1988 VFL Round 6: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1988 between Footscray and Richmond during round 6 of the 1988 VFL season. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Dale Weightman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Kevin Bartlett.

Footscray
R. Kennedy (capt.), D. Allday, M. Athorn, D. Baxter, S. Beasley, R. Cousins, D. Davies, G. Eppelstun, L. Fitzpatrick, M. Ford, P. Foster, D. Hawkins, M. Hogg, M. Hunter, S. Kolyniuk, S. MacPherson, T. McGuinness, A. Petraglia, B. Royal, T. Wallace

Richmond
D. Weightman (capt.), P. Barlow, M. Eustice, T. Free, A. Goodwin, J. Hogg, D. Honybun, S. James, C. Lambert, B. Leys, M. Mitchell, T. Nichols, R. Nixon, D. Palm, J. Pickering, M. Pickering, T. Poole, M. Roach, M. Thomson, P. Wilson

Footscray (12.19.91) defeated Richmond (5.16.46).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Beasley (2), P. Foster (2), R. Cousins, D. Davies, D. Hawkins, M. Hunter, S. Kolyniuk, T. McGuinness, A. Petraglia, T. Wallace
Richmond: P. Wilson (2), S. James, T. Nichols, M. Roach

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 7th on the ladder and Richmond were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 7 May 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,374

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 12.19.91 - 5.16.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 7 7 . 11 10 . 16 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Richmond 1 . 3 2 . 7 3 . 8 5 . 16 5 . 16 (46)
Margin FOOT by 22 FOOT by 34 FOOT by 50 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)
Captains: Rick Kennedy (Footscray), Dale Weightman (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Castle, G. Vernon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Foster FOOT 32 3
Tony McGuinness FOOT 11 2
Steven Kolyniuk FOOT 21 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Allday, David ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 4 0 1 0
20 Athorn, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 0 0 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 2 2 7 6 1 4 0 0 2 0
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 2 5 1 2 0
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 1 0 0 2 2
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 1 0
42 Fitzpatrick, Lynton ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 1 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 2 3 19 17 2 8 0 1 0 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 3 0 0 2 1
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 3 3
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 1 0
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 4 1
21 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 3 0 0 2 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 1 28 18 10 2 0 3 3 4
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 4 0 1 0 3
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 4 23 21 2 5 0 1 1 2
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 4 0 0 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 19 290 221 69 60 9 16 27 20

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
48 Barlow, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 3 2 1
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 0 2
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 3 0 2 2 0
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 3 0 0 0 4
42 Honybun, David ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 8 8 0 1 2
40 James, Stephen ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 2 0 1 0 1
53 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 1 2 0
54 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 2 3
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 0 3 15 11 4 1 0 4 3 1
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 1 1 16 16 0 1 0 0 1 3
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 0 0 0 2 2
52 Pickering, Justin ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 1 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 7 0 1 0 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 3 0 0 0 4
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 2
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 0 0
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 0 2 27 19 8 2 0 0 3 0
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 5 16 246 186 60 45 8 18 20 30

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