1989 VFL Season Round 16: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1989 between Richmond and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Dale Weightman captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond (9.12.66) were defeated by Essendon (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 July 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,964

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Essendon
Score: 9.12.66 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 1 7 . 5 8 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Essendon 7 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 12 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dale Weightman
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Luckman
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Thompson ESSE 26 3
Tim Watson ESSE 32 2
Bradley Plain ESSE 14 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 2 1
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 3 1 1 5 2
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 2
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 5 0 1 0 1
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 0 1 1
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 0 0 0
4 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 2 1
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 10 1 3 2
26 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 0 1 3
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 2 1
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 3 2 1
2 Pickering, Justin ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 0 4
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 1 3 0
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 1 1
21 Powell, Tim ? ? 3 3 19 14 5 4 0 0 1 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 1 3 10 9 1 5 0 0 0 1
43 Summers, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 5 0 0 1 4
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 2 2 26 18 8 5 0 2 1 2
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 1 2
53 Young, Barry ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 12 273 195 78 62 11 20 26 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 6 0 1 1 1
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 0 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 2 23 17 6 5 0 0 5 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 2 0 0
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 12 4 8 7 0 1 0 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 1 0 3 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 4 0 1
29 Grenvold, David ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 2 2 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 1 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 2 19 11 8 3 0 3 2 5
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 4 10 2 2 2
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 2 0 0 1 2
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 2 1 21 14 7 4 0 3 1 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 3 15 11 4 4 10 1 3 4
17 Sporn, Kieran ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 10 0 2 0 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 30 20 10 7 0 2 4 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 3 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 1 3 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 1 28 23 5 4 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 15 315 214 101 83 20 29 32 26

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