1989 VFL Round 9: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1989 between Richmond and Geelong during round 9 of the 1989 VFL season. Richmond hosted Geelong at MCG. Dale Weightman captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Richmond
D. Weightman (capt.), B. Bower, P. Egan, T. Free, S. Griffiths, J. Hogg, M. Knights, C. Lambert, M. Lee, B. Leys, J. Manton, A. McKellar, P. Morrish, W. Peters, J. Pickering, T. Poole, C. Pym, D. Ryan, M. Thomson, P. Wilson

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

Richmond (10.17.77) were defeated by Geelong (32.19.211).

Goalkickers
Richmond: J. Pickering (4), A. McKellar (2), P. Egan, J. Hogg, C. Lambert, M. Lee
Geelong: G. Ablett (14), G. Exell (5), B. Brownless (3), A. Bews (2), G. Hocking (2), B. Lindner (2), S. Malakellis, A. Rogers, R. Scott, B. Stoneham

As a result of this match, Richmond remained 10th on the ladder and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,321

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 10.17.77 - 32.19.211

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 4 . 7 7 . 11 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Geelong 9 . 5 16 . 12 23 . 15 32 . 19 32 . 19 (211)
Margin GEEL by 43 GEEL by 77 GEEL by 100 GEEL by 134 GEEL by 134
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: Dale Weightman (Richmond), Damian Bourke (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 3
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 2
Paul Couch GEEL 7 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 0 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 3 15 10 5 6 0 0 0 2
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 3 0 1 4 3
52 Griffiths, Stuart ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 0
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 1 4 11 9 2 4 0 1 3 1
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 3 0 2 0 4
4 Lambert, Craig ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 2 0 3 6 5
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 6 11 1 4 4
26 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 4 0
11 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 2 0 23 16 7 8 0 1 6 2
27 Morrish, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 3
5 Peters, Wayne ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 3 0 2 2 1
2 Pickering, Justin ? ? 4 0 17 14 3 5 0 1 1 0
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 1
10 Pym, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
32 Ryan, Des ? ? 0 1 7 1 6 2 0 0 0 0
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 1 0 1
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 0 0 1 1 0
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 5 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 17 286 187 99 64 11 17 31 30

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 14 2 30 26 4 14 0 1 1 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 1 30 20 10 6 0 1 2 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 2 0 27 15 12 7 0 3 0 4
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 11 0 3 2
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 3 2 7 6 1 6 0 0 0 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 6 0 0 1 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 8 0 3 3 2
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 2 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 5 3 12 11 1 6 0 0 1 2
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 2 1 28 20 8 5 0 1 4 0
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 1 3
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 3 0 2 6 2
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 2 0 0 1 3
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 1 29 14 15 10 0 2 1 2
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 4 0 0 0 2
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 6 1 0 0 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 3 0 2 1 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 5 2 5 1 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 32 19 370 244 126 103 14 23 30 31

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