1988 VFL Season Elimination Final: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 1988 between West Coast and Melbourne in the elimination final of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. West Coast hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Ross Glendinning captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Todd and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

West Coast (10.11.71) were defeated by Melbourne (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 September 1988
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 43,438

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.11.71 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 4 5 . 7 5 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Melbourne 1 . 1 2 . 3 8 . 5 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin WCST by 9 WCST by 22 MELB by 14 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: Ross Glendinning
Coach: John Todd

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
B. Sheehan

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Gastev, John ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 0 2
4 Glendinning, Ross (c) ? ? 5 3 12 10 2 6 0 1 0 0
36 Hart, David ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 2 0 1 0 3
25 Keene, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 9 16 0 3 3
15 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 0 0
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 1 0 2 3 1
19 Langdon, Karl ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 6 0 1 0 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 1 0 2 1 1
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 2 1 10 10 0 6 0 0 0 1
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 2 18 17 1 3 0 2 4 0
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 1 0 33 26 7 8 0 0 2 0
1 Matera, Wally ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 5 0 3 0 1
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 0 1 0
6 Miles, Geoff ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 6 0 0 1 0
21 O'Connell, David ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 0
23 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 1 5 2
12 Scott, Phil ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1
10 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 4 0 3
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 8 0 2 0 1
32 Wrensted, Murray ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 3 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 289 215 74 79 18 24 23 22

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 1 1 0
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 9 0 2 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 0 0 3 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 29 23 6 9 0 1 1 0
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 9 0 1 0 2
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 2 0 3 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 0 2 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 5 0 4 1 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 0 2
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 2 1 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 3 16 14 2 10 0 4 0 4
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 2 3 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 10 1 2 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 5 0 1 2 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 3 0 0 1 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 1 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 7 274 216 58 79 17 35 22 23

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s