1988 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 1988 between Melbourne and Sydney during round fifteen of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (8.9.57) were defeated by Sydney (19.16.130).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 9 July 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,269

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 8.9.57 - 19.16.130

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Sydney 6 . 2 9 . 4 15 . 9 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Margin SYDN by 17 SYDN by 30 SYDN by 63 SYDN by 73 SYDN by 73
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gerard Healy SYDN 3 3
Dennis Carroll SYDN 7 2
Matthew Lloyd SYDN 18 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 1 0
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 1 21 7 14 2 0 3 2 1
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 1 1 3 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 2 1
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 2 0 0 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 2 2 2
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 0 1 3
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 0 23 11 12 3 0 0 2 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 24 21 3 7 0 0 5 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 2 1 4
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 6 0 1 1 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 5 0 1 1 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 6 12 1 2 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 5
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 3 6 2 4 4
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 1 0 2 1 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 2 1 11 11 0 3 1 0 2 3
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 0 1 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 9 270 166 104 54 20 18 34 36

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
34 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 4 1 4 1 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 3 2 26 18 8 4 0 0 2 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 2 23 20 3 5 0 2 2 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 1 0 1 2
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 5 3 13 12 1 5 1 0 0 1
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 1 1 3 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 11 0 2 1 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 4 26 13 13 8 0 0 1 4
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 1 2 3 5 4
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 4 2 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 2 27 19 8 3 0 1 3 3
35 Murphy, David ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 2 0 0 5 1
1 Parsons, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 5 0 1 1
17 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 0 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 3 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 1 3
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 1 32 17 15 4 0 1 3 0
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 14 1 2 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 16 298 209 89 73 25 26 36 34

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