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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

Waverley Park

Attendance: 10,085

1/4 time 1/2 time 3/4 time Final
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
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

Waverley Park

Attendance: 9,605

1/4 time 1/2 time 3/4 time Final
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

Waverley Park

Attendance: 7,185

1/4 time 1/2 time 3/4 time Final
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
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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