1989 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1989 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round one of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Rod Austin.

Melbourne (18.8.116) defeated Fitzroy (16.15.111).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 1 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,792

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.8.116 - 16.15.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 3 11 . 4 15 . 7 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 6 . 7 13 . 12 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Margin MELB by 31 MELB by 27 MELB by 7 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Fitzroy

Captain: Paul Roos
Coach: Rod Austin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Harris
M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Stephen Newport MELB 34 3
Richard Osborne FITZ 44 2
Alan Johnson MELB 9 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
47 Ahern, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 0 1 1
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 7 0 2 0 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 2 0
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 4 1 2 1 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 0 0
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 1 0 3 1 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 3 0 1 2 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 0 3 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 1 0 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 4 2 15 11 4 3 0 1 5 3
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 2 0 23 16 7 7 2 1 2 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 2 9 8 1 3 23 2 3 0
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 8 0 1 0 0
30 Seow, Dannie ? ? 2 0 15 8 7 6 0 0 0 5
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 1 0 1 4
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 3 1 1 3 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 5 23 2 2 6
52 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 5 0 0 3 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 8 262 195 67 73 52 18 32 33

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 0 0 0 2 0
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 4 0 1 4 3
5 Brockhurst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 1 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 3 0 24 12 12 3 0 2 2 1
2 Dilena, Carl ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 1 1 2
10 Edwards, Bradley ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 5 2
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 2 13 13 0 2 0 3 2 2
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 2 1 0 2
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 7 0 0 0 2
16 Matera, Wally ? ? 0 3 17 15 2 4 0 1 0 1
22 McCormack, Brendan ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 2
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 1 2 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 8 5 18 16 2 9 0 1 1 1
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 1 0 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 1 1 2 5
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 8 1 4 4
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 3 1 21 19 2 8 0 1 3 0
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 2 2 1
8 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 2 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 15 293 205 88 69 11 19 33 32

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