1989 VFL Round 18: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1989 between Footscray and Essendon during round 18 of the 1989 VFL season. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Steve Wallis captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray
S. Wallis (capt.), S. Atkins, D. Baxter, R. Cousins, M. Cullen, D. Davies, G. Eppelstun, M. Ford, P. Foster, M. Hannebery, D. Hawkins, M. Hogg, M. Hunter, N. Kellett, R. Kennedy, T. McGuinness, P. O'Keeffe, B. Royal, T. Wallace, S. Wigney

Essendon
T. Watson (capt.), G. Anderson, D. Bailey, S. Clark, A. Daniher, T. Daniher, B. Duckworth, G. Foulds, D. Grenvold, P. Hamilton, M. Long, S. Madden, A. Manning, G. O'Donnell, B. Plain, P. Salmon, K. Sporn, D. Wallis, K. Walsh, M. Werner

Footscray (3.5.23) were defeated by Essendon (7.9.51).

Goalkickers
Footscray: M. Cullen, D. Hawkins, P. O'Keeffe
Essendon: S. Madden (3), S. Clark, M. Long, B. Plain, P. Salmon

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 11th on the ladder and Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Sunday 6 August 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,005

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 3.5.23 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Footscray	0	.	1	1	.	2	2	.	4	3	.	5	3	.	5	(23)
Essendon	1	.	2	2	.	4	2	.	7	7	.	9	7	.	9	(51)
Margin	ESSE by 7			ESSE by 8			ESSE by 3			ESSE by 28			ESSE by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Steve Wallis (Footscray), Tim Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, S. Luckman

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Paul Hamilton	ESSE	16	3
Michael Long	ESSE	4	2
Terry Wallace	FOOT	16	1

Player Statistics

Footscray

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
23	Atkins, Simon	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	1	0	0
35	Baxter, Darren	?	?	0	1	18	12	6	5	0	1	0	1
2	Cousins, Richard	?	?	0	0	18	14	4	9	4	3	2	3
22	Cullen, Mark	?	?	1	1	14	12	2	1	0	2	3	2
4	Davies, Darren	?	?	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	3
12	Eppelstun, Greg	?	?	0	0	17	13	4	3	0	2	2	0
45	Ford, Michael	?	?	0	0	22	17	5	9	0	1	2	1
32	Foster, Peter	?	?	0	0	17	15	2	7	6	1	6	2
36	Hannebery, Matt	?	?	0	0	21	17	4	9	0	1	3	1
7	Hawkins, Doug	?	?	1	0	24	14	10	7	0	3	0	5
43	Hogg, Matthew	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	4	0	1	1	1
10	Hunter, Mark	?	?	0	0	16	15	1	2	0	1	6	2
48	Kellett, Nigel	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	3	0	2
8	Kennedy, Rick	?	?	0	0	5	5	0	1	0	3	1	5
11	McGuinness, Tony	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	2	0	2	0	1
31	O'Keeffe, Phillip	?	?	1	0	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
33	Royal, Brian	?	?	0	2	22	11	11	2	0	1	1	1
16	Wallace, Terry	?	?	0	0	26	19	7	2	0	3	3	2
24	Wallis, Steve (c)	?	?	0	0	22	14	8	5	0	3	5	2
6	Wigney, Stuart	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	1	0	0	2	3
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				3	5	291	210	81	73	10	34	38	37

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
11	Anderson, Greg	?	?	0	0	21	16	5	6	0	4	2	2
31	Bailey, Dean	?	?	0	0	21	18	3	2	0	4	1	2
12	Clark, Steven	?	?	1	1	14	12	2	10	0	1	2	0
6	Daniher, Anthony	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	2	1	1
5	Daniher, Terry	?	?	0	1	23	17	6	7	1	1	1	4
22	Duckworth, Bill	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	1	1	0
10	Foulds, Garry	?	?	0	1	15	13	2	0	0	2	0	2
29	Grenvold, David	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	2	2	3
16	Hamilton, Paul	?	?	0	0	22	13	9	6	0	1	3	0
4	Long, Michael	?	?	1	2	17	11	6	4	0	2	1	3
27	Madden, Simon	?	?	3	0	15	13	2	3	8	0	3	3
41	Manning, Andrew	?	?	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	1	1	3
44	O'Donnell, Gary	?	?	0	0	23	15	8	1	0	2	4	0
14	Plain, Bradley	?	?	1	1	18	15	3	3	0	3	4	2
3	Salmon, Paul	?	?	1	0	26	19	7	8	13	0	6	2
17	Sporn, Kieran	?	?	0	1	22	15	7	7	0	0	0	4
21	Wallis, Dean	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	0	2	1
30	Walsh, Kevin	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	6	0	0	2	4
32	Watson, Tim (c)	?	?	0	1	26	17	9	2	0	1	1	2
24	Werner, Michael	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				7	9	330	237	93	77	22	27	37	38

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

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