1989 VFL Round 4: West Coast v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1989 between West Coast and North Melbourne during round 4 of the 1989 VFL season. West Coast hosted North Melbourne at WACA. Murray Rance captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Todd and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

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

North Melbourne
B. Allison, W. Angus, M. Arceri, B. Buckley, A. Clarkson, D. Crocker, I. Fairley, P. German, M. Hepburn, J. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Longmire, J. Love, M. Martyn, J. McCarthy, D. McRae, W. Schwass, R. Smith, D. Steele, S. Venner

West Coast (10.12.72) were defeated by North Melbourne (18.7.115).

Goalkickers
West Coast: K. Langdon (3), T. Breman (2), D. Pyke (2), S. Ellis, D. Hart, D. Turner
North Melbourne: I. Fairley (6), M. Hepburn (4), P. German (3), M. Arceri (2), A. Clarkson, J. Love, R. Smith

As a result of this match, West Coast remained 14th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: West Coast v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 23 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: WACA
Attendance: 18,546

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by North Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 18.7.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 3 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 7 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
North Melbourne 4 . 2 10 . 4 17 . 6 18 . 7 18 . 7 (115)
Margin NMLB by 5 NMLB by 21 NMLB by 53 NMLB by 43 NMLB by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Todd (West Coast), John Kennedy (North Melbourne)
Captains: Murray Rance (West Coast), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Johnson, D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter German NMLB 29 3
Wayne Schwass NMLB 2 2
Mick Martyn NMLB 4 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Annear, John ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 1 0 3 4 3
38 Barich, Adrian ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 0 0 1 0 1
11 Breman, Todd ? ? 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 2 22 16 6 4 0 1 5 0
30 Browning, Clinton ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 2 0
22 Ellis, Shane ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 1 0 0 2 1
34 Geary, Richard ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 Hart, David ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 4 0 0 1 0
19 Langdon, Karl ? ? 3 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1 0
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 3 0 0 2 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 0 2 2
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 0 1 21 11 10 5 0 1 1 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 0 0
21 O'Connell, David ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 22 0 1 3
1 Pyke, Don ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 5 0 0 1 1
23 Rance, Murray (c) ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 0 0
12 Scott, Phil ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 4 33 0 0 3
7 Turley, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 1
10 Turner, Dean ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 4 0 0 7 2
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 7 0 4 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 12 258 195 63 53 55 13 31 18

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 3
45 Angus, Warwick ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 14 1 1 0
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 4 0 0 2 2
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 2 1 2
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 3 0 3 3 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 2 1 0 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 6 1 16 9 7 7 0 1 0 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 3 0 24 20 4 6 0 1 2 5
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 4 0 20 14 6 8 0 0 0 2
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 2
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 0 1 2
39 Love, Jason ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 2 0 0 1 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 0 0 1
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 4 2 0 0 1
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 1 2 4
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 5 0 0 2 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 3 0 1 1 0
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 0 1 3
50 Venner, Steven ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 7 304 226 78 68 22 14 18 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