1989 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1989 between Melbourne and Footscray during round five of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Steve Wallis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Melbourne (11.16.82) defeated Footscray (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 29 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,273

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 11.16.82 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 11 8 . 15 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Footscray 5 . 7 5 . 8 7 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin FOOT by 21 MELB by 3 MELB by 13 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Footscray

Captain: Steve Wallis
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Johnson
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Stephen Newport MELB 34 3
Danny Hughes MELB 10 2
David Flintoff MELB 37 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 1 1 2
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 4 3 7 7 0 6 3 0 1 1
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 2 0 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 1
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 5 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 3 2 0
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 1 2 21 12 9 4 0 0 3 5
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 2 16 9 7 4 0 0 2 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 3 4 2 1 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 2 5 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 11 0 4 3 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 1 2 2 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 4 0 1 0 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 3 1 1
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 3 17 11 6 7 2 0 0 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 6 0 0 2 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 15 3 2 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 8 0 0 1 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 24 13 11 6 0 1 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 16 308 220 88 82 25 26 35 27

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 1 29 11 18 2 0 5 1 1
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 1 0 3
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 6 2 8 8 0 7 0 0 1 2
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 1 0 2
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 2 0 0 1 2
29 Evans, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 1 4
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 0 0 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 3 1 14 12 2 4 0 1 0 3
9 Georgiades, John ? ? 1 1 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
30 Harrington, Tim ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 1 3 1 0
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 3 5 2
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 2 1
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 1 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 2 0 4 1 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 0 0 2 2 4
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 4 4 0
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 4 0 1 3 1
24 Wallis, Steve (c) ? ? 0 1 24 14 10 3 0 1 1 1
6 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 0 1 1 2 2
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 2 8 2 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 11 308 203 105 47 10 34 27 35

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