Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne Football Club

Known as
Melbourne

Nickname
Demons (formerly Red Legs, Fuchsias)

Formed
1858

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Casey; Melbourne WFC; Melbourne Reserves; Casey WFC; Melbourne U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
M.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2021 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1900, 1926, 1939-40-41, 1948, 1955-56-57, 1959-60, 1964 (12 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series: 1971, 1987, 1989 (3 total); McClelland Trophy 1955-6, 1958, 1990, 2021 (5 total)

Most Games
306 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

Most Goals
631 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

League Top Goalkickers
V.Coutie (39) 1904; H.Brereton (56) 1912; N.Smith (89) 1941; F.Fanning (67) 1944, (67) 1945 & (97) 1947; D.Neitz (82) 2002 (5 winners/7 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Ivor Warne-Smith 1926 & 1928; Don Cordner 1946; Brian Wilson 1982; Peter Moore 1984; Jim Stynes 1991; Shane Woewodin 2000 (6 medallists/7 medals)

Headquarters
Great Southern Stand (MCG), East Melbourne, VIC 3002

Postal Address
PO Box 254, East Melbourne, VIC 8002

Phone: (03) 9652 1111

Email
[email protected]

Website
melbournefc.com.au

Melbourne

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."

Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured

1989 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1989 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1989-04-01 1	H	Melbourne	6.3	11.4	15.7	18.8	116	WON	Fitzroy	1.2	6.7	13.12	16.15	111	5	MCG	1989-04-01 Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-04-08 2	A	Melbourne	2.3	4.7	4.11	9.14	68	LOST	Essendon	4.2	8.5	13.9	14.10	94	-26	WIN	1989-04-08 Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-04-15 3	A	Melbourne	3.4	9.6	13.10	18.14	122	WON	Richmond	0.3	1.6	6.8	8.13	61	61	MCG	1989-04-15 Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-04-21 4	H	Melbourne	2.3	4.8	8.8	11.13	79	WON	Brisbane	3.5	4.7	5.10	7.11	53	26	MCG	1989-04-21 Apr 21 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1989-04-29 5	H	Melbourne	2.4	5.11	8.15	11.16	82	WON	Footscray	5.7	5.8	7.8	10.11	71	11	MCG	1989-04-29 Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-05-06 6	H	Melbourne	2.1	6.4	7.5	9.10	64	LOST	Collingwood	2.6	5.10	12.13	18.16	124	-60	MCG	1989-05-06 May 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-05-13 7	H	Melbourne	5.7	7.8	11.11	12.14	86	WON	Carlton	1.0	4.5	7.10	11.14	80	6	MCG	1989-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-05-21 8	A	Melbourne	1.3	7.10	8.12	13.17	95	WON	West Coast	3.4	7.13	9.20	12.21	93	2	SUB	1989-05-21 May 21 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-05-28 9	A	Melbourne	1.5	1.11	3.14	6.16	52	WON	Sydney	2.2	2.4	5.5	6.7	43	9	SCG	1989-05-28 May 28 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-06-02 10	A	Melbourne	4.5	5.8	12.11	16.17	113	WON	North Melbourne	3.3	5.7	8.10	12.11	83	30	MCG	1989-06-02 Jun 2 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1989-06-12 11	A	Melbourne	3.1	6.4	9.6	10.9	69	WON	Hawthorn	2.2	4.3	8.5	8.6	54	15	PRI	1989-06-12 Jun 12 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1989-06-17 12	H	Melbourne	0.2	1.5	1.7	2.8	20	LOST	Geelong	1.3	5.4	11.8	13.11	89	-69	MCG	1989-06-17 Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-06-24 13	A	Melbourne	5.1	6.2	8.4	10.4	64	WON	St. Kilda	2.0	4.5	6.6	8.8	56	8	MOO	1989-06-24 Jun 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-07-09 14	A	Melbourne	5.4	11.7	14.7	17.11	113	WON	Brisbane	2.3	4.6	8.12	14.15	99	14	CRR	1989-07-09 Jul 9 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-07-15 15	H	Melbourne	3.6	8.8	13.11	17.15	117	WON	North Melbourne	4.3	6.8	8.11	11.15	81	36	MCG	1989-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-07-22 16	A	Melbourne	3.4	8.5	14.9	16.16	112	WON	Geelong	4.1	10.3	13.4	17.7	109	3	VFL	1989-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-07-29 17	A	Melbourne	0.6	3.10	5.18	10.19	79	LOST	Carlton	6.5	8.8	11.13	15.16	106	-27	PRI	1989-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-08-05 18	A	Melbourne	3.8	10.8	13.11	15.13	103	LOST	Fitzroy	2.1	6.5	16.7	23.13	151	-48	PRI	1989-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-08-12 19	H	Melbourne	0.3	1.5	6.8	9.9	63	LOST	Hawthorn	3.2	6.9	8.11	12.15	87	-24	VFL	1989-08-12 Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-08-19 20	H	Melbourne	2.3	5.6	9.9	14.14	98	WON	Sydney	2.4	5.10	8.13	12.15	87	11	MCG	1989-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-08-26 21	H	Melbourne	4.2	5.3	8.6	10.12	72	LOST	St. Kilda	7.5	9.7	13.8	16.8	104	-32	MCG	1989-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-09-02 22	H	Melbourne	4.4	7.7	9.10	13.11	89	LOST	Essendon	4.1	9.4	13.9	16.12	108	-19	MCG	1989-09-02 Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-09-09 EF	H	Melbourne	2.1	5.4	14.6	17.9	111	WON	Collingwood	3.2	6.7	10.7	13.10	88	23	VFL	1989-09-09 Sep 9 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1989-09-17 1SF	H	Melbourne	1.5	3.11	8.16	12.18	90	LOST	Geelong	3.3	8.8	12.11	22.21	153	-63	MCG	1989-09-17 Sep 17 (Sun, 2:30)	Scores

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1989 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Ahern, John	2	9	4.5	3	1.5	12	6.0	6	3.0	0	0.0	1	0.5	1	3	0	0.0	0	0
Bailey, Bret	9	52	5.8	25	2.8	77	8.6	11	1.2	1	0.1	5	0.6	10	10	3	0.3	4	22
Bennett, Darren	13	90	6.9	27	2.1	117	9.0	69	5.3	19	1.5	6	0.5	9	20	34	2.6	30	234
Beveridge, Luke	12	77	6.4	47	3.9	124	10.3	16	1.3	0	0.0	9	0.8	13	6	7	0.6	4	46
Campbell, Tony	14	107	7.6	31	2.2	138	9.9	35	2.5	2	0.1	15	1.1	9	22	11	0.8	5	71
Chiron, Dean	2	8	4.0	3	1.5	11	5.5	2	1.0	0	0.0	1	0.5	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Connolly, Chris	10	101	10.1	45	4.5	146	14.6	39	3.9	0	0.0	13	1.3	13	8	4	0.4	3	27
Dean, Warren	6	54	9.0	19	3.2	73	12.2	20	3.3	0	0.0	9	1.5	6	5	5	0.8	5	35
Duursma, Jamie	20	150	7.5	112	5.6	262	13.1	52	2.6	7	0.4	21	1.1	33	27	0	0.0	2	2
Eishold, Simon	16	153	9.6	71	4.4	224	14.0	55	3.4	2	0.1	33	2.1	24	25	7	0.4	7	49
Febey, Steven	20	252	12.6	86	4.3	338	16.9	73	3.7	2	0.1	26	1.3	35	19	3	0.2	1	19
Flintoff, David	12	131	10.9	106	8.8	237	19.8	35	2.9	1	0.1	23	1.9	17	22	10	0.8	15	75
Grinter, Rod	19	160	8.4	74	3.9	234	12.3	47	2.5	0	0.0	22	1.2	24	25	4	0.2	4	28
Healy, Greg	21	311	14.8	177	8.4	488	23.2	90	4.3	2	0.1	29	1.4	39	50	24	1.1	22	166
Howat, John	5	28	5.6	8	1.6	36	7.2	11	2.2	3	0.6	5	1.0	3	7	4	0.8	4	28
Hughes, Danny	19	123	6.5	39	2.1	162	8.5	35	1.8	15	0.8	15	0.8	20	30	4	0.2	3	27
Jackson, Ricky	18	165	9.2	78	4.3	243	13.5	29	1.6	0	0.0	9	0.5	21	12	15	0.8	15	105
Johnson, Alan	20	314	15.7	47	2.4	361	18.1	77	3.9	2	0.1	23	1.2	44	9	4	0.2	11	35
Kavanagh, Tom	2	16	8.0	2	1.0	18	9.0	7	3.5	0	0.0	2	1.0	1	4	1	0.5	0	6
Lovell, Andy	1	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Lovett, Brett	24	282	11.8	206	8.6	488	20.3	111	4.6	2	0.1	39	1.6	35	21	1	0.0	2	8
Lovett, Glenn	5	40	8.0	8	1.6	48	9.6	7	1.4	0	0.0	5	1.0	8	6	0	0.0	2	2
Lyon, Garry	15	230	15.3	57	3.8	287	19.1	89	5.9	11	0.7	18	1.2	34	26	20	1.3	12	132
Newport, Stephen	20	296	14.8	118	5.9	414	20.7	75	3.8	19	1.0	21	1.1	44	30	15	0.8	13	103
O'Dwyer, Steven	17	118	6.9	47	2.8	165	9.7	76	4.5	227	13.4	9	0.5	34	33	6	0.4	5	41
Rohde, Peter	14	152	10.9	65	4.6	217	15.5	48	3.4	2	0.1	30	2.1	10	18	4	0.3	3	27
Seow, Dannie	5	37	7.4	15	3.0	52	10.4	19	3.8	0	0.0	6	1.2	7	16	2	0.4	1	13
Spalding, Earl	19	190	10.0	97	5.1	287	15.1	103	5.4	23	1.2	16	0.8	29	38	19	1.0	22	136
Stretch, Steven	22	355	16.1	74	3.4	429	19.5	85	3.9	6	0.3	24	1.1	45	30	11	0.5	5	71
Stynes, Jim	24	327	13.6	112	4.7	439	18.3	119	5.0	254	10.6	26	1.1	67	50	17	0.7	14	116
Tingay, Stephen	12	82	6.8	29	2.4	111	9.3	16	1.3	0	0.0	19	1.6	12	14	5	0.4	2	32
Viney, Todd	9	90	10.0	49	5.4	139	15.4	39	4.3	0	0.0	11	1.2	4	9	6	0.7	4	40
Wight, Sean	19	173	9.1	46	2.4	219	11.5	68	3.6	17	0.9	11	0.6	19	18	15	0.8	13	103
Wilson, Brian	18	192	10.7	160	8.9	352	19.6	86	4.8	4	0.2	15	0.8	25	26	26	1.4	7	163
Yeats, Graeme	16	174	10.9	57	3.6	231	14.4	46	2.9	0	0.0	16	1.0	27	19	8	0.5	11	59