West Coast's season got off to a rocky start with a narrow loss to Essendon under lights. The Bombers broke the game open in the second term and was able to hold the home side at bay. Phil Scott kicked a bag of seven goals and debutant Don Pyke kicked two from 21 disposals.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 6.4.40 | 7.6.48 | 10.9.69 | 14.12.96 | ||||
| Essendon | 6.4.40 | 11.8.74 | 14.8.92 | 17.10.112 |
Goals: Scott 7, Langdon, Pyke 2, Barich, Breman, Worsfold
Best: Scott, Mainwaring, Pyke, Malaxos, Breman
Injuries: Nil
Milestones: Annear 150th VFL game, Breman VFL debut, Ellis VFL debut, Pyke VFL debut, Sumich VFL debut, Turley VFL debut
Records: Scott equal most goals by WCE player
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Essendon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | 3.Mainwaring | 4.Sumich | 22.Ellis | B: | 44.O'Donnell | 6.A.Daniher | 37.Considine |
| HB: | 7.Turley | 23.Rance | 17.McKenna | HB: | 29.Grenvold | 30.Walsh | 9.Underwood |
| C: | 36.Hart | 8.Malaxos | 38.Barich | C: | 17.Sporn | 32.Watson | 11.Anderson |
| HF: | 20.Peos | 14.Brennan | 11.Breman | HF: | 10.Foulds | 5.T.Daniher | 4.Long |
| F: | 12.Scott | 19.Langdon | 16.Cormack | F: | 3.Salmon | 23.Spencer | 8.Bewick |
| R: | 25.Keene | 24.Worsfold | 1.Pyke | R: | 27.Madden | 13.Williams | 2.Antrobus |
| I: | 2.Annear | 35.Ugle | I: | 43.Tranter | 15.Ezard | ||
| E: | 29.Higgins | 10.Turner | 31.Waterman | E: | 14.Plain | 16.Hamilton | 18.Vander Haar |
Late change: (ESS) Vander Haar for Tranter
New: Todd Breman (Subiaco), Shane Ellis (East Fremantle), Don Pyke (Claremont), Peter Sumich (South Fremantle), Craig Turley (West Perth)
From the papers[]
The Age[]
"The Bombers had to survive a typically spirited last quarter revival from West Coast after opening up a 34-point lead midway through the term. The Eagles then booted four straight goals to get within 10 points of the visitors, but the Bombers, clearly fatigued by the warm conditions, held on grimly.
The issue was finally settled with three minutes remaining when ruckman Simon Madden marked a short pass from Darwin recruit Michael Long and kicked truly from 40 metres out.
It was a game effort by Essendon, which might well have dropped its bundle when West Coast opened at a furious pace in the first 10 minutes, kicking the first five goals of the match and opening a 32-point lead. The visitors could easily have sat back and waited for the return bout at Windy Hill. To their credit, they did not.[1]
References[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1989/051819890331.html
- ↑ Patrick Smithers and Martin Blake, The Age (1 April 1989, p.40), "Battling Dons win a thriller"
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