1988 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 1988 between Geelong and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Todd Viney captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Geelong (8.8.56) were defeated by Melbourne (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 July 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,227

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.8.56 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 5 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Melbourne 1 . 4 5 . 7 10 . 10 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin GEEL by 3 MELB by 3 MELB by 28 MELB by 33 MELB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Devine

Melbourne

Captain: Todd Viney
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brett Lovett MELB 17 3
David Williams MELB 15 2
Earl Spalding MELB 5 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 0 0 1
34 Alderdice, Craig ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 0 0 2 0
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 1 2 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 30 20 10 4 0 0 1 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 1 0 0 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Cameron, Gary ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 2 0 1 3 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 6 0 0 3 0
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 1 20 9 11 2 0 4 2 2
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 0 3 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 10 1 4 3
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 3 1 2
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 1 3
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 5 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 2 2
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 6 1 0 1 3
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 5 8 1 0 2 0 3
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 8 2 3 2 0
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 2 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 5 0 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 8 315 200 115 67 14 19 33 25

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 0 0 1 0
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 1 0
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 1 0
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 2 0 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 1 5
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 3 17 16 1 4 0 0 0 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 8 0 0 1 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 2 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 1 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 10 0 0 3 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 10 0 2 1 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 1 2 0 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 9 11 2 4 3
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 2 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 1 2 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 3 0 13 12 1 6 9 1 1 4
12 Viney, Todd (c) ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 2 1 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 1 0 2 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 5 0 20 11 9 10 0 0 1 3
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 1 30 19 11 7 0 1 1 3
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 23 11 12 6 0 1 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 11 323 224 99 102 22 24 25 33

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