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Encyclopedia > 1989 VFL season

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Pre Season

Melbourne 10.16 (76) defeated Geelong 9.13 (67) The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ...


Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series.

Team Won Lost Draw % Points
1 Hawthorn 19 3 0 153 76
2 Essendon 17 5 0 131 68
3 Geelong 16 6 0 147 64
4 Melbourne 14 8 0 97 56
5 Collingwood 13 9 0 113 52
6 Fitzroy 12 10 0 97 48
7 Sydney 11 11 0 100 44
8 Carlton 9 12 1 92 38
9 North Melbourne 9 13 0 90 36
10 Brisbane 8 14 0 79 32
11 West Coast 7 15 0 87 28
12 St Kilda 7 15 0 84 28
13 Footscray 6 15 1 87 26
14 Richmond 5 17 0 71 20

The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The Carlton Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... Kangaroos Football Club Logo The North Melbourne Football Club, trading as the Kangaroos Football Club, and informally known as the Shinboners or the Kangaroos plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. ... The Brisbane Bears Football Club was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ... The West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club that is a member of the Australian Football League. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known, and occasionally still referred to, as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ...

Finals

Elimination Finals

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Melbourne Demons 17.9 (111) Collingwood Magpies 13.10 (88) Waverley Park 63,062 Saturday, 9 September

The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... Waverley Park (formerly VFL Park and then AFL Park) was an often controversial football stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Qualifying Final

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Essendon Bombers 24.13 (157) Carlton Blues 11.15 (81) MCG 75,861 Sunday, 10 September

Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Carlton Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful Australian rules football clubs. ... MCG redirects here. ...

Semi Finals

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Hawthorn Hawks 16.16 (114) Essendon Bombers 11.10 (76) Waverley Park 66,003 Saturday, 16 September
Geelong Cats 22.21 (153) Melbourne Demons 12.18 (90) MCG 69,082 Sunday, 17 September

The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... Waverley Park (formerly VFL Park and then AFL Park) was an often controversial football stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... MCG redirects here. ...

Preliminary Final

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Essendon Bombers 10.10 (70) Geelong Cats 24.20 (164) Waverley Park 67,892 Saturday, 23 September

Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... Waverley Park (formerly VFL Park and then AFL Park) was an often controversial football stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

Grand Final

Home team Score Away team Score Venue Attendance Date
Hawthorn Hawks 21.18 (144) Geelong Cats 21.12 (138) MCG 94,796 Saturday, 30 September

The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... MCG redirects here. ...

Awards

The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Paul Couch of Geelong. The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is an annual medal awarded to the fairest and best player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie. ... Paul Couch is a retired Australian Rules Football player. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ...


The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Tim Watson of Essendon. The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. ... Timothy Michael Watson (born July 13, 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club, a coach of the St Kilda Football Club, and now a media personality. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ...


The Coleman Medal was awarded to Jason Dunstall of Hawthorn. The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year. ... Jason Dunstall (born in Brisbane, Queensland on August 14, 1964), is a former Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club of the AFL. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest full-forwards and the greatest Queensland born player of all time. ... The Hawthorn Hawks are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ...


The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Gary Ablett of Geelong. The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in AFL grand final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match. ... For the sons of this AFL football player, see Gary Ablett Jr. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ...


The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Richmond. A wooden spoon is a long-handled spoon, usually used in food preparation, that is made of wood. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ...

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