1989 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1989 between Essendon and Melbourne during round two of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon (14.10.94) defeated Melbourne (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,431

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 14.10.94 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 8 . 5 13 . 9 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 7 4 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 52 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Vander Haar ESSE 18 3
Alan Johnson MELB 9 2
Tim Watson ESSE 32 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 5 0 0 0 0
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 1 2 22 16 6 4 0 0 4 3
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 3 0 0 3 3
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 2
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 1 24 17 7 7 0 1 4 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 6 0 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 0 3
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 1 0 0 1 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 0 2 0
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 4 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 14 1 2 2
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 0 0 2 4 1
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 7 0 2 1 1
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 5 1
9 Underwood, Andrew ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 4 1 12 12 0 7 1 0 4 5
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 0 0 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 1 1 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 10 287 208 79 75 15 13 40 28

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
47 Ahern, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 2
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 2
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 4 0 3 1 2
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 1 4
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 2 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 1 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 3 18 16 2 6 0 1 2 5
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 7 0 1 2 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 1 1 0 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 3 2 26 19 7 7 0 0 2 2
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 11 0 2 0
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 0 2 1 2
30 Seow, Dannie ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 4 0 2 2 3
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 5 0 2 1 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 3 2 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 6 10 2 2 5
52 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 6 0 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 14 239 188 51 68 22 19 28 40

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