1989 VFL Season Elimination Final: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1989 between Melbourne and Collingwood in the elimination final of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Tony Shaw captained the visitors with Denis Banks as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

Melbourne (17.9.111) defeated Collingwood (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 9 September 1989
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 63,062

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 17.9.111 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 5 . 4 14 . 6 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Collingwood 3 . 2 6 . 7 10 . 7 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin COLL by 7 COLL by 9 MELB by 23 MELB by 23 MELB by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Collingwood

Captain: Tony Shaw
Vice-Captain: Denis Banks
Coach: Leigh Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
B. Sheehan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 4 1 8 7 1 4 2 1 1 0
48 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 2 0 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 3 0 3 1 1
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 1 3 0 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 5 1 0 3 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 6 0 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 2 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 2 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 1 0 1 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 8 0 1 1 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 3 0 2 2 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 5 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 0
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 4 1 3
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 5 0 2 4 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 4 2 1 3 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 18 4 4 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 4 0 0 1 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 1 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 3 1 21 10 11 6 2 1 3 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 9 306 219 87 67 28 38 35 20

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Banks, Denis (vc) ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 1 0 0 2 1
26 Brown, Gavin ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 4 1 0 0 2
21 Christian, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 4 1 1 2 5
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 6 9 1 1 0
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 8 1 1 2 1
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 1 0 2 1 2
3 Gayfer, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 3 0 2
54 Hecker, Terry ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
37 Hrysoulakis, Athas ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 4 0 1 2 4
23 Kelly, Craig ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 2
44 Kerrison, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 0 3
25 McKeown, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 1 2
38 Monkhorst, Damian ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 9 0 0 2
7 Morwood, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 1 1 1 2 3
2 Robertson, David ? ? 1 2 20 12 8 1 0 2 1 0
22 Shaw, Tony (c) ? ? 1 0 26 17 9 4 0 2 3 3
27 Starcevich, Craig ? ? 3 5 20 15 5 7 1 2 0 1
43 Tranter, Brendan ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 2
24 Turner, Jamie ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 7 0 3 0 0
19 Wright, Graham ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 2 0 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 10 317 201 116 63 23 25 20 35

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s