1989 VFL Round 7: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1989 between Melbourne and Carlton during round 7 of the 1989 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Carlton at MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Stephen Kernahan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), D. Bennett, L. Beveridge, J. Duursma, S. Eishold, S. Febey, D. Hughes, R. Jackson, A. Johnson, T. Kavanagh, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. Newport, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, S. Wight, G. Yeats

Carlton
S. Kernahan (capt.), I. Aitken, T. Alvin, C. Bradley, F. Brown, G. Butts, R. Dennis, J. Dorotich, D. Fotia, M. Gallagher, A. Gleeson, M. Hanna, I. Herman, M. Kennedy, W. McKenzie, M. Naley, L. O'Sullivan, A. Phillips, D. Rhys-Jones, S. Robertson

Melbourne (12.14.86) defeated Carlton (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: S. Wight (4), D. Bennett (2), E. Spalding (2), G. Healy, D. Hughes, S. Tingay, G. Yeats
Carlton: M. Naley (5), R. Dennis (2), S. Kernahan (2), J. Dorotich, I. Herman

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Carlton remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 13 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,785

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 12.14.86 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 7 7 . 8 11 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Carlton 1 . 0 4 . 5 7 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin MELB by 31 MELB by 21 MELB by 25 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Robert Walls (Carlton)
Captains: Greg Healy (Melbourne), Stephen Kernahan (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McDonald, D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Earl Spalding MELB 5 3
Garry Lyon MELB 3 2
Mil Hanna CARL 13 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 2 2 8 5 3 4 6 0 0 1
48 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 1
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 1 0 0 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 1 21 10 11 4 0 3 3 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 1 3 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 1 26 12 14 3 0 1 2 5
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 1 0 0 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 1 3 0
13 Kavanagh, Tom ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 2 1 3
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 1 3 0
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 1 3
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 4 23 17 6 6 2 2 1 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 1 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 9 1 0 1 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 1 1 1 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 16 0 2 3
52 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 1 0 4 0 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 4 3 12 10 2 3 0 1 3 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 1 0 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 14 302 204 98 65 28 21 27 25

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
22 Aitken, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 1
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 1 2 3
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 4 0 1 3 1
20 Brown, Fraser ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 4 0 2 0 0
40 Butts, Gerard ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 4 6 1 1 0
3 Dennis, Richard ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 5 1 1 1 3
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 6 1 0 2 6
2 Fotia, Dominic ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 0
29 Gallagher, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 5 7 0 0 1
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 5 0 1 1 1
13 Hanna, Mil ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 2 1 1
25 Herman, Ian ? ? 1 4 29 19 10 4 0 4 1 2
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 1 3 0
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 2 2 12 11 1 10 0 1 1 2
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 1 0
17 Naley, Mark ? ? 5 0 24 18 6 1 0 2 0 0
41 O'Sullivan, Luke ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 4 3 2
19 Phillips, Andrew ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 1 0 1
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 1 3
38 Robertson, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 2 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 14 303 213 90 72 15 32 25 27

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