1989 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1989 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round one of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. John Law captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

North Melbourne (18.17.125) defeated Geelong (17.21.123).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday 2 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,383

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.17.125 - 17.21.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 5 11 . 9 14 . 14 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Geelong 6 . 3 9 . 12 14 . 17 17 . 21 17 . 21 (123)
Margin GEEL by 22 NMLB by 9 GEEL by 3 NMLB by 2 NMLB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Johnson
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Harris NMLB 26 3
Ian Fairley NMLB 6 2
David Cameron GEEL 36 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 0 3 0
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 2 0 2 0 0
30 Chandler, Jeff ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 3 0 0
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 2 3 3
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 5 1 18 13 5 8 0 0 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 1 21 18 3 2 0 3 4 0
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 4 10 0 0 2
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 4 7 0 1 1
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 3 2 26 19 7 4 0 3 3 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 3 15 10 5 0 0 3 0 0
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 2 0 2 0 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
39 Love, Jason ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1 4
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 1 0 1
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 0 0 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 0 0 2 1 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 2 0 17 16 1 4 0 2 2 1
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 4 0 0 2 3
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 1
50 Venner, Steven ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 17 276 203 73 49 19 24 22 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 1 0 1 0 5
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 1 0 0 1 0
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 0 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 2 1 1 1
31 Bourke, Tim ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 3 14 0 4 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 2 12 7 5 1 0 0 0 0
36 Cameron, David ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 2 0 1 1 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 2 2 33 21 12 2 0 2 2 1
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 0 0 2 1 1
39 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 9 0 2 0 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 0 0
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 2 3 1
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 1 1 18 9 9 5 0 1 0 1
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 4 1 23 16 7 5 2 0 3 2
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 2 19 10 9 0 0 4 2 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 2 21 9 12 5 2 3 0 1
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 1 0 0 1 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 3 0 1 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 17 21 305 200 105 49 20 26 21 22

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