1988 VFL Round 7: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1988 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 7 of the 1988 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Michael Tuck captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Alan Joyce.

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), B. Bailey, T. Campbell, D. Chiron, J. Duursma, S. Febey, D. Hughes, R. Jackson, A. Johnson, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, S. Newport, S. O'Dwyer, P. Rohde, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Wight, D. Williams, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

Hawthorn
Back: G. Ayres, C. Langford, P. Abbott
Half-back: P. Schwab, C. Mew, R. Jencke
Centre: R. DiPierdomenico, T. Hall, D. Pritchard
Half-forward: A. Condon, D. Brereton, G. Buckenara
Forward: P. Curran, J. Dunstall, R. Loveridge
Follower: G. Dear, M. Tuck (capt.), J. Platten
Int.: P. Harding, C. Wittman

Melbourne (15.21.111) defeated Hawthorn (13.12.90).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Williams (4), B. Wilson (3), A. Lovell (2), T. Campbell, S. Febey, G. Healy, A. Johnson, J. Stynes, G. Yeats
Hawthorn: J. Dunstall (8), G. Buckenara (2), R. DiPierdomenico, C. Langford, C. Wittman

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 4th) and Hawthorn were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 14 May 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,773

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.21.111 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 7 . 13 9 . 18 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Hawthorn 4 . 3 6 . 6 12 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin HWTH by 9 MELB by 13 HWTH by 10 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Alan Joyce (Hawthorn)
Captains: Greg Healy (Melbourne), Michael Tuck (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Carland, R. Castle

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brian Wilson MELB 7 3
Brett Lovett MELB 17 2
Jason Dunstall HWTH 19 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 1 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 0 1 0 1 0
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 3 2 2
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 5 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 5 0 4 3 4
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 5 0 3 1 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 2 23 14 9 1 0 1 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 2 28 24 4 10 0 2 0 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 2 4 14 11 3 5 0 1 0 3
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 2 3 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 3 1 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 10 9 2 1 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 0 2 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 3 8 2 4 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 1 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 4 0 22 17 5 10 0 0 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 3 2 22 10 12 12 0 0 0 3
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 3 12 9 3 2 1 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 21 314 224 90 88 19 30 27 20

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul BPR ? 0 0 9 7 2 6 3 1 0 3
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 27 18 9 5 0 0 2 0
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFR ? 2 1 15 12 3 7 0 0 1 2
3 Condon, Anthony HFFL ? 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 2 0 1
25 Curran, Peter FPL ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 2 1
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 0 0 7 2 5 2 4 1 0 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 1 0 25 18 7 5 0 2 2 3
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 8 4 17 15 2 13 0 0 0 4
6 Hall, Tony C ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 1 0
12 Harding, Paul INT ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 3 0 0 0
1 Jencke, Ray HBFR ? 0 0 18 8 10 5 0 1 1 1
24 Langford, Chris FB ? 1 0 20 18 2 9 0 1 2 1
22 Loveridge, Richard FPR ? 0 2 22 11 11 2 0 0 1 1
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 1 27 23 4 11 0 3 0 1
44 Platten, John RO ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 1 4 3
18 Pritchard, Darrin WR ? 0 0 18 12 6 0 0 1 0 1
30 Schwab, Peter HBFL ? 0 0 21 9 12 5 0 1 2 1
17 Tuck, Michael (c) RR ? 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 0 0 1
10 Wittman, Chris INT ? 1 1 18 13 5 3 0 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 12 323 213 110 89 10 15 20 27

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: John Northey
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 G. Ayres 24 C. Langford 39 P. Abbott













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



30 P. Schwab 2 C. Mew 1 R. Jencke













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 R. DiPierdomenico 6 T. Hall 18 D. Pritchard









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 G. Dear 12 P. Harding
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck (c) 10 C. Wittman
3 A. Condon 23 D. Brereton 11 G. Buckenara 44 J. Platten











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 P. Curran 19 J. Dunstall 22 R. Loveridge













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Alan Joyce