1988 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1988 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round one of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. John Law captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Essendon (25.14.164) defeated North Melbourne (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,410

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 25.14.164 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 11 . 3 16 . 9 20 . 11 25 . 14 25 . 14 (164)
North Melbourne 1 . 6 4 . 8 7 . 10 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin ESSE by 57 ESSE by 73 ESSE by 79 ESSE by 82 ESSE by 82
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. Vernon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Madden ESSE 27 3
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 2
Bill Duckworth ESSE 22 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 3 0 0 1 1
20 Barnes, John ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 3
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 1 24 17 7 2 0 2 2 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 0 4 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 1 19 15 4 6 1 0 1 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 1 1 24 15 9 2 0 1 2 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 2 26 20 6 5 0 1 2 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 6 0 0 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 3 0 2 1 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 5 9 1 0 2 3 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 3 1 24 17 7 5 0 1 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 28 16 12 3 0 1 2 1
39 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 0 1 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 9 21 1 2 1
34 Merryweather, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 1 0
25 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 0 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 7 0 14 10 4 6 8 0 2 4
19 Sullivan, David ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 1 4
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 2 0 23 16 7 4 0 1 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 25 14 345 228 117 71 30 17 29 28

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 1 3
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 2 0 0 2 1
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 2 1 20 14 6 4 0 1 2 2
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 2 3 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 3 0 0 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 3 0 0 2 2
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 1 1 4 2
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 3 2
2 Holt, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 1 2 1
48 Hughes, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 1 0 2
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 2 13 10 3 2 0 0 0 2
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 2 0 16 9 7 1 0 0 1 1
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 0 1 3
1 Lisle, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 6 4 0 1 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 3 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 1
11 Murphy, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 2 1
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
46 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 1
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 10 243 170 73 43 5 13 28 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