1989 VFL Round 2: Geelong v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1989 between Geelong and West Coast during round 2 of the 1989 VFL season. Geelong hosted West Coast at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Murray Rance captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by John Todd.

Geelong
D. Bourke (capt.), G. Ablett, M. Bairstow, A. Bews, M. Bos, B. Brownless, D. Cameron, P. Couch, S. Denham, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, A. McCrabb, D. Morgan, D. Russell, M. Schulze, R. Scott, R. Sterrett, B. Stoneham, D. Troy, M. Yeates

West Coast
M. Rance (capt.), J. Annear, T. Breman, M. Brennan, S. Ellis, D. Hart, L. Keene, D. Laidley, K. Langdon, A. Lockyer, C. Mainwaring, S. Malaxos, G. McKenna, D. O'Connell, D. Pyke, P. Scott, P. Sumich, C. Turley, D. Turner, J. Worsfold

Geelong (26.19.175) defeated West Coast (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Morgan (5), B. Brownless (4), M. Bairstow (3), D. Cameron (3), P. Couch (3), G. Hocking (3), R. Scott (3), G. Ablett, M. Schulze
West Coast: S. Ellis (2), D. Hart (2), T. Breman, L. Keene, K. Langdon, D. Pyke, P. Scott, P. Sumich, C. Turley

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 8th) and West Coast were then 14th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v West Coast
Date: Sunday 9 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,939

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. West Coast
Score: 26.19.175 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 8 10 . 10 21 . 17 26 . 19 26 . 19 (175)
West Coast 2 . 2 6 . 6 7 . 9 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin GEEL by 24 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 92 GEEL by 95 GEEL by 95
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Geelong), John Todd (West Coast)
Captains: Damian Bourke (Geelong), Murray Rance (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Couch GEEL 7 3
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 2
Dwayne Russell GEEL 6 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 1 1
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 3 2 33 17 16 1 0 2 4 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 1 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 0 1 3
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 24 0 4 2
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 4 4 14 11 3 7 0 0 0 2
36 Cameron, David ? ? 3 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 3 3
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 3 3 33 22 11 3 0 1 1 2
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 3 0 3 0 3
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 3 1 23 15 8 3 0 1 4 2
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 0 1 3
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 2 5 3
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 5 1 19 16 3 2 0 0 1 0
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 2 30 19 11 5 1 1 5 3
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 4 1 4 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 3 1 20 9 11 2 0 2 2 3
9 Sterrett, Ray ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 1 10 3 7 1 1 4 1 4
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 2 1 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 26 19 342 205 137 54 30 19 40 40

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Annear, John ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 3 0 1 1 0
11 Breman, Todd ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 2 0 0 2 0
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 1 0 1 0 2
22 Ellis, Shane ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 1 0
36 Hart, David ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 2 0 1 0 5
25 Keene, Laurie ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 3 5 0 0 1
15 Laidley, Dean ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 3 1 2 2 1
19 Langdon, Karl ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 2 6
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 1 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 2 27 19 8 10 0 1 3 2
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 1 3 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 3 1
21 O'Connell, David ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 4 3 1 4 3
1 Pyke, Don ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 7 0 1 5 2
23 Rance, Murray (c) ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 9 0 1 1 1
12 Scott, Phil ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 3 7 0 3 3
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 1 3
7 Turley, Craig ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 4 0 2 1 6
10 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 3 3
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 1 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 14 281 200 81 83 16 18 40 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