1989 VFL Season Round 21: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1989 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. John Law captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Geelong (20.19.139) defeated North Melbourne (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 August 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,025

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.19.139 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 5 10 . 9 17 . 16 20 . 19 20 . 19 (139)
North Melbourne 5 . 1 8 . 4 13 . 8 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin GEEL by 4 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 32 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: Malcolm Blight

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Rich
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Couch GEEL 7 3
Peter German NMLB 29 2
Andrew Bews GEEL 27 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 5 2 21 18 3 10 0 0 1 1
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 2 1 25 21 4 7 0 2 2 0
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 1 28 22 6 4 0 2 1 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 9 0 1 2
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 2 2 1 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 5 0 3 1 1
13 Cameron, Gary ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 1 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 2 39 24 15 5 0 5 0 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 2 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 5 2 11 7 4 6 0 2 0 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 3 17 1 2 1
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 1 0 3 1 3
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 4 1 0
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 3 22 14 8 6 0 2 3 2
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 3 0 2 1 1
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 1
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 0 15 8 7 0 0 3 0 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 4 1 3 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 20 19 331 211 120 70 29 40 19 20

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 1 2 0
22 Bryce, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 8 3 1 4 1
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 5 0 5 1 0
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 1 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 4 1 16 11 5 3 2 0 1 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 3 0 33 20 13 3 0 2 1 3
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 2 14 3 1 1
28 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 1 1 28 14 14 2 0 1 0 3
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 2 0
35 Longmire, John ? ? 3 1 10 5 5 3 0 1 1 1
39 Love, Jason ? ? 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 2 0 1 1 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 2 0 0
48 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 1 27 17 10 2 1 0 1 2
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 1 2 27 22 5 1 0 1 2 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 1 0 1 1 3
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 1 1 12 12 0 1 1 4 0 1
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 1 0 0
58 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 1 4 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 15 294 180 114 42 22 30 20 19

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