1989 VFL Round 12: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 June 1989 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 12 of the 1989 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at 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
G. Healy (capt.), L. Beveridge, T. Campbell, S. Eishold, S. Febey, R. Grinter, J. Howat, D. Hughes, R. Jackson, A. Johnson, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. Newport, S. O'Dwyer, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, S. Wight, B. Wilson

Geelong
D. Bourke (capt.), G. Ablett, M. Bairstow, A. Bews, M. Bos, B. Brownless, N. Bruns, P. Couch, T. Darcy, G. Exell, D. Flanigan, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, B. Lindner, S. Malakellis, D. Morgan, A. Rogers, M. Schulze, R. Scott, B. Stoneham

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

Goalkickers
Melbourne: G. Healy, S. Stretch
Geelong: R. Scott (3), G. Ablett (2), G. Exell (2), B. Lindner (2), A. Bews, N. Bruns, S. Malakellis, B. Stoneham

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Malcolm Blight (Geelong)
Captains: Greg Healy (Melbourne), Damian Bourke (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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