1989 VFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1989 between Melbourne and Sydney during round twenty of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Col Kinnear.

Melbourne (14.14.98) defeated Sydney (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 19 August 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,304

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 14.14.98 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 6 9 . 9 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Sydney 2 . 4 5 . 10 8 . 13 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin SYDN by 1 SYDN by 4 MELB by 2 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Terry Thripp SYDN 12 3
Jim Stynes MELB 11 2
Tony Campbell MELB 4 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 5 0 0 1 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 7 0 0 0 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 3 2
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 0 5 28 16 12 4 0 3 2 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 0 2 0
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 3 1 29 18 11 3 0 1 1 5
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 4 0 0 2 1
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 9 24 0 3 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 5 0 6 1 0
30 Seow, Dannie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 2 3
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 4 0 1 1 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 9 16 2 4 1
52 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 0 0 2 0 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 2 0 19 12 7 5 0 1 0 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 4 0 2 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 1 0 2 0 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 0 0 2 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 14 307 192 115 77 40 26 27 25

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Barling, Tim ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 6 20 4 0 4
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 0
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 0 13 4 9 1 0 0 0 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 2 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 0 0 0 0 1
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 4 0 0 2 0
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 1 0
33 McAsey, Darren ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 8 0 0 2 3
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 3 1 30 21 9 1 0 4 5 3
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 1 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 28 17 11 3 0 3 2 1
19 Parsons, Michael ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 0 4 0 0 3
31 Phyland, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 0 1 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 1 2 0
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 3 23 17 6 7 0 4 3 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 7 0 3 1 1
48 Wheeler, Sanford ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 1 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 1 30 9 21 1 0 2 1 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 2 0 1 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 15 308 181 127 52 24 29 25 27

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