1988 VFL Season Round 3: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1988 between Melbourne and Geelong during round three of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

Melbourne (9.18.72) defeated Geelong (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,873

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 9.18.72 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 8 4 . 11 7 . 15 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Geelong 1 . 1 4 . 5 7 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 6 MELB by 7 MELB by 8 MELB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steven O'Dwyer MELB 1 3
Greg Healy MELB 33 2
Robert Scott GEEL 8 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 4 0 1 0 2
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 3 0 0 3 0
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 2 2 21 15 6 2 0 9 5 3
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 5 0 2 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 2 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 1 0 2 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 2 1 0
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 1 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 3 0 0 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 3 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 3 13 9 4 4 0 3 2 0
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 4 1 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 2 19 13 6 8 9 2 4 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 5 1 0 3 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 1 1 2 4
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 6 8 0 1 6
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 1 1 1 3
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 1 0 1 0 4
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 0 2 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 18 284 204 80 66 20 36 31 34

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 4 4 16 15 1 8 1 1 4 5
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 1 0 26 19 7 3 0 1 2 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 3 0 2 2 3
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 0 0 1
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 5 9 1 2 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 25 18 7 3 0 0 2 0
36 Cameron, David ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 1 4
15 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 1 1 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 4 0 2 4 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 3 3 0 2 2
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 6 0 2 0 2
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 1 2 18 10 8 5 0 2 1 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 4 2 3 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 6 1 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 1 1 1 3
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 4 0 4 2 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 4 0 2 4 3
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 1 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 10 305 203 102 71 18 29 33 33

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