1988 VFL Round 17: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 July 1988 between Geelong and Footscray during round 17 of the 1988 VFL season. Geelong hosted Footscray at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Geelong
D. Bourke (capt.), C. Alderdice, M. Bairstow, M. Bos, B. Brownless, N. Bruns, D. Cameron, P. Couch, T. Darcy, S. Denham, D. Drum, D. Flanigan, S. Hamilton, S. Hocking, A. McCrabb, M. Schulze, R. Scott, B. Stoneham, M. Turner, M. Yeates

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

Geelong (17.13.115) defeated Footscray (10.9.69).

Goalkickers
Geelong: M. Turner (4), D. Drum (3), S. Hamilton (3), M. Bairstow (2), B. Brownless (2), R. Scott (2), P. Couch
Footscray: S. Beasley (3), B. Royal (2), A. Campbell, D. Collins, M. Cullen, G. Eppelstun, T. Wallace

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 9th on the ladder and Footscray were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 23 July 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 13,505

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Footscray
Score: 17.13.115 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 6 7 . 10 10 . 12 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Footscray 3 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin GEEL by 16 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 46 GEEL by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Devine (Geelong), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: Damian Bourke (Geelong), unknown (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Flanigan GEEL 14 3
Tim Darcy GEEL 28 2
Brian Royal FOOT 33 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
34 Alderdice, Craig ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 7 1 0 1 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 2 0 16 10 6 1 0 1 2 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 2 0 0 1 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 4 14 10 4 6 0 3 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 31 27 4 4 0 2 0 1
36 Cameron, David ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 0 30 18 12 3 0 3 3 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 0 1 2 2
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 5 0 4 2 0
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 4 0 0 1 3
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 12 16 1 1 2
25 Hamilton, Shane ? ? 3 1 26 22 4 8 0 0 3 3
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 2 0 0
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 7 0 2 1 2
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 1 1 0 2
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 2 1 23 14 9 2 0 1 0 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 2 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 4 0 12 11 1 3 0 0 3 4
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 2 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 13 353 233 120 78 18 26 25 32

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Allday, David ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 2 2 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 1 3 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 3 10 8 2 7 0 0 1 3
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 4 2 5 1 1
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 10 9 3 4 0
22 Cullen, Mark ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 5 2 1
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 2 1
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 4 0 0 1 4
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 4 0 0 3 1
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 2 1
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 3 3 3
47 Irvine, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 28 22 6 4 0 4 2 3
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 4 1 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 3 0 1 0 2
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 2 0 2 1 2
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 0 0 0 1 0
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 9 285 206 79 59 12 30 32 25

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