1989 VFL 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 5 of the 1989 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at 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
J. Law (capt.), B. Allison, W. Angus, M. Arceri, B. Buckley, A. Clarkson, D. Crocker, I. Fairley, P. German, M. Hepburn, J. Longmire, J. Love, M. Martyn, J. McCarthy, D. McRae, W. Schwass, R. Smith, P. Spargo, D. Steele, J. Stevenson

Richmond
M. Pickering (capt.), B. Bower, P. Egan, T. Free, A. Goodwin, S. Griffiths, J. Hogg, D. Honybun, M. Knights, M. Laffy, C. Lambert, B. Leys, R. Lounder, A. McKellar, M. Mitchell, J. Pickering, T. Poole, M. Thomson, P. Wilson, B. Young

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

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: M. Arceri (4), W. Schwass (4), I. Fairley (3), J. McCarthy (3), D. Crocker (2), P. Spargo (2), P. German, J. Love
Richmond: J. Hogg (7), S. Griffiths (4), R. Lounder (4), T. Poole (4), P. Egan (2), B. Bower, M. Knights, A. McKellar, P. Wilson, B. Young

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Richmond were then 9th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)
Captains: John Law (North Melbourne), Michael Pickering (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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