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

Goals	Player
19	Peter Rennie
18	Luke Beveridge
15	Chris Farrell
12	John Howat
9	Chris Connolly Matthew Mahoney
8	Dean Chiron Warren Dean Matthew Power Todd Viney
6	Bret Bailey Darren Cuthbertson Nik Morey
5	Michael Atkins David Flintoff Ricky Jackson Andy Lovell
4	Darren Bennett Matthew Febey Graham Hawkins Danny Seow Stephen Tingay Graeme Yeats
3	John Ahern Tom Grehan Howard Rod Keogh Glenn Lovett David Putamorsi Peter Rohde
2	Simon Eishold Andrew Ford Anthony Graham Tom Kavanagh Tom Keipert Andrew Peck Brad Sparks Brian Stynes Jay Viney Brian Wilson
1	Doug Koop Anthony Lance Dallas Normington Scott Turner

'Howard' may also be John Howat

Media
Inside Football - 14/06/1989
Age - 14/06/1989