Almanac Football History – One last tilt at finals football: Fitzroy’s inconsistent 1989

 

1989 was the last season Fitzroy seriously contended for finals football, they won 12 games under rookie coach Rod Austin to finish in sixth position, one game outside the five. There were a number of reasons for this revival after two disappointing seasons in 1987 and 1988.

 

 

Significantly, it was the last time that the Roys’ three A-grade players regularly lined up in the same team: Gary Pert, Paul Roos and Richard Osborne. All had outstanding seasons. Osborne in particular had a highly successful year and averaged more than four goals a game in the 16 matches he played. With a little bit more luck with injury, he would have gone close to a century of goals. His presence was crucial for Fitzroy’s success, and conversely they won only one of the eight matches which he missed entirely or partially due to injury.

 

 

Additionally, the Roys unleashed a number of promising younger players (all in their first or second year of senior football) including Brendon McCormack who, according to coach Austin, would have gone close to winning the Rising Star award if it had then existed [1] Alastair Lynch, David Strooper, Paul Broderick, Jason Baldwin, Darren ‘Doc’ Wheildon, and Duane Rowe. Unfortunately, only Lynch and Broderick really fulfilled their talents.

 

 

Further highlights included the Reserves Premiership which would prove the Roys last ever premiership win, and home and away victories over eventual runner-up Geelong and other finals sides Melbourne and Collingwood.

 

 

However, the season ended on a sour note following the failure of the proposed merger with the Footscray Football Club which Fitzroy President Leon Wiegard believed ‘would have immediately elevated Fitzroy into the top bracket of clubs both financially and in player strength and secured our future forever more’.[2] Whether this optimistic prognosis was reasonable or not, the public campaign by Footscray supporters to retain their club seemed to revitalize the Bulldogs both on and off the field, whereas Fitzroy appeared in contrast to be debilitated by the non-outcome.[3]

 

 

Reserves Premiership

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuvhFN3KWo4

 

Fitzroy      2.4, 7.7, 11.10, 17.12 (114)

Geelong    3.3, 9.5, 15.10, 16.16 (112)

 

Multiple Goalkickers:  Wheildon 4, Marcou 3, Conlan 2, Scott 2, Trewhella 2

 

 

This was a remarkable victory against the odds. The Roys had only finished fifth on the ladder, and had to win three matches just to make the Grand Final. They then trailed by 39 points during the third quarter before making a remarkable comeback capped off by a running goal from Tony Woods. Then Geelong’s Paul Brown missed a sitter from 15 metres out with less than a minute to go. It was a perfect finale for veterans Conlan, Harris, Scott, Thornton, and Graham Osborne. [4]

 

 

Home and Away Series

 

Round 1: 1 April 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJMFXUS8yrA

 

Fitzroy          1.2, 6.7, 13.12, 16.15 (111)

Melbourne    6.3, 11.4, 15.7, 18.8 (116)

 

Best Players: Armstrong (BOG 27 disposals), Osborne, Roos, Broderick, Wynd, Lyon.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Osborne 8, Roos, Broderick 3.

 

The Roys started terribly against the 1988 runners-up, conceding five goals in the first 15 minutes. But they fought back to hit the front for the first time via Richard Osborne’s eighth goal at the 24 minute mark of the last quarter, only to be denied by a last minute snap by Melbourne’s debutant Stephen Tingay. Osborne, who Martin Blake called a ‘richly gifted player’, bagged six goals in the second half (and overall eight goals from 18 disposals and nine marks) to so nearly be a match winner for the Roys. Captain Paul Roos starred at centre half forward with 21 disposals and eight marks.[5]

 

 

Round 2: 8 April 1989

 

Fitzroy                 5.5, 7.7, 13.10, 20.12 (132)

Collingwood         2.1, 8.7, 12.8, 16.11 (107)

 

Best Players: Rendell, Roos (24 disposals and 10 marks), Blakey, Matera, Stephens, Dilena.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Lyon, Roos 4, Osborne, Broderick 3, Matera 2.

 

An impressive victory over highly rated Collingwood. Veteran ruck Rendell (having a career revival after a very disappointing 1988) and captain Roos were dominant, whilst interstate recruits Carl Dilena and Wally Matera sparkled. [6] Fitzroy moved up to seventh on the VFL ladder, and Richard Osborne sat second on the goalkicking behind Tony ‘Plugger’ Lockett.

 

 

Round 3: 15 April 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9cwE-dSmBQ

 

Fitzroy    5.4, 13.6, 15.11, 19.18 (132)

St Kilda   3.3, 9.4, 16.5, 19.8 (122)

 

Best Players: Rendell (BOG 24 disposals and 11 marks), Osborne, Caton, Matera, Roos, Dilena, Lynch.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Osborne 7, Lynch, Matera 3, Dilena 2.

 

The Roys led most of the day at Waverley Park against long-time cellar dwellars St Kilda (albeit they had won their first two games), and eased away in the last quarter despite eight goals from Tony Lockett. Second year player Alastair Lynch positively contributed as a forward, and then replaced Gary Pert at full back late in the third quarter, holding Lockett goalless till the end. Recuits Matera, Dilena and Kevin Caton were impressive. [7] The Roys moved up to sixth place on the VFL ladder, and Osborne remained second on the goalkicking ladder with 18 from three games.

 

 

Round 4: 22 April 1989

 

Fitzroy  1.1, 4.5, 7.5, 11.13 (79)

Sydney  5.7, 8.10, 18.14, 23.15 (153)

 

Best Players: Pert, Clayton, Osborne, Armstrong.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Osborne 6, Caton 2.

 

A disappointing loss at home to seventh placed Sydney. Garry Linnell commented that the Roys were ‘up one week, down the next’, and gaining a reputation for ‘inconsistent and unpredictable football’.[8] Osborne stayed second on the goalkicking ladder.

 

 

Round 5: 29 April 1989

 

Fitzroy    3.2, 7.6, 10.10, 16.17 (113)

Geelong   2.3, 10.7, 15.12, 16.16 (112)

 

Best Players: Clayton, Rendell, Armstrong, Gale, Kappler, Blakey.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Conlan, Osborne 3, Caton, Roos 2.

 

This was a remarkable victory over a talented Geelong team on the rise. Trailing by 32 points at the final change, the Roys stormed home. Rendell dominated the last quarter with multiple hit outs and seven marks, enabling rovers Matera and Dilena to burst away from the centre bounces. Behinds by Roos and Caton secured the win. [9] The victory took the Roys back to seventh on the ladder, and Osborne remained second on the goalkicking tally.

 

 

Round 6: 5 May 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ripmeQCcgiM

 

Fitzroy          4.8, 6.10, 9.14, 12.17 (89)

West Coast    4.1, 7.4, 8.7, 12.9 (81)

 

Best Players: Gale, McGrath (25 disposals and 7 marks), Lynch, Stephens, Armstrong, Wynd, Kappler, Osborne.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Osborne 6

 

An excellent away victory over West Coast in Perth after conceding the first four goals. Missing Roos and Rendell through injury, McGrath battled manfully in the ruck. A desperate late tackle by Lynch created a goal for Wynd that sealed the game. [10] Osborne remained second on the goalkicking ladder.

 

 

Round 7: 13 May 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGnirmc4JYw

 

Fitzroy        4.0, 8.3, 9.5, 13.6 (84)

Hawthorn   4.3, 8.7, 17.12, 25.15 (165)

 

Best Players: Armstrong, McGrath (17 disposals and nine marks), Edwards, McCormack.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: McGrath 3, Caton, Lyon, Matera, Osborne 2.

 

The Roys played a brilliant first half to stay close to top of the ladder Hawthorn. But in the second half they were blown away by an outstandingly skilled team well on their way to a second premiership in a row. [11] Watch out on the highlights package for fine marks by Ross Lyon and Kevin Caton. The Roys dropped to eighth on the ladder, whilst Osborne sat third on the goalkicking behind Lockett and Dunstall.

 

 

Round 8: 20 May 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8o_NwWgJmg

 

Fitzroy         1.2, 5.8, 6.9, 9.9 (63)

Footscray    1.5, 2.5, 6.10, 8.16 (64)

 

Best Players: Wynd, Pert, Caton, Blakey, Roos, Stephens.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Scott 3, Lyon 2.

 

A disappointing narrow away loss to the tenth placed Bulldogs. [12] Osborne went off injured in the first quarter after only two disposals and no goals, but remained equal third on the goalkicking ladder with 35 from eight games.

 

 

Round 9: 27 May 1989

 

Fitzroy  3.4, 4.8, 14.11, 18.14 (122)

Carlton  5.4, 15.7, 19.9, 24.15 (159)

 

Best Players: Gale (27 disposals and 12 marks), Wynd, McCormack, Armstrong, Scott, Kappler, McGrath.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Scott 6, Roos, Armstrong, Kappler, Wheildon 2.

 

A third loss in a row, this time to bottom of the ladder Carlton. The Roys had an awful first half, but rammed home 10 goals in the third quarter (including four to Mark Scott), and got within 15 points in the last stanza  before Carlton steadied. [13] The talented but wayward Darren Wheildon made his debut (with five dispoals and two goals) after starting the season in the Thirds and then booting nine goals in his first game with the Reserves.[14] Osborne missed due to injury, and dropped to fourth on the goalkicking table.

 

 

Round 10: 3 June 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw11pA4IghY

 

Fitzroy        5.1, 6.6, 9.8, 10.9 (69)

Essendon    2.4, 8.8, 10.10, 18.14 (122)

 

Best Players: Lyon (27 disposals), Rendell, Wynd, McCormack, McGrath, Pert, Thornton, Scott

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Scott 5.

 

Journeyman Mark Scott kicked the first three goals of the game, acting as what Patrick Smithers described as ‘a one-man forward line’. The Roys were competitive for three quarters away to second placed Essendon, but ran out of puff in the end.[15] Osborne was absent again, and fell to sixth on the goalkicking ladder.

 

 

Round 11: 10 June 1989

 

Fitzroy                   0.4, 0.4, 1.6, 1.8 (14)

North Melbourne    0.6, 1.10, 4.12, 6.13 (49)

 

Best Players: Pert, Stephens, Lyon, Graham Osborne, Blakey, Rendell.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: None.

 

On a day of heavy rain and strong winds, Mark Scott scored the Roys’ only goal in the third quarter.[16] The loss to North Melbourne (and fifth in a row) dropped the Roys to eleventh on the ladder. Richard Osborne missed his third game in a row, but stayed sixth on the goalkicking ladder.

 

 

Round 12: 18 June 1989

 

Fitzroy        3.1, 9.4, 16.9, 19.14 (128)

Brisbane     6.2, 12.5, 16.6, 18.6 (114)

 

Best Players: Armstrong (36 disposals), Wheildon, Wynd, Kappler, Conlan, Roos, Rendell (19 disposals and 13 marks).

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Wheildon 7, Conlan 5, Armstrong 3.

 

The Roys finally turned the corner, coming from five goals down halfway through the third quarter away to second bottom Brisbane. 18-year-old Wheildon starred with seven goals in only his third senior game. [17] The badly needed victory left the Roys ninth on the ladder, but a hefty three games and percentage outside the five. Richard Osborne missed his fourth game in a row with injury, but stayed sixth on the goalkicking ladder.

 

 

Round 13: 24 June 1989

 

Fitzroy         1.1, 4.2, 10.3, 15.5 (95)

Richmond    3.7, 4.9, 6.11, 9.13 (67)

 

Best Players: Wynd, Roos (22 disposals, nine marks and four goals), Graham Osborne, Matera, Rendell.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Richard Osborne, Roos 4, Conlan 3, Matera 2.

 

After a slow start, the Roys easily accounted for tenth placed Richmond at Waverley Park. Gary Linnell was less than impressed, arguing that Fitzroy ‘bumbled its way against inferior opposition to turn another match into heavy going’. [18] ‘Ossie’ kicked four on his return from injury, and stayed sixth on the goalkicking ladder with 39 goals.

 

 

Round 14: 8 July 1989

 

Fitzroy        2.1, 4.3, 4.3, 8.10 (58)

Geelong      0.6, 1.7, 8,12, 11.16 (82)

 

Best Players: Broderick (28 disposals), Roos (22 disposals and seven marks), Bourke, Pert, McCormack, Armstrong.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Osborne, 3, Conlan, Wheildon 2.

 

Fitzroy played an outstanding first half against second placed Geelong. But their perennial inconsistency returned after half time, and they were overrun by the home side.[19] Osborne jumped to fifth on the goalkicking with 42 majors.

 

 

Round 15: 15 July 1989

 

Fitzroy        5.7, 6.10, 9.18, 12.20 (92)

St Kilda      4.3, 6.4, 9.6, 13.8 (86)

 

Best Players: Bourke (28 disposals), Clayton, Matera, Armstrong, Wynd, McCormack, Stephens.

 

Multiple goalkickers: Lynch 3, Bourke, Matera, Osborne 2.

 

A struggling win at home over tenth placed St Kilda. The most dominant player for Fitzroy was young winger Peter Bourke who ‘shredded a handful of opponents, and was an attacking force the Saints could not counter’.[20] The victory took the Roys to seventh on the ladder. Osborne jumped to 44 goals, and equal fourth on the goalkicking ladder.

 

 

Round 16: 23 July 1989

 

Fitzroy                  6.5, 10.7, 14.9, 16.11 (107)

North Melbourne   1.4, 5.5, 6.11, 8.18 (66)

 

Best Players: Roos (19 disposals and 12 marks), Gale, Stephens, Lynch, McCormack, Baldwin, Wynd.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Lynch 6, Matera 4, Roos 3.

 

An impressive all the way win over sixth placed North Melbourne at the MCG. Paul Roos dominated, and young Alastair Lynch took arguably the mark of the year, ‘sitting on a pack of four players, as if it were a sofa, to take a screamer’. [21] The victory left the Roys only one game and percentage outside the five, leaving some commentators to tag them as the main challenge to fifth placed Collingwood.[22] Osborne was held goalless, but stayed equal fourth on the goalkicking table.

 

 

Round 17: 28 July 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygm-NOYP8y4

 

Fitzroy         4.2, 8.6, 13.10, 18.15 (123)

Richmond    2.3, 3.5, 5.10, 6.15 (51)

 

Best Players: Rendell (23 disposals and 13 hitouts), Pert, Lynch, Baldwin (30 disposals), Harris, Blakey, Wynd.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Osborne 7, Lynch 3, Roos, Strooper 2.

 

The Roys won easily over twelfth placed Richmond on a shifting sandy surface at the MCG. Patrick Smithers praised their ‘belated charge’ for finals, commenting that they ‘revealed a potent and delicately balanced side, that should it sneak into fifth spot, could be expected to cause a few headaches for several of the competition’s more established powers’.[23] Fitzroy remained in sixth spot, one game and percentage behind Collingwood.

 

 

Round 18: 5 August 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqpzQtx6-F4

 

Fitzroy        2.1, 6.5, 16.7, 23.13 (151)

Melbourne   3.8, 10.8, 13.11, 15.13 (103)

 

Best Players: Roos (25 disposals, 11 marks and four goals), Osborne, Armstrong, Rowe, McCormack, Pert, Lynch, Broderick.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Osborne 11, Roos, Lynch 4, Strooper 2.

 

In an amazing comeback, the Roys overcame a 33 point deficit in the third quarter to easily beat third placed Melbourne. ‘Ossie’ dobbed a remarkable 11 goals (including six in the third quarter alone) beating four opponents in a career best performance at Fitzroy. That made it 19 in his two games against Melbourne that season. According to Steve Waldon, ‘The blond spearhead showed few signs of a troublesome ankle injury as he led to open spaces and kicked accurately from many angles and distances’. [24]

 

 

Round 19: 12 August 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R-TX3zQSEk

 

Fitzroy         1.1, 3.3, 6.4, 11.6 (72)

West Coast   1.1, 3.4, 5.8, 5.10 (40)

 

Best Players: Stephens, Roos (22 disposals and seven marks), Armstrong (29 disposals), Pert, Osborne, Bourke, Harris, Wynd.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Osborne 5, Kappler 3, Strooper 2.

 

The Roys trailed twelfth placed West Coast by nine points halfway through the third quarter on a very muddy ground, but kicked the final seven goals to win comfortably in front of a small home crowd. The move of Alastair Lynch into the ruck in the third quarter (in the absence of injured Matt Rendell) helped turn the game. [25] The victory moved Fitzroy into the five for the first time for the year dislodging Collingwood.

 

 

Round 20: 19 August 1989

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmfywPWk5Rk

 

 

Fitzroy                  1.1, 3.5, 4.8, 10.11 (71)

Collingwood         4.7, 7.10, 10.17, 14.20 (104)

 

Best Players: Kappler, Pert, Armstrong, Baldwin, Lyon, Gale.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Gale 3, Roos 2.

 

It was the match of the day in front of 42,000 people at Waverley Park. Fitzroy was confident, they had won seven out of the last eight, whereas Collingwood had lost five of out their last six. The Roys had also beaten the Pies easily in Round 2. But the day was a disaster. Collingwood led all day to end our finals hopes,[26] and champion forward Richard Osborne injured his knee and would not play again until Round 14 of 1990 when he returned with three goals.

 

 

Round 21: 26 August 1989

 

Fitzroy        3.1, 4.3, 4.5, 10.8 (68)

Brisbane     2.3, 6.5, 12.8, 12.9 (81)

 

Best Players: Roos, Matera, Wynd, Armstrong, Rendell.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Broderick, Lynch, Roos, Strooper 2.

 

It quickly became apparent that no Osborne meant no Fitzroy. The Roys were embarrassed by the second bottom Brisbane Bears in front of a tiny crowd at Waverley Park. [27]

 

 

 

Round 22: 2 September 1989

 

Fitzroy        4.4, 6.9, 8.13, 13.18 (96)

Footscray    4.1, 6.3, 10.5, 12.9 (81)

 

Best Players: Roos (29 disposals and 17 marks), Stephens, Rendell, Pert, McCormack, Armstrong, Blakey.

 

Multiple Goalkickers: Lynch 3, Roos, Armstrong, Broderick 2.

 

The Roys completed a lacklustre victory over second bottom (and potential merger partner) Footscray at home. They finished the season in sixth spot with 12 wins, one victory and percentage behind fifth placed Collingwood.

 

 

 

Top Ten Best and Fairest

 

Gary Pert 160

Brett Stephens 158

Paul Roos 131

Matthew Rendell 113

Jim Wynd 83

Brendon McCormack 81

John Blakey 70

Jason Baldwin 64

Richard Osborne 59

Scott Clayton 47

 

Brownlow Votes

 

9: Matthew Armstrong, Richard Osborne

8: Paul Roos

7: Brett Stephens

4: Wally Matera, Gary Pert, Matt Rendell

3: John Blakey, Peter Bourke, Michael Gale, Jim Wynd

2: Darren Kappler

1: Alastair Lynch

 

Top Ten Goalkickers

 

Richard Osborne 68

Paul Roos 36

Alastair Lynch 26

Wally Matera 22

Paul Broderick 16

Mark Scott 16

Michael Conlan 14

Ross Lyon 13

Darren Wheildon 12

Matthew Armstrong 11

 

 

Conclusion

 

At the end of the 1989 season, first year coach Rod Austin bravely declared that ‘the 1989 season must be regarded as a stepping stone into the 1990s. Under the new AFL banner, Fitzroy has to take the next step and meet the top teams in the finals’.[28]

 

 

Unfortunately, this was not to be. Given Richard Osborne’s absence for much of the 1990 season as a result of his horrific knee injury, the Lions were always going to struggle to kick goals as a result of their enormous reliance on Osborne up front. But the concurrent retirement or delisting of seven experienced players also hurt the Roys: Mick Conlan, Ross Thornton, Mark Scott, Leon Harris, Graham Osborne, Tim Pekin and Craig McGrath. None of the seven had been significant contributors during 1989, but their mass departure cost the club significant experience and depth. The Roys would only win 11 out of 44 games over the next two years.

 

There was fortunately a minor revival in the seasons of 1992 and 1993, which remains a story for another time.

 

 

 

[1] Russell Holmesby (2020) The Death of Fitzroy. Hardie Grant Books. Melbourne, p.104.

[2] Fitzroy Football Club 106^th Annual Report and Balance Sheet (1989), provided courtesy of Pete Carter.

[3] Holmesby, Ibid, pp.108-112.

[4] Pete Carter (2020) Fitzroy’s Fabulous Century: The 100 Greatest Victories 1897-1996. Mr Smudge Books. Fremantle, pp.155-157; Robert Shaw (2004) Heart & Soul: A tribute to the game and its people. Bas Publishing. Melbourne, pp.285-86.

Holmesby, Ibid, pp.106-07.

[5] Martin Blake (1989) ‘Newcomer wins game for Demons with his first kick in VFL’, The Age, 3 April, p.32

[6] Rohan Connolly (1989) ‘Fluctuating fortunes for Magpie full-forward’, The Age, 10 April, p.30.

[7] Martin Blake (1989) ‘Lockett still an ace, but Lions hold the trumps’, The Age, 17 April, p.32. See also Holmesby, Ibid, p.102.

[8] Gary Linnell (1989) ‘Slick Swans stamp lacklustre Lions’, The Age, 24 April, p.26.

[9] Rohan Connolly (1989) ‘Lions run down same old Cats’, The Age, 1 May, p.30; Carter, Ibid, pp.203-05.

[10] Patrick Smithers (1989) ‘Roys by eight points’, The Age, 6 May, p.44.

[11] Steve Waldon (1989) ‘Hawks show they’re not content with merely winning’, The Age, 15 May, p.30.

[12] Garry Linnell (1989) ‘The old and the young pull it off for Footscray’, The Age, 22 May, p.30.

[13] Patrick Smithers (1989) ‘Blues form slowly changing for the better’, The Age,

[14] Shaw, Ibid, pp.283-84.

[15] Patrick Smithers (1989) ‘Stand-in-Scott plugs a hole until the dam wall bursts’, The Age, 5 June, p.40.

[16] Mark Brolly (1989) ‘North’s Tasmanian at home in the mud’, The Age, 12 June, p.24.

[17] Len Johnson (1989) ‘Relentless Lions rewarded for staying on Bears trail’, The Age, 19 June, p.36.

[18] Garry Linnell (1989) ‘Stop start Lions fail to impress’, The Age, 26 June, p.30.

[19] Garry Linnell (1989) ‘Cats triumph over Fitzroy, the wind and their own lethargy’, The Age, 10 July, p.34.

[20] Penny Crisp (1989) ‘Defeat puts seal on a bad week for Baldock’, The Age, 17 July, p.30.

[21] Patrick Smithers (1989) ‘Lions overrun sorry North for a whiff of a finals berth’, The Age, 24 July, p.30.

[22] Ron Carter (1989) ‘Lions ready to pounce on Magpies’, The Age, 24 July, p.29.

[23] Patrick Smithers (1989) ‘Lions set up finals berth with big win’, The Age, 29 July, p.42.

[24] Steve Waldon (1989) ‘Lions give Demons a start then rout them’, The Age, 7 August, p.32. See also Pete Carter, Ibid, pp.249-251.

[25] Len Johnson (1989) ‘Roys fight back to stay in race for finals’, The Age, 14 August, p.28.

[26] See short report by Rohan Connolly, The Age, 21 August, p.36.

[27] See short report by Patrick Smithers, The Age, 28 August, p.32.

[28] Fitzroy Football Club 106^th Annual Report and Balance Sheet (1989), provided courtesy of Pete Carter.

 

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