1989 VFL Season Round 21: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1989 between Sydney and Essendon during round twenty-one of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Essendon at the SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney (15.20.110) defeated Essendon (15.14.104).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Friday 25 August 1989
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 12,042

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 15.20.110 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 8 7 . 11 11 . 17 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Essendon 3 . 3 8 . 7 12 . 9 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin SYDN by 11 ESSE by 2 SYDN by 2 SYDN by 6 SYDN by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bernard Toohey SYDN 15 3
Michael Long ESSE 4 2
Tony Antrobus ESSE 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Barling, Tim ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 0 6 0 2 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 3 2 2 0 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 2 28 14 14 6 0 2 1 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 1 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 1 2
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 3 6 0 0 2
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 5 0 0 1 2
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 1 2 0
33 McAsey, Darren ? ? 1 2 4 4 0 3 0 2 0 3
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 3 27 16 11 0 0 2 1 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 2 0 21 9 12 1 0 0 0 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 26 10 16 7 0 3 1 2
31 Phyland, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 4 15 1 0 1 1 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 2 1
37 Teal, Robert ? ? 1 2 17 9 8 3 0 1 1 1
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 1 3 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 8 3 17 15 2 8 0 2 4 3
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 2 14 5 9 1 0 4 1 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 2 24 13 11 4 0 4 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 20 317 177 140 52 14 28 22 25

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 0 2 1
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 3 0 24 16 8 8 0 1 2 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 3 4 15 13 2 5 0 4 3 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 2 2
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 2 1 12 8 4 7 0 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 4 0 0 0 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 0 2 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 1 1 0
4 Long, Michael ? ? 2 0 22 10 12 6 0 2 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 11 1 3 1
45 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 0 1 0
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 1 0 1 0 1
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 8 13 1 2 3
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 2 4
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 0 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 4 0 2 1 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 2 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 266 192 74 74 24 21 25 22

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