1988 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1988 between Footscray and Sydney during round one of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Sydney at VFL Park. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray (16.6.102) defeated Sydney (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Sydney
Date: Monday 4 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 18,980

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Sydney
Score: 16.6.102 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 7 . 4 10 . 5 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Sydney 3 . 6 7 . 7 9 . 10 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin SYDN by 3 SYDN by 3 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Harris
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Richard Cousins FOOT 2 3
Russell Shields FOOT 10 2
Glenn Coleman SYDN 23 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 2
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 2 0 23 16 7 5 0 1 1 2
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 5 0 8 6 2 5 0 1 0 3
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 10 16 1 0 1
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 1 6 3 1
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 1 3
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 1 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 8 1 1 1 1
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 28 19 9 4 0 1 2 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 25 13 12 7 0 0 1 0
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 1 2
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 1 0 2 1 0
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 4 1 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 3 3 1
10 Shields, Russell ? ? 5 2 20 16 4 6 0 1 2 2
30 Vilcins, Brenton ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 1 0 0 1
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 1 0 30 18 12 5 0 3 4 2
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 6 311 220 91 74 19 29 29 26

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 0 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 2 1 2
44 Brinkkotter, John ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 2 1 3 1 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 3 1
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 4 6 0 1 1
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 1 0 2 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 2 1
60 Davis, Craig ? ? 4 0 9 8 1 6 0 0 1 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 0 0 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 2 2 18 10 8 1 0 0 0 5
39 Lockman, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 2 0
12 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 0 0 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 1 8 7 1 5 0 1 0 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 1 19 10 9 2 0 4 3 2
31 Phyland, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 3 4 1
19 Smith, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 6 1 1 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 3 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 1 0 3 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 10 286 190 96 47 14 27 26 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