1988 VFL Season Round 5: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1988 between Sydney and Melbourne during round five of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Melbourne at the SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Sydney (12.17.89) were defeated by Melbourne (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 1 May 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 9,269

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.17.89 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 8 7 . 10 10 . 14 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Melbourne 2 . 1 9 . 6 10 . 10 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin SYDN by 19 MELB by 8 SYDN by 4 MELB by 27 MELB by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
I. Clayton

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Neil Cordy SYDN 29 3
Steven Stretch MELB 18 2
Ricky Jackson MELB 45 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 2 0 2 2 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 5 0 0 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 7 0 0 6 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 2 1 3 2
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 2 4 22 18 4 10 0 0 2 3
11 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 11 0 1 1 1
60 Davis, Craig ? ? 3 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 0 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 1 1 0 5 2
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 0 2 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 2
39 Lockman, Michael ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 5 0 0 1 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 2 1 25 18 7 5 0 2 3 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 3 21 12 9 8 0 2 1 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 2 0 2 3 1
1 Parsons, Michael ? ? 0 2 12 6 6 2 3 1 2 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 1 23 10 13 3 0 0 1 2
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 4 0 2 0 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 1 1 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 6 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 17 334 211 123 80 11 22 36 26

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 5 0 1 0 1
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 0 3
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 6 17 14 3 5 0 1 0 2
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 1 4
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 1 31 22 9 6 0 2 5 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 0 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 4 0 20 17 3 2 0 3 2 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 0 1 0
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 1 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 2 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 4 1 20 18 2 7 0 5 5 4
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 9 0 0 1 2
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 16 2 2 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 2 2 0 0 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 4 0 0 3 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 2 0 2 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 3 0 2 0 5
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 9 0 1 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 14 302 227 75 77 20 23 26 36

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