1989 VFL season

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1989 VFL premiership season
Teams14
Premiers Hawthorn
8th premiership
Minor premiers Hawthorn
7th minor premiership
pre-season cup Melbourne
1st pre-season cup win
Brownlow Medallist Paul Couch (Geelong)
Coleman Medallist Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn)
Attendance
Matches played160
Total attendance3,581,822 (22,386 per match)
Highest94,796 (Grand Final, Hawthorn vs. Geelong)
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The 1989 VFL season was the 93rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria and, by reason of it featuring clubs from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, the de facto highest level senior competition in Australia. It was the last season under the Victorian Football League name, before being renamed the Australian Football League in 1990. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 31 March until 30 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

Contents

The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the eighth time and second time consecutively, after it defeated Geelong by six points in the 1989 VFL Grand Final.

Night series

1989 Night Series Grand Final
Geelong def. by Melbourne
3.2 (20)
6.6 (42)
9.7 (61)
9.13 (67)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		2.5 (17)
4.7 (31)
5.11 (41)
10.16 (76)

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Home teamHome scoreAway teamAway scoreVenueCrowdDate
West Coast 14.12 (96) Essendon 17.10 (112) WACA Ground 25,66431 March 1989
Carlton 10.13 (73) Footscray 19.18 (132) Princes Park 22,0001 April 1989
Melbourne 18.8 (116) Fitzroy 16.15 (111) MCG 25,7921 April 1989
St Kilda 20.16 (136) Brisbane Bears 15.7 (97) Moorabbin Oval 17,2361 April 1989
Collingwood 13.15 (93) Hawthorn 11.17 (83) VFL Park 50,2871 April 1989
Sydney 12.17 (89) Richmond 11.7 (73) SCG 8,6112 April 1989
North Melbourne 18.17 (125) Geelong 17.21 (123) MCG 24,3832 April 1989

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 14.10 (94) Melbourne 9.14 (68) Windy Hill 20,1238 April 1989
Richmond 24.12 (156) Footscray 13.10 (88) MCG 22,8358 April 1989
Fitzroy 20.12 (132) Collingwood 16.11 (107) Princes Park 23,8378 April 1989
St Kilda 13.18 (96) Carlton 13.14 (92) Moorabbin Oval 27,7968 April 1989
North Melbourne 11.6 (72) Hawthorn 21.15 (141) VFL Park 18,9398 April 1989
Geelong 26.19 (175) West Coast 11.14 (80) Kardinia Park 19,9269 April 1989
Brisbane Bears 18.15 (123) Sydney 8.17 (65) Carrara Stadium 11,4059 April 1989

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 8.18 (66) North Melbourne 12.12 (84) Western Oval 14,92615 April 1989
Richmond 8.13 (61) Melbourne 18.14 (122) MCG 32,58015 April 1989
Hawthorn 20.15 (135) Essendon 13.13 (91) Princes Park 23,61815 April 1989
Collingwood 19.21 (135) Brisbane Bears 11.9 (75) Victoria Park 18,24015 April 1989
St Kilda 19.8 (122) Fitzroy 19.18 (132) VFL Park 31,78015 April 1989
Sydney 20.14 (134) West Coast 11.17 (83) SCG 11,29816 April 1989
Geelong 16.21 (117) Carlton 9.10 (64) Kardinia Park 27,47516 April 1989

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 11.13 (79) Brisbane Bears 7.11 (53) MCG 17,56021 April 1989
Fitzroy 11.13 (79) Sydney 23.15 (153) Princes Park 13,02722 April 1989
Collingwood 23.21 (159) St Kilda 14.11 (95) Victoria Park 27,30422 April 1989
Footscray 12.15 (87) Geelong 14.15 (99) Western Oval 22,84423 April 1989
West Coast 10.12 (72) North Melbourne 18.7 (115) WACA Ground 18,54623 April 1989
Carlton 15.20 (110) Essendon 21.12 (138) Princes Park 31,49225 April 1989
Richmond 9.12 (66) Hawthorn 15.20 (110) VFL Park 41,34725 April 1989

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 16.17 (113) Geelong 16.16 (112) Princes Park 13,37729 April 1989
Essendon 20.18 (138) St Kilda 12.12 (84) Windy Hill 18,69429 April 1989
Melbourne 11.16 (82) Footscray 10.11 (71) MCG 25,27329 April 1989
Hawthorn 18.17 (125) Carlton 10.11 (71) VFL Park 31,82729 April 1989
North Melbourne 20.14 (134) Richmond 26.15 (171) MCG 19,69130 April 1989
Brisbane Bears 10.13 (73) West Coast 19.11 (125) Carrara Stadium 9,69430 April 1989
Sydney 10.17 (77) Collingwood 9.12 (66) SCG 22,49030 April 1989

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
West Coast 12.9 (81) Fitzroy 12.17 (89) WACA Ground 21,2685 May 1989
St Kilda 13.17 (95) Sydney 9.13 (67) Moorabbin Oval 20,2856 May 1989
Hawthorn 26.15 (171) Geelong 25.13 (163) Princes Park 17,6456 May 1989
Melbourne 9.10 (64) Collingwood 18.16 (124) MCG 67,2396 May 1989
Carlton 15.12 (102) Richmond 9.12 (66) VFL Park 31,2876 May 1989
Brisbane Bears 8.11 (59) Footscray 6.15 (51) Carrara Stadium 5,1347 May 1989
North Melbourne 17.19 (121) Essendon 16.9 (105) MCG 34,3797 May 1989

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Sydney 7.16 (58) North Melbourne 9.13 (67) SCG 13,87512 May 1989
Geelong 35.18 (228) St Kilda 16.13 (109) Kardinia Park 21,29413 May 1989
Collingwood 16.10 (106) Footscray 11.12 (78) Victoria Park 23,52313 May 1989
Hawthorn 25.15 (165) Fitzroy 13.6 (84) Princes Park 16,64413 May 1989
Melbourne 12.14 (86) Carlton 11.14 (80) MCG 35,19913 May 1989
Richmond 13.14 (92) West Coast 13.12 (90) VFL Park 11,74513 May 1989
Brisbane Bears 12.9 (81) Essendon 17.10 (112) Carrara Stadium 12,03414 May 1989

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 22.25 (157) Sydney 12.11 (83) Princes Park 14,38820 May 1989
Essendon 21.19 (145) Richmond 12.15 (87) Windy Hill 18,04720 May 1989
St Kilda 18.7 (115) North Melbourne 17.10 (112) Moorabbin Oval 19,19320 May 1989
Footscray 8.16 (64) Fitzroy 9.9 (63) Western Oval 11,92620 May 1989
Geelong 26.23 (179) Brisbane Bears 6.14 (50) Kardinia Park 17,23620 May 1989
Carlton 12.8 (80) Collingwood 16.13 (109) VFL Park 61,23720 May 1989
West Coast 12.21 (93) Melbourne 13.17 (95) Subiaco Oval 16,01721 May 1989

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 25.15 (165) Brisbane Bears 10.11 (71) MCG 8,63426 May 1989
St Kilda 18.10 (118) West Coast 12.11 (83) Moorabbin Oval 15,76827 May 1989
Carlton 24.15 (159) Fitzroy 18.14 (122) Princes Park 19,52027 May 1989
Richmond 10.17 (77) Geelong 32.19 (211) MCG 24,32127 May 1989
Essendon 19.11 (125) Collingwood 7.16 (58) VFL Park 71,39027 May 1989
Footscray 10.13 (73) Hawthorn 17.15 (117) Western Oval 16,43728 May 1989
Sydney 6.7 (43) Melbourne 6.16 (52) SCG 13,47528 May 1989

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 12.11 (83) Melbourne 16.17 (113) MCG 27,1592 June 1989
Footscray 14.14 (98) Sydney 10.6 (66) Western Oval 10,1703 June 1989
Essendon 18.14 (122) Fitzroy 10.9 (69) Windy Hill 15,6843 June 1989
Carlton 17.13 (115) Brisbane Bears 18.10 (118) Princes Park 12,2473 June 1989
St Kilda 13.21 (99) Richmond 13.14 (92) VFL Park 24,8393 June 1989
Geelong 23.16 (154) Collingwood 13.10 (88) MCG 65,1873 June 1989
West Coast 15.15 (105) Hawthorn 16.14 (110) Subiaco Oval 20,2134 June 1989

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Sydney 8.9 (57) Carlton 12.13 (85) SCG 13,7039 June 1989
Fitzroy 1.8 (14) North Melbourne 6.13 (49) Princes Park 7,92110 June 1989
Richmond 5.15 (45) Brisbane Bears 3.8 (26) MCG 7,96610 June 1989
Footscray 9.8 (62) St Kilda 7.12 (54) VFL Park 17,06010 June 1989
West Coast 11.15 (81) Collingwood 17.14 (116) Subiaco Oval 20,23311 June 1989
Hawthorn 8.6 (54) Melbourne 10.9 (69) Princes Park 21,71612 June 1989
Geelong 12.17 (89) Essendon 4.11 (35) MCG 87,65312 June 1989

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
West Coast 16.9 (105) Footscray 11.11 (77) WACA Ground 13,78316 June 1989
Essendon 7.8 (50) Sydney 7.13 (55) Windy Hill 13,39817 June 1989
Carlton 7.9 (51) North Melbourne 5.10 (40) Princes Park 16,11117 June 1989
St Kilda 8.6 (54) Hawthorn 10.12 (72) Moorabbin Oval 18,12417 June 1989
Melbourne 2.8 (20) Geelong 13.11 (89) MCG 38,12817 June 1989
Collingwood 18.15 (123) Richmond 9.15 (69) VFL Park 26,55717 June 1989
Brisbane Bears 18.6 (114) Fitzroy 19.14 (128) Carrara Stadium 10,00818 June 1989

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 15.16 (106) Brisbane Bears 4.11 (35) VFL Park 6,29223 June 1989
Essendon 3.10 (28) Footscray 3.5 (23) Windy Hill 13,55924 June 1989
Collingwood 14.24 (108) North Melbourne 8.8 (56) Victoria Park 21,21024 June 1989
Carlton 9.10 (64) West Coast 5.11 (41) Princes Park 11,99524 June 1989
St Kilda 8.8 (56) Melbourne 10.4 (64) Moorabbin Oval 19,04024 June 1989
Fitzroy 15.5 (95) Richmond 9.13 (67) VFL Park 12,42424 June 1989
Sydney 14.19 (103) Geelong 16.15 (111) SCG 12,96725 June 1989

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 18.19 (127) St Kilda 9.13 (67) MCG 19,3547 July 1989
Richmond 10.15 (75) Sydney 7.8 (50) MCG 12,6018 July 1989
Hawthorn 19.27 (141) West Coast 6.14 (50) Princes Park 8,0288 July 1989
Geelong 11.16 (82) Fitzroy 8.10 (58) Kardinia Park 18,2318 July 1989
Essendon 9.7 (61) Carlton 8.10 (58) VFL Park 34,6178 July 1989
Brisbane Bears 14.15 (99) Melbourne 17.11 (113) Carrara Stadium 8,7999 July 1989
Footscray 15.15 (105) Collingwood 7.15 (57) Western Oval 18,7759 July 1989

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 17.15 (117) North Melbourne 11.15 (81) MCG 23,76415 July 1989
Fitzroy 12.20 (92) St Kilda 13.8 (86) Princes Park 11,01715 July 1989
Essendon 25.10 (160) West Coast 1.12 (18) Windy Hill 11,50315 July 1989
Brisbane Bears 11.11 (77) Geelong 22.19 (151) Carrara Stadium 18,19815 July 1989
Collingwood 12.18 (90) Carlton 15.6 (96) VFL Park 44,54815 July 1989
Richmond 15.14 (104) Hawthorn 22.10 (142) MCG 17,89416 July 1989
Sydney 16.21 (117) Footscray 10.17 (77) SCG 8,01016 July 1989

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Brisbane Bears 14.10 (94) St Kilda 12.18 (90) Carrara Stadium 11,00422 July 1989
Richmond 9.12 (66) Essendon 14.15 (99) MCG 23,96422 July 1989
Hawthorn 21.11 (137) Collingwood 11.11 (77) Princes Park 20,36722 July 1989
Footscray 6.10 (46) Carlton 6.10 (46) Western Oval 15,08922 July 1989
Geelong 17.7 (109) Melbourne 16.16 (112) VFL Park 38,86522 July 1989
West Coast 16.16 (112) Sydney 9.16 (70) Subiaco Oval 13,29923 July 1989
North Melbourne 8.18 (66) Fitzroy 16.11 (107) MCG 13,17323 July 1989

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 6.15 (51) Fitzroy 18.15 (123) MCG 15,04528 July 1989
Carlton 15.16 (106) Melbourne 10.19 (79) Princes Park 20,27729 July 1989
St Kilda 16.10 (106) Essendon 20.13 (133) Moorabbin Oval 17,00029 July 1989
North Melbourne 9.24 (78) Hawthorn 23.16 (154) VFL Park 15,52329 July 1989
Collingwood 19.11 (125) Geelong 14.20 (104) MCG 35,21729 July 1989
Footscray 10.12 (72) West Coast 16.13 (109) Western Oval 9,46730 July 1989
Sydney 12.23 (95) Brisbane Bears 9.16 (70) SCG 7,43730 July 1989

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 23.13 (151) Melbourne 15.13 (103) Princes Park 11,2365 August 1989
Collingwood 11.15 (81) Sydney 12.13 (85) Victoria Park 17,6215 August 1989
Brisbane Bears 25.17 (167) North Melbourne 12.12 (84) Carrara Stadium 9,6065 August 1989
St Kilda 13.12 (90) Geelong 17.11 (113) Moorabbin Oval 14,2435 August 1989
Carlton 14.6 (90) Hawthorn 14.11 (95) VFL Park 33,6155 August 1989
West Coast 19.16 (130) Richmond 10.19 (79) Subiaco Oval 17,6606 August 1989
Footscray 3.5 (23) Essendon 7.9 (51) Western Oval 16,0056 August 1989

Round 19

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 11.10 (76) Carlton 15.14 (104) VFL Park 14,78311 August 1989
Fitzroy 11.6 (72) West Coast 5.10 (40) Princes Park 6,92012 August 1989
Essendon 15.11 (101) Brisbane Bears 7.5 (47) Windy Hill 11,87812 August 1989
Melbourne 9.9 (63) Hawthorn 12.15 (87) VFL Park 28,11712 August 1989
Geelong 18.16 (124) Footscray 10.14 (74) Kardinia Park 17,97712 August 1989
North Melbourne 11.14 (80) Collingwood 11.12 (78) VFL Park 21,02713 August 1989
Sydney 25.9 (159) St Kilda 16.13 (109) SCG 11,58313 August 1989

Round 20

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
West Coast 18.18 (126) Geelong 12.10 (82) WACA Ground 15,72118 August 1989
Melbourne 14.14 (98) Sydney 12.15 (87) MCG 16,30419 August 1989
Footscray 15.17 (107) Richmond 3.11 (29) Western Oval 8,67319 August 1989
Essendon 19.14 (128) North Melbourne 17.10 (112) Windy Hill 15,91219 August 1989
Carlton 20.13 (133) St Kilda 20.12 (132) Princes Park 15,22719 August 1989
Fitzroy 10.11 (71) Collingwood 14.20 (104) VFL Park 42,11119 August 1989
Brisbane Bears 12.5 (77) Hawthorn 9.7 (61) Carrara Stadium 9,09320 August 1989

Round 21

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Sydney 15.20 (110) Essendon 15.14 (104) SCG 12,04225 August 1989
Melbourne 10.12 (72) St Kilda 16.8 (104) MCG 19,64526 August 1989
Geelong 20.19 (139) North Melbourne 17.15 (117) Kardinia Park 16,94026 August 1989
Collingwood 12.11 (83) Richmond 4.13 (37) Victoria Park 16,65726 August 1989
Hawthorn 19.20 (134) Footscray 8.11 (59) Princes Park 10,17826 August 1989
Fitzroy 10.8 (68) Brisbane Bears 12.9 (81) VFL Park 6,62226 August 1989
West Coast 21.22 (148) Carlton 10.12 (72) Subiaco Oval 23,78127 August 1989

Round 22

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 13.15 (93) Sydney 21.10 (136) MCG 9,2351 September 1989
Geelong 23.24 (162) Richmond 12.14 (86) Kardinia Park 20,7432 September 1989
Fitzroy 13.18 (96) Footscray 12.9 (81) Princes Park 8,9612 September 1989
Collingwood 20.9 (129) West Coast 11.14 (80) Victoria Park 18,1182 September 1989
Melbourne 13.11 (89) Essendon 16.12 (108) MCG 41,0802 September 1989
Hawthorn 28.13 (181) St Kilda 13.13 (91) VFL Park 25,5322 September 1989
Brisbane Bears 15.15 (105) Carlton 10.10 (70) Carrara Stadium 15,4093 September 1989

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Hawthorn (P)22193026781748153.276
2 Essendon 22175022401705131.468
3 Geelong 22166029161987146.864
4 Melbourne 2214801876194496.556
5 Collingwood 22139022161964112.852
6 Fitzroy 22121002069212597.448
7 Sydney 221111019591958100.144
8 Carlton 2291211921207992.438
9 North Melbourne 2291302061230189.636
10 Brisbane Bears 2281401792227478.832
11 West Coast 2271501948224786.728
12 St Kilda 2271502108250284.328
13 Footscray 2261511614185587.026
14 Richmond 2251701725243470.920

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 94.6
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Finals week 1

Elimination Final
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) Melbourne 17.9 (111)def. Collingwood 13.10 (88) VFL Park (crowd: 63062) Report
Qualifying Final
Sunday, 10 September (2:30 pm) Essendon 24.13 (157)def. Geelong 11.15 (81) MCG (crowd: 75861) Report

Finals week 2

Semi-finals
SF1: Sunday, 17 September (2:30 pm) Geelong 22.21 (153)def. Melbourne 12.18 (90) MCG (crowd: 69082) Report
SF2: Saturday, 16 September (2:30 pm) Hawthorn 16.16 (112)def. Essendon 11.10 (76) VFL Park (crowd: 66003) Report

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Saturday, 23 September (2:30 pm) Essendon 10.10 (70)def. by Geelong 24.20 (164) VFL Park (crowd: 67,892) Report

Grand final

Grand final
Saturday, 30 September (2:50 pm) Hawthorn 21.18 (144)def. Geelong 21.12 (138) MCG (crowd: 94,796) Report

Foster's Cup

In addition, four of the clubs also played in an international exhibition offseason tournament in October with games in Toronto, Miami Gardens and London. [1] [2] [3] [4]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 12 October, SkyDome
 
 
 Geelong 13.12 (90)
 
 22 October, The Oval
 
 Melbourne 14.19 (103)
 
 Melbourne 12.10 (82)
 
 14 October, Joe Robbie Stadium
 
 Essendon 6.10 (46)
 
 Hawthorn 15.20 (110)
 
 
 Essendon 18.16 (124)
 

Season notes

  1. in round 11 on the Saturday before the Queen's Birthday, Fitzroy's score of 1.8 (14) was the lowest since Footscray kicked 1.8 (14) against Geelong in 1965, and the first single goal score since Carlton's 1.11 (17) on Anzac Day of 1968.
  2. on the same day, Brad Hardie kicked 3.4 (22) – with all three goals coming in the first fifteen minutes – of only 3.8 (26) scored by Brisbane, this being the first time a player had kicked all his team's goals (based on a qualification of a team total of three or more goals) since Alex Ruscuklic in 1967. [9]
  3. in Round 13, Essendon and Footscray played the lowest scoring game since the 1927 grand final, with the teams combining for only 6.15 (51) on a muddy Windy Hill.

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