1989 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1989 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round three of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Steve Wallis captained the hosts. John Law captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray (8.18.66) were defeated by North Melbourne (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,926

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.18.66 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 5 3 . 10 6 . 18 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
North Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 5 6 . 6 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin NMLB by 3 NMLB by 1 FOOT by 12 NMLB by 18 NMLB by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Steve Wallis
Coach: Mick Malthouse

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Carland
I. Clayton

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
John Georgiades FOOT 9 3
Jim Krakouer NMLB 3 2
Mick Martyn NMLB 4 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 1 0 3 1 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 1 4 3
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 1 0 3 3 2
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 3 12 9 3 4 2 0 2 1
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 1 6
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 9 0 3 1 2
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 3 18 15 3 7 0 0 2 1
9 Georgiades, John ? ? 5 3 18 15 3 6 0 1 0 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 1 1 1
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 1 1
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 0 1 0
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 2 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 29 16 13 3 0 1 3 0
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 3 0 0 2 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 2 1 0
31 O'Keeffe, Phillip ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 2 28 18 10 7 0 1 1 0
24 Wallis, Steve (c) ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 4 2 1
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 2 7 1 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 18 306 204 102 63 9 25 30 23

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
45 Angus, Warwick ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 1 14 2 0 1
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 3 2 18 14 4 2 0 1 1 0
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 2 1 0 2
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 0 1 2
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 6 1 2 0 2
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 1 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 0 0 0 2 2
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 4 1 1 5
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 3 2 2
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 1 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 3 26 16 10 2 0 4 2 0
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 1 0 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 3 2
39 Love, Jason ? ? 3 2 15 13 2 3 0 1 3 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 1 0 1 2
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 1 2
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 0 4
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 2 1
50 Venner, Steven ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 12 253 192 61 45 26 24 23 30

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