1989 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 September 1989 between Geelong and Melbourne in the first semi final of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Geelong (22.21.153) defeated Melbourne (12.18.90).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 17 September 1989
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 69,082

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 22.21.153 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 3 8 . 8 12 . 11 22 . 21 22 . 21 (153)
Melbourne 1 . 5 3 . 11 8 . 16 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 19 GEEL by 63 GEEL by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Russo
B. Sheehan

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 7 7 24 22 2 14 0 4 2 1
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 4 0 2 1 4
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 1 24 18 6 4 0 2 0 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 1 1 1 1
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 9 1 4 4
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 3 3 11 10 1 7 1 0 0 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 2 2 0
36 Cameron, David ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 3 0 0 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 21 9 12 3 0 1 2 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 3 0 1 2 0
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 1 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 10 0 0 2
25 Hamilton, Shane ? ? 2 2 29 25 4 15 0 2 1 4
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 1 0 3
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 2 0 1
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 4
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 2 0 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 1 2 2 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 4 2 23 19 4 9 0 6 2 7
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 6 0 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 21 326 226 100 95 22 30 22 33

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 2 3 12 9 3 5 1 0 0 0
48 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 1 2 9 5 4 2 0 4 2 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 2 1 4
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 4 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 0 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 3 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 5 0 2 0 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 1 0 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 4 15 13 2 3 0 1 2 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 6 0 5 1 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 4 0 1 3 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 6 11 0 7 7
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 3 1 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 1 2 3 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 3 0 19 15 4 5 0 2 3 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 5 5 1 1 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 5 0 3 1 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 1 0 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 2 0 0 0 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 1 0 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 18 270 190 80 61 19 32 33 24

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