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
← 1988	1990 →

The 1989 season was the West Coast Eagles' 3rd season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The Eagles finished 11th out of 14 teams, the poorest performance of the club's three seasons to date.

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

↑ 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.
↑ Bartsch was drafted by West Coast, but decided to remain in Adelaide, never joining the club.
↑ 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

2: Don Pyke

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

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

↑ 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.

External links

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[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.

[4] AFL Record Guide to Season 2007, p. 398