1988 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1988 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Michael Pickering captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Richmond (16.12.108) were defeated by Melbourne (23.16.154).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Monday 4 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,824

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Melbourne
Score: 16.12.108 - 23.16.154

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 0 7 . 4 10 . 9 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Melbourne 8 . 3 15 . 4 19 . 9 23 . 16 23 . 16 (154)
Margin MELB by 39 MELB by 48 MELB by 54 MELB by 46 MELB by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Michael Pickering
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jim Stynes MELB 11 3
Graeme Yeats MELB 8 2
Steven O'Dwyer MELB 1 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 0 1 2
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 5 0 1 0 2
9 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 4 1
30 Free, Tony ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 3 0 3 1 1
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 6 0 7 7 0 7 1 2 0 2
42 Honybun, David ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 8 12 1 3 4
40 James, Stephen ? ? 2 3 18 13 5 7 0 0 1 2
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 3 1
53 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 0 0 2 2 1
11 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 1 0 7 2 3
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 2 0 0 1 3
6 Palm, David ? ? 2 2 15 7 8 0 0 1 5 1
52 Pickering, Justin ? ? 0 1 26 16 10 5 0 3 2 1
35 Pickering, Michael (c) ? ? 1 1 18 7 11 3 0 0 1 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 2 0
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 0
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 12 266 163 103 57 13 23 28 30

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 7 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 2 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 3 2 21 17 4 3 0 4 2 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 3 0 5
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 1 27 18 9 2 0 1 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 1 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 2 0 1 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 3 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 4 3 17 14 3 7 0 2 2 3
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 1 2 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 6 19 2 5 1
19 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 3 0 1 0 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 3 2 1 1 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 1 24 11 13 5 15 1 3 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1 1
15 Williams, David ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 1 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 3 30 18 12 3 0 1 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 3 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 23 16 289 195 94 58 36 31 30 28

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