1989 VFL Round 16: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1989 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round 16 of the 1989 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at MCG. John Law captained the hosts. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Rod Austin.

North Melbourne
J. Law (capt.), M. Arceri, P. Bryce, B. Buckley, A. Clarkson, D. Dwyer, I. Fairley, P. German, M. Hepburn, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Longmire, J. Love, M. Martyn, J. McCarthy, D. McRae, J. Romero, W. Schwass, C. Sholl

Fitzroy
P. Roos (capt.), M. Armstrong, J. Baldwin, J. Blakey, P. Bourke, P. Broderick, S. Clayton, M. Gale, L. Harris, D. Kappler, A. Lynch, W. Matera, B. McCormack, R. Osborne, G. Pert, M. Rendell, D. Rowe, B. Stephens, D. Strooper, J. Wynd

North Melbourne (8.18.66) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.11.107).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Love (4), P. Bryce (2), J. Krakouer, W. Schwass
Fitzroy: A. Lynch (6), W. Matera (4), P. Roos (3), P. Broderick, M. Rendell, D. Strooper

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 6th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Sunday 23 July 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,702

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 8.18.66 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 4 5 . 5 6 . 11 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Fitzroy 6 . 5 10 . 7 14 . 9 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin FITZ by 31 FITZ by 32 FITZ by 46 FITZ by 41 FITZ by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), Rod Austin (Fitzroy)
Captains: John Law (North Melbourne), Paul Roos (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Bourke FITZ 41 3
Michael Gale FITZ 7 2
Alastair Lynch FITZ 11 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 1 1
22 Bryce, Paul ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 3 1 0 2 0
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 7 1 2 1 0
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 0 1 1
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 1 0 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 1 1 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 1 28 17 11 2 0 1 3 3
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 3 14 0 0 0
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 1 0 0 1 2
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 1 20 6 14 1 0 2 0 2
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 2
35 Longmire, John ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 0 1 0
39 Love, Jason ? ? 4 2 9 7 2 6 0 0 0 1
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 2 1
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 4 0 3 1
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 2 0 1 0 2
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 1 0 1 3 2
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 2 21 14 7 3 0 3 3 4
41 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 5 0 2 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 18 289 185 104 59 21 15 24 22

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 6 0 3 1 5
32 Baldwin, Jason ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 2 0 2 1 2
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 2 0 2 2 0
41 Bourke, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 0 2 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 1 2 15 9 6 0 0 2 0 0
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 10 0 5 0 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 0 0
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 3 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 6 2 13 11 2 4 2 1 2 1
16 Matera, Wally ? ? 4 0 17 10 7 1 0 6 0 3
22 McCormack, Brendan ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 4 1 6 5 4
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 3 0 1 1 3
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 1 1
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 1 8 1 1 1
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 3 1 19 16 3 12 1 0 0 2
20 Rowe, Duane ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 0 0
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 0 0
31 Strooper, David ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 2 6 0 1 0
8 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 30 26 4 3 0 3 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 11 322 228 94 67 18 41 22 24

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