1989 VFL Round 7: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1989 between Geelong and St Kilda during round 7 of the 1989 VFL season. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Danny Frawley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Darrel Baldock.

Geelong
D. Bourke (capt.), G. Ablett, M. Bairstow, A. Bews, M. Bos, B. Brownless, N. Bruns, P. Couch, T. Darcy, G. Exell, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, B. Lindner, S. Malakellis, D. Morgan, A. Rogers, M. Schulze, R. Scott, B. Stoneham, M. Yeates

St Kilda
D. Frawley (capt.), B. Bowey, N. Burke, G. Cunningham, J. Daniels, C. Devonport, M. Dwyer, G. Fode, P. Freeman, D. Grant, R. Handley, P. Harding, B. Ingleton, S. Kourkoumelis, T. Lockett, S. Loewe, D. Rice, P. Russo, K. Taylor, N. Winmar

Geelong (35.18.228) defeated St Kilda (16.13.109).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Exell (8), B. Brownless (5), G. Ablett (4), R. Scott (4), A. Bews (3), M. Bairstow (2), M. Bos (2), D. Bourke (2), M. Yeates (2), P. Couch, G. Hocking, B. Stoneham
St Kilda: T. Lockett (6), N. Winmar (3), N. Burke (2), B. Bowey, M. Dwyer, B. Ingleton, S. Loewe, P. Russo

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and St Kilda were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 13 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,421

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 35.18.228 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 2 16 . 7 27 . 12 35 . 18 35 . 18 (228)
St Kilda 5 . 4 10 . 7 12 . 12 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 36 GEEL by 90 GEEL by 119 GEEL by 119
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Geelong), Darrel Baldock (St Kilda)
Captains: Damian Bourke (Geelong), Danny Frawley (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Clayton, H. Kennedy

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andrew Bews GEEL 27 3
Paul Couch GEEL 7 2
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 4 4 25 17 8 4 0 0 0 3
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 2 0 41 26 15 5 0 1 2 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 3 3 32 21 11 4 0 3 3 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 0 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 4 19 0 0 2
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 5 1 20 12 8 9 1 0 1 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 2 40 17 23 2 0 2 4 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 8 3 14 12 2 9 0 1 1 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 24 15 9 2 0 0 2 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 4 1 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 4 1 1
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 0 0 0 0 0
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 0 0
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 0 0 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 2 0 2 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 4 1 20 11 9 7 0 0 0 2
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 0 26 11 15 5 5 5 1 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 0 0 1 3 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 35 18 384 226 158 70 27 25 21 19

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
18 Bowey, Brett ? ? 1 0 28 19 9 4 0 0 3 2
29 Burke, Nathan ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 7 0 2 0 1
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 0 1 0
34 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 2 1
44 Devonport, Craig ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
20 Dwyer, Mick ? ? 1 2 14 6 8 1 0 0 0 1
36 Fode, Gordon ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 4 1 1
2 Frawley, Danny (c) ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 3 1 2 2 0
39 Freeman, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 2 1
6 Grant, David ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 9 0 1 1 1
21 Handley, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 0
10 Harding, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 12 1 1 1
30 Ingleton, Ben ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 2 0 0 0 2
28 Kourkoumelis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 0 1 1
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 6 4 12 10 2 8 0 0 1 0
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 8 5 1 1 2
37 Rice, Dean ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 1 0
8 Russo, Peter ? ? 1 1 23 20 3 5 0 0 0 2
26 Taylor, Kain ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 0 1
7 Winmar, Nicky ? ? 3 2 19 12 7 1 0 3 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 13 277 172 105 60 18 21 19 21

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