Geelong vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 22-Jul-1989
Final Round 16
Geelong Coach: Malcolm Blight
109 17.7
112 16.16
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Waverley Park Melbourne by 3

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
GEE4.16.23.14.3109
MEL3.45.16.42.7112

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Bruce LindnerGEE
Behinds
4
Darren BennettMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
Steven FebeyMEL

Team Stats

GEEMEL

Scoring / Attack

17Goals16
4Behinds14
3Behinds Rushed3

Possession

306Disposals323
205Kicks209
101Handballs114

Clearance / Contest

34Tackles30
14Hitouts36

Other

82Marks75
21Frees For29
29Frees Against21

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Geelong by 3 points, 112–109.

Melbourne took a 11-point lead into the last quarter. Geelong cut that back to 3 by the final siren, scoring 27 points to 19 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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