1988 VFL Season Round 4: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1988 between Richmond and Geelong during round four of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Dale Weightman captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

Richmond (11.16.82) were defeated by Geelong (24.17.161).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Monday 25 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,417

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Geelong
Score: 11.16.82 - 24.17.161

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 1 . 6 5 . 11 5 . 13 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Geelong 6 . 5 14 . 9 20 . 11 24 . 17 24 . 17 (161)
Margin GEEL by 29 GEEL by 52 GEEL by 88 GEEL by 79 GEEL by 79
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dale Weightman
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Harris
G. Vernon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 3
Damian Bourke GEEL 30 2
Paul Couch GEEL 7 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
48 Barlow, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 1
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 3 2 15 13 2 5 0 0 2 0
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 0 1
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 6 0 1 1 1
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 4 7 18 16 2 12 0 0 0 0
42 Honybun, David ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 5 1 0 1 2
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 4 3
53 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 1 1 3 1
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 1 0 3 4 1
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 2 2 1
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 3 2 0 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 2 0 4
52 Pickering, Justin ? ? 2 0 26 19 7 7 0 3 1 1
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 7 0 0 2 0
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 3 2 1
21 Powell, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 0 1
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 0 2 0
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 0 0 2 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 16 260 185 75 69 5 25 28 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 10 4 18 16 2 8 0 2 2 0
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 1 1 30 18 12 4 0 0 0 6
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 1 1
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 9 17 0 2 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 22 18 4 5 0 3 0 1
15 Christensen, Martin ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 1 26 16 10 3 0 2 2 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 0 1 1
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 2 1 26 14 12 5 0 3 2 0
20 Denneman, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 1 0
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 0 23 8 15 2 0 2 3 3
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 5 0 0 0
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 0 0
39 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 3 2 1 0 4
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 0 2 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 1 0 2 3 3
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 26 8 18 3 0 0 1 4
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 4 2 11 10 1 6 0 0 1 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 2 0 0
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 24 17 343 206 137 73 24 22 21 28

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