-R21 9 0
Mainwaring, Chris #3 20 R01-R12, R15-R22 3 7
Malaxos, Steve #8 12 R01-R05, R10-R13, R20-R22 7 0
McKenna, Guy #17 20 R01-R19, R21 1 13
Melesso, Peter #26 2 R03, R22 1 0
Miles, Geoff #6 18 R05-R22 11 2
O'Connell, David #21 18 R02-R10, R12-R16, R19-R22 2 0
Peos, Paul #20 5 R01, R13-R16 1 0
Pyke, Don #1 16 R01-R16 14 0
Rance, Murray #23 17 R01-R07, R10, R14-R22 1 0
Scott, Phil #12 15 R01-R04, R07-R08, R12-R13, R16-R22 16 6
Sumich, Peter #4 19 R01-R03, R07-R22 45 5
Turley, Craig #7 11 R01-R04, R06-R09, R13, R21-R22 5 0
Turner, Dean #10 18 R02, R04-R12, R14, R16-R22 7 0
Ugle, Troy #35 6 R01, R17-R19, R21-R22 4 0
Waterman, Chris #31 10 R05-R11, R13-R15 10 0
Watters, Scott #13 3 R06-R07, R11 3 0
Worsfold, John #24 20 R01-R10, R12-R15, R17-R22 6 0

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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)
Todd, John 22 7 -0- 15 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
31/03/1989 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 16 John Todd Murray Rance
09/04/1989 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 95 John Todd Murray Rance
16/04/1989 Round 3 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 51 John Todd Murray Rance
23/04/1989 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 43 John Todd Murray Rance
30/04/1989 Round 5 Brisbane Bears AWAY WIN WCE by 52 John Todd Murray Rance
05/05/1989 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 8 John Todd Murray Rance
13/05/1989 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 2 John Todd Murray Rance
21/05/1989 Round 8 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 2 John Todd unknown
27/05/1989 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 35 John Todd unknown
04/06/1989 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 5 John Todd Murray Rance
11/06/1989 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 35 John Todd unknown
16/06/1989 Round 12 Footscray HOME WIN WCE by 28 John Todd unknown
24/06/1989 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 23 John Todd unknown
08/07/1989 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 91 John Todd Murray Rance
15/07/1989 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 142 John Todd Murray Rance
23/07/1989 Round 16 Sydney HOME WIN WCE by 42 John Todd Murray Rance
30/07/1989 Round 17 Footscray AWAY WIN WCE by 37 John Todd Murray Rance
06/08/1989 Round 18 Richmond HOME WIN WCE by 51 John Todd Murray Rance
12/08/1989 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 32 John Todd Murray Rance
18/08/1989 Round 20 Geelong HOME WIN WCE by 44 John Todd Murray Rance
27/08/1989 Round 21 Carlton HOME WIN WCE by 76 John Todd Murray Rance
02/09/1989 Round 22 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 49 John Todd Murray Rance