1989 VFL Season Round 12: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1989 between Essendon and Sydney during round twelve of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Sydney at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Col Kinnear.

Essendon (7.8.50) were defeated by Sydney (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 17 June 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,351

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Sydney
Score: 7.8.50 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 0 5 . 2 5 . 6 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Sydney 5 . 6 5 . 8 5 . 10 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin SYDN by 24 SYDN by 6 SYDN by 4 SYDN by 5 SYDN by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
P. O'Reilly

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Murphy SYDN 35 3
Merv Neagle SYDN 4 2
Mark Bayes SYDN 30 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 2 3 1 2
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 3 0 0 1 0
36 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 1 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 6 0 3 0 3
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 3 2
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 0 17 17 0 6 0 1 2 0
39 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 2 2
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 1 0 0 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 5 16 0 4 1
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 0 2
25 Parker, Geoff ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 3 0 1 0 1
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 1 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 8 0 4 1
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 3 0 2 3 1
9 Underwood, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 2 2 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 4 1 1 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 5 0 2
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 5 0 3 5 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 8 251 186 65 55 30 33 32 31

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 6 0 1 0 0
44 Brinkkotter, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
41 Brown, David ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 3 2 1 1 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 0 3
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 0 0 0 2 0
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 1 0 0 0 1
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 1 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 3 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 1 30 23 7 1 0 4 5 6
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 2 0 0 3 3
35 Murphy, David ? ? 2 1 21 12 9 3 0 1 1 0
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 6 0 2 4 1
43 Ogier, Darren ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 4 0 2
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 2 1
38 Scott, Brett ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
37 Teal, Robert ? ? 0 3 19 18 1 2 0 1 3 2
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 4 2 1 2 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 2 3
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 7 11 2 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 13 271 199 72 52 15 21 31 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

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