1989 VFL 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 VFL season. 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
Back: A. Collins, C. Langford, G. Ayres
Half-back: S. Maginness, C. Mew, P. Schwab
Centre: R. DiPierdomenico, A. Condon, D. Pritchard
Half-forward: J. Morrissey, D. Brereton, G. Buckenara
Forward: P. Curran, J. Dunstall, D. Anderson
Follower: G. Dear, M. Tuck (capt.), J. Platten
Int.: J. Kennedy, C. Wittman

Essendon
T. Watson (capt.), G. Anderson, T. Antrobus, D. Bailey, D. Bewick, A. Daniher, T. Daniher, A. Ezard, P. Hamilton, M. Long, S. Madden, A. Manning, G. O'Donnell, B. Plain, P. Salmon, M. Thompson, P. Vander Haar, D. Wallis, K. Walsh, D. Williams

Hawthorn (16.16.112) defeated Essendon (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Dunstall (6), G. Buckenara (3), P. Curran (2), D. Pritchard (2), D. Anderson, G. Dear, R. DiPierdomenico
Essendon: D. Bewick (3), P. Salmon (3), T. Antrobus, T. Daniher, A. Ezard, M. Long, A. Manning

As a result of this match, Hawthorn faced Geelong in the grand final and Essendon faced Geelong in the preliminary final.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
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

Coaches: Allan Jeans (Hawthorn), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Michael Tuck (Hawthorn), Tim Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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



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



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



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



BACK



Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy