1989 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1989 between Hawthorn and Essendon in the second semi final of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Michael Tuck captained the hosts. Tim Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Hawthorn (16.16.112) defeated Essendon (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 September 1989
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 66,003

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Essendon
Score: 16.16.112 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 2 8 . 4 13 . 10 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Essendon 5 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 6 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin ESSE by 14 HWTH by 4 HWTH by 28 HWTH by 36 HWTH by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Michael Tuck
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
I. Clayton

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Anderson, Dean FPR ? 1 2 24 19 5 4 0 3 0 0
7 Ayres, Gary BPR ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 2 0
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 0 2 14 11 3 1 1 4 3 6
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFR ? 3 0 23 19 4 8 0 1 1 0
4 Collins, Andy BPL ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 5 2 4
3 Condon, Anthony C ? 0 1 21 13 8 3 0 2 2 1
25 Curran, Peter FPL ? 2 2 19 11 8 3 0 3 5 2
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 1 1 11 7 4 4 18 1 2 3
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 1 1 20 14 6 5 0 7 3 3
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 6 3 15 15 0 11 0 3 3 0
34 Kennedy, John INT ? 0 0 17 6 11 4 1 3 2 0
24 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 1 2 1 1
20 Maginness, Scott HBFL ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 4 2 2 1
35 Morrissey, James HFFL ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 1 3
44 Platten, John RO ? 0 1 26 23 3 5 0 2 4 1
18 Pritchard, Darrin WR ? 2 0 19 11 8 5 0 1 0 1
30 Schwab, Peter HBFR ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
17 Tuck, Michael (c) RR ? 0 1 9 7 2 0 0 4 0 0
10 Wittman, Chris INT ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 1 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 16 295 212 83 66 25 50 34 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 1 26 23 3 3 0 3 1 4
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 2 0 0 2 4
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 2 9 1 0 1 0 0
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 3 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 0 0
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry ? ? 1 0 26 15 11 8 0 0 1 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 3 0 1 0 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 1 4 1
4 Long, Michael ? ? 1 0 18 7 11 2 0 2 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 19 0 4 1
41 Manning, Andrew ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 6 0 5 2 1
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 4 0 1 0 1
14 Plain, Bradley ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 0 1 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 3 2 9 9 0 5 6 0 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 28 15 13 3 0 1 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 5 1 0 0 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 3 4
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 2 5 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 10 302 177 125 61 26 20 26 34

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






14 G. Dear 34 J. Kennedy
8 D. Anderson 19 J. Dunstall 25 P. Curran 17 M. Tuck (c) 10 C. Wittman
FORWARD 44 J. Platten

HALF-BACK













11 G. Buckenara 23 D. Brereton 35 J. Morrissey



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













18 D. Pritchard 3 A. Condon 9 R. DiPierdomenico FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













30 P. Schwab 2 C. Mew 20 S. Maginness



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













7 G. Ayres 24 C. Langford 4 A. Collins



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy