1988 VFL Round 8: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 1988 between Geelong and St Kilda during round 8 of the 1988 VFL season. Geelong hosted St Kilda at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Danny Frawley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Darrel Baldock.

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

St Kilda
D. Frawley (capt.), N. Burke, G. Burns, F. Coghlan, J. Daniels, M. Dwyer, R. Elphinstone, T. Evans, B. Gotch, D. Grant, R. Jeffrey, B. Jones, W. Jones, S. Kourkoumelis, T. Lockett, S. Loewe, I. Muller, D. Rice, K. Sheldon, N. Winmar

Geelong (16.12.108) were defeated by St Kilda (17.12.114).

Goalkickers
Geelong: M. Turner (4), G. Ablett (3), B. Stoneham (3), D. Russell (2), M. Bos, G. Cameron, P. Couch, R. Scott
St Kilda: T. Lockett (7), N. Winmar (3), M. Dwyer (2), N. Burke, G. Burns, F. Coghlan, B. Gotch, S. Kourkoumelis

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and St Kilda were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 22 May 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 20,366

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by St Kilda
Score: 16.12.108 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 1 12 . 5 14 . 8 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
St Kilda 4 . 6 8 . 7 14 . 10 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin GEEL by 1 GEEL by 22 STKL by 2 STKL by 6 STKL by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Devine (Geelong), Darrel Baldock (St Kilda)
Captains: Damian Bourke (Geelong), Danny Frawley (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ball, P. Carey

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Spiro Kourkoumelis STKL 28 3
Andrew Bews GEEL 27 2
Jayson Daniels STKL 34 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 3 3 9 8 1 6 0 4 0 2
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 3 0 2 4 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 0 0 1 0 1
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 9 0 3 4
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 28 23 5 5 0 1 2 1
13 Cameron, Gary ? ? 1 1 25 14 11 5 0 0 3 1
15 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 2 1 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 1 0 1 2 2
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1 0
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 24 9 15 2 0 2 0 2
20 Denneman, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 1 2 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 1 3 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 1 0 2 0 0
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 2 3 28 24 4 14 0 0 1 1
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 1 33 18 15 5 0 4 0 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 3 0 17 11 6 4 1 2 0 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 4 3 17 14 3 6 0 1 1 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 5 0 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 12 351 221 130 73 12 26 24 22

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
29 Burke, Nathan ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 3 0 1 0 1
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 1 17 8 9 4 0 1 1 3
15 Coghlan, Frank ? ? 1 0 29 14 15 7 0 1 1 2
34 Daniels, Jayson ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 3 0 3
20 Dwyer, Mick ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 26 19 7 7 0 0 0 0
44 Evans, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 1 2 0
2 Frawley, Danny (c) ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 3 1 0
16 Gotch, Brad ? ? 1 2 31 20 11 4 0 2 2 1
6 Grant, David ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 3 3 0
36 Jeffrey, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 2 0
31 Jones, Bob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Jones, Warren ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 23 2 3 2
28 Kourkoumelis, Spiro ? ? 1 0 33 17 16 6 0 1 3 2
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 7 3 19 12 7 9 0 0 0 2
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 10 0 1 1 5
26 Muller, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 1 0 0
37 Rice, Dean ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 5 1 0
3 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 0 2 1 1
7 Winmar, Nicky ? ? 3 2 13 9 4 1 0 2 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 12 333 207 126 78 23 29 22 24

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