1989 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1989 between Footscray and Geelong during round four of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Steve Wallis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Footscray (12.15.87) were defeated by Geelong (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Sunday 23 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 22,844

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Geelong
Score: 12.15.87 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 4 6 . 7 8 . 13 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Geelong 4 . 3 6 . 8 10 . 9 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Steve Wallis
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mitchell
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 3
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 2
Matthew Hogg FOOT 43 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 1 23 10 13 2 0 0 0 2
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 3 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 4 9 9 0 5 0 1 3 3
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 1 0 2 2 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 1 0 0 1
29 Evans, Tony ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 1 0 3 6 2
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 10 0 3 2 1
9 Georgiades, John ? ? 0 1 7 2 5 1 0 3 0 1
30 Harrington, Tim ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 2 0 3 2 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 0 1 0
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 2 0 4 7 1
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 3 4 2
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 1 0 1 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 2 24 16 8 6 0 3 4 2
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 0 0 3 1 1
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 1 0 5 3 2
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 28 12 16 2 0 4 2 0
24 Wallis, Steve (c) ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 0 2 1
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 5 10 3 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 297 186 111 47 12 42 46 26

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 0 14 13 1 3 2 1 3 7
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 3 1 31 24 7 6 0 1 3 5
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 7 15 1 1 0 3 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 6 0 0 0 2
36 Cameron, David ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 3 1 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 2 2 2
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 1 3
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 5 19 0 1 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 1 26 14 12 3 0 1 2 8
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 1 1
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 1 4 1 1
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 4 13 5 8 2 0 1 0 3
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 5 1 2 4 1
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 4 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 1 19 10 9 3 0 0 0 2
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 3 0 14 10 4 8 1 2 0 3
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 0 0 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 4 0 1 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 15 310 200 110 65 25 25 26 45

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