1989 VFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1989 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round six of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. John Law captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

North Melbourne (17.19.121) defeated Essendon (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Sunday 7 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,379

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 17.19.121 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 4 10 . 10 14 . 14 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
Essendon 6 . 1 9 . 4 12 . 7 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin ESSE by 3 NMLB by 12 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Schwass NMLB 2 3
Mark Arceri NMLB 17 2
Jim Krakouer NMLB 3 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 0 2
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 3 0 24 20 4 3 0 1 1 1
22 Bryce, Paul ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 9 1 0 1 2
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 1 1
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 3 2 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 0 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 3 0 2 0 3
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 3 4 0 0
28 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 5 19 14 5 3 0 3 0 2
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 4 0 4 0 2
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 2 0
39 Love, Jason ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 0 0 1 1 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 4 1
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 1 5 1 3 3
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 5 1 19 15 4 6 0 1 3 2
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 4 0 9 2 5
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 1 2 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 19 266 195 71 57 10 35 25 29

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1 0
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 3 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 2 0
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 1 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 2 0 21 13 8 10 0 2 1 4
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 3 2 22 19 3 2 0 1 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 2 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 1 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 2 2 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 0 0 1 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 6 27 0 1 2
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 0 14 5 9 4 0 0 0 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 6 2 15 13 2 8 6 0 4 1
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 3 0 2 2 0
9 Underwood, Andrew ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 3 2 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 1 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 2 1 0
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 1 0 1 1 3
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 3 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 9 280 183 97 63 33 27 29 25

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