1989 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1989 between Geelong and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Geelong (17.7.109) were defeated by Melbourne (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 July 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 38,865

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 17.7.109 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 10 . 3 13 . 4 17 . 7 17 . 7 (109)
Melbourne 3 . 4 8 . 5 14 . 9 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin GEEL by 3 GEEL by 10 MELB by 11 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Rich
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Couch GEEL 7 3
Steven O'Dwyer MELB 1 2
Ricky Jackson MELB 45 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 8 1 2 2 3
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 0 1 2
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 2 0 2 2 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 2 1
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 7 0 0 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 5 0 13 11 2 10 0 1 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 8 0 3 1 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 2 0 27 15 12 2 0 2 1 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 1 1
4 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 0 1 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 0 4 1 0
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 4 1 1
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 6 0 14 11 3 9 0 2 2 3
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 0
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 0 0 4
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 6 0 2 1 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 1 0 2 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 2 1 2
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 5 5 2 0 4
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 5 0 3 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 7 306 205 101 82 14 34 21 29

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 4 4 12 11 1 9 3 1 0 1
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 2 2 1
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 0 3 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 5 4 0
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 2 0 3 0 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 1 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 4 0 24 14 10 7 0 4 2 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 3 29 17 12 4 0 2 3 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 2 27 23 4 4 0 0 3 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 1 2 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 7 0 2 0 4
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 2 28 20 8 3 0 0 3 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 10 20 1 2 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 19 9 10 5 10 1 0 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 2 0 2 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 21 6 15 3 1 2 0 3
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 16 323 209 114 75 36 30 29 21

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