1989 VFL Round 18: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1989 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round 18 of the 1989 VFL season. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Paul Roos captained the hosts. Danny Hughes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rod Austin and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

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

Melbourne
D. Hughes (capt.), D. Bennett, L. Beveridge, T. Campbell, W. Dean, J. Duursma, S. Febey, D. Flintoff, R. Grinter, R. Jackson, B. Lovett, S. Newport, S. O'Dwyer, P. Rohde, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, T. Viney, S. Wight, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

Fitzroy (23.13.151) defeated Melbourne (15.13.103).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: R. Osborne (11), A. Lynch (4), P. Roos (4), D. Strooper (2), P. Broderick, W. Matera
Melbourne: D. Bennett (3), B. Wilson (3), R. Jackson (2), S. Stretch (2), S. Wight (2), D. Flintoff, D. Hughes, J. Stynes

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 6th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 August 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 11,090

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 23.13.151 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 1 6 . 5 16 . 7 23 . 13 23 . 13 (151)
Melbourne 3 . 8 10 . 8 13 . 11 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 27 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 48 FITZ by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rod Austin (Fitzroy), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Paul Roos (Fitzroy), Danny Hughes (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett, D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Richard Osborne FITZ 44 3
Paul Roos FITZ 1 2
Jim Stynes MELB 11 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 1 0 0 1 1
32 Baldwin, Jason ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 0 2
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 17 5 12 6 0 1 0 1
41 Bourke, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 1 2
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 1 2 18 11 7 4 0 1 0 0
2 Dilena, Carl ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 0 0 1 1 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 0 0
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 0 2
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 4 1 12 10 2 7 1 0 0 1
16 Matera, Wally ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 1 2
22 McCormack, Brendan ? ? 0 1 25 13 12 0 0 3 2 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 11 3 15 14 1 9 0 0 0 2
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 1 2 0 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 4 1 1
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 8 1 3 1
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 4 2 25 17 8 11 0 0 0 2
20 Rowe, Duane ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 3 0 1
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 1 1
31 Strooper, David ? ? 2 2 11 8 3 3 2 2 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 13 326 213 113 66 12 28 12 22

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 3 1 0 1 1
48 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 0 0 13 2 11 1 0 0 0 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 0
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 2 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 2 0
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 1 1 19 8 11 2 0 3 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 1 2 1
10 Hughes, Danny (c) ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 1 10 5 5 1 0 1 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 28 17 11 3 0 3 1 0
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 5 1 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 10 22 2 1 2
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 2 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 4 0 2 1 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 1 27 20 7 7 16 0 2 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 29 17 12 7 0 0 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 2 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 3 1 27 11 16 6 0 1 0 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 15 13 319 193 126 68 39 23 22 12

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