1990 AFL Elimination Final: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1990 between Melbourne and Hawthorn in the elimination final of the 1990 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Michael Tuck captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), D. Bennett, T. Campbell, S. Eishold, S. Febey, R. Grinter, J. Howat, R. Jackson, B. Lovett, G. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. Newport, A. Obst, S. O'Dwyer, P. Rohde, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Tingay, G. Yeats

Hawthorn
Back: A. Collins, C. Langford, P. Cooper
Half-back: S. Maginness, C. Mew, R. Jencke
Centre: D. Pritchard, C. Wittman, T. Hall
Half-forward: D. Anderson, D. Brereton, J. Kennedy
Forward: S. Lawrence, J. Dunstall, J. Morrissey
Follower: G. Dear, M. Tuck (capt.), J. Platten
Int.: P. Dear, G. Madigan

Melbourne (10.13.73) defeated Hawthorn (8.16.64).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Bennett (4), S. Stretch (2), S. Eishold, G. Healy, R. Jackson, E. Spalding
Hawthorn: D. Brereton (2), J. Dunstall (2), T. Hall (2), J. Platten, D. Pritchard

As a result of this match, Melbourne faced West Coast in the first semi final and Hawthorn were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 9 September 1990
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 74,954

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 10.13.73 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 6 9 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Hawthorn 2 . 6 4 . 7 5 . 10 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin HWTH by 10 HWTH by 7 MELB by 24 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Greg Healy (Melbourne), Michael Tuck (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 4 2 6 6 0 5 1 0 1 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 3 1 0
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 4 23 14 9 4 0 1 2 5
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 5 0 4 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 2 0 2
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 26 19 7 7 0 1 2 2
28 Howat, John ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 1 2 0 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 3 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 1 2
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 7 0 1 1 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 7 0 0 0 3
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 1 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 2 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 7 2 2 0 6
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 0 0 2 2 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 6 14 1 6 2
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 3 13 9 4 2 0 2 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 3 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 13 260 197 63 79 20 32 27 35

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Anderson, Dean HFFL ? 0 2 18 13 5 1 0 3 2 1
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 2 1 13 8 5 7 0 2 1 2
4 Collins, Andy BPL ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 2 2 2
32 Cooper, Paul BPR ? 0 1 19 14 5 2 0 1 0 1
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 6 2 2 0
13 Dear, Paul INT ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 3
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 2 2 8 7 1 2 0 0 2 2
6 Hall, Tony WR ? 2 2 21 13 8 12 0 0 1 2
1 Jencke, Ray HBFR ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 3 1 2
34 Kennedy, John HFFR ? 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 2 3 0
24 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1 1
12 Lawrence, Stephen FPL ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 2 0 1 3
31 Madigan, Greg INT ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0
20 Maginness, Scott HBFL ? 0 1 14 5 9 1 0 5 3 3
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 3 0
35 Morrissey, James FPR ? 0 1 9 4 5 2 1 3 1 2
44 Platten, John RO ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 3 2 2
18 Pritchard, Darrin WL ? 1 1 24 18 6 4 0 2 0 0
17 Tuck, Michael (c) RR ? 0 0 23 17 6 7 0 2 6 0
10 Wittman, Chris C ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 3 1 1
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 8 16 287 194 93 73 10 35 35 27

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

Melbourne Coach: John Northey
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 A. Collins 24 C. Langford 32 P. Cooper













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



20 S. Maginness 2 C. Mew 1 R. Jencke













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 D. Pritchard 10 C. Wittman 6 T. Hall









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 G. Dear 13 P. Dear
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck (c) 31 G. Madigan
8 D. Anderson 23 D. Brereton 34 J. Kennedy 44 J. Platten











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 S. Lawrence 19 J. Dunstall 35 J. Morrissey













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans