1988 VFL Round 7: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1988 between Geelong and Carlton during round 7 of the 1988 VFL season. Geelong hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Stephen Kernahan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Geelong
D. Bourke (capt.), G. Ablett, M. Bairstow, A. Bews, M. Bos, N. Bruns, G. Cameron, M. Christensen, P. Couch, T. Darcy, S. Denham, D. Flanigan, S. Hocking, D. Russell, M. Schulze, R. Scott, B. Stoneham, D. Troy, M. Turner, M. Yeates

Carlton
S. Kernahan (capt.), T. Alvin, W. Blackwell, C. Bradley, S. Da Rui, J. Dorotich, M. Garvey, D. Glascott, A. Gleeson, M. Hanna, I. Herman, K. Hunter, W. Johnston, M. Kennedy, J. Madden, W. McKenzie, F. Murphy, M. Naley, P. Poursanidis, S. Silvagni

Geelong (15.14.104) defeated Carlton (14.9.93).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Ablett (4), D. Russell (3), B. Stoneham (3), M. Bairstow, A. Bews, N. Bruns, R. Scott, M. Turner
Carlton: A. Gleeson (2), K. Hunter (2), S. Kernahan (2), F. Murphy (2), P. Poursanidis (2), W. Blackwell, C. Bradley, I. Herman, M. Naley

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 6th on the ladder and Carlton were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 14 May 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 26,372

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Carlton
Score: 15.14.104 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 5 10 . 9 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Carlton 3 . 4 7 . 5 11 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 12 CARL by 5 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Devine (Geelong), Robert Walls (Carlton)
Captains: Damian Bourke (Geelong), Stephen Kernahan (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Rich, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Stephen Silvagni CARL 1 3
Robert Scott GEEL 8 2
Steve Da Rui CARL 5 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 4 4 16 12 4 5 0 0 2 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 1 1 17 12 5 3 0 2 3 2
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 6 0 1 1 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 3 0 1 3 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 12 0 2 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 29 25 4 5 0 2 1 3
13 Cameron, Gary ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 0 0 1 3 1
15 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 5 2 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 2 24 19 5 9 0 4 0 3
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 1 1 0
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 7 0 0 3 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 1 0 0
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 2 1
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 3 0 12 9 3 5 1 1 3 4
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0 3
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 1 29 18 11 3 0 1 4 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 3 3 14 12 2 8 0 3 1 5
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 8 0 1 1 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 1 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 329 235 94 89 13 30 34 30

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 1 2 1
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 1 0 25 15 10 6 0 3 3 1
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 1 0 35 25 10 5 0 2 6 0
5 Da Rui, Steve ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 1 1 2
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 4
36 Garvey, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 0 1 1
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 0 1 3
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 2 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 2 2
13 Hanna, Mil ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 2
25 Herman, Ian ? ? 1 2 14 9 5 1 0 0 1 1
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 6 0 0 0 2
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 0 3 17 13 4 0 0 0 1 0
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 6 1 2
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 2 1 21 16 5 9 1 0 2 3
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 9 16 0 2 4
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 4 3 0 0 1
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 5 0 1 0 0
17 Naley, Mark ? ? 1 1 26 19 7 2 0 0 4 1
49 Poursanidis, Phillip ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 1
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 1 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 9 326 219 107 69 20 16 30 32

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