1988 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1988 between Melbourne and Essendon during round six of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Melbourne (9.14.68) were defeated by Essendon (16.5.101).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 May 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,697

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 9.14.68 - 16.5.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 11 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Essendon 3 . 3 9 . 3 12 . 4 16 . 5 16 . 5 (101)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gavin Keane ESSE 35 3
Terry Daniher ESSE 5 2
Bill Duckworth ESSE 22 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 1 0 2
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 2 0 3 2 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 5 0 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 24 21 3 4 0 1 1 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 2 0 1 3
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 0 3 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 0 2 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 1 7 3 4 3 0 1 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 3 2 14 12 2 3 0 1 3 5
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 1 0 2 1 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 10 3 2 2
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 5 9 1 0 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 2 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 2 24 18 6 6 0 0 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 2 26 21 5 8 0 1 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 14 264 213 51 58 21 27 23 28

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 4 0 1
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 1 0 2 2 3
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 0 0 2 5 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 3 0 2
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 2 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 6 1 1 1 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 4 2 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 1 14 14 0 4 0 2 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 4 1 8 8 0 6 0 0 0 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 2 0 0
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 9 0 2 3 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 6 0 0 0 0
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 3 0 0 1 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 10 0 3 1
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 0 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 0 11 11 0 3 11 2 3 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 5 1 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 2 0 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 2 0 2 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 5 302 228 74 71 22 40 28 23

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