1989 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1989 between Essendon and Carlton during round fourteen of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Stephen Kernahan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Alex Jesaulenko.

Essendon (9.7.61) defeated Carlton (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 8 July 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 34,617

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Carlton
Score: 9.7.61 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Carlton 0 . 1 4 . 3 5 . 3 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin ESSE by 26 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Carlton

Captain: Stephen Kernahan
Coach: Alex Jesaulenko (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Rich
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Craig Bradley CARL 21 3
Michael Long ESSE 4 2
Tim Watson ESSE 32 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 5 0 3 0 1
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 6 0 2 0 0
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 1 2 2 3
36 Daniher, Neale ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 1 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 3 0 0 2 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 3 3 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 1 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 24 11 13 3 0 4 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 16 2 4 0
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 0 0 2 0 0
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 3 0 1 2 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 7 0 1 2
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 2 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 4 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 0 1 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 1 25 14 11 3 0 4 2 2
24 Werner, Michael ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 1 0 0 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 2 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 7 303 195 108 66 25 30 29 30

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
22 Aitken, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 0 0
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 2 2
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 0 2 11 6 5 0 0 1 2 1
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 0 0 34 31 3 10 1 2 4 0
5 Da Rui, Steve ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 1 0 0 0
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 2 0
3 Dennis, Richard ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 0
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 1 1
13 Hanna, Mil ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 3 1
25 Herman, Ian ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 1 0 4 2 2
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 3 0 3 2 2
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 3 0
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 8 2 0 2 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 18 2 2 2
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0 2
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 2 2 18 12 6 1 0 3 0 5
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Naley, Mark ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 2 0 2 2 3
38 Robertson, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 2 2 3
15 Verbeek, Simon ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 10 269 197 72 49 22 30 30 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