1989 Exhibition Match vs Geelong | Demonwiki (original) (raw)

Thursday 12 October, <1989>
Skydome, Toronto
Crowd: 24,639

Melbourne 14.19.103
Geelong 13.12.90

Melbourne win by 13 points

Goalkickers: Darren Bennett 7, Unknown 7

In the second year of international matches being played in Canada, Melbourne won their first game in Toronto. arrived two weeks after a heartbreaking Grand Final defeat, but had beaten the Demons in their finals match.

To cope with the Astroturf surface, players covered themselves in grease, and wore both knee and elbow pads. Each team had 15 players due to the reduced dimensions of the stadium, with four 25 minute quarters.

Melbourne's win earned them the right to play against Essendon in the competition's final in London a week later.

Scott Turner suffered a back injury after falling heavily on the Astroturf surface.

Video

Media
Toronto Star - 21/09/1989
Toronto Star - 12/10/1989
Toronto Star - 13/10/1989
Age - 17/07/1994

Links
Program image courtesy of grandoldflag.net