1989 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1989 between Footscray and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (3.5.23) were defeated by Essendon (7.9.51).

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

Footscray

Captain: Steve Wallis
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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