Best and Fairest - Luke Beveridge
Players (included)
Ahern, Atkins, Bailey, Bennett, Beveridge, Bourke, Campbell, Chiron, Connolly, Cuthbertson, Dean, Farrell, Flintoff, Ford, M. Febey, Graham, Hawkins, Kavanagh, Keogh, Koop, Lovell, G. Lovett, Mahoney, Marshall, Morey, Peck, Power, Rennie, Rohde, Schwarz, Seow, B. Stynes, Turner, J. Viney, T. Viney, Wilson
Round 1
Fitzroy 20.18.138 d. Melbourne 9.14.68
Goals - Howat 2, M.Febey 1, J.Viney 1, Chiron 1, Normington 1, Ford 1, Mahoney 1, Beveridge 1
Best - S. Febey, J. Viney, Duursma
Round 2
Essendon 20.16.135 d. Melbourne 11.16.82
Goals - Howard 3, M.Febey 1, Keogh 1, Flintoff 1, Rennie 1, Sparks 1, Beveridge 1, Hawkins 1, Turner 1
Best - Kavanagh, Normington, Peck
Round 3
Richmond 13.16.94 d. Melbourne 8.13.61
Goals - Rennie 3, G. Lovett 1, J. Viney 1, Atkins 1, Sparks 1, Beveridge 1
Best - Kavanagh, Graham, Koop
Round 4
Brisbane 19.14.128 d. Melbourne 10.12.72
Goals: T. Viney 2, Atkins 2, Keipert 2, G. Lovett 1, Dean 1, Rennie 1, Tingay 1
Best: T. Viney, Tingay, G. Lovett
Round 5
Footscray 20.14.134 d. Melbourne 8.11.77
Goals - Dean 2, Yeats 1, Rennie 1, Ahern 1, Beveridge 1
Best - Howat, Yeats, Peck
Round 6
Melbourne 17.11.113 d Collingwood 10.8.68
Goals: Beveridge 5, Howat 4, Yeats 2, Morey 2, Eishold 1, Keogh 1, Mahoney 1, Tingay 1
Best: Team effort
Round 7
Carlton 22.12.144 d. Melbourne 16.17.113
Goals - Farrell 4, Dean 2, Atkins 2, Wilson 1, Connolly 1, Bailey 1, Chiron 1, Keogh 1, Ahern 1, Howat 1, Morey 1
Best - Bailey, Chiron, Graham
Round 8
BYE
Round 9
Sydney Swans 16.17.113 d Melbourne 12.17.89
Goals: Cuthbertson 4, Chiron 2, Rennie 2, M. Febey 1, Connolly 1, Morey 1, Rohde 1
Best: Campbell, Chiron, Wilson
Round 10
North Melbourne 25.16.166 d. Melbourne 11.19.85
Goals - Mahoney 3, Farrell 3, Rohde 2, Connelly 1, Cuthbertson 1, Peck 1
Best - Campbell, Kavanagh, M. Febey
Round 11
Melbourne 9.13.67 d. Hawthorn 8.7.55
Goals - Farrell 3, Morey 2, Wilson 1, M. Febey 1, Connolly 1, Rennie 1
Best - Turner, Rohde, Wilson
Round 12
Geelong 14.9.93 d. Melbourne 9.11.65
Goals - Dean 2, Yeats 1, Kavanagh 1, Connolly 1, Bailey 1, Farrell 1, Flintoff 1, Ahern 1
Best - Yeats, Bourke, Rohde
Round 13
BYE (a practice match was played vs St Kilda)
Round 14
Melbourne 20.14.124 d. Brisbane 14.8.92
Goals - T. Viney 4, Bennett 3, Flintoff 3, Beveridge 3, Hawkins 2, Bailey 2, Lovell 1, Farrell 1, Mahoney 1
Best - T. Viney, Connolly, Bailey
Round 15
North Melbourne 17.14.116 d. Melbourne 9.4.58
Goals - Farrell 3, T. Viney 2, Connolly 2, Mahoney 1, Beveridge 1, Howat 1
Best - Rohde, Campbell, T. Viney
Round 16
Geelong 30.13.193 d. Melbourne 8.17.65
Goals - Kavanagh 1, Lovell 1, Connolly 1, Rennie 1, Beveridge 1, Howat 1, Tingay 1, Power 1
Best - Rohde, Power, Mahoney
Round 17
Carlton 22.17.149 d. Melbourne 15.10.100
Goals - Rennie 6, Power 2, G. Lovett 1, Connolly 1, Peck 1, Koop 1, Howat 1, Tingay 1, Graham 1
Best - Mahoney, Rennie, Bourke
Reports - Graham (abusive language)
Round 18
Fitzroy 16.19.115 d. Melbourne 6.16.52
Goals - Putamorsi 2, Rennie 1, Power 1, Eishold 1, Cuthbertson 1
Best - Lovett, Eishold, Viney
Round 19
Hawthorn 10.13.73 d. Melbourne 5.11.41
Goals - Howat 2, Ford 1, Power 1, Putamorsi 1
Best - Lovell, Bailey, Ford
Round 20
Sydney Swans 19.14.128 d Melbourne 8.6.54
Goals: Chiron 2, Grehan 2, Lance 1, Lovell 1, Mahoney 1, Rennie 1.
Best: J. Viney, Lovell, Rennie
Round 21
Melbourne 24.16.160 d. St Kilda 14.10.94
Goals - Jackson 5, Beveridge 4, Power 3, Seow 3, Bailey 2, Chiron 2, Dean 1, Graham 1, Hawkins 1, Mahoney 1, B. Stynes 1
Best - Beveridge, Bailey, Chiron
Round 22
Essendon 11.12.78 d. Melbourne 9.11.65
Goals - Lovell 2, Rennie 1, Seow 1, Bennett 1, Grehan 1, B. Stynes 1
Best - Rennie, Howat, Lovell
Ladder
W | D | L | % | P
| |
| Carlton | 16 | 0 | 4 | 129.8 | 64 |
| Geelong | 15 | 0 | 5 | 154.4 | 60 |
| Essendon | 15 | 0 | 5 | 125.0 | 60 |
| Footscray | 13 | 0 | 7 | 136.4 | 52 |
| Fitzroy | 13 | 0 | 7 | 123.8 | 52 |
| North Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 8 | 119.1 | 48 |
| Collingwood | 11 | 0 | 9 | 115.8 | 44 |
| Hawthorn | 9 | 1 | 10 | 92.7 | 38 |
| Sydney | 9 | 0 | 11 | 92.2 | 36 |
| Richmond | 7 | 0 | 13 | 66.3 | 28 |
| Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 16 | 68.5 | 16 |
| Brisbane | 3 | 0 | 17 | 75.7 | 12 |
| St Kilda | 1 | 1 | 18 | 61.1 | 6 |
Goalkickers
'Howard' may also be John Howat
Media
Inside Football - 14/06/1989
Age - 14/06/1989