1989 West Coast Eagles season

West Coast Eagles
1989 season
President Neil Hamilton
Coach John Todd
Captain(s) Murray Rance
Home ground Subiaco Oval
WACA Ground
Panasonic Cup Semi-finals
VFL season 11th
Finals series N/A
Best & Fairest Guy McKenna
Leading goalkicker Peter Sumich (90 goals)
Highest home attendance 25,664, against Essendon, rd. 1
Lowest home attendance 13,118, against Sydney, rd. 16
Average home attendance 18,691

The 1989 season was the West Coast Eagles' 3rd season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The Eagles finished 11th out of 14 teams, which was their worst-ever finish at the time.

List

Player changes

In From Out To
Stevan Jackson South Fremantle Ross Glendinning retired
Don Pyke Claremont Michael O'Connell de-listed
Peter Sumich South Fremantle Peter Higgins de-listed
Craig Turley West Perth Wally Matera Fitzroy
Scott Watters South Fremantle Murray Wrensted Collingwood
Todd Breman Subiaco John Gastev Brisbane Bears
Peter Higgins West Coast Eagles[n 1] Alex Ishchenko Brisbane Bears
David Hynes Port Adelaide Kevin Caton Fitzroy
Jeremy Crough South Bendigo Mark Zanotti Brisbane Bears
Scott Williamson Wangaratta
Darren Bartsch West Adelaide[n 2]
Matt Richardson Warracknabeal
Damian Berto St Mary's[n 3]
Andrew Geddes Katunga
Peter Melesso Claremont
  1. ↑ Higgins was de-listed at the end of the 1988 season, but was re-drafted by the Eagles with pick #10 in the 1988 VFL Draft.
  2. ↑ Bartsch was drafted by West Coast, but decided to remain in Adelaide, never joining the club.
  3. ↑ Berto was drafted by West Coast, but decided to remain in the Northern Territory, never joining the club.

Pre-season

Trades

West Coast traded Alex Ishchenko and Mark Zanotti to the Brisbane Bears for selections 2 and 44 in the 1988 VFL Draft.[1]

Draft selections

Pre-draft selections

1: Stevan Jackson
2: Don Pyke
3: Peter Sumich
4: Craig Turley
5: Scott Watters

1988 National draft

2: Todd Breman
10: Peter Higgins (re-drafted)
24: David Hynes
38: Jeremy Crough
44: Scott Williamson
52: Darren Bartsch
66: Matt Richardson
80: Damian Berto
94: Andrew Geddes
108: Peter Melesso

1989 pre-season draft

10: Shane Cable
24: Clinton Browning
38: Shane Ellis
52: Richard Geary

Panasonic Cup

The 1989 Panasonic Cup was played in a knock-out format. Matches were played during the months of February and March, before the regular season started. All matches were held at Waverley Park, in Mulgrave, Victoria. West Coast progressed to the semi-finals of the competition before being eliminated by Melbourne, who went on to win the tournament.

Round Date Score Opponent Opponent's Score Result Venue Attendance
1 Wednesday, 8 February 14.10 (94) St Kilda 10.8 (68) Won by 26 points Waverley Park 10,085
QF Saturday, 25 February 14.5 (89) Hawthorn 13.10 (88) Won by 1 point Waverley Park 9,605
SF Wednesday, 8 March 7.13 (55) Melbourne 6.18 (54) Lost by 1 point Waverley Park 7,185

Regular season

Home team's score listed in bold
Best on ground refers to the player who was awarded three votes in the Brownlow Medal

Round Date Score Opponent Opponent's score Result Venue Attendance Best on ground Team
1 Friday, 31 March 7:40pm 14.12 (96) Essendon 17.10 (112) Lost by 16 points WACA Ground 25,664 Greg Anderson Essendon
2 Sunday, 9 April 2:10pm 11.14 (80) Geelong 26.19 (175) Lost by 95 points Kardinia Park 19,939 Paul Couch Geelong
3 Sunday, 16 April 2:10pm 11.17 (83) Sydney 20.14 (134) Lost by 95 points SCG 11,298 Mark Eustice Sydney
4 Sunday, 23 April 2:10pm '10.12 (72) North Melbourne 18.7 (115) Lost by 43 points SCG 18,546 Peter German North Melbourne
5 Sunday, 30 April 2:10pm 19.11 (125) Brisbane Bears 10.13 (73) Won by 52 points Carrara Stadium 9,694 Dwayne Lamb West Coast
6 Friday, 5 May 7:40pm '12.9 (81) Fitzroy 12.17 (89) Lost by 8 points WACA Ground 21,268 Richard Osborne Fitzroy

Ladder

1989 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Hawthorn (P) 22 19 3 0 2678 1748 153.20 76
2 Essendon 22 17 5 0 2240 1705 131.38 68
3 Geelong 22 16 6 0 2916 1987 146.75 64
4 Melbourne 22 14 8 0 1876 1944 96.50 56
5 Collingwood 22 13 9 0 2216 1964 112.83 52
6 Fitzroy 22 12 10 0 2069 2125 97.36 48
7 Sydney 22 11 11 0 1959 1958 100.05 44
8 Carlton 22 9 12 1 1921 2079 92.40 38
9 North Melbourne 22 9 13 0 2061 2301 89.57 36
10 Brisbane Bears 22 8 14 0 1792 2274 78.80 32
11 West Coast 22 7 15 0 1948 2247 86.69 28
12 St Kilda 22 7 15 0 2108 2502 84.25 28
13 Footscray 22 6 15 1 1614 1855 87.01 26
14 Richmond 22 5 17 0 1725 2434 70.87 20
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Citations

  1. ↑ AFL Record Guide to Season 2007, p. 398

References

  • Lovett, Michael, ed. (2007). AFL Record Guide to Season 2007. AFL Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9758362-7-9.

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