1988 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 17 September 1988 between Carlton and Melbourne in the preliminary final of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Stephen Kernahan captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Carlton (14.14.98) were defeated by Melbourne (19.6.120).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 17 September 1988
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 68,516

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.14.98 - 19.6.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 1 . 3 9 . 6 10 . 8 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Melbourne 6 . 3 9 . 4 16 . 5 19 . 6 19 . 6 (120)
Margin MELB by 30 CARL by 2 MELB by 33 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Stephen Kernahan
Coach: Robert Walls

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
22 Aitken, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 0
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 1 0 5 1 0
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 5 2 0
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 1 1 32 27 5 2 0 0 4 1
5 Da Rui, Steve ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 4 2 0
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 2
24 Dunlop, Jamie ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 2 2 3 3
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 1 0
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 5 0 2 3 2
13 Hanna, Mil ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
25 Herman, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 3 3 3
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 3 2 0
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 4 1 18 15 3 8 0 4 2 4
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 5 23 2 2 2
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 0 1 1
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 2 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 0 0
17 Naley, Mark ? ? 1 1 21 19 2 0 0 1 2 1
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 3 0 2
18 Sartori, Peter ? ? 4 5 11 8 3 2 0 0 0 0
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 1 0 1 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 14 250 185 65 44 25 40 29 23

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 2 0 6 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 1
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 0 0 1 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1 0
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 4 0 2 2 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 5 0 24 15 9 3 0 3 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 1 1 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 0 0 2 2 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 2 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 3 2 19 14 5 6 1 5 0 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 10 1 0 4
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 1 0 0 4
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 1 1 2
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 5 0 1 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 4 1 11 9 2 3 0 1 1 2
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 3 1 1 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 2 0 1 0 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 0 2 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 6 265 201 64 50 20 25 23 29

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