1989 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1989 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round twenty of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. John Law captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Essendon (19.14.128) defeated North Melbourne (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 August 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,794

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 19.14.128 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 8 . 4 13 . 10 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
North Melbourne 5 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 8 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin NMLB by 21 NMLB by 2 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Anderson ESSE 11 3
Brett Allison NMLB 33 2
Darren Bewick ESSE 8 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 2 1 3
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 0 1
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 0 1 0 0 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 3 3 27 21 6 4 0 3 2 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 3 0 0 3 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 3 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 1 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 2 14 9 5 6 0 1 1 2
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 19 7 12 3 0 1 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 5 15 5 1 4
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 17 6 11 3 0 3 0 2
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 1 3 13 10 3 4 0 0 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 6 16 2 2 1
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 1 0 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 1 3 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 3
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 4 3 0
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 2 0 21 14 7 3 0 2 1 3
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 1 0 3 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 14 295 194 101 59 33 30 28 29

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 0 0 0
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 3 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 1 1
22 Bryce, Paul ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 3 0 2 2
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 3 2 1
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 2 1 8 6 2 2 0 1 1 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 0 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 0 21 14 7 4 0 4 0 4
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 6 0 3 1
28 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 5 0 0 1 2
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 2 30 13 17 3 0 0 5 1
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 3 3
35 Longmire, John ? ? 1 2 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 0
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 1 2
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 3 2 0 1 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 1 3
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 1 0 2 2 2
41 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 2 0 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 2 0 2 0 1
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 0 3 0
58 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 1 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 10 266 174 92 46 11 21 29 28

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