1989 West Coast Eagles season

West Coast Eagles
1989 season
President	Neil Hamilton
Coach	John Todd
Captain(s)	Murray Rance
Home ground	Subiaco Oval ; WACA Ground
Panasonic Cup	Semi-finals
VFL season	11th
Finals series	N/A
Best & Fairest	Guy McKenna
Leading goalkicker	Peter Sumich (90 goals)
Highest home attendance	25,664, against Essendon, rd. 1
Lowest home attendance	13,118, against Sydney, rd. 16
Average home attendance	18,691
← 1988	1990 →

Last updated September 18, 2022

The 1989 season was the West Coast Eagles' 3rd season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The Eagles finished 11th out of 14 teams, the poorest performance of the club's three seasons to date.

List

Player changes

In	From	Out	To
Stevan Jackson	South Fremantle	Ross Glendinning	retired
Don Pyke	Claremont	Michael O'Connell	de-listed
Peter Sumich	South Fremantle	Peter Higgins	de-listed
Craig Turley	West Perth	Wally Matera	Fitzroy
Scott Watters	South Fremantle	Murray Wrensted	Collingwood
Todd Breman	Subiaco	John Gastev	Brisbane Bears
Peter Higgins	West Coast Eagles ^{[n 1]}	Alex Ishchenko	Brisbane Bears
David Hynes	Port Adelaide	Kevin Caton	Fitzroy
Jeremy Crough	South Bendigo	Mark Zanotti	Brisbane Bears
Scott Williamson	Wangaratta
Darren Bartsch	West Adelaide ^{[n 2]}
Matt Richardson	Warracknabeal
Damian Berto	St Mary's ^{[n 3]}
Andrew Geddes	Katunga
Peter Melesso	Claremont

↑ Higgins was de-listed at the end of the 1988 season, but was re-drafted by the Eagles with pick #10 in the 1988 VFL Draft.
↑ Bartsch was drafted by West Coast, but decided to remain in Adelaide, never joining the club.
↑ Berto was drafted by West Coast, but decided to remain in the Northern Territory, never joining the club.

Pre-season

Trades

West Coast traded Alex Ishchenko and Mark Zanotti to the Brisbane Bears for selections 2 and 44 in the 1988 VFL Draft.^[1]

Draft selections

Pre-draft selections

1: Stevan Jackson

2: Don Pyke

3: Peter Sumich

4: Craig Turley

5: Scott Watters

1988 National draft

2: Todd Breman

10: Peter Higgins (re-drafted)

24: David Hynes

38: Jeremy Crough

44: Scott Williamson

52: Darren Bartsch

66: Matt Richardson

80: Damian Berto

94: Andrew Geddes

108: Peter Melesso

1989 pre-season draft

10: Shane Cable

24: Clinton Browning

38: Shane Ellis

52: Richard Geary

Panasonic Cup

The 1989 Panasonic Cup was played in a knock-out format. Matches were played during the months of February and March, before the regular season started. All matches were held at Waverley Park, in Mulgrave, Victoria. West Coast progressed to the semi-finals of the competition before being eliminated by Melbourne, who went on to win the tournament.

Round	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's Score	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	Wednesday, 8 February	14.10 (94)	St Kilda	10.8 (68)	Won by 26 points	Waverley Park	10,085
QF	Saturday, 25 February	14.5 (89)	Hawthorn	13.10 (88)	Won by 1 point	Waverley Park	9,605
SF	Wednesday, 8 March	7.13 (55)	Melbourne	6.18 (54)	Lost by 1 point	Waverley Park	7,185

Regular season

Home team's score listed in bold
Best on ground refers to the player who was awarded three votes in the Brownlow Medal

Round	Date	Score	Opponent	Opponent's score	Result	Venue	Attendance	Best on ground	Team
1	Friday, 31 March 7:40pm	14.12 (96)	Essendon	17.10 (112)	Lost by 16 points	WACA Ground	25,664	Greg Anderson	Essendon
2	Sunday, 9 April 2:10pm	11.14 (80)	Geelong	26.19 (175)	Lost by 95 points	Kardinia Park	19,939	Paul Couch	Geelong
3	Sunday, 16 April 2:10pm	11.17 (83)	Sydney	20.14 (134)	Lost by 95 points	SCG	11,298	Mark Eustice	Sydney
4	Sunday, 23 April 2:10pm	'10.12 (72)	North Melbourne	18.7 (115)	Lost by 43 points	SCG	18,546	Peter German	North Melbourne
5	Sunday, 30 April 2:10pm	19.11 (125)	Brisbane Bears	10.13 (73)	Won by 52 points	Carrara Stadium	9,694	Dwayne Lamb	West Coast
6	Friday, 5 May 7:40pm	'12.9 (81)	Fitzroy	12.17 (89)	Lost by 8 points	WACA Ground	21,268	Richard Osborne	Fitzroy

Summary

Ladder

1989 VFL ladder
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Hawthorn (P)	22	19	3	0	2678	1748	153.2	76	Finals
2	Essendon	22	17	5	0	2240	1705	131.4	68
3	Geelong	22	16	6	0	2916	1987	146.8	64
4	Melbourne	22	14	8	0	1876	1944	96.5	56
5	Collingwood	22	13	9	0	2216	1964	112.8	52
6	Fitzroy	22	12	10	0	2069	2125	97.4	48
7	Sydney	22	11	11	0	1959	1958	100.1	44
8	Carlton	22	9	12	1	1921	2079	92.4	38
9	North Melbourne	22	9	13	0	2061	2301	89.6	36
10	Brisbane Bears	22	8	14	0	1792	2274	78.8	32
11	West Coast	22	7	15	0	1948	2247	86.7	28
12	St Kilda	22	7	15	0	2108	2502	84.3	28
13	Footscray	22	6	15	1	1614	1855	87.0	26
14	Richmond	22	5	17	0	1725	2434	70.9	20

Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Citations

↑ AFL Record Guide to Season 2007, p. 398

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References

Lovett, Michael, ed. (2007). AFL Record Guide to Season 2007. AFL Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9758362-7-9.

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[1] Higgins was de-listed at the end of the 1988 season, but was re-drafted by the Eagles with pick #10 in the 1988 VFL Draft.

[2] Bartsch was drafted by West Coast, but decided to remain in Adelaide, never joining the club.

[3] Berto was drafted by West Coast, but decided to remain in the Northern Territory, never joining the club.

[4] AFL Record Guide to Season 2007, p. 398

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