1989 VFL Round 9: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 May 1989 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 9 of the 1989 VFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, D. Bolton, R. Carter, G. Coleman, N. Cordy, M. Eustice, D. McAsey, B. Mitchell, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, D. Ogier, M. Phyland, B. Scott, R. Teal, T. Thripp, B. Toohey, G. Williams, D. Willis, S. Wright

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

Sydney (6.7.43) were defeated by Melbourne (6.16.52).

Goalkickers
Sydney: T. Thripp (2), G. Coleman, D. Ogier, B. Scott, S. Wright
Melbourne: S. Eishold, S. Febey, J. Howat, R. Jackson, G. Lyon, S. Wight

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 28 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 13,475

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.7.43 - 6.16.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 2 2 . 4 5 . 5 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Melbourne 1 . 5 1 . 11 3 . 14 6 . 16 6 . 16 (52)
Margin SYDN by 3 MELB by 1 SYDN by 3 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Col Kinnear (Sydney), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Greg Healy (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jim Stynes MELB 11 3
Brett Lovett MELB 17 2
Garry Lyon MELB 3 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 1 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 1 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 10 0 1 1 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 3 1
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 9 1 0 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 1
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 1 1 0
33 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 5 0 2 1 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 2 0 3 7 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 2 2 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 2 0 1 2 2
43 Ogier, Darren ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 1 1
31 Phyland, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 5 0 1
38 Scott, Brett ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 1 2
37 Teal, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 0 1
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 2 2 16 12 4 6 0 5 1 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 3 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 1 23 12 11 3 0 1 1 2
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 8 14 1 0 5
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 3 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 7 292 192 100 74 15 28 29 34

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 0 1 1
48 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 1 1 0
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 0 2 2
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 7 0 1 2 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 1 3
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 1 2 3
51 Howat, John ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 1 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 2 15 12 3 3 0 0 2 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 5 0 0 2 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 3 3 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 9 0 0 1 3
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 0 0 1
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 4 9 9 0 3 0 0 2 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 7 0 3 4 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 4 7 2 4 0
52 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 1 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 0 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 6 16 272 217 55 69 7 15 34 29

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

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