1988 VFL Season Round 4: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 1988 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at VFL Park. John Law captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

North Melbourne (19.11.125) defeated Footscray (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 23 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 14,948

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 19.11.125 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 3 11 . 6 15 . 8 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Footscray 4 . 4 7 . 5 10 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin FOOT by 1 NMLB by 25 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
R. Castle

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 3
Peter German NMLB 29 2
Jim Krakouer NMLB 3 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 1 28 14 14 2 0 1 1 1
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 0 1
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 7 0 0 2 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 4 0 1 1 4
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 1 0 4 0 7
59 Kerr, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 3 0 19 10 9 1 0 0 1 1
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 0 1 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 1 25 14 11 2 0 2 2 0
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 0 3 3
43 Longmire, John ? ? 4 1 11 10 1 7 0 0 1 2
39 Love, Jason ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 4 0 1 2 2
50 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 1 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 4 0 2 2
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 0 2
4 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 4 10 0 1 1
12 Robertson, Rohan ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 3 0 5
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 3 1 18 13 5 2 0 0 2 2
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 1 2
18 Stevenson, Jamie ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 11 285 201 84 54 14 17 22 39

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 0 0 0 2 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 4 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 0
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 11 0 6 0
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 2 3
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 1 2
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 1 2 19 12 7 3 0 2 2 0
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 0 1 1
42 Fitzpatrick, Lynton ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 3 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 6 0 0 6 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 4 12 3 0 1 1 0
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 0 2 5 1
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 1 1 1
37 Nicol, Stuart ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 0 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 1 32 24 8 4 0 3 5 4
10 Shields, Russell ? ? 0 3 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 1 1
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 9 251 175 76 47 11 15 39 22

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