1988 VFL Round 15: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1988 between Footscray and Richmond during round 15 of the 1988 VFL season. Footscray hosted Richmond at VFL Park. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Dale Weightman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Kevin Bartlett.

Footscray
R. Kennedy (capt.), D. Baxter, A. Campbell, D. Collins, R. Cousins, M. Cullen, D. Davies, G. Eppelstun, M. Ford, P. Foster, M. Hannebery, D. Hawkins, M. Hunter, G. Irvine, M. McLean, S. Nicol, B. Royal, Z. Tzatzaris, T. Wallace, S. Wallis

Richmond
D. Weightman (capt.), B. Bower, P. Egan, T. Free, J. Hogg, D. Honybun, S. James, J. Jess, C. Lambert, M. Lee, B. Leys, A. McKellar, M. Mitchell, T. Nichols, D. Palm, J. Pickering, M. Pickering, C. Pym, D. Ryan, P. Wilson

Footscray (12.8.80) defeated Richmond (8.7.55).

Goalkickers
Footscray: R. Kennedy (5), P. Foster (3), D. Davies (2), D. Collins, B. Royal
Richmond: J. Hogg (2), D. Ryan (2), M. Mitchell, J. Pickering, M. Pickering, C. Pym

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Richmond remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 9 July 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 14,721

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Richmond
Score: 12.8.80 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Richmond 1 . 2 4 . 3 5 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin FOOT by 13 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 20 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)
Captains: Rick Kennedy (Footscray), Dale Weightman (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Mitchell, D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Davies FOOT 4 3
Mark Cullen FOOT 22 2
Craig Lambert RICH 53 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 2 4
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 0 1
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 3 0 2 1 3
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 11 2 2 1
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 0 2 23 15 8 8 0 1 1 2
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 2 2 23 17 6 3 0 0 1 4
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 3 0 22 13 9 3 3 0 1 0
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 7 0 0 1 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 3 2 1
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 0 0
47 Irvine, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 3 2 2
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 5 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 1 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 0 1 0
37 Nicol, Stuart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 0 28 19 9 6 0 1 1 4
19 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 28 18 10 3 0 1 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 8 326 224 102 62 14 18 17 26

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 1 2 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 1
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 1 2 1
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 2 2 7 7 0 2 0 0 1 1
42 Honybun, David ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 2 1 0 0
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 1 1 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 0 2 1
53 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 2 1 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 10 0 0 0
54 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 2 0
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 1 1
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 5 0 2 1 1
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 0 0 3 1 1
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 15 3 12 1 0 5 0 1
52 Pickering, Justin ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 1 0 24 21 3 7 0 0 3 0
51 Pym, Chris ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 5 0 1 2 0
32 Ryan, Des ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 4 0 0 0 0
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 2 3 4
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 0 0 28 23 5 2 0 0 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 7 295 200 95 54 12 22 26 17

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