1989 VFL Season Round 2: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1989 between Richmond and Footscray during round two of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at the MCG. Dale Weightman captained the hosts. Steve Wallis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Richmond (24.12.156) defeated Footscray (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,834

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 24.12.156 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 0 10 . 3 21 . 8 24 . 12 24 . 12 (156)
Footscray 6 . 5 8 . 5 9 . 6 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin FOOT by 5 RICH by 10 RICH by 74 RICH by 68 RICH by 68
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dale Weightman
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Footscray

Captain: Steve Wallis
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Harris
D. Johnson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Allan McKellar RICH 12 3
Jeff Hogg RICH 34 2
Craig Lambert RICH 4 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 1 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 7 0 1 1 2
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 2 1 2 3 1
52 Griffiths, Stuart ? ? 3 2 20 13 7 2 0 0 1 2
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 7 3 15 12 3 6 0 0 2 0
42 Honybun, David ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 7 2 0 0 2
4 Lambert, Craig ? ? 1 1 29 17 12 4 0 1 2 0
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 6 13 0 1 4
26 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 1 0
11 Manton, John ? ? 2 1 25 18 7 7 0 1 1 3
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 1 0 29 17 12 7 0 0 3 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 6 0 1 3 4
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 3 0 0 1 1
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 9 0 2 2 2
2 Pickering, Justin ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 1 29 15 14 7 0 1 3 0
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 8 0 3 3 1
21 Powell, Tim ? ? 3 1 23 16 7 9 0 0 1 2
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 1 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 24 12 355 231 124 97 16 15 31 30

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 1 1 27 16 11 7 0 0 1 1
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 1 2 1
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 0 2 24 16 8 5 0 2 2 3
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 1 13 6 7 2 1 0 4 1
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 3 0 1 2 4
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 2 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 1 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 1 2 2
9 Georgiades, John ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 0 20 8 12 4 0 2 2 3
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 5 2 1
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 4 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 3 23 17 6 9 0 0 1 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 2 0 2 1 2
31 O'Keeffe, Phillip ? ? 3 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 28 13 15 3 0 2 0 3
24 Wallis, Steve (c) ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 1 2 1
28 Williams, Mark ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 1 1
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 6 6 3 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 10 320 195 125 70 7 23 30 31

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