1988 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 1988 between Geelong and Sydney during round six of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Sydney at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Geelong (16.15.111) were defeated by Sydney (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Sunday 8 May 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,132

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Sydney
Score: 16.15.111 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 0 9 . 3 11 . 7 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Sydney 2 . 4 8 . 6 14 . 11 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 3 SYDN by 22 SYDN by 3 SYDN by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Harris
D. Howlett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gerard Healy SYDN 3 3
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 2
David Murphy SYDN 35 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 6 3 14 13 1 7 0 0 3 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 2 42 24 18 3 0 2 2 2
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 0 1 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 1 20 19 1 2 0 0 1 2
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 5 22 1 2 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 5 0 1 1 2
15 Christensen, Martin ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 3 0 4 1 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 3 3 23 16 7 2 0 0 0 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 5 12 5 0 0 0 1
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 1 0 2 1 7
20 Denneman, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0 4
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 2 14 4 10 0 0 1 2 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 1 0
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 1 0 2
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 2 25 17 8 3 0 3 1 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 0 2
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 27 13 14 3 0 2 1 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 4 1 13 9 4 6 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 15 331 214 117 63 25 25 19 33

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
34 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 0
41 Brown, David ? ? 4 0 11 10 1 6 3 0 0 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 1 1 1 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 9 6 1 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 7 0 0 3 2
60 Davis, Craig ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 2 0 1 1 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 2 23 15 8 2 1 1 3 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 5 0 2 2 1
39 Lockman, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 0 1 0
12 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 3 3 30 21 9 5 0 3 1 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 4 1 14 11 3 6 0 3 6 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 0 3 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 2 1
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 5 3 4 0 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 8 0 2 1 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 1 19 12 7 2 0 4 3 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 0 0 5 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 12 286 196 90 74 14 30 33 19

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