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Sydney vs Melbourne Match Centre

Sunday 28-May-1989
Final Round 9
Sydney logo
Sydney Coach: Col Kinnear
43 6.7
52 6.16
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
S.C.G. Melbourne by 9 MEL by 9
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Sydney

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

10 Barry Mitchell — · Position unavailable 2 Greg Williams — · Position unavailable 7 Dennis Carroll — · Position unavailable 37 Robert Teal — · Position unavailable 26 Stephen Wright — · Position unavailable 6 Mark Eustice — · Position unavailable 35 David Murphy — · Position unavailable 23 Glenn Coleman — · Position unavailable 12 Terry Thripp — · Position unavailable 31 Michael Phyland — · Position unavailable 33 Darren McAsey — · Position unavailable 25 David Willis — · Position unavailable 15 Bernard Toohey — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 38 Brett Scott — · Position unavailable 16 David Bolton — · Position unavailable 13 Rod Carter — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 43 Darren Ogier — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 28 Jamie Duursma — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 51 John Howat — · Position unavailable 52 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 48 Luke Beveridge — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD2.20.23.11.243
MEL1.50.62.33.252

Match Leaders

Goals
2
Terry ThrippSYD
Behinds
4
Earl SpaldingMEL
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Tackles
5
2 tied leaders
Terry ThrippSYD

Team Stats

SYDMEL

Scoring / Attack

6Goals6
7Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

292Disposals272
192Kicks217
100Handballs55

Clearance / Contest

28Tackles15
15Hitouts7

Other

74Marks69
29Frees For34
34Frees Against29

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Sydney by 9 points, 52–43.

Melbourne came from 3 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Sydney 20–8 in the final term to take the win.

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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