1989 VFL Round 17: Footscray v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1989 between Footscray and West Coast during round 17 of the 1989 VFL season. Footscray hosted West Coast at Western Oval. Steve Wallis captained the hosts. Murray Rance captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Todd.

Footscray
S. Wallis (capt.), M. Athorn, S. Atkins, D. Baxter, A. Campbell, R. Cousins, G. Eppelstun, P. Foster, D. Hawkins, M. Hogg, N. Kellett, R. Kennedy, S. MacPherson, T. McGuinness, P. O'Keeffe, B. Royal, T. Wallace, S. Wigney, M. Williams, S. Wynd

West Coast
M. Rance (capt.), A. Barich, T. Breman, S. Ellis, D. Hart, P. Higgins, S. Jackson, D. Lamb, K. Langdon, C. Lewis, A. Lockyer, A. MacNish, C. Mainwaring, G. McKenna, G. Miles, P. Scott, P. Sumich, D. Turner, T. Ugle, J. Worsfold

Footscray (10.12.72) were defeated by West Coast (16.13.109).

Goalkickers
Footscray: P. Foster (3), P. O'Keeffe (2), B. Royal (2), T. McGuinness, T. Wallace, M. Williams
West Coast: P. Sumich (4), T. Ugle (3), S. Jackson (2), A. MacNish (2), G. Miles (2), D. Lamb, K. Langdon, P. Scott

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 11th on the ladder and West Coast were then 13th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v West Coast
Date: Sunday 30 July 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 9,467

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by West Coast
Score: 10.12.72 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 5 6 . 6 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
West Coast 6 . 2 8 . 5 12 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin WCST by 24 WCST by 24 WCST by 40 WCST by 37 WCST by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), John Todd (West Coast)
Captains: Steve Wallis (Footscray), Murray Rance (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Carland, S. McDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Guy McKenna WCST 17 3
Chris Lewis WCST 28 2
Geoff Miles WCST 6 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Athorn, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 2 1
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 4 0 4 2 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 1 0
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 4 0 0 0 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 7 0 3 1
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 3 2 17 14 3 8 2 2 2 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 6 0 2 3 3
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 2 1
48 Kellett, Nigel ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 1 0
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 2 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 0 3 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 1 0 0 3 1
31 O'Keeffe, Phillip ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 1 0 1 3 2
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 1 1 38 25 13 3 0 1 5 1
24 Wallis, Steve (c) ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 2 3 0
6 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 2 1
28 Williams, Mark ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 1 0 2 2 0
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 12 298 213 85 59 10 20 41 18

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
38 Barich, Adrian ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 3 1 3
11 Breman, Todd ? ? 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
22 Ellis, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 0 0 0
36 Hart, David ? ? 0 2 26 16 10 6 0 0 0 0
29 Higgins, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 0 0
27 Jackson, Stevan ? ? 2 0 11 5 6 2 5 1 2 3
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 4 0 3 2 4
19 Langdon, Karl ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 5 0 3 0 3
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 1 32 25 7 4 0 5 1 3
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 0
18 MacNish, Andrew ? ? 2 2 21 11 10 7 0 2 2 7
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 2 27 17 10 6 0 0 2 3
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 24 11 13 6 0 3 0 1
6 Miles, Geoff ? ? 2 0 25 17 8 8 0 1 2 1
23 Rance, Murray (c) ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 1 3
12 Scott, Phil ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 12 0 0 0
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 4 0 12 9 3 6 0 1 1 1
10 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 6 0 1 3 2
35 Ugle, Troy ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 2 0 4 1 3
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 5 0 4 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 13 336 215 121 84 20 32 18 41

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