1988 VFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1988 between Essendon and Richmond during round eight of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Dale Weightman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Kevin Bartlett.

Essendon (20.17.137) defeated Richmond (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 21 May 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,568

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 20.17.137 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 11 . 7 17 . 14 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Richmond 3 . 4 7 . 7 8 . 10 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 58 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Richmond

Captain: Dale Weightman
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Saville
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Madden ESSE 27 3
Darren Bewick ESSE 8 2
Greg Anderson ESSE 11 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 3 0 1 3 2
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 4 0 1 1 3
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 0 2 0 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 5 21 15 6 7 0 1 3 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 2 0
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 0 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 5 0 2 0 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 3 2 25 18 7 7 0 2 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 0 1 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 9 0 2 0 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 2 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 27 21 6 7 0 4 2 1
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 2 0 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 6 14 4 2 2
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 9 3 0 1 3
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 1 0 2
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 0 2 23 17 6 6 0 0 2 3
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 4 0 21 18 3 6 0 2 4 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 17 303 234 69 94 17 25 26 34

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 1 2 1
18 Clark, Simon ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 2 1 1 1
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 1 3 0
30 Free, Tony ? ? 1 1 27 21 6 3 0 1 5 2
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 2 0 0 6
47 Hamilton, Greg ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 0
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 1 0 2 0 0
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 2 1
53 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 0 0 0 1 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 4 0 6 0
54 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 3 1
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 4 0 1 3 2
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 1 1 23 20 3 5 0 0 1 3
52 Pickering, Justin ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 1 1 0
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 1 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 1
51 Pym, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 1 9 4 5 1 0 2 2 1
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 5 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 3 1
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 11 235 172 63 50 8 11 34 26

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