1989 VFL Season Round 5: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1989 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round five of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. John Law captained the hosts. Michael Pickering captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Kevin Bartlett.

North Melbourne (20.14.134) were defeated by Richmond (26.15.171).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Sunday 30 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,691

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 20.14.134 - 26.15.171

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 1 8 . 9 10 . 12 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
Richmond 7 . 3 9 . 5 18 . 10 26 . 15 26 . 15 (171)
Margin RICH by 26 RICH by 2 RICH by 46 RICH by 37 RICH by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Richmond

Captain: Michael Pickering
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
S. McDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Honybun RICH 42 3
Brendan Bower RICH 31 2
Wayne Schwass NMLB 2 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 0 1
45 Angus, Warwick ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 4 5 0 0 0
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 4 0 32 25 7 3 0 1 5 1
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 1 0 2 2 0
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 1 0 0 2 2
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 8 0 1 1 2
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 3 1 13 12 1 5 0 1 1 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 2 0 2 1 1
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 7 1 1 1
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 2 1 2
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
39 Love, Jason ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 0 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 2 3 2
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 3 0 18 15 3 3 2 1 3 1
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 2 1 2
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 4 0 27 18 9 2 0 4 3 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 2 4 22 14 8 7 0 0 0 4
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 1 0 1
18 Stevenson, Jamie ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 2 2 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 20 14 288 198 90 49 16 21 26 25

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 4 0 1 1 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 2 2 23 17 6 5 0 2 0 3
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 2 1 0
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 3
52 Griffiths, Stuart ? ? 4 1 14 8 6 3 0 0 2 0
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 7 2 14 13 1 8 0 1 1 1
42 Honybun, David ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 9 17 1 1 0
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 1 2 24 16 8 6 0 5 1 0
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 0 2 0
4 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 1 29 9 20 4 0 5 2 2
26 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 2 1
37 Lounder, Richard ? ? 4 2 9 6 3 3 3 0 1 1
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 1 0 27 19 8 6 0 1 2 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 6 0 4 1 5
2 Pickering, Justin ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 1 1 0
35 Pickering, Michael (c) ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 10 0 1 1 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 4 1 12 10 2 5 0 0 1 0
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 3 0 1 1 6
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 1 0 3 1
53 Young, Barry ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 26 15 352 227 125 85 21 26 25 26

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