West Coast lost another heartbreaker, pipped by the Demons at the death despite leading at every change. The recalled John Annear kicked two goals from 26 possessions and Chris Lewis also had a brace from 23 touches.
Summary[]
| 1/4 time | 1/2 time | 3/4 time | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 3.4.22 | 7.13.55 | 9.20.74 | 12.21.93 | ||||
| Melbourne | 1.3.9 | 7.10.52 | 8.12.60 | 13.17.95 |
Goals: Annear, Breman, Jackson, Lewis 2, Miles, Pyke, Turley, Worsfold
Best: Mainwaring, McKenna, Lewis, Miles, O'Connell, Jackson
Injuries: nil
Named sides[]
| West Coast | Melbourne | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B: | Dean Turner | Andrew Lockyer | Geoff Miles | B: | Alan Johnson | Danny Hughes | Sean Wight |
| HB: | Michael Brennan | Murray Rance | Guy McKenna | HB: | Brett Lovett | Jamie Duursma | Garry Lyon |
| C: | Chris Mainwaring | Craig Turley | Chris Waterman | C: | Steven Stretch | Simon Eishold | Steven Febey |
| HF: | Chris Lewis | David O'Connell | John Worsfold | HF: | Graeme Yeats | Earl Spalding | Glenn Lovett |
| F: | Stevan Jackson | Peter Sumich | David Hart | F: | Tom Kavanagh | Darren Bennett | Luke Beveridge |
| R: | Phil Scott | Dwayne Lamb | Scott Watters | R: | Jim Stynes | Stephen Newport | Greg Healy |
| I: | Don Pyke | Brent Hutton | I: | Stephen Tingay | Ricky Jackson | ||
| E: | Todd Breman | Shane Ellis | John Annear | E: | Bret Bailey | Tony Campbell | Rod Grinter |
In: Hart
Out: Langdon (hip)
Late changes: (WCE) Breman, Annear for Rance, Watters; (MEL) Grinter for Healy
From the papers[]
The Age[]
"With their backs to the wall, the Eagles lifted. Todd Breman kicked a long goal and seconds later centre half-back Geoff Miles followed up with another.
Miles, mindful of the seconds ticking away, then sprinted back to guard Melbourne's Danny Hughes. As the ball went forward for the Eagles again, the two of them moved downfield towards it, making up enough position for Miles to take a spectacular mark.
Sixty metres from goal, he played on, only to see Hughes smother his kick. And then the siren sounded."
Canberra Times[]
"Ruckman Jim Styncs dominated the centre bounce-downs and also showed his worth by gathering 18 kicks.
Wingman Steven Stretch lowered hiscolours to Chris Mainwaring in the first half but he came out firing in the second.
His 18-kick second-half performance combined with the superb final quarter by Spalding was the difference.
The Eagles, who led by 14 points at three-quarter-time, were dejected as they left the ficld but they can take heart."
Players in the WAFL[]
Round 7 (20 May)
East Fremantle (Browning, Ellis) v Claremont (Melesso)
Swan Districts (Holmes, Cormack) v South Fremantle (Geary)
East Perth v Subiaco (Langdon)
Perth (Barich, Cable) v West Perth (Laidley)
Links[]
http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1989/111819890521.html
Peter Sweeney, The Age (22 May 1989, p 30), "Demons deal Eagles a terrible treble", retrieved from https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19890522&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
Canberra Times (22 May 1989), "Spalding took control to win": https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122264408/12987717