1989 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 1989 between Essendon and Geelong in the preliminary final of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Essendon (10.10.70) were defeated by Geelong (24.20.164).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 September 1989
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 67,892

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 10.10.70 - 24.20.164

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 9 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Geelong 6 . 4 13 . 12 19 . 15 24 . 20 24 . 20 (164)
Margin GEEL by 13 GEEL by 50 GEEL by 84 GEEL by 94 GEEL by 94
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
D. Rich

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 4 0 0 0 3
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 1 1 5 3
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 3 1 3
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 1 0 3 1 3
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 3 2 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 1 27 22 5 10 0 0 2 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 0 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 2 4 3
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 3 0 4 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 13 0 7 1
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 1 1 18 8 10 5 0 4 3 1
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 1
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 0 0
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 4 0 3 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 4 0 0 0 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 0 2 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 5 1 1 1 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 2 20 14 6 7 0 1 0 2
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 10 267 186 81 68 15 31 31 34

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 8 5 23 22 1 10 0 3 4 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 1 4 28 19 9 5 0 4 4 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 2 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 1 1 2 1
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 0 0 4
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 4 2 12 9 3 5 0 1 2 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 5 0 3 2 0
36 Cameron, David ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 3 0 3 1 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 2 1 25 14 11 3 0 5 3 4
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 1 4 1
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 2 1 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 13 0 0 2
25 Hamilton, Shane ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 6 0 2 1 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 0 31 17 14 6 0 6 2 4
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 1 1 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 7 0 3 3 2
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 0 1
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 3 3 1 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 5 0 3 0 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 3 1 19 14 5 4 0 5 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 20 312 216 96 76 25 51 34 31

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