1989 VFL Round 21: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1989 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round 21 of the 1989 VFL season. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Danny Frawley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Darrel Baldock.

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), D. Bennett, T. Campbell, C. Connolly, S. Febey, D. Flintoff, R. Grinter, D. Hughes, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, P. Rohde, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, T. Viney, S. Wight, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

St Kilda
D. Frawley (capt.), T. Barker, B. Bowey, N. Burke, F. Coghlan, J. Daniels, I. Dargie, M. Dwyer, G. Fode, D. Grant, P. Harding, R. Harvey, B. Ingleton, J. Lamb, S. Loewe, P. McConville, D. Rice, P. Russo, K. Sheldon, N. Winmar

Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by St Kilda (16.8.104).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Wilson (4), D. Flintoff, D. Hughes, P. Rohde, E. Spalding, T. Viney, S. Wight
St Kilda: N. Winmar (9), B. Bowey (2), R. Harvey (2), T. Barker, M. Dwyer, S. Loewe

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and St Kilda remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 26 August 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,649

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 10.12.72 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 5 . 3 8 . 6 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
St Kilda 7 . 5 9 . 7 13 . 8 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin STKL by 21 STKL by 28 STKL by 32 STKL by 32 STKL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Darrel Baldock (St Kilda)
Captains: Greg Healy (Melbourne), Danny Frawley (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nicky Winmar STKL 7 3
Robert Harvey STKL 35 2
Ken Sheldon STKL 3 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 4 0 2 3 4
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 2 3
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 4 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 0 2 0
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 4 0 2 3 4
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 0 3 0
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 3 31 17 14 8 0 2 1 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 1 6 2 2 7
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 1 3
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 1 3
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 10 0 0 1 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 3 1 0 4 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 2 24 15 9 6 18 0 1 2
52 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 2 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 4 0 2 1 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 4 0 25 15 10 4 0 3 3 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 1 4 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 10 12 310 215 95 73 25 25 36 37

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 4 0 2 1 1
18 Bowey, Brett ? ? 2 0 24 19 5 8 0 2 1 2
29 Burke, Nathan ? ? 0 0 34 22 12 8 0 1 2 1
15 Coghlan, Frank ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 1 0 2 1 5
34 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 3
40 Dargie, Ian ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 Dwyer, Mick ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 7 0 0 1 0
36 Fode, Gordon ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 2 1 4
2 Frawley, Danny (c) ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 2 0
6 Grant, David ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1 1
10 Harding, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 10 1 5 1
35 Harvey, Robert ? ? 2 0 30 18 12 5 0 1 1 1
30 Ingleton, Ben ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 0 2 3
17 Lamb, Jamie ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 3 2
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 10 7 1 2 3
12 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 4 1
37 Rice, Dean ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 3 0 4
8 Russo, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 5 1 0
3 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 0 0 30 29 1 6 0 0 1 0
7 Winmar, Nicky ? ? 9 3 20 19 1 10 0 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 8 345 247 98 84 17 22 33 33

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