1989 VFL Round 22: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1989 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round 22 of the 1989 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. John Law captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Col Kinnear.

North Melbourne
J. Law (capt.), B. Allison, P. Bryce, I. Fairley, P. German, M. Hepburn, D. Kickett, M. Larkin, J. Longmire, J. McCarthy, D. McDonald, L. Pickering, A. Rock, J. Romero, W. Schwass, C. Sholl, R. Smith, S. Smith, D. Steele, A. Stevens

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, D. Bolton, R. Carter, W. Henwood, L. Higgins, M. Kellett, D. McAsey, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, M. Neagle, G. Page, M. Parsons, M. Phyland, I. Roberts, R. Teal, T. Thripp, B. Toohey, G. Williams, S. Wright

North Melbourne (13.15.93) were defeated by Sydney (21.10.136).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Longmire (4), J. Romero (3), M. Larkin (2), J. McCarthy (2), B. Allison, D. McDonald
Sydney: B. Toohey (5), R. Teal (4), M. Bayes (2), W. Henwood (2), T. Thripp (2), G. Williams (2), S. Wright (2), B. Mitchell, D. Murphy

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder and Sydney remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Friday 1 September 1989
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,235

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 13.15.93 - 21.10.136

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 6 . 6 9 . 7 10 . 11 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Sydney 4 . 2 11 . 5 13 . 7 21 . 10 21 . 10 (136)
Margin NMLB by 16 SYDN by 10 SYDN by 14 SYDN by 43 SYDN by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), Col Kinnear (Sydney)
Captains: John Law (North Melbourne), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams SYDN 2 3
Merv Neagle SYDN 4 2
Michael Parsons SYDN 19 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 1 0 2 1 1
22 Bryce, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 1 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 1 0 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 2 0 2 1 1
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 0 1 15 5 10 3 9 2 1 1
28 Kickett, Derek ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 1 1 1 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 2 0 25 9 16 4 0 1 0 4
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 1 1
35 Longmire, John ? ? 4 5 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 3
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 1 2
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 2 3 2 0 1
48 Pickering, Liam ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 0 0 4 0 5
44 Rock, Anthony ? ? 0 1 27 14 13 4 0 2 0 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 3 4 31 19 12 3 0 0 2 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 0 0 6 4 2
41 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 0 0
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 2 2 2
58 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 1 0 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 15 305 180 125 44 13 30 17 28

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 2 1 26 20 6 9 1 3 0 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 1 1 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 2 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 2 2 11 10 1 5 5 1 2 0
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 0 0 4 0 3
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2
33 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 4 21 14 7 3 0 4 1 0
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 0 27 13 14 2 0 0 3 2
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 4 0 4 3 1
54 Page, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Parsons, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 22 1 0 2
31 Phyland, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 0 0 0 3 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 0 1 0
37 Teal, Robert ? ? 4 0 27 14 13 3 0 2 2 0
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 1 0 0 2 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 5 1 10 8 2 6 0 1 2 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 2 0 30 8 22 8 0 2 1 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 0 21 12 9 1 0 2 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 10 314 181 133 51 28 27 28 17

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