1989 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1989 between Essendon and Richmond during round eight of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Dale Weightman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Kevin Bartlett.

Essendon (21.19.145) defeated Richmond (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 20 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,030

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 21.19.145 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 9 5 . 12 14 . 16 21 . 19 21 . 19 (145)
Richmond 0 . 2 2 . 6 7 . 11 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 58 ESSE by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Richmond

Captain: Dale Weightman
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
S. McDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Anthony Daniher ESSE 6 3
Tony Antrobus ESSE 2 2
Allan McKellar RICH 12 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 8 0 0 2 2
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1 0
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 1 1 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 2 3
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 3 1 1 1 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 2 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 3 0 22 21 1 6 0 0 2 1
39 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 0 1 0
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 2 0 1 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 3 12 9 3 7 8 2 2 3
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 2 0 0
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 7 14 0 0 0
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 4 1 15 11 4 3 0 1 3 2
9 Underwood, Andrew ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 1 0 1 1 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 5
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 1 1 28 14 14 5 0 2 4 3
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 2 5 20 15 5 5 0 2 2 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 3 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 19 307 210 97 71 23 21 27 32

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 3 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 0 1 1
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 0 1 2 2
52 Griffiths, Stuart ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 1 2 6 5 1 2 0 1 2 0
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 2 0 17 10 7 1 0 2 1 1
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1
4 Lambert, Craig ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 2 0 3 3 1
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 14 0 3 5
26 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 2
37 Lounder, Richard ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 1
11 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 1 0 1 1
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 1 28 16 12 3 0 3 3 2
27 Morrish, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 0
5 Peters, Wayne ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 3 0 0 0 1
2 Pickering, Justin ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 3 0 1 3 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 3 1 25 20 5 6 0 2 3 4
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 2 0 2 0 1
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 2 3 20 16 4 2 0 0 5 0
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 15 249 174 75 47 16 21 32 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