1989 VFL Season: Sydney
These are the details of the premiership results for Sydney for the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used the SCG as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (eleven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1989 VFL Season
Team:
Sydney
Club:
Sydney
Home Ground:
SCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
7th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 100.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barling, Tim | #14 | 5 | 2 | R17-21 |
| Battiston, Adrian | #34 | 2 | 0 | R01-02 |
| Bayes, Mark | #30 | 20 | 12 | R01-09, R12-22 |
| Bolton, David | #16 | 11 | 1 | R01-02, R07, R09, R16-22 |
| Brinkkotter, John | #44 | 3 | 0 | R12-14 |
| Brown, David | #41 | 5 | 3 | R07-08, R10-12 |
| Byrne, Michael | #14 | 2 | 0 | R05, R11 |
| Carroll, Dennis | #7 | 19 | 14 | R01-09, R12, R14-22 |
| Carter, Rod | #13 | 20 | 0 | R01-02, R04, R06-22 |
| Coleman, Glenn | #23 | 10 | 11 | R01-06, R08-09, R15-16 |
| Cordy, Graeme | #28 | 1 | 0 | R21 |
| Cordy, Neil | #29 | 11 | 0 | R01-11 |
| Eustice, Mark | #6 | 20 | 7 | R01-20 |
| Healy, Gerard | #3 | 8 | 6 | R01-08 |
| Henwood, Wayne | #9 | 11 | 9 | R01-02, R05-07, R10-11, R13-14, R21-22 |
| Higgins, Leon | #47 | 20 | 15 | R01-08, R11-22 |
| Holdsworth, Paul | #11 | 6 | 3 | R03-06, R13, R15 |
| Kellett, Mark | #46 | 15 | 0 | R07-08, R10-22 |
| Lloyd, Matthew | #18 | 4 | 1 | R02, R05-06, R12 |
| McAsey, Darren | #33 | 10 | 11 | R03, R08-10, R17-22 |
| Mitchell, Barry | #10 | 20 | 17 | R03-22 |
| Morwood, Tony | #21 | 15 | 16 | R01-05, R08-16, R19 |
| Murphy, David | #35 | 22 | 13 | R01-22 |
| Neagle, Merv | #4 | 18 | 0 | R01-05, R10-22 |
| Ogier, Darren | #43 | 8 | 16 | R09-16 |
| Page, Glenn | #54 | 1 | 0 | R22 |
| Parsons, Michael | #19 | 10 | 8 | R03-04, R14-20, R22 |
| Phyland, Michael | #31 | 9 | 3 | R06-07, R09, R17-22 |
| Potter, Craig | #17 | 5 | 1 | R01-02, R11, R13-14 |
| Roberts, Ian | #5 | 12 | 0 | R03, R10-12, R15-22 |
| Scott, Brett | #38 | 7 | 5 | R09-10, R12-16 |
| Teal, Robert | #37 | 17 | 18 | R03-10, R12-18, R21-22 |
| Thripp, Terry | #12 | 22 | 22 | R01-22 |
| Toohey, Bernard | #15 | 22 | 27 | R01-22 |
| Wheeler, Sanford | #48 | 2 | 1 | R06, R20 |
| Williams, Greg | #2 | 17 | 19 | R01-11, R17-22 |
| Willis, David | #25 | 13 | 3 | R01-13 |
| Wright, Stephen | #26 | 17 | 11 | R01, R04, R07-11, R13-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinnear, Col | 22 | 11 | -0- | 11 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/04/1989 | Round 1 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | SYDN by 16 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 09/04/1989 | Round 2 | Brisbane Bears | AWAY | LOSS | BRIB by 58 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 16/04/1989 | Round 3 | West Coast | HOME | WIN | SYDN by 51 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 22/04/1989 | Round 4 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | SYDN by 74 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 30/04/1989 | Round 5 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | SYDN by 11 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 06/05/1989 | Round 6 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 28 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 12/05/1989 | Round 7 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 9 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 20/05/1989 | Round 8 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 74 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 28/05/1989 | Round 9 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 9 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 03/06/1989 | Round 10 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 32 | Col Kinnear | unknown |
| 09/06/1989 | Round 11 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 28 | Col Kinnear | unknown |
| 17/06/1989 | Round 12 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | SYDN by 5 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 25/06/1989 | Round 13 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 8 | Col Kinnear | unknown |
| 08/07/1989 | Round 14 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 25 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 16/07/1989 | Round 15 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | SYDN by 40 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 23/07/1989 | Round 16 | West Coast | AWAY | LOSS | WCST by 42 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 30/07/1989 | Round 17 | Brisbane Bears | HOME | WIN | SYDN by 25 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 05/08/1989 | Round 18 | Collingwood | AWAY | WIN | SYDN by 4 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 13/08/1989 | Round 19 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | SYDN by 50 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 19/08/1989 | Round 20 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 11 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 25/08/1989 | Round 21 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | SYDN by 6 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |
| 01/09/1989 | Round 22 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | SYDN by 43 | Col Kinnear | Dennis Carroll |