1988 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1988 between Footscray and Melbourne during round two of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Footscray (9.12.66) were defeated by Melbourne (13.8.86).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,693

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.12.66 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 0 4 . 5 5 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Melbourne 5 . 1 5 . 5 11 . 8 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin MELB by 31 MELB by 6 MELB by 35 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
G. Forster

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Doug Hawkins FOOT 7 3
Brett Lovett MELB 17 2
Jim Stynes MELB 11 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 3 0 2
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 3 1 3
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 2 6 6 0 4 0 0 1 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 6 1 1 0
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 0 0 0 2
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 4 1
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 0 0
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 1 2 3 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 11 0 2 1 2
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 7 0 1 4 3
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 1 2 0
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 2 1
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 0 0 0
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 3 0 4 2 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 0 32 16 16 5 0 2 1 4
10 Shields, Russell ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 3 2
30 Vilcins, Brenton ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 3 0 3 1
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 12 262 182 80 67 10 27 31 27

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 2 1
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 0 2 2
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 2 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 0 0 5 3 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 3 15 12 3 0 0 1 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 2 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 2 0 2 2 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 0 0 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 4 15 0 4 4
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 3 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 1 3 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 10 0 2 4
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 2 1 2 3
15 Williams, David ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 0 19 12 7 3 0 0 1 5
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 4 0 2 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 8 247 189 58 56 28 23 27 31

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