1988 VFL Season Grand Final: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1988 between Hawthorn and Melbourne in the grand final of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Michael Tuck captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alan Joyce and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Hawthorn (22.20.152) defeated Melbourne (6.20.56).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 September 1988
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 93,754

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 22.20.152 - 6.20.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 4 10 . 9 14 . 16 22 . 20 22 . 20 (152)
Melbourne 1 . 5 2 . 8 5 . 14 6 . 20 6 . 20 (56)
Margin HWTH by 17 HWTH by 49 HWTH by 56 HWTH by 96 HWTH by 96
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Michael Tuck
Coach: Alan Joyce

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
B. Sheehan

Goal Umpires

L. Keen
D. Mitchell

Boundary Umpires

A. Hammond
L. Paterson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Gary Ayres HWTH 7 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul HFFR ? 6 0 13 10 3 6 3 0 0 0
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 2 22 18 4 6 0 3 2 2
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 5 3 12 12 0 10 0 3 2 2
11 Buckenara, Gary C ? 0 1 17 14 3 4 0 0 1 0
40 Collins, Andy BPR ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 1 1 1
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 12 1 3 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 1 1 21 15 6 6 0 2 2 2
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 7 2 15 14 1 9 0 0 2 2
29 Greene, Russell INT ? 0 3 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 0
6 Hall, Tony WR ? 0 1 22 9 13 8 0 1 2 3
34 Kennedy, John FPL ? 1 2 14 9 5 2 0 0 2 1
24 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 2 1
20 Maginness, Scott HBFL ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 1 1
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 0 2
35 Morrissey, James INT ? 1 1 19 10 9 2 1 1 0 1
44 Platten, John RO ? 0 0 23 15 8 2 0 2 2 2
18 Pritchard, Darrin FPR ? 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 1 1 1
30 Schwab, Peter HBFR ? 1 0 18 7 11 2 0 1 1 1
17 Tuck, Michael (c) RR ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 2 0
10 Wittman, Chris HFFL ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 22 20 292 192 100 82 16 18 26 22

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 2 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 1 2 2
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 2 1 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 5 1 0 1 2
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 4 0 1 0 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 0 0 1 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 2 17 15 2 4 0 3 3 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 6 0 1 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 3 0 0 0 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 2 1 0 3 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 2 0 0 2 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 12 1 1 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 1 1 1 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 1 1 2
15 Williams, David ? ? 2 4 9 9 0 5 0 0 0 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 4 0 1 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 2 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 6 20 225 171 54 53 17 16 22 26

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Alan Joyce
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






14 G. Dear 29 R. Greene
18 D. Pritchard 19 J. Dunstall 34 J. Kennedy 17 M. Tuck (c) 35 J. Morrissey
FORWARD 44 J. Platten

HALF-BACK













39 P. Abbott 23 D. Brereton 10 C. Wittman



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













6 T. Hall 11 G. Buckenara 9 R. DiPierdomenico FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













30 P. Schwab 2 C. Mew 20 S. Maginness



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













40 A. Collins 24 C. Langford 7 G. Ayres



BACK



Melbourne Coach: John Northey