1989 VFL 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 VFL season.
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
G. Healy (capt.), D. Bennett, L. Beveridge, T. Campbell, J. Duursma, S. Febey, R. Grinter, R. Jackson, A. Johnson, B. Lovett, S. Newport, S. O'Dwyer, P. Rohde, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, T. Viney, S. Wight, B. Wilson, G. Yeats
Collingwood
T. Shaw (capt.), D. Banks (vice-capt.), G. Brown, M. Christian, D. Cloke, G. Crosisca, P. Daicos, M. Gayfer, T. Hecker, A. Hrysoulakis, C. Kelly, S. Kerrison, R. McKeown, D. Monkhorst, S. Morwood, D. Robertson, C. Starcevich, B. Tranter, J. Turner, G. Wright
Melbourne (17.9.111) defeated Collingwood (13.10.88).
Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Bennett (4), B. Wilson (3), T. Campbell (2), G. Healy (2), R. Jackson (2), S. Newport, E. Spalding, T. Viney, G. Yeats
Collingwood: C. Starcevich (3), C. Kelly (2), D. Banks, G. Brown, D. Cloke, G. Crosisca, P. Daicos, A. Hrysoulakis, D. Robertson, T. Shaw
As a result of this match, Melbourne faced Geelong in the first semi final and Collingwood were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).
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
Coaches:
John Northey
(Melbourne),
Leigh Matthews
(Collingwood)
Captains:
Greg Healy
(Melbourne),
Tony Shaw
(Collingwood)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Melbourne),
Denis Banks
(Collingwood)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||