1988 VFL Round 14: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 1988 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 14 of the 1988 VFL season. 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
G. Ablett, C. Alderdice, M. Bairstow, A. Bews, M. Bos, N. Bruns, G. Cameron, T. Darcy, S. Denham, G. Exell, D. Flanigan, G. Hocking, S. Hocking, B. Lindner, D. Morgan, D. Russell, R. Scott, B. Stoneham, D. Troy, M. Yeates

Melbourne
T. Viney (capt.), B. Bailey, D. Chiron, J. Duursma, D. Flintoff, R. Grinter, R. Jackson, A. Johnson, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. Newport, S. O'Dwyer, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Wight, D. Williams, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

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

Goalkickers
Geelong: B. Lindner (5), G. Ablett, G. Cameron, M. Yeates
Melbourne: D. Williams (5), J. Stynes (3), A. Lovell (2), G. Lyon, S. O'Dwyer, B. Wilson

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Melbourne remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Devine (Geelong), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), Todd Viney (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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