1989 VFL Season Round 11: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1989 between Geelong and Essendon during round eleven of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the MCG. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (12.17.89) defeated Essendon (4.11.35).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Monday 12 June 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 87,653

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 12.17.89 - 4.11.35

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 8 . 10 10 . 13 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 3 3 . 5 4 . 11 4 . 11 (35)
Margin GEEL by 24 GEEL by 37 GEEL by 50 GEEL by 54 GEEL by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mitchell
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Neville Bruns GEEL 19 3
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 2
Garry Hocking GEEL 32 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 2 22 18 4 4 0 3 1 4
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 1 32 25 7 4 0 2 1 2
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 5 2 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 3 1 2 1 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 3 11 1 0 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 26 23 3 6 0 2 5 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 25 20 5 5 0 0 3 6
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 2 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 3 1 7 6 1 2 0 1 1 2
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 1 0 5 3 4
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 3 1 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 1 6 16 13 3 6 0 1 3 1
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 1 1 21 11 10 0 0 2 2 5
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 1 2
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 1 1
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 0 1 3
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 2 0 4 1 5
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 4 6 4 3 7
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 17 304 230 74 59 18 38 32 49

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 2 2
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 1 1 1 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 6 0 0 4 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 1 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 1 2 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 0 3 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 1 1 2 4
39 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 2 2
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 6 2 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 15 1 5 4
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 3 2
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 3 2 14 13 1 2 0 3 1 3
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 3 0 3 1 2
9 Underwood, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 2 4 6 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 4 1 1 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 31 23 8 5 0 3 3 1
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 2 0 2 4 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 4 11 259 202 57 47 23 33 49 32

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