1988 VFL 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 16 of the 1988 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at 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
J. Law (capt.), D. Ackerly, B. Allison, M. Arceri, P. Bryce, A. Clarkson, P. German, B. Harris, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Longmire, J. Love, M. Martyn, J. McCarthy, D. McDonald, D. McRae, J. Mossop, M. Passmore, P. Spargo, D. Steele

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

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

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Longmire (5), P. Bryce (2), B. Allison, M. Arceri, A. Clarkson, M. Larkin, P. Spargo
Footscray: S. Beasley (5), D. Collins (3), B. Royal (3), A. Campbell (2), D. Baxter, M. Cullen, P. Foster

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and Footscray remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: John Law (North Melbourne), Rick Kennedy (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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