1988 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1988 between Geelong and Essendon during round five of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (17.14.116) defeated Essendon (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 April 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,840

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 17.14.116 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 2 9 . 4 13 . 8 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 9 11 . 10 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Carland
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Schulze GEEL 23 3
Neville Bruns GEEL 19 2
Paul Couch GEEL 7 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 6 4 15 15 0 10 0 0 1 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 1 0 33 20 13 4 0 1 2 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 1 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 9 0 1 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 4 0 3 2 1
36 Cameron, David ? ? 1 2 12 8 4 1 0 0 0 0
15 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 3 0 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 29 16 13 7 0 0 1 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 2 2 2
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 3 0 6 4 0
20 Denneman, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 2
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 4 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 6 0 0 0
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 3 0
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 7 0 2 0 5
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 9 2 0 0 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 2 18 17 1 3 0 0 2 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 3 0 14 7 7 8 1 3 0 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 2 16 13 3 7 0 0 0 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 14 299 207 92 85 18 29 25 18

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 6 0 2 1 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 1 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 3 0 1 1 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 1 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 4 19 14 5 3 0 1 0 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 0 0 0 0 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 1 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 1 29 23 6 10 0 3 3 5
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 1 2
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 1 1 29 23 6 3 0 0 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 7 12 1 0 2
34 Merryweather, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 3 0
36 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 1 0 0 1 2
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 5 6 1 2 2
19 Sullivan, David ? ? 0 2 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 1 2 0 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 5 0 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 14 294 204 90 65 19 21 18 25

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