1990 AFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 7 April 1990 between Melbourne and Geelong during round two of the 1990 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Brett Lovett captained the hosts. Andrew Bews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Malcolm Blight.

Melbourne (18.20.128) defeated Geelong (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 7 April 1990
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,024

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.20.128 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 9 7 . 11 11 . 14 18 . 20 18 . 20 (128)
Geelong 5 . 3 10 . 5 12 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin level GEEL by 12 GEEL by 2 MELB by 37 MELB by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Brett Lovett
Coach: John Northey

Geelong

Captain: Andrew Bews
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Ball
M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jim Stynes MELB 11 3
Brett Lovett MELB 17 2
Darren Bennett MELB 19 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 8 4 13 12 1 7 0 0 3 0
32 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 2 15 10 5 3 0 1 0 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 2 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 1 0 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 4 0 2 1 3
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 2 24 16 8 5 0 2 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett (c) ? ? 0 2 22 17 5 4 1 3 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 0 0
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 2 26 17 9 4 0 1 1 0
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 2 1 3
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 8 17 0 4 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 3 1 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 7 0 3 1 0
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 4 0 3 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 3 1 28 18 10 10 15 1 1 1
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 4 0 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 1 24 11 13 3 0 0 2 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 20 330 217 113 79 33 33 23 16

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
44 Baldwin, Peter ? ? 1 1 21 14 7 0 0 1 1 1
27 Bews, Andrew (c) ? ? 0 1 27 15 12 3 0 2 1 2
31 Bourke, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 6 3 0 0 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 3 2 15 11 4 5 0 1 1 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 30 13 17 3 0 1 1 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 0 2
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 31 20 11 2 0 3 0 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 2 6 2 1 1
48 Gurrie, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 0 2
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 3 0 5 3 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 3 1 1
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 1 4 17 11 6 1 0 2 3 3
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 0
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 0
24 Poole, Trevor ? ? 2 1 21 14 7 7 0 4 3 0
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 6 0 0 0 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 2 2 10 6 4 2 4 0 0 1
9 Sterrett, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 0 3
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 4 0 2
34 Welsby, David ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 13 332 188 144 57 13 33 16 23

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