1988 VFL Round 2: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1988 between West Coast and Essendon during round 2 of the 1988 VFL season. West Coast hosted Essendon at WACA. Ross Glendinning captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Todd and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

West Coast
R. Glendinning (capt.), M. Brennan, J. Gastev, D. Hart, A. Ishchenko, D. Laidley, D. Lamb, K. Langdon, A. Lockyer, C. Mainwaring, G. McKenna, G. Miles, M. O'Connell, M. Rance, P. Scott, D. Turner, T. Ugle, J. Worsfold, M. Wrensted, M. Zanotti

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), G. Anderson, J. Barnes, D. Bewick, A. Daniher, B. Duckworth, A. Ezard, D. Flood, G. Foulds, P. Hamilton, M. Harvey, G. Hawker, D. Johnston, S. Madden, A. Merryweather, A. Rogers, P. Salmon, D. Sullivan, D. Williams, B. Winton

West Coast (26.19.175) defeated Essendon (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
West Coast: R. Glendinning (6), D. Lamb (3), A. Lockyer (3), D. Turner (3), J. Gastev (2), D. Hart (2), K. Langdon (2), D. Laidley, M. Rance, T. Ugle, J. Worsfold, M. Wrensted
Essendon: M. Harvey (3), T. Daniher (2), G. Anderson, D. Bewick, A. Ezard, G. Hawker, D. Johnston, D. Sullivan

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 1st on the ladder (up from 4th) and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Friday 8 April 1988
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: WACA
Attendance: 24,886

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Essendon
Score: 26.19.175 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
West Coast	4	.	4	11	.	9	17	.	13	26	.	19	26	.	19	(175)
Essendon	4	.	1	8	.	6	11	.	8	11	.	10	11	.	10	(76)
Margin	WCST by 3			WCST by 21			WCST by 41			WCST by 99			WCST by 99
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Todd (West Coast), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Ross Glendinning (West Coast), Terry Daniher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Rich, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
John Gastev	WCST	30	3
John Worsfold	WCST	24	2
Dean Turner	WCST	10	1

Player Statistics

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
14	Brennan, Michael	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	6	0	2	0	2
30	Gastev, John	?	?	2	1	33	19	14	5	0	3	1	1
4	Glendinning, Ross (c)	?	?	6	3	16	11	5	9	0	1	0	2
36	Hart, David	?	?	2	0	27	22	5	5	0	1	2	1
26	Ishchenko, Alex	?	?	0	0	20	8	12	5	16	0	4	0
15	Laidley, Dean	?	?	1	2	24	22	2	4	0	2	4	2
5	Lamb, Dwayne	?	?	3	2	24	14	10	3	0	1	1	2
19	Langdon, Karl	?	?	2	0	10	8	2	4	0	0	1	2
45	Lockyer, Andrew	?	?	3	3	12	10	2	9	0	0	1	1
3	Mainwaring, Chris	?	?	0	0	25	14	11	6	0	2	1	2
17	McKenna, Guy	?	?	0	0	19	5	14	3	0	0	0	0
6	Miles, Geoff	?	?	0	0	21	13	8	4	0	3	1	2
22	O'Connell, Michael	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	2
23	Rance, Murray	?	?	1	3	20	15	5	5	1	1	1	0
12	Scott, Phil	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	2	2	2	1	1
10	Turner, Dean	?	?	3	0	26	16	10	2	0	3	3	2
35	Ugle, Troy	?	?	1	1	15	9	6	1	2	1	0	0
24	Worsfold, John	?	?	1	0	30	23	7	6	0	2	1	1
32	Wrensted, Murray	?	?	1	0	9	7	2	1	0	0	0	1
27	Zanotti, Mark	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	0	1	4
Rushed					4
Total (20 players)				26	19	367	244	123	84	21	24	23	28

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
11	Anderson, Greg	?	?	1	0	18	11	7	5	0	0	1	0
20	Barnes, John	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	4	1	0	0	1
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	1	2	18	16	2	3	0	1	3	1
6	Daniher, Anthony	?	?	0	0	17	15	2	6	0	2	2	1
5	Daniher, Terry (c)	?	?	2	0	23	17	6	7	0	2	2	2
22	Duckworth, Bill	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	5	0	0	0	0
15	Ezard, Alan	?	?	1	2	18	13	5	2	0	1	2	3
28	Flood, David	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	1	2	1
10	Foulds, Garry	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	5	0	0	1	0
16	Hamilton, Paul	?	?	0	0	19	10	9	5	0	0	2	3
1	Harvey, Mark	?	?	3	0	12	10	2	3	0	0	2	0
33	Hawker, Glenn	?	?	1	0	23	15	8	4	0	1	1	3
39	Johnston, David	?	?	1	1	14	9	5	1	0	1	1	1
27	Madden, Simon	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	4	29	1	2	1
34	Merryweather, Andrew	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	1	2	1
25	Rogers, Andrew	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	1	0	0	2	0
3	Salmon, Paul	?	?	0	2	16	13	3	12	10	0	0	4
19	Sullivan, David	?	?	1	1	11	9	2	2	0	0	1	0
13	Williams, Darren	?	?	0	1	12	9	3	2	0	1	2	1
24	Winton, Brian	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	1	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				11	10	273	197	76	78	40	13	28	23

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

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