1988 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 1988 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round eight of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Paul Roos captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Fitzroy (12.17.89) were defeated by Melbourne (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 May 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 12,747

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.17.89 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 3 6 . 11 10 . 15 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Melbourne 4 . 2 8 . 5 12 . 8 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin FITZ by 1 MELB by 6 MELB by 5 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Paul Roos
Coach: David Parkin

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ricky Jackson MELB 45 3
Steven O'Dwyer MELB 1 2
Greg Healy MELB 33 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 1 3 2
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 1 26 12 14 7 0 2 1 1
5 Brockhurst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 2 11 6 0 2 0 2
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 5 0 1 2 1
27 Handley, Darren ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 2 0 2 1 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 36 22 14 2 0 2 1 0
6 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 7 10 0 2 1
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 3 0 3 1 1
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 3 0 19 13 6 4 0 2 0 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 0
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 1 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 0 1
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 4 1 12 9 3 2 0 0 2 1
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 2 4 16 14 2 3 0 0 0 1
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 1 18 7 11 3 0 2 2 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 1 3 3 1
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 8 0 1 1 1
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 4 0 4 0 3
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 1 2 0
30 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 17 347 217 130 72 11 29 21 17

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 4 0 1 0 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 2 7 5 2 4 0 3 0 2
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 1 0
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 8 0 1 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 2 0 1 1 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 28 20 8 6 0 1 2 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 5 2 23 19 4 6 0 3 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 8 0 0 0 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 1 1 0
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 2 0 2 0 2
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 11 9 1 1 3
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 0 1 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 7 0 3 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 1 0 2
15 Williams, David ? ? 3 0 27 17 10 8 0 1 2 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 2 29 16 13 6 0 1 4 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 13 350 253 97 106 16 20 17 21

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