1989 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1989 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Steve Wallis captained the hosts. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Rod Austin.

Footscray (8.16.64) defeated Fitzroy (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 20 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,926

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 8.16.64 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 2 . 5 6 . 10 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 5 . 8 6 . 9 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin FOOT by 3 FITZ by 21 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Steve Wallis
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Fitzroy

Captain: Paul Roos
Coach: Rod Austin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Johnson
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Scott Wynd FOOT 15 3
Brett Stephens FITZ 33 2
Doug Hawkins FOOT 7 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 2 0 0 1 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 1 3 13 9 4 10 0 0 1 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 1 1 4 3
42 Fitzpatrick, Lynton ? ? 2 4 12 10 2 4 0 0 1 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 2 22 12 10 6 0 1 2 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 0 1 1
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 3 1 2
30 Harrington, Tim ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 1 0 2 1 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 33 18 15 10 0 2 4 0
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 3 0 2
5 James, Ron ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 3 0 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 1 4
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 2 0 2 2 1
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 1 0 1 2 1
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 0 0 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 3 0 2 3 2
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve (c) ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 5 0 2 1 0
6 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 9 11 1 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 16 329 217 112 73 12 24 26 24

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 1
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 0 2 0
41 Bourke, Peter ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 2 0 1
5 Brockhurst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 2 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 4 0 3 1 0
28 Caton, Kevin ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 6 0 1 1 0
10 Edwards, Bradley ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 3
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 2 2
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 1 0 2 0 1
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 2 2 9 8 1 2 0 1 0 0
22 McCormack, Brendan ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 1 0 4 1 2
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 5 0 4 4
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 3 2 3
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 0 1 1
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 2 0 2 2 0
23 Scott, Mark ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 4 0 0 1 0
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 0 1
31 Strooper, David ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 1 0 2
8 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 1 0 1 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 9 258 187 71 51 6 22 24 26

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