1988 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 1988 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round sixteen of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. John Law captained the hosts. Rick Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

North Melbourne (12.14.86) were defeated by Footscray (16.17.113).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Sunday 17 July 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,872

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 12.14.86 - 16.17.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 5 7 . 9 11 . 10 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Footscray 3 . 0 4 . 8 7 . 13 16 . 17 16 . 17 (113)
Margin NMLB by 17 NMLB by 19 NMLB by 21 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: John Law
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Foster FOOT 32 3
Brett Allison NMLB 33 2
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 4 0 2 3 0
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 2 0 2 2 0
40 Bryce, Paul ? ? 2 2 18 13 5 4 1 1 4 1
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 2 15 9 6 5 0 0 2 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 2 21 15 6 4 0 4 2 6
38 Harris, Brenton ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 4 0 2 1 3
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 6 0 0 1 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 1 0 29 16 13 2 0 4 1 2
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 3 3 1 1
43 Longmire, John ? ? 5 1 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 1
39 Love, Jason ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 1 2 3
50 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 1 1
41 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 8 0 3 1 3
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 6 4 1 0 3
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 1 2
4 Mossop, John ? ? 0 1 6 2 4 1 6 0 1 3
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 1 2 2
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 0 0 2 3 2
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 14 291 202 89 61 14 30 29 35

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 4 0 1 4 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 5 2 9 9 0 7 0 0 2 2
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 5 2 3 0 1
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 3 3 15 14 1 3 0 1 2 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 6 1 2 1
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 2 0
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 2 0 2 1 4
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 0 2 3
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 1 2 23 16 7 12 0 1 3 0
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 8 0 1 3 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 3
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 2 0 0 1 1
47 Irvine, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 2 1
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 4 2 4
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 2 2 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 3 4 24 21 3 3 0 1 3 3
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 3
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 5 4 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 16 17 294 225 69 77 8 25 35 32

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