1989 VFL Round 5: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1989 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 5 of the 1989 VFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Darrel Baldock.

Essendon
T. Watson (capt.), G. Anderson, D. Bailey, E. Considine, A. Daniher, C. Daniher, T. Daniher, A. Ezard, D. Grenvold, P. Hamilton, M. Harvey, M. Long, S. Madden, G. O'Donnell, P. Salmon, P. Somerville, K. Sporn, A. Underwood, K. Walsh, D. Williams

St Kilda
T. Barker, B. Bowey, N. Burke, G. Burns, D. Craven, G. Cunningham, C. Devonport, M. Dwyer, G. Fode, D. Grant, P. Harding, R. Harvey, B. Ingleton, T. Lockett, S. Loewe, D. Rice, P. Russo, K. Sheldon, S. Turner, N. Winmar

Essendon (20.18.138) defeated St Kilda (12.12.84).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Salmon (6), M. Long (2), A. Underwood (2), T. Watson (2), G. Anderson, T. Daniher, A. Ezard, M. Harvey, S. Madden, P. Somerville, K. Walsh, D. Williams
St Kilda: T. Lockett (5), C. Devonport (2), M. Dwyer (2), R. Harvey, P. Russo, N. Winmar

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and St Kilda were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 29 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,542

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 20.18.138 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 6 . 9 12 . 12 20 . 18 20 . 18 (138)
St Kilda 4 . 4 7 . 11 12 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin ESSE by 5 STKL by 8 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Darrel Baldock (St Kilda)
Captains: Tim Watson (Essendon), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Forster, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mick Dwyer STKL 20 3
Simon Madden ESSE 27 2
Michael Long ESSE 4 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 3 0 0 0 2
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 0 0 0 0 0
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 0 2 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 5 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 4 0 0 1 3
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 3 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 3 21 18 3 2 0 3 1 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 0 0 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 0 1 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 2 0 1 2 2
4 Long, Michael ? ? 2 0 31 15 16 3 0 5 2 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 9 22 2 0 2
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 1 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 6 3 18 15 3 14 2 0 1 3
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 3 1 2 4
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 0 2 1
9 Underwood, Andrew ? ? 2 1 22 13 9 8 0 1 3 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 3 1 1 2 3
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 1 32 19 13 6 0 5 2 4
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 1 0 2 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 18 342 208 134 75 28 26 33 32

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 5 1
18 Bowey, Brett ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 2 1
29 Burke, Nathan ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 0
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 0 2 1
14 Craven, Danny ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 1
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 4 0 0 3 1
44 Devonport, Craig ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 1 0 4 2 3
20 Dwyer, Mick ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 6 0 0 1 3
36 Fode, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0 2
6 Grant, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 2 4
10 Harding, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 9 0 5 0
35 Harvey, Robert ? ? 1 0 29 14 15 6 0 0 0 1
30 Ingleton, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 0 0
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 5 2 10 9 1 6 0 0 0 3
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 0 3 13 13 0 9 6 1 2 4
37 Rice, Dean ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 2 1 2
8 Russo, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 1 0 4 1 2
3 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 0 1 1 1
24 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 1 0 1 1
7 Winmar, Nicky ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 4 0 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 12 285 196 89 68 16 16 32 33

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