1990 AFL Round 7: Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1990 between Melbourne and West Coast during round 7 of the 1990 AFL season. Melbourne hosted West Coast at MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Steve Malaxos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

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

West Coast
S. Malaxos (capt.), T. Breman, M. Brennan, B. Heady, S. Jackson, D. Kemp, D. Laidley, D. Lamb, K. Langdon, C. Lewis, A. Lockyer, P. Matera, G. McKenna, G. Miles, M. Rance, P. Scott, P. Sumich, C. Turley, P. Wilson, J. Worsfold

Melbourne (18.8.116) defeated West Coast (9.7.61).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Bennett (6), T. Campbell (2), S. Eishold (2), S. Febey, G. Healy, B. Lovett, S. Newport, A. Obst, S. Stretch, S. Tingay, T. Viney
West Coast: S. Jackson (2), K. Langdon (2), P. Matera (2), P. Sumich (2), C. Turley

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and West Coast were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1990 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Friday 11 May 1990
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,269

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 18.8.116 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 9 . 5 11 . 5 18 . 8 18 . 8 (116)
West Coast 2 . 2 3 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 38 MELB by 29 MELB by 55 MELB by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Mick Malthouse (West Coast)
Captains: Greg Healy (Melbourne), Steve Malaxos (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Harris, C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Graeme Yeats MELB 8 3
Simon Eishold MELB 25 2
Brett Lovett MELB 17 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 6 1 12 12 0 6 0 0 0 4
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 2 2 15 10 5 6 0 0 1 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 1 0 0 1 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 5 1 2 2 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 1 2 0
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 0 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 3 1 2 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 1 26 12 14 2 1 2 1 4
6 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 2 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 3 3 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 4 0 2 1 0
29 Obst, Andrew ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 4 0 6 1 4
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 4 0 1 1
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 0 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 1 0 2 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 19 0 2 3
15 Tingay, Stephen ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 3 0 3 0 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 3 0 0 3 3
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 6 0 1 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 8 307 205 102 60 28 24 26 28

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Breman, Todd ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 0 1
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 4 1
39 Heady, Brett ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 0 2 2
27 Jackson, Stevan ? ? 2 0 15 14 1 6 3 0 1 3
33 Kemp, Dean ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 9 0 1 8 0
15 Laidley, Dean ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 0 1 33 20 13 6 0 4 4 0
19 Langdon, Karl ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 4 0 0 2 4
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 1 0
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 2 0 1 0
8 Malaxos, Steve (c) ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 1 1 1
37 Matera, Peter ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 4 0 0 1 4
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 0 2
6 Miles, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 2 1
23 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 0 0
12 Scott, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 5 0 3 2
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 6 0 1 0 0
7 Turley, Craig ? ? 1 0 12 3 9 0 0 0 1 0
9 Wilson, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 2 0 1 2 2
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 0 0 28 19 9 7 0 4 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 7 297 198 99 71 10 20 36 24

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