1989 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1989 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Danny Hughes captained the hosts. John Law captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne (17.15.117) defeated North Melbourne (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 July 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,766

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.15.117 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 6 8 . 8 13 . 11 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
North Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 8 8 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin NMLB by 3 MELB by 12 MELB by 30 MELB by 36 MELB by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Danny Hughes
Coach: John Northey

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mitchell
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Alan Johnson MELB 9 3
Wayne Schwass NMLB 2 2
Stephen Newport MELB 34 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 5 3 11 10 1 9 0 1 0 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 5 0 4 0 0
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 6 1 3 1 2
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 1 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 2 1
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 2 2 25 15 10 5 0 1 0 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 0 0 2
10 Hughes, Danny (c) ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 1 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 3 0 1 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 3 0 3 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 6 0 0 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 3 2 19 9 10 6 0 2 2 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 0 29 20 9 5 0 1 3 2
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 20 2 1 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 3 0 0 2 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 4 1 1 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 5 0 0 1 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 1 23 14 9 5 1 1 1 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 2 21 13 8 4 0 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 15 325 218 107 79 26 25 22 19

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 3 0 1 3 0
22 Bryce, Paul ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 5 0 0 3 2
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 2 2 15 9 6 4 0 0 1 2
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 0 1 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 6 0 0 2 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 0
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 7 4 1 3
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 0 23 6 17 2 0 1 1 1
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 0 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 0 1
39 Love, Jason ? ? 2 3 20 13 7 8 0 1 1 3
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 8 5 2 1 1
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 0 0 1 0 0
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 0 3 0
48 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 0 0 2
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 0 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 3 0 1 1 2
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 1
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 3 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 15 316 202 114 57 12 18 19 22

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