West Coast pipped Hawthorn in the quarter-final but missed out on their first pre-season Grand Final appearance by a solitary point.
Format[]
The knockout night series was played during the pre-season as a precursor to the home-and-away season.
Round 1[]
St Kilda v West Coast
Wed, 8 February 1989
Attendance: 10,085
1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
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St Kilda | 1.1.7 | 4.3.27 | 7.6.48 | 10.8.68 | ||||
West Coast | 6.5.41 | 6.7.43 | 9.7.61 | 14.10.94 |
Goals: Worsfold 3, Keene, Pyke 2, Cormack, Hart, Hutton, Langdon, Lewis, Peos, Waterman
Best: Worsfold, Malaxos, McKenna, Lamb, Pyke, Lewis
Injuries: Nil.
Named sides:
West Coast | St Kilda | ||||||
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B: | Lamb | Lockyer | Miles | B: | Sheldon | Frawley | Freeman |
HB: | Laidley | Rance | McKenna | HB: | Fode | McConville | Cunningham |
C: | Hart | Malaxos | Lewis | C: | D.Christensen | Burns | M.Dwyer |
HF: | Langdon | Sumich | Breman | HF: | Rice | Loewe | Grant |
F: | Scott | Hutton | Cormack | F: | Coghlan | Winmar | Bowey |
R: | Keene | Worsfold | Pyke | R: | Jones | Burke | Gotch |
I: | Caton | Waterman | Peos | I: | Harvey | Handley | Williams |
Brennan | Green | ||||||
E: | E: | Turner | Simpson | Kourkoumelis |
Quarter final[]
Hawthorn v West Coast
Sat, 25 February 1989
Attendance: 9,605
1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
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Hawthorn | 4.2.26 | 9.6.60 | 11.9.75 | 13.10.88 | ||||
West Coast | 5.1.31 | 8.1.49 | 12.2.74 | 14.5.89 |
Goals: Langdon 4, Keene 3, Pyke, Scott 2, Brennan, Sumich, Worsfold
Best: Keene, Langdon, Rance, Pyke
Injuries: Nil
Two late goals by Laurie Keene levelled the scores shortly before time expired. With the match moving to "next score wins", Andrew Lockyer smothered a game-winning attempt by John Platten before Paul Peos found himself in space and put it through for a point.
Named side: Barich, Breman, Brennan, Cormack, Hart, Holmes ,Hutton, Jackson, Keene, Laidley, Lamb, Langdon, Lewis, Mainwaring, Malaxos, Matera, McKenna, Narkle, Peos, Pyke, Rance, Scott, Sumich, Turner, Ugle, Watters, Worsfold
Hawthorn: Anderson, Ayres, Collins, Condon, Curran, G.Dear, P.Dear, Demetriou, Dickson, DiPierdomenico, Dunstall, Gowers, Jencke, Kennedy, Langford, Lawrence, Loveridge, Maginness, Mew, Morris, Morrissey, Platten, Pritchard, Schwab, Tuck, Wittman
Semi final[]
Melbourne v West Coast
Wed, 8 March 1989
Attendance: 7,185
1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
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Melbourne | 1.6.12 | 4.6.30 | 5.11.41 | 7.13.55 | ||||
West Coast | 0.2.2 | 1.14.20 | 2.14.26 | 6.18.54 |
Goals: Barich, Brennan, Hart, Lockyer, Pyke, Worsfold
Best: Barich, Worsfold, Brennan, Sumich, Langdon
Injuries: Nil
A pre-game storm made conditions slippery and West Coast struggled to adapt, wasting numerous chances in front of goal and falling to a 1-point loss.
Named sides:
West Coast | Melbourne | ||||||
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B: | Narkle | Sumich | Miles | B: | Johnson | Hughes | Wight |
HB: | Laidley | Rance | McKenna | HB: | Grinter | Campbell | Rohde |
C: | Mainwaring | Malaxos | Hart | C: | Stretch | Eishold | G.Lovett |
HF: | Breman | Brennan | Langdon | HF: | Bailey | Spalding | Tingay |
F: | Scott | Lockyer | Pyke | F: | Lyon | Bennett | Chiron |
R: | Keene | Worsfold | Cormack | R: | Stynes | Newport | Beveridge |
I: | Ugle | Holmes | Barich | I: | O'Dwyer | Hawkins | Wilson |
Turley | Jackson | ||||||
E: | Hutton | E: | Turner | Ahearn | J.Viney |
Links[]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_National_Panasonic_Cup
http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/national%2Bpanasonic%2Bcup/11/12/1989/advanced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlm9ofgAjkw
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