1989 VFL Season Round 1: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1989 between West Coast and Essendon during round one of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. West Coast hosted Essendon at WACA. Murray Rance captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Todd and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

West Coast (14.12.96) were defeated by Essendon (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Friday 31 March 1989
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: WACA
Attendance: 25,664

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Essendon
Score: 14.12.96 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 6 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Essendon 6 . 4 11 . 8 14 . 8 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin level ESSE by 26 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: Murray Rance
Coach: John Todd

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
G. Vernon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Anderson ESSE 11 3
Phil Scott WCST 12 2
Laurie Keene WCST 25 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Annear, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 0 2 4
38 Barich, Adrian ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 2 3
11 Breman, Todd ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 2 0 0 0 1
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 1 1
16 Cormack, Joe ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 3 1 1
22 Ellis, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 2 0
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 0 0
25 Keene, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 23 0 3 2
19 Langdon, Karl ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 2
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 3 0 3 1 0
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 1 2 1
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 0 3 1
20 Peos, Paul ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 6 0 0 1 1
1 Pyke, Don ? ? 2 1 21 17 4 3 1 2 2 4
23 Rance, Murray (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 0 0 0
12 Scott, Phil ? ? 7 1 12 12 0 8 7 2 2 2
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 0 2
7 Turley, Craig ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 1 1 0
35 Ugle, Troy ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 1
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 1 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 12 248 188 60 62 32 15 24 31

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 1 32 23 9 12 0 0 1 0
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 2 0 1 4 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 1 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 5 1 0 1 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 1 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 2 1 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 3 0 15 11 4 2 0 0 0 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 0 1 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 6 0 1 0 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 2 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 4 23 1 3 1
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 3 0 1 0 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 4 10 0 3 2
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 4 3 1 0 2
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 3 1 17 11 6 2 0 0 1 2
9 Underwood, Andrew ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 2 0 0 7 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 3 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 2 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 10 282 200 82 73 37 16 31 24

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