1989 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds. Hawthorn were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Hawthorn were the premiers, with Michael Tuck as the premiership captain and Allan Jeans as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1989 VFL Season
Teams: 14
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 160

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Brisbane Bears Carrara Stadium Peter Knights Paul Feltham
Carlton Princes Park Robert Walls Alex Jesaulenko
Collingwood Victoria Park Leigh Matthews
Essendon Windy Hill Kevin Sheedy
Fitzroy Princes Park Rod Austin
Footscray Western Oval Mick Malthouse
Geelong Kardinia Park Malcolm Blight
Hawthorn Princes Park Allan Jeans
Melbourne MCG John Northey
North Melbourne MCG John Kennedy
Richmond MCG Kevin Bartlett
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Darrel Baldock
Sydney SCG Col Kinnear
West Coast Subiaco Oval John Todd

Season Results

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners-Up: Geelong
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Hawthorn 1st 19 -0- 3 76 153.2% 2,678 1,748 391 332 250 248
Essendon 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 131.4% 2,240 1,705 330 260 239 271
Geelong 3rd 16 -0- 6 64 146.8% 2,916 1,987 425 366 281 301
Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 8 56 96.5% 1,876 1,944 266 280 279 270
Collingwood 5th 13 -0- 9 52 112.8% 2,216 1,964 316 320 281 278
Fitzroy 6th 12 -0- 10 48 97.4% 2,069 2,125 300 269 308 277
Sydney 7th 11 -0- 11 44 100.1% 1,959 1,958 275 309 273 320
Carlton 8th 9 -1- 12 38 92.4% 1,921 2,079 277 259 296 303
North Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 13 36 89.6% 2,061 2,301 294 297 332 309
Brisbane Bears 10th 8 -0- 14 32 78.8% 1,792 2,274 259 238 326 318
West Coast 11th 7 -0- 15 28 86.7% 1,948 2,247 274 304 326 291
St Kilda 12th 7 -0- 15 28 84.3% 2,108 2,502 307 266 369 288
Footscray 13th 6 -1- 15 26 87.0% 1,614 1,855 223 276 262 283
Richmond 14th 5 -0- 17 20 70.9% 1,725 2,434 238 297 353 316

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Hawthorn 1st Premiers
Geelong 2nd Runners-Up
Essendon 3rd Defeated by Geelong (Preliminary Final)
Melbourne 4th Defeated by Geelong (Semi Final)
Collingwood 5th Defeated by Melbourne (Elimination Final)
Fitzroy 6th Did not qualify for finals
Sydney 7th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 8th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
Brisbane Bears 10th Did not qualify for finals
West Coast 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 12th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 13th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 14th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 31/03/1989 7:40 PM West Coast v Essendon WACA 96 - 112 25,664
SAT 01/04/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 73 - 132 21,294
SAT 01/04/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn VFL Park 93 - 83 50,287
SAT 01/04/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 116 - 111 25,792
SAT 01/04/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Brisbane Bears Moorabbin Oval 136 - 97 17,236
SUN 02/04/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 125 - 123 24,383
SUN 02/04/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 89 - 73 8,611

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 1 -0- 0 4 180.8% 132 73
St Kilda 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 140.2% 136 97
Sydney 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 121.9% 89 73
Essendon 4th 1 -0- 0 4 116.7% 112 96
Collingwood 5th 1 -0- 0 4 112.0% 93 83
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 104.5% 116 111
North Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 0 4 101.6% 125 123
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 1 0 98.4% 123 125
Fitzroy 9th 0 -0- 1 0 95.7% 111 116
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 89.2% 83 93
West Coast 11th 0 -0- 1 0 85.7% 96 112
Richmond 12th 0 -0- 1 0 82.0% 73 89
Brisbane Bears 13th 0 -0- 1 0 71.3% 97 136
Carlton 14th 0 -0- 1 0 55.3% 73 132

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 94 - 68 20,431
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Princes Park 132 - 107 21,618
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 72 - 141 18,939
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 156 - 88 22,834
SAT 08/04/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 96 - 92 27,796
SUN 09/04/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Sydney Carrara Stadium 123 - 65 11,405
SUN 09/04/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v West Coast Kardinia Park 175 - 80 19,939

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 2 -0- 0 8 125.6% 206 164
St Kilda 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 122.8% 232 189
Geelong 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 145.4% 298 205
Hawthorn 4th 1 -0- 1 4 135.8% 224 165
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 1 4 129.4% 229 177
Brisbane Bears 6th 1 -0- 1 4 109.5% 220 201
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 1 4 109.0% 243 223
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 1 4 96.1% 220 229
Collingwood 9th 1 -0- 1 4 93.0% 200 215
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 1 4 89.8% 184 205
Sydney 11th 1 -0- 1 4 78.6% 154 196
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 1 4 74.6% 197 264
Carlton 13th 0 -0- 2 0 72.4% 165 228
West Coast 14th 0 -0- 2 0 61.3% 176 287

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Brisbane Bears Victoria Park 135 - 75 18,240
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 66 - 84 14,926
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 135 - 91 23,922
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 61 - 122 32,582
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy VFL Park 122 - 132 31,780
SUN 16/04/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 117 - 64 27,633
SUN 16/04/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v West Coast SCG 134 - 83 11,298

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 2 -0- 1 8 154.3% 415 269
Hawthorn 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 140.2% 359 256
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 115.5% 335 290
Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 115.0% 306 266
St Kilda 5th 2 -0- 1 8 110.3% 354 321
Fitzroy 6th 2 -0- 1 8 108.7% 375 345
Sydney 7th 2 -0- 1 8 103.2% 288 279
Essendon 8th 2 -0- 1 8 99.3% 297 299
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 1 8 85.2% 281 330
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 2 4 97.0% 290 299
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 2 4 91.4% 286 313
Brisbane Bears 12th 1 -0- 2 4 87.8% 295 336
Carlton 13th 0 -0- 3 0 66.4% 229 345
West Coast 14th 0 -0- 3 0 61.5% 259 421

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 21/04/1989 7:40 PM Melbourne v Brisbane Bears MCG 79 - 53 17,560
SAT 22/04/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 159 - 95 27,331
SAT 22/04/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Princes Park 79 - 153 12,573
SUN 23/04/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 87 - 99 22,844
SUN 23/04/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v North Melbourne WACA 72 - 115 18,546
TUE 25/04/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 110 - 138 33,074
TUE 25/04/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn VFL Park 66 - 110 41,347

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 3 -0- 1 12 145.7% 469 322
Geelong 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 144.4% 514 356
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 128.3% 494 385
Sydney 4th 3 -0- 1 12 123.2% 441 358
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 1 12 120.7% 385 319
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 1 12 106.4% 435 409
North Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 1 12 98.5% 396 402
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 2 8 93.5% 449 480
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 2 8 91.2% 454 498
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 3 4 90.5% 373 412
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 3 4 87.0% 356 409
Brisbane Bears 12th 1 -0- 3 4 83.9% 348 415
Carlton 13th 0 -0- 4 0 70.2% 339 483
West Coast 14th 0 -0- 4 0 61.8% 331 536

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 138 - 84 18,542
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Princes Park 113 - 112 13,102
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton VFL Park 125 - 71 31,827
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 82 - 71 25,273
SUN 30/04/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v West Coast Carrara Stadium 73 - 125 9,694
SUN 30/04/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond MCG 134 - 171 19,691
SUN 30/04/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 77 - 66 22,490

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 4 -0- 1 16 151.1% 594 393
Sydney 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 122.2% 518 424
Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 119.7% 467 390
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 1 16 116.2% 573 493
Geelong 5th 3 -0- 2 12 133.5% 626 469
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 2 12 121.2% 560 462
Fitzroy 7th 3 -0- 2 12 93.0% 567 610
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 2 12 92.5% 530 573
Richmond 9th 2 -0- 3 8 97.1% 527 543
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 3 8 86.2% 533 618
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 4 4 89.9% 444 494
Brisbane Bears 12th 1 -0- 4 4 78.0% 421 540
West Coast 13th 1 -0- 4 4 74.9% 456 609
Carlton 14th 0 -0- 5 0 67.4% 410 608

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/05/1989 7:40 PM West Coast v Fitzroy WACA 81 - 89 21,268
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond VFL Park 102 - 66 31,287
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 171 - 163 17,430
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 64 - 124 67,239
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Moorabbin Oval 95 - 67 20,285
SUN 07/05/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Footscray Carrara Stadium 59 - 51 5,134
SUN 07/05/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 121 - 105 34,379

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 5 -0- 1 20 137.6% 765 556
Collingwood 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 130.0% 684 526
Sydney 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 112.7% 585 519
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 2 16 110.4% 678 614
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 103.3% 531 514
North Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 2 16 96.0% 651 678
Fitzroy 7th 4 -0- 2 16 94.9% 656 691
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 3 12 123.3% 789 640
St Kilda 9th 3 -0- 3 12 91.7% 628 685
Richmond 10th 2 -0- 4 8 91.9% 593 645
Brisbane Bears 11th 2 -0- 4 8 81.2% 480 591
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 5 4 89.5% 495 553
West Coast 13th 1 -0- 5 4 76.9% 537 698
Carlton 14th 1 -0- 5 4 76.0% 512 674

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/05/1989 7:40 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 58 - 67 13,875
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 106 - 78 23,533
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 228 - 109 21,421
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 165 - 84 16,316
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 86 - 80 36,785
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v West Coast VFL Park 92 - 90 11,745
SUN 14/05/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Essendon Carrara Stadium 81 - 112 12,034

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 6 -0- 1 24 145.3% 930 640
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 130.8% 790 604
Essendon 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 113.7% 790 695
Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 2 20 103.9% 617 594
North Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 2 20 97.6% 718 736
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 3 16 135.8% 1,017 749
Sydney 7th 4 -0- 3 16 109.7% 643 586
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 3 16 86.4% 740 856
Richmond 9th 3 -0- 4 12 93.2% 685 735
St Kilda 10th 3 -0- 4 12 80.7% 737 913
Brisbane Bears 11th 2 -0- 5 8 79.8% 561 703
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 6 4 86.9% 573 659
West Coast 13th 1 -0- 6 4 79.4% 627 790
Carlton 14th 1 -0- 6 4 77.9% 592 760

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood VFL Park 80 - 109 61,237
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 145 - 87 18,030
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 64 - 63 11,926
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Brisbane Bears Kardinia Park 179 - 50 17,265
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Princes Park 157 - 83 13,148
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 115 - 112 19,193
SUN 21/05/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Melbourne Subiaco Oval 93 - 95 16,017

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 7 -0- 1 28 150.3% 1,087 723
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 131.4% 899 684
Essendon 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 119.6% 935 782
Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 2 24 103.6% 712 687
Geelong 5th 5 -0- 3 20 149.7% 1,196 799
North Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 3 20 97.5% 830 851
Sydney 7th 4 -0- 4 16 97.7% 726 743
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 4 16 87.3% 803 920
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 4 16 83.1% 852 1,025
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 5 12 87.7% 772 880
Footscray 11th 2 -0- 6 8 88.2% 637 722
Brisbane Bears 12th 2 -0- 6 8 69.3% 611 882
West Coast 13th 1 -0- 7 4 81.4% 720 885
Carlton 14th 1 -0- 7 4 77.3% 672 869

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 26/05/1989 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Brisbane Bears MCG 165 - 71 8,634
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 159 - 122 19,307
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood VFL Park 125 - 58 71,390
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 77 - 211 24,321
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v West Coast Moorabbin Oval 118 - 83 15,768
SUN 28/05/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 73 - 117 16,437
SUN 28/05/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 43 - 52 13,475

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 8 -0- 1 32 151.3% 1,204 796
Essendon 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 126.2% 1,060 840
Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 104.7% 764 730
Geelong 4th 6 -0- 3 24 160.6% 1,407 876
Collingwood 5th 6 -0- 3 24 118.3% 957 809
North Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 3 24 107.9% 995 922
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 4 20 87.5% 970 1,108
Sydney 8th 4 -0- 5 16 96.7% 769 795
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 5 16 85.7% 925 1,079
Richmond 10th 3 -0- 6 12 77.8% 849 1,091
Footscray 11th 2 -0- 7 8 84.6% 710 839
Carlton 12th 2 -0- 7 8 83.9% 831 991
Brisbane Bears 13th 2 -0- 7 8 65.1% 682 1,047
West Coast 14th 1 -0- 8 4 80.1% 803 1,003

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 02/06/1989 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 83 - 113 27,159
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Brisbane Bears Princes Park 115 - 118 12,099
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong MCG 88 - 154 65,185
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 122 - 69 15,556
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney Western Oval 98 - 66 10,170
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond VFL Park 99 - 92 24,839
SUN 04/06/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 105 - 110 20,219

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 9 -0- 1 36 145.8% 1,314 901
Essendon 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 130.0% 1,182 909
Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 107.9% 877 813
Geelong 4th 7 -0- 3 28 161.9% 1,561 964
Collingwood 5th 6 -0- 4 24 108.5% 1,045 963
North Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 4 24 104.2% 1,078 1,035
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 4 24 89.1% 1,069 1,200
Sydney 8th 4 -0- 6 16 93.5% 835 893
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 6 16 82.8% 994 1,201
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 7 12 89.3% 808 905
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 7 12 79.1% 941 1,190
Brisbane Bears 12th 3 -0- 7 12 68.8% 800 1,162
Carlton 13th 2 -0- 8 8 85.3% 946 1,109
West Coast 14th 1 -0- 9 4 81.6% 908 1,113

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 09/06/1989 7:40 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 57 - 85 13,703
SAT 10/06/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Princes Park 14 - 49 7,817
SAT 10/06/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda VFL Park 62 - 54 17,060
SAT 10/06/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Brisbane Bears MCG 45 - 26 7,966
SUN 11/06/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Collingwood Subiaco Oval 81 - 116 20,233
MON 12/06/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 89 - 35 87,653
MON 12/06/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 54 - 69 21,396

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 9 -0- 2 36 141.0% 1,368 970
Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 109.1% 946 867
Geelong 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 165.2% 1,650 999
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 3 32 121.9% 1,217 998
Collingwood 5th 7 -0- 4 28 111.2% 1,161 1,044
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 4 28 107.4% 1,127 1,049
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 5 24 89.0% 1,123 1,262
Sydney 8th 4 -0- 7 16 91.2% 892 978
Footscray 9th 4 -0- 7 16 90.7% 870 959
Richmond 10th 4 -0- 7 16 81.1% 986 1,216
Fitzroy 11th 4 -0- 7 16 80.6% 1,008 1,250
Carlton 12th 3 -0- 8 12 88.4% 1,031 1,166
Brisbane Bears 13th 3 -0- 8 12 68.4% 826 1,207
West Coast 14th 1 -0- 10 4 80.5% 989 1,229

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 16/06/1989 7:40 PM West Coast v Footscray WACA 105 - 77 13,578
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 51 - 40 15,909
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond VFL Park 123 - 69 26,557
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Sydney Windy Hill 50 - 55 13,351
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 20 - 89 38,128
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 54 - 72 18,124
SUN 18/06/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Fitzroy Carrara Stadium 114 - 128 10,008

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 10 -0- 2 40 140.6% 1,440 1,024
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 170.7% 1,739 1,019
Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 101.0% 966 956
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 4 32 120.3% 1,267 1,053
Collingwood 5th 8 -0- 4 32 115.4% 1,284 1,113
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 5 28 106.1% 1,167 1,100
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 6 24 88.2% 1,177 1,334
Sydney 8th 5 -0- 7 20 92.1% 947 1,028
Fitzroy 9th 5 -0- 7 20 83.3% 1,136 1,364
Carlton 10th 4 -0- 8 16 89.7% 1,082 1,206
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 8 16 89.0% 947 1,064
Richmond 12th 4 -0- 8 16 78.8% 1,055 1,339
Brisbane Bears 13th 3 -0- 9 12 70.4% 940 1,335
West Coast 14th 2 -0- 10 8 83.8% 1,094 1,306

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 23/06/1989 7:40 PM Hawthorn v Brisbane Bears VFL Park 106 - 35 6,292
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v West Coast Princes Park 64 - 41 11,991
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 108 - 56 21,210
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 28 - 23 13,429
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond VFL Park 95 - 67 12,424
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 56 - 64 19,040
SUN 25/06/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 103 - 111 12,967

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 11 -0- 2 44 146.0% 1,546 1,059
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 164.9% 1,850 1,122
Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 101.8% 1,030 1,012
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 4 36 120.4% 1,295 1,076
Collingwood 5th 9 -0- 4 36 119.1% 1,392 1,169
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 6 28 101.2% 1,223 1,208
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 7 24 88.2% 1,233 1,398
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 7 24 86.0% 1,231 1,431
Sydney 9th 5 -0- 8 20 92.2% 1,050 1,139
Carlton 10th 5 -0- 8 20 91.9% 1,146 1,247
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 9 16 88.8% 970 1,092
Richmond 12th 4 -0- 9 16 78.2% 1,122 1,434
Brisbane Bears 13th 3 -0- 10 12 67.7% 975 1,441
West Coast 14th 2 -0- 11 8 82.8% 1,135 1,370

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 07/07/1989 7:40 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 127 - 67 19,354
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton VFL Park 61 - 58 34,617
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 82 - 58 18,407
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v West Coast Princes Park 141 - 50 7,894
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney MCG 75 - 50 12,601
SUN 09/07/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Melbourne Carrara Stadium 99 - 113 8,799
SUN 09/07/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 105 - 57 18,775

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 12 -0- 2 48 152.1% 1,687 1,109
Geelong 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 163.7% 1,932 1,180
Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 102.9% 1,143 1,111
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 4 40 119.6% 1,356 1,134
Collingwood 5th 9 -0- 5 36 113.7% 1,449 1,274
North Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 6 32 105.9% 1,350 1,275
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 8 24 85.2% 1,300 1,525
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 8 24 85.2% 1,289 1,513
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 9 20 93.6% 1,075 1,149
Carlton 10th 5 -0- 9 20 92.0% 1,204 1,308
Sydney 11th 5 -0- 9 20 90.6% 1,100 1,214
Richmond 12th 5 -0- 9 20 80.7% 1,197 1,484
Brisbane Bears 13th 3 -0- 11 12 69.1% 1,074 1,554
West Coast 14th 2 -0- 12 8 78.4% 1,185 1,511

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton VFL Park 90 - 96 44,548
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v West Coast Windy Hill 160 - 18 11,452
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Princes Park 92 - 86 10,789
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 117 - 81 23,766
SAT 15/07/1989 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v Geelong Carrara Stadium 77 - 151 18,198
SUN 16/07/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 104 - 142 17,894
SUN 16/07/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Footscray SCG 117 - 77 8,010

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 2 52 150.8% 1,829 1,213
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 165.7% 2,083 1,257
Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 3 48 105.7% 1,260 1,192
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 4 44 131.6% 1,516 1,152
Collingwood 5th 9 -0- 6 36 112.3% 1,539 1,370
North Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 7 32 102.8% 1,431 1,392
Fitzroy 7th 7 -0- 8 28 86.4% 1,381 1,599
Sydney 8th 6 -0- 9 24 94.3% 1,217 1,291
Carlton 9th 6 -0- 9 24 93.0% 1,300 1,398
St Kilda 10th 6 -0- 9 24 85.7% 1,386 1,617
Footscray 11th 5 -0- 10 20 91.0% 1,152 1,266
Richmond 12th 5 -0- 10 20 80.0% 1,301 1,626
Brisbane Bears 13th 3 -0- 12 12 67.5% 1,151 1,705
West Coast 14th 2 -0- 13 8 72.0% 1,203 1,671

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 46 - 46 15,089
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne VFL Park 109 - 112 38,865
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 137 - 77 21,487
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 66 - 99 23,964
SAT 22/07/1989 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v St Kilda Carrara Stadium 94 - 90 11,004
SUN 23/07/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 66 - 107 13,702
SUN 23/07/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Sydney Subiaco Oval 112 - 70 13,118

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 14 -0- 2 56 152.4% 1,966 1,290
Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 105.5% 1,372 1,301
Geelong 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 160.1% 2,192 1,369
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 4 48 132.6% 1,615 1,218
Collingwood 5th 9 -0- 7 36 107.2% 1,616 1,507
North Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 8 32 99.9% 1,497 1,499
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 8 32 89.4% 1,488 1,665
Carlton 8th 6 -1- 9 26 93.2% 1,346 1,444
Sydney 9th 6 -0- 10 24 91.7% 1,287 1,403
St Kilda 10th 6 -0- 10 24 86.3% 1,476 1,711
Footscray 11th 5 -1- 10 22 91.3% 1,198 1,312
Richmond 12th 5 -0- 11 20 79.2% 1,367 1,725
Brisbane Bears 13th 4 -0- 12 16 69.4% 1,245 1,795
West Coast 14th 3 -0- 13 12 75.5% 1,315 1,741

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 28/07/1989 7:40 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 51 - 123 15,045
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 106 - 79 20,368
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 104 - 125 35,217
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 78 - 154 15,523
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 106 - 133 17,008
SUN 30/07/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v West Coast Western Oval 72 - 109 9,467
SUN 30/07/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v Brisbane Bears SCG 95 - 70 7,437

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 15 -0- 2 60 155.0% 2,120 1,368
Essendon 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 132.0% 1,748 1,324
Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 103.1% 1,451 1,407
Geelong 4th 12 -0- 5 48 153.7% 2,296 1,494
Collingwood 5th 10 -0- 7 40 108.1% 1,741 1,611
Fitzroy 6th 9 -0- 8 36 93.9% 1,611 1,716
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 9 32 95.3% 1,575 1,653
Carlton 8th 7 -1- 9 30 95.3% 1,452 1,523
Sydney 9th 7 -0- 10 28 93.8% 1,382 1,473
St Kilda 10th 6 -0- 11 24 85.8% 1,582 1,844
Footscray 11th 5 -1- 11 22 89.4% 1,270 1,421
Richmond 12th 5 -0- 12 20 76.7% 1,418 1,848
West Coast 13th 4 -0- 13 16 78.5% 1,424 1,813
Brisbane Bears 14th 4 -0- 13 16 69.6% 1,315 1,890

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn VFL Park 90 - 95 33,615
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park 81 - 85 17,566
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Princes Park 151 - 103 11,090
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 90 - 113 14,243
SAT 05/08/1989 7:40 PM Brisbane Bears v North Melbourne Carrara Stadium 167 - 84 9,606
SUN 06/08/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 23 - 51 16,005
SUN 06/08/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Richmond Subiaco Oval 130 - 79 17,595

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 16 -0- 2 64 151.9% 2,215 1,458
Essendon 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 133.6% 1,799 1,347
Geelong 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 152.1% 2,409 1,584
Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 5 52 99.7% 1,554 1,558
Collingwood 5th 10 -0- 8 40 107.4% 1,822 1,696
Fitzroy 6th 10 -0- 8 40 96.9% 1,762 1,819
Sydney 7th 8 -0- 10 32 94.4% 1,467 1,554
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 91.2% 1,659 1,820
Carlton 9th 7 -1- 10 30 95.3% 1,542 1,618
St Kilda 10th 6 -0- 12 24 85.4% 1,672 1,957
Footscray 11th 5 -1- 12 22 87.8% 1,293 1,472
West Coast 12th 5 -0- 13 20 82.1% 1,554 1,892
Richmond 13th 5 -0- 13 20 75.7% 1,497 1,978
Brisbane Bears 14th 5 -0- 13 20 75.1% 1,482 1,974

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 11/08/1989 7:40 PM Richmond v Carlton VFL Park 76 - 104 14,783
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v Brisbane Bears Windy Hill 101 - 47 11,915
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v West Coast Princes Park 72 - 40 6,623
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 124 - 74 17,046
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 63 - 87 28,117
SUN 13/08/1989 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 80 - 78 21,027
SUN 13/08/1989 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 159 - 109 11,583

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 2 68 151.3% 2,302 1,521
Essendon 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 136.3% 1,900 1,394
Geelong 3rd 14 -0- 5 56 152.8% 2,533 1,658
Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 6 52 98.3% 1,617 1,645
Fitzroy 5th 11 -0- 8 44 98.7% 1,834 1,859
Collingwood 6th 10 -0- 9 40 107.0% 1,900 1,776
Sydney 7th 9 -0- 10 36 97.8% 1,626 1,663
North Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 10 36 91.6% 1,739 1,898
Carlton 9th 8 -1- 10 34 97.2% 1,646 1,694
St Kilda 10th 6 -0- 13 24 84.2% 1,781 2,116
Footscray 11th 5 -1- 13 22 85.7% 1,367 1,596
West Coast 12th 5 -0- 14 20 81.2% 1,594 1,964
Richmond 13th 5 -0- 14 20 75.6% 1,573 2,082
Brisbane Bears 14th 5 -0- 14 20 73.7% 1,529 2,075

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 18/08/1989 7:40 PM West Coast v Geelong WACA 126 - 82 15,721
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 133 - 132 15,106
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 128 - 112 15,794
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood VFL Park 71 - 104 42,117
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 107 - 29 8,673
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 98 - 87 16,304
SUN 20/08/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Hawthorn Carrara Stadium 77 - 61 9,093

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 3 68 147.9% 2,363 1,598
Essendon 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 134.7% 2,028 1,506
Geelong 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 146.6% 2,615 1,784
Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 6 56 99.0% 1,715 1,732
Collingwood 5th 11 -0- 9 44 108.5% 2,004 1,847
Fitzroy 6th 11 -0- 9 44 97.0% 1,905 1,963
Carlton 7th 9 -1- 10 38 97.4% 1,779 1,826
Sydney 8th 9 -0- 11 36 97.3% 1,713 1,761
North Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 11 36 91.4% 1,851 2,026
Footscray 10th 6 -1- 13 26 90.7% 1,474 1,625
St Kilda 11th 6 -0- 14 24 85.1% 1,913 2,249
West Coast 12th 6 -0- 14 24 84.1% 1,720 2,046
Brisbane Bears 13th 6 -0- 14 24 75.2% 1,606 2,136
Richmond 14th 5 -0- 15 20 73.2% 1,602 2,189

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/08/1989 7:40 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 110 - 104 12,042
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 83 - 37 16,657
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Brisbane Bears VFL Park 68 - 81 6,622
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 139 - 117 18,025
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 134 - 59 10,022
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 72 - 104 19,649
SUN 27/08/1989 2:10 PM West Coast v Carlton Subiaco Oval 148 - 72 23,644

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 18 -0- 3 72 150.7% 2,497 1,657
Essendon 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 131.9% 2,132 1,616
Geelong 3rd 15 -0- 6 60 144.9% 2,754 1,901
Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 7 56 97.3% 1,787 1,836
Collingwood 5th 12 -0- 9 48 110.8% 2,087 1,884
Fitzroy 6th 11 -0- 10 44 96.5% 1,973 2,044
Sydney 7th 10 -0- 11 40 97.7% 1,823 1,865
Carlton 8th 9 -1- 11 38 93.8% 1,851 1,974
North Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 12 36 90.9% 1,968 2,165
West Coast 10th 7 -0- 14 28 88.2% 1,868 2,118
St Kilda 11th 7 -0- 14 28 86.9% 2,017 2,321
Brisbane Bears 12th 7 -0- 14 28 76.5% 1,687 2,204
Footscray 13th 6 -1- 14 26 87.2% 1,533 1,759
Richmond 14th 5 -0- 16 20 72.1% 1,639 2,272

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 01/09/1989 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Sydney MCG 93 - 136 9,235
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Collingwood v West Coast Victoria Park 129 - 80 18,118
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Princes Park 96 - 81 8,837
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 162 - 86 20,788
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda VFL Park 181 - 91 25,532
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 89 - 108 41,080
SUN 03/09/1989 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Carlton Carrara Stadium 105 - 70 15,409

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 19 -0- 3 76 153.2% 2,678 1,748
Essendon 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 131.4% 2,240 1,705
Geelong 3rd 16 -0- 6 64 146.8% 2,916 1,987
Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 8 56 96.5% 1,876 1,944
Collingwood 5th 13 -0- 9 52 112.8% 2,216 1,964
Fitzroy 6th 12 -0- 10 48 97.4% 2,069 2,125
Sydney 7th 11 -0- 11 44 100.1% 1,959 1,958
Carlton 8th 9 -1- 12 38 92.4% 1,921 2,079
North Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 13 36 89.6% 2,061 2,301
Brisbane Bears 10th 8 -0- 14 32 78.8% 1,792 2,274
West Coast 11th 7 -0- 15 28 86.7% 1,948 2,247
St Kilda 12th 7 -0- 15 28 84.3% 2,108 2,502
Footscray 13th 6 -1- 15 26 87.0% 1,614 1,855
Richmond 14th 5 -0- 17 20 70.9% 1,725 2,434

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1989 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 111 - 88 63,062

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 10/09/1989 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong MCG 157 - 81 75,861

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1989 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Essendon VFL Park 112 - 76 66,003
SUN 17/09/1989 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne MCG 153 - 90 69,082

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1989 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong VFL Park 70 - 164 67,892

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1989 2:50 PM Hawthorn v Geelong MCG 144 - 138 94,796