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Geelong vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 22-Jul-1989
Final Round 16
Geelong logo
Geelong Coach: Malcolm Blight
109 17.7
112 16.16
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
Waverley Park Melbourne by 3 MEL by 3
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

7 Paul Couch — · Position unavailable 27 Andrew Bews — · Position unavailable 19 Neville Bruns — · Position unavailable 3 Mark Bairstow — · Position unavailable 20 Andrew Rogers — · Position unavailable 32 Garry Hocking — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Bos — · Position unavailable 26 Barry Stoneham — · Position unavailable 21 Mark Yeates — · Position unavailable 4 Adrian Fletcher — · Position unavailable 1 Steve Hocking — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Ablett — · Position unavailable 2 Bruce Lindner — · Position unavailable 23 Michael Schulze — · Position unavailable 8 Robert Scott — · Position unavailable 16 Bill Brownless — · Position unavailable 11 Darren Morgan — · Position unavailable 28 Tim Darcy — · Position unavailable 12 Spiro Malakellis — · Position unavailable 30 Damian Bourke — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 37 David Flintoff — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 28 Jamie Duursma — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 19 Darren Bennett — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
GEE4.16.23.14.3109
MEL3.45.16.42.7112

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Bruce LindnerGEE
Behinds
4
Darren BennettMEL
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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

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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