1988 VFL Season Round 12: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 June 1988 between Footscray and Geelong during round twelve of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

Footscray (7.14.56) defeated Geelong (3.12.30).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 June 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,720

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 7.14.56 - 3.12.30

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 2 4 . 6 5 . 8 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Geelong 1 . 6 1 . 9 2 . 12 3 . 12 3 . 12 (30)
Margin FOOT by 2 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
G. Vernon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Richard Cousins FOOT 2 3
Michael Ford FOOT 45 2
Neville Bruns GEEL 19 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Athorn, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 0 0
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 1 4 11 10 1 2 0 0 1 2
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 9 8 0 2 0
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 3
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 1 2 18 12 6 1 0 2 3 1
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 1 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 6 1 1 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 1 0 2 1 2
47 Irvine, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 0 1
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 4 0 0 1 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 2 0 3 1 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 1 0 4 3 0
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 1 0 3 2 1
37 Nicol, Stuart ? ? 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 1 29 18 11 5 0 2 3 3
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 33 16 17 2 0 2 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 2 0 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 14 297 212 85 55 9 27 19 22

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 4 11 9 2 3 0 0 1 1
34 Alderdice, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 1 31 20 11 5 0 0 3 2
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 1 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 2 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 35 23 12 5 0 0 0 3
36 Cameron, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 0 1 1
13 Cameron, Gary ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 2 0 0 3 2
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 1
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 2 1 1
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 1 0
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 1 1 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 17 0 0 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 1 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 2 16 11 5 1 0 1 1 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 2 0 2 1 1
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 2 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 1 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 2 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 3 12 293 207 86 56 17 17 22 19

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