1989 VFL Season Qualifying Final: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 10 September 1989 between Essendon and Geelong in the qualifying final of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at the MCG. 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 (24.13.157) defeated Geelong (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Sunday 10 September 1989
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 75,861

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 24.13.157 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 5 12 . 9 19 . 12 24 . 13 24 . 13 (157)
Geelong 2 . 4 6 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 77 ESSE by 76 ESSE by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mitchell
D. Rich

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 3 0 0 2 1
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 1 0 0 2 3
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 4 0 1 2 1
20 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 2 0 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 3 1 22 19 3 3 0 3 1 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 7 0 1 1 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 0 17 15 2 6 0 2 1 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 0 0 2 2 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 3 0 6 1 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 1 9 2 7 3 0 1 1 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 4 0 18 10 8 7 0 3 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 6 26 2 0 2
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 5 0 0 0 0
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 2 2 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 1 0 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 5 2 19 12 7 5 1 1 1 3
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 5 1 6 0 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 1 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 3 0 1 1 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 0 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 24 13 305 216 89 72 32 32 21 22

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 3 3 13 13 0 7 0 0 2 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 0 0 2 1 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 3 0 2 2 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 1 1 1 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 1 1 2 0 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 23 21 2 3 0 1 3 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 0 0 4 1 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 0 2 2
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 4 0 0
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 1 0 1 0 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 11 2 0 0
25 Hamilton, Shane ? ? 3 2 16 12 4 3 0 1 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 1 0 2 2 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 0 1 1
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 1 0 1 4 1
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 0 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 2 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 4 1 0 3
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 15 264 175 89 33 23 27 22 21

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