1988 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1988 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round two of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. John Law captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

North Melbourne (20.7.127) were defeated by Geelong (21.16.142).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,233

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 20.7.127 - 21.16.142

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 8 . 3 14 . 4 16 . 4 20 . 7 20 . 7 (127)
Geelong 6 . 3 10 . 6 16 . 11 21 . 16 21 . 16 (142)
Margin NMLB by 12 NMLB by 22 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
P. Carey

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bruce Lindner GEEL 2 3
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 2
Jim Krakouer NMLB 3 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 1 1 2
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 1
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 1 0 0 2 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 6 0 1 2 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 0 18 16 2 5 0 0 1 4
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 7 0 0 1 3
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 0 0 1 2 1
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 3 1 21 14 7 1 0 1 1 0
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 2 1 18 10 8 5 0 1 1 0
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 0 2 1
1 Lisle, Mark ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
50 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 2 0 0 1 0
4 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 5 0 2 0
11 Murphy, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 1 4
49 O'Donoghue, Mark ? ? 2 0 12 12 0 0 0 2 2 2
46 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 1 2
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 2 0 18 17 1 3 0 1 2 2
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 1 1 0
18 Stevenson, Jamie ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 7 262 205 57 51 5 15 25 26

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 2 15 13 2 2 0 1 3 1
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 3 1 29 19 10 4 0 0 2 2
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 1 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 0 1 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 22 0 1 5
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 0 1
36 Cameron, David ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 0 0 1
15 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 1 1 3
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 0 0
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 2 25 12 13 4 0 3 1 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 3 0 0 0
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 1 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 9 6 23 19 4 10 0 0 4 3
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 0 1 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 2 30 19 11 3 0 1 1 2
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 10 1 1 0 2
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 5 0 0 1 0
33 Whyte, Peter ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 1 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 4 0 1 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 16 313 214 99 67 26 12 26 25

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