1989 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1989 between Melbourne and Geelong during round twelve of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Melbourne (2.8.20) were defeated by Geelong (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 June 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,128

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 2.8.20 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 2 1 . 5 1 . 7 2 . 8 2 . 8 (20)
Geelong 1 . 3 5 . 4 11 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 23 GEEL by 61 GEEL by 69 GEEL by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Couch GEEL 7 3
Robert Scott GEEL 8 2
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
48 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 0
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 2 1 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 2 0 2 5 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 3 0 2 0 6
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 3 26 20 6 5 0 1 3 1
51 Howat, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 1 0 1 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 0 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 2 5 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 3 3 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 8 0 1 0 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 0 5 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 9 0 2 3
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 1 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 6 1 0 4 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 2 1 4 1
52 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 1 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 3 2 3 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 1 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 2 8 291 229 62 68 16 26 39 22

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 6 0 0 3 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 1 26 18 8 6 0 2 1 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 1 0 3 1 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 2 1 1
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 12 0 4 5
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 33 27 6 4 0 1 2 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 1 31 22 9 4 0 3 1 3
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 0 1 3
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 0 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 9 1 1 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 3 1 6
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 3 2 1
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 2 2 14 9 5 4 0 1 2 3
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 2 0 3 0 1
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 3 1 0
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 4 1 3 0 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 3 0 23 17 6 2 0 1 0 6
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 6 3 2 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 11 333 236 97 56 25 34 22 39

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