1989 VFL Round 14: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1989 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round 14 of the 1989 VFL season. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Rod Austin.

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

Fitzroy
P. Roos (capt.), M. Armstrong, J. Blakey, P. Bourke, A. Brockhurst, P. Broderick, M. Conlan, M. Gale, L. Harris, W. Matera, B. McCormack, C. McGrath, G. Osborne, R. Osborne, G. Pert, M. Rendell, B. Stephens, R. Thornton, D. Wheildon, J. Wynd

Geelong (11.16.82) defeated Fitzroy (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Geelong: B. Lindner (3), A. Fletcher (2), R. Scott (2), A. Bews, P. Couch, G. Exell, B. Stoneham
Fitzroy: R. Osborne (3), M. Conlan (2), D. Wheildon (2), P. Roos

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 2nd on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 July 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,407

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.16.82 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 6 1 . 7 8 . 12 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 4 . 3 4 . 3 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin FITZ by 7 FITZ by 14 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Malcolm Blight (Geelong), Rod Austin (Fitzroy)
Captains: Damian Bourke (Geelong), Paul Roos (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ball, I. Clayton

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Couch GEEL 7 3
Robert Scott GEEL 8 2
Matt Armstrong FITZ 14 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 3 0 1 2 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 2 0 5 2 3
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 3 14 10 4 3 0 4 1 2
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 14 1 2 2
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 4
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 3 2 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 43 30 13 4 0 3 5 3
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 1 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 2 0 14 7 7 2 0 0 0 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 2 1 6
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 3 0 0
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 5 0 0 1 0
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 1
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 2 1 1
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 3 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 7 1 0 3
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 1 21 11 10 6 0 2 2 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 3 1 1 2 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 3 3 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 16 301 207 94 71 22 34 30 33

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 1 0 1 1 3
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 2 3
41 Bourke, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 0 0 1
5 Brockhurst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 1 28 17 11 2 0 0 3 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 1 0 0 1 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 2 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 4 2 2
16 Matera, Wally ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 2 4 4
22 McCormack, Brendan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 5 1
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 1 1 2
19 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 0 2 2 2
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 3 0 7 7 0 4 0 2 1 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 9 1 0 2 1
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 8 1 4 2
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 7 2 0 2 2
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 1 1 2
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 0
50 Wheildon, Darren ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 4 1 0 0 1
8 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 8 10 279 185 94 50 12 23 33 30

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