1989 VFL Grand Final: Hawthorn v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 September 1989 between Hawthorn and Geelong in the grand final of the 1989 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Geelong at MCG. Michael Tuck captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Hawthorn
Back: A. Collins, C. Langford, G. Ayres
Half-back: S. Maginness, C. Mew, J. Kennedy
Centre: D. Pritchard, A. Condon, R. DiPierdomenico
Half-forward: D. Anderson, D. Brereton, G. Buckenara
Forward: P. Curran, J. Dunstall, C. Wittman
Follower: G. Dear, M. Tuck (capt.), J. Platten
Int.: G. Madigan, J. Morrissey

Geelong
Back: S. Malakellis, T. Darcy, M. Bos
Half-back: B. Lindner, M. Schulze, S. Hocking
Centre: G. Hocking, P. Couch, N. Bruns
Half-forward: G. Ablett, B. Stoneham, M. Yeates
Forward: R. Scott, B. Brownless, D. Cameron
Follower: D. Bourke (capt.), M. Bairstow, A. Bews
Int.: D. Flanigan, S. Hamilton

Hawthorn (21.18.144) defeated Geelong (21.12.138).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: D. Anderson (4), G. Buckenara (4), J. Dunstall (4), D. Brereton (3), P. Curran (3), R. DiPierdomenico, J. Morrissey, C. Wittman
Geelong: G. Ablett (9), B. Brownless (2), D. Cameron (2), S. Hamilton (2), B. Stoneham (2), M. Bairstow, A. Bews, N. Bruns, D. Flanigan

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were the premiers and Geelong were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Geelong
Date: Saturday 30 September 1989
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 94,796

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Geelong
Score: 21.18.144 - 21.12.138

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Hawthorn	8	.	4	12	.	9	18	.	13	21	.	18	21	.	18	(144)
Geelong	2	.	0	7	.	2	13	.	7	21	.	12	21	.	12	(138)
Margin	HWTH by 40			HWTH by 37			HWTH by 36			HWTH by 6			HWTH by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (Hawthorn), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: Michael Tuck (Hawthorn), Damian Bourke (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, B. Sheehan
Goal Umpire: D. Purss, R. Selwood
Boundary Umpire: A. Hammond, C. Sporton

Norm Smith Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	3	2	1
Gary Ablett	GEEL	5	?	?	?	?

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
8	Anderson, Dean	HFFL	?	4	1	15	13	2	3	0	1	1	2
7	Ayres, Gary	BPR	?	0	0	9	9	0	1	0	2	0	3
23	Brereton, Dermott	CHF	?	3	1	9	9	0	4	4	2	2	1
11	Buckenara, Gary	HFFR	?	4	1	20	13	7	4	0	3	4	2
4	Collins, Andy	BPL	?	0	0	7	7	0	1	0	2	3	1
3	Condon, Anthony	C	?	0	0	16	8	8	6	0	3	0	2
25	Curran, Peter	FPL	?	3	3	15	10	5	3	3	3	1	3
14	Dear, Greg	RU	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	12	1	3	2
9	DiPierdomenico, Robert	WR	?	1	2	18	13	5	5	0	5	2	1
19	Dunstall, Jason	FF	?	4	3	9	8	1	8	0	2	0	1
34	Kennedy, John	HBFR	?	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	3	1	0
24	Langford, Chris	FB	?	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	0	2	0
31	Madigan, Greg	INT	?	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	Maginness, Scott	HBFL	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	2	1	0
2	Mew, Chris	CHB	?	0	0	12	10	2	3	0	2	0	2
35	Morrissey, James	INT	?	1	2	13	7	6	2	0	2	0	0
44	Platten, John	RO	?	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	1	0
18	Pritchard, Darrin	WL	?	0	3	20	20	0	4	0	4	3	3
17	Tuck, Michael (c)	RR	?	0	0	11	8	3	2	0	6	1	0
10	Wittman, Chris	FPR	?	1	1	13	10	3	1	0	2	1	1
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				21	18	235	175	60	61	19	47	26	24

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
5	Ablett, Gary	HFFL	?	9	1	15	12	3	8	1	3	1	2
3	Bairstow, Mark	RR	?	1	1	15	12	3	2	0	2	1	1
27	Bews, Andrew	RO	?	1	1	27	19	8	3	0	2	1	2
24	Bos, Mark	BPR	?	0	0	10	9	1	1	1	1	0	0
30	Bourke, Damian (c)	RU	?	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	1
16	Brownless, Bill	FF	?	2	2	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1
19	Bruns, Neville	WR	?	1	0	14	12	2	3	0	3	0	0
36	Cameron, David	FPR	?	2	1	11	8	3	2	0	1	1	2
7	Couch, Paul	C	?	0	0	22	13	9	2	0	0	2	1
28	Darcy, Tim	FB	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
14	Flanigan, Darren	INT	?	1	1	15	13	2	9	13	0	1	2
25	Hamilton, Shane	INT	?	2	1	18	16	2	2	0	3	0	2
32	Hocking, Garry	WL	?	0	0	13	6	7	1	0	1	2	3
1	Hocking, Steve	HBFR	?	0	0	9	2	7	2	0	3	1	2
2	Lindner, Bruce	HBFL	?	0	0	25	18	7	5	1	1	6	1
12	Malakellis, Spiro	BPL	?	0	1	15	9	6	3	0	0	1	1
23	Schulze, Michael	CHB	?	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
8	Scott, Robert	FPL	?	0	2	8	5	3	2	0	2	0	3
26	Stoneham, Barry	CHF	?	2	1	12	8	4	5	0	0	1	0
21	Yeates, Mark	HFFR	?	0	0	12	5	7	2	0	1	4	2
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				21	12	251	176	75	57	21	25	24	26

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn							Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	12	S. Malakellis	28	T. Darcy	24	M. Bos	14	G. Dear	31	G. Madigan
	10	C. Wittman	19	J. Dunstall	25	P. Curran	17	M. Tuck (c)	35	J. Morrissey
FORWARD							44	J. Platten
HALF-BACK
	2	B. Lindner	23	M. Schulze	1	S. Hocking
	11	G. Buckenara	23	D. Brereton	8	D. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	32	G. Hocking	7	P. Couch	19	N. Bruns
	9	R. DiPierdomenico	3	A. Condon	18	D. Pritchard	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							30	D. Bourke (c)	14	D. Flanigan
HALF-FORWARD							3	M. Bairstow	25	S. Hamilton
	5	G. Ablett	26	B. Stoneham	21	M. Yeates	27	A. Bews
	34	J. Kennedy	2	C. Mew	20	S. Maginness
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	8	R. Scott	16	B. Brownless	36	D. Cameron
	7	G. Ayres	24	C. Langford	4	A. Collins
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Malcolm Blight

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	??:??
	HWTH	Jason Dunstall goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	??:??
	HWTH	Dermott Brereton goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	??:??
	HWTH	Peter Curran goal	3.0.18	-	1.0.6	??:??
	HWTH	Jason Dunstall behind	3.1.19	-	1.0.6	??:??
	HWTH	Dean Anderson goal	4.1.25	-	1.0.6	??:??
	HWTH	Jason Dunstall behind	4.2.26	-	1.0.6	??:??
	HWTH	Peter Curran goal	5.2.32	-	1.0.6	??:??
	HWTH	Darrin Pritchard behind	5.3.33	-	1.0.6	??:??
	GEEL	Bill Brownless goal	5.3.33	-	2.0.12	??:??
	HWTH	Peter Curran behind	5.4.34	-	2.0.12	??:??
	HWTH	Robert DiPierdomenico goal	6.4.40	-	2.0.12	??:??
	HWTH	Gary Buckenara goal	7.4.46	-	2.0.12	??:??
	HWTH	Dermott Brereton goal	8.4.52	-	2.0.12	??:??
Q2	GEEL	Barry Stoneham behind	8.4.52	-	2.1.13	??:??
	GEEL	Barry Stoneham goal	8.4.52	-	3.1.19	??:??
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	8.4.52	-	4.1.25	??:??
	HWTH	Gary Buckenara goal	9.4.58	-	4.1.25	??:??
	HWTH	Dermott Brereton behind	9.5.59	-	4.1.25	??:??
	HWTH	Chris Wittman behind	9.6.60	-	4.1.25	??:??
	HWTH	Dermott Brereton goal	10.6.66	-	4.1.25	??:??
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	10.6.66	-	5.1.31	??:??
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	10.6.66	-	6.1.37	??:??
	HWTH	Darrin Pritchard behind	10.7.67	-	6.1.37	??:??
	GEEL	Andrew Bews goal	10.7.67	-	7.1.43	??:??
	HWTH	Darrin Pritchard behind	10.8.68	-	7.1.43	??:??
	GEEL	Bill Brownless behind	10.8.68	-	7.2.44	??:??
	HWTH	Jason Dunstall goal	11.8.74	-	7.2.44	??:??
	HWTH	Chris Wittman goal	12.8.80	-	7.2.44	??:??
	HWTH	Jason Dunstall behind	12.9.81	-	7.2.44	??:??
Q3	HWTH	James Morrissey behind	12.10.82	-	7.2.44	??:??
	GEEL	David Cameron behind	12.10.82	-	7.3.45	??:??
	GEEL	Darren Flanigan behind	12.10.82	-	7.4.46	??:??
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	12.10.82	-	8.4.52	??:??
	GEEL	Mark Bairstow goal	12.10.82	-	9.4.58	??:??
	GEEL	Bill Brownless behind	12.10.82	-	9.5.59	??:??
	GEEL	Robert Scott behind	12.10.82	-	9.6.60	??:??
	HWTH	Gary Buckenara behind	12.11.83	-	9.6.60	??:??
	HWTH	Dean Anderson goal	13.11.89	-	9.6.60	??:??
	HWTH	Peter Curran goal	14.11.95	-	9.6.60	??:??
	HWTH	Rushed behind	14.12.96	-	9.6.60	??:??
	GEEL	Bill Brownless goal	14.12.96	-	10.6.66	??:??
	HWTH	Jason Dunstall goal	15.12.102	-	10.6.66	??:??
	GEEL	David Cameron goal	15.12.102	-	11.6.72	??:??
	HWTH	James Morrissey goal	16.12.108	-	11.6.72	??:??
	HWTH	Peter Curran behind	16.13.109	-	11.6.72	??:??
	HWTH	Gary Buckenara goal	17.13.115	-	11.6.72	??:??
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	17.13.115	-	12.6.78	??:??
	HWTH	Dean Anderson goal	18.13.121	-	12.6.78	??:??
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	18.13.121	-	12.7.79	??:??
	GEEL	Shane Hamilton goal	18.13.121	-	13.7.85	??:??
Q4	HWTH	Dean Anderson behind	18.14.122	-	13.7.85	??:??
	GEEL	Mark Bairstow behind	18.14.122	-	13.8.86	??:??
	GEEL	Andrew Bews behind	18.14.122	-	13.9.87	??:??
	GEEL	Neville Bruns goal	18.14.122	-	14.9.93	??:??
	HWTH	Gary Buckenara goal	19.14.128	-	14.9.93	??:??
	GEEL	Shane Hamilton behind	19.14.128	-	14.10.94	??:??
	GEEL	Spiro Malakellis behind	19.14.128	-	14.11.95	??:??
	GEEL	Darren Flanigan goal	19.14.128	-	15.11.101	??:??
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	19.14.128	-	16.11.107	??:??
	HWTH	Jason Dunstall goal	20.14.134	-	16.11.107	??:??
	GEEL	Barry Stoneham goal	20.14.134	-	17.11.113	??:??
	HWTH	James Morrissey behind	20.15.135	-	17.11.113	??:??
	HWTH	Robert DiPierdomenico behind	20.16.136	-	17.11.113	??:??
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	20.16.136	-	18.11.119	??:??
	GEEL	Shane Hamilton goal	20.16.136	-	19.11.125	??:??
	HWTH	Dean Anderson goal	21.16.142	-	19.11.125	??:??
	HWTH	Robert DiPierdomenico behind	21.17.143	-	19.11.125	??:??
	GEEL	Robert Scott behind	21.17.143	-	19.12.126	??:??
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	21.17.143	-	20.12.132	??:??
	HWTH	Peter Curran behind	21.18.144	-	20.12.132	??:??
	GEEL	David Cameron goal	21.18.144	-	21.12.138	??:??

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