1989 VFL Round 6: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1989 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round 6 of the 1989 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Tony Shaw captained the visitors with, in the absence of Denis Banks, deputy vice-captain Peter Daicos as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), B. Bailey, T. Campbell, C. Connolly, J. Duursma, S. Febey, D. Flintoff, D. Hughes, R. Jackson, A. Johnson, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. Newport, S. O'Dwyer, P. Rohde, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Wight, B. Wilson

Collingwood
T. Shaw (capt.), P. Daicos (vice-capt.), C. Alexander, D. Barwick, G. Brown, M. Christian, D. Cloke, G. Crosisca, M. Gayfer, P. Hawke, C. Kelly, S. Kerrison, J. Manson, M. McGuane, R. McKeown, D. Millane, S. Morwood, H. Shephard, C. Starcevich, J. Turner

Melbourne (9.10.64) were defeated by Collingwood (18.16.124).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: T. Campbell, D. Flintoff, G. Healy, R. Jackson, G. Lyon, S. Newport, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, S. Wight
Collingwood: C. Alexander (4), C. Kelly (4), D. Barwick (2), P. Daicos (2), C. Starcevich (2), G. Brown, P. Hawke, S. Kerrison, D. Millane

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and Collingwood were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 6 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 67,239

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.10.64 - 18.16.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 6 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Collingwood 2 . 6 5 . 10 12 . 13 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Margin COLL by 5 level COLL by 38 COLL by 60 COLL by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Leigh Matthews (Collingwood)
Captains: Greg Healy (Melbourne), Tony Shaw (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Melbourne), Peter Daicos (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Doug Barwick COLL 17 3
David Cloke COLL 33 2
Craig Kelly COLL 23 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 2 4
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 2 1 0 1 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1 0
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 1 2 3 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 1 1
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 1 2 11 6 5 2 0 1 1 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 3 0 1 2 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 2 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 0 0 1 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 1 2 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 2 1 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 5 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 3 0 2 0 2
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 2 4 0 0 0
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 2 0 1 0 3
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 4 4 1 2 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 4 0 1 2 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 3 20 1 7 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 1 4 12 11 1 6 2 0 1 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 10 279 191 88 54 32 17 36 32

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
32 Alexander, Colin ? ? 4 1 9 6 3 0 0 2 0 0
17 Barwick, Doug ? ? 2 1 23 18 5 5 0 0 4 2
26 Brown, Gavin ? ? 1 1 27 17 10 3 0 2 2 3
21 Christian, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 3 0
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 10 8 2 2 2
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
35 Daicos, Peter (avc) ? ? 2 2 14 9 5 2 0 0 2 0
3 Gayfer, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 1 2 0
4 Hawke, Paul ? ? 1 1 29 19 10 5 0 1 3 1
23 Kelly, Craig ? ? 4 2 16 10 6 6 0 0 2 6
44 Kerrison, Shane ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 0 2 2 1
30 Manson, James ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 3 8 0 1 3
34 McGuane, Mick ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 0 0 0 1 0
25 McKeown, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 3 0 2 1 2
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 1 0 27 21 6 8 0 1 1 4
7 Morwood, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 3 1 1 2 1
22 Shaw, Tony (c) ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 2 0 2 1 4
49 Shephard, Heath ? ? 0 3 6 5 1 4 0 1 0 3
27 Starcevich, Craig ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 6 0 0 0 2
24 Turner, Jamie ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 16 345 224 121 77 17 19 32 36

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