1988 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1988 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (16.14.110) defeated Fitzroy (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 July 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 14,477

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 16.14.110 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 7 . 7 11 . 7 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Fitzroy 3 . 2 5 . 6 6 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin level ESSE by 13 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Fitzroy

Captain: Paul Roos
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Carland
S. Harris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Anderson ESSE 11 3
Simon Madden ESSE 27 2
Tim Watson ESSE 32 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 5 1 24 22 2 7 0 6 3 4
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 0 0 1 1 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 1 0 1 3 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 2 0 0 1 3
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 1 1 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 2 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 2 21 20 1 5 0 2 2 0
28 Flood, David ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 23 21 2 5 0 0 3 1
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 0 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 2 3 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 6 0 1 2 2
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 2 20 14 6 2 0 1 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 9 11 4 2 3
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 4 0 0 1 0
25 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 1 3
42 Somerville, Peter ? ? 0 2 9 7 2 6 3 1 0 7
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 0 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 1 2 0 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 1 3 17 11 6 6 0 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 308 223 85 73 15 29 29 36

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 1 0 1 1 3
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 1
15 Bolzon, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
5 Brockhurst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 2 2
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 1 20 11 9 1 0 6 2 2
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 3 0 0 2 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 11 0 2 6 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 2 0 1 1 1
6 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 15 1 4 1
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 2 1
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 2 1 14 9 5 5 0 2 2 2
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 0 2 20 11 9 4 0 2 2 1
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 1 2 14 7 7 4 2 0 2 2
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 1 20 19 1 3 0 2 1 3
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 5 0 3 2 2
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 1 2 2
31 Strooper, David ? ? 1 2 8 5 3 1 0 2 0 1
2 Thomas, Keith ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 5 0 1 3 2
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 2 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 12 307 209 98 63 17 31 36 29

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