1988 VFL Round 3: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1988 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round 3 of the 1988 VFL season. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Footscray
D. Baxter, S. Beasley, R. Cousins, P. Cronan, D. Davies, G. Eppelstun, L. Fitzpatrick, M. Ford, P. Foster, D. Hawkins, M. Hogg, M. Hunter, S. MacPherson, T. McGuinness, A. Petraglia, B. Royal, Z. Tzatzaris, B. Vilcins, T. Wallace, S. Williams

Fitzroy
P. Roos (capt.), M. Armstrong, J. Blakey, R. Bolzon, S. Cameron, M. Conlan, M. Gale, D. Handley, L. Harris, J. Ironmonger, D. Kappler, G. Keane, A. Lynch, R. Lyon, R. Osborne, T. Pekin, G. Pert, B. Stephens, K. Thomas, R. Thornton

Footscray (16.12.108) defeated Fitzroy (7.15.57).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Beasley (4), D. Davies (2), S. MacPherson (2), B. Royal (2), R. Cousins, P. Foster, D. Hawkins, A. Petraglia, T. Wallace, S. Williams
Fitzroy: A. Lynch (2), M. Conlan, D. Handley, R. Osborne, G. Pert, B. Stephens

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 6th on the ladder and Fitzroy were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,783

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.12.108 - 7.15.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 12 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Fitzroy 3 . 1 5 . 5 6 . 11 7 . 15 7 . 15 (57)
Margin FOOT by 17 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 51 FOOT by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), David Parkin (Fitzroy)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Paul Roos (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sawers, B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Foster FOOT 32 3
Tony McGuinness FOOT 11 2
Darren Kappler FITZ 21 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 2 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 4 1 10 8 2 6 0 0 2 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 7 14 0 0 1
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 8 0 1 5 3
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 2 3 13 11 2 3 0 0 0 4
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 1
42 Fitzpatrick, Lynton ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 4 0 1 4 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 7 0 3 4 3
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 21 11 10 2 0 2 1 1
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 1 1
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 1 0 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 2 1 15 6 9 5 0 1 0 3
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 1 0 1 4 2
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 5 0 3 1 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 1 21 14 7 3 0 1 3 2
19 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 2 0
30 Vilcins, Brenton ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 1 0 31 15 16 3 0 1 1 1
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 12 302 208 94 66 16 25 31 26

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 0 0 1
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 2 0
15 Bolzon, Robert ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1
37 Cameron, Stuart ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 2 11 11 0 2 0 3 0 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 1 0 3 2 0
27 Handley, Darren ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 1 0 0 3 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 2 0 0 4 1
6 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 17 4 13 7 12 2 1 1
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 7 0 2 2 1
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 2 0 0 2 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 2 2 20 12 8 8 1 1 0 1
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 0 1 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 3 11 10 1 4 0 0 2 3
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 1 3
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 5
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 6 0 0 0 3
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 4 0 2 1 4
2 Thomas, Keith ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 3 4 4
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 4 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 15 277 191 86 59 13 26 26 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