1989 VFL Season Round 22: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1989 between Melbourne and Essendon during round twenty-two of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (13.11.89) were defeated by Essendon (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 2 September 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,080

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 13.11.89 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 7 . 7 9 . 10 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Essendon 4 . 1 9 . 4 13 . 9 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin MELB by 3 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Anderson ESSE 11 3
Kevin Walsh ESSE 30 2
Michael Long ESSE 4 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
48 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 2 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 2 1 1 1 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 3 0
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 2 0 1
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 1 1 3 1 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 2 1 4
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 2 0 33 17 16 7 0 1 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 0 13 7 6 0 0 0 2 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 24 11 13 5 0 3 2 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 11 0 2 3
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 4 0 1 0 1
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 6 0 2 4 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 6 0 0 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 6 12 0 1 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 8 4 4 1 0 3 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 1 0 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 4 1 16 10 6 4 0 1 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 11 316 199 117 67 26 24 26 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 31 27 4 9 0 0 2 1
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 4 1 15 13 2 3 0 0 2 3
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 3 0 1
20 Barnes, John ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 7 1 0 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 0 20 12 8 7 0 3 0 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 3 0 4 0 2
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 0 1 0
36 Daniher, Neale ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 5 0 0 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 1 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 1 0 25 15 10 10 0 2 1 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 6 0 1 2 0
4 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 8 0 0 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 4 13 13 0 7 5 1 3 2
45 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 8 0 0 1 2
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 2 0
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 1 0 4
19 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 2 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 6 0 1 2 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 2 2 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 5 0 2 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 12 347 238 109 105 6 23 25 25

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