1988 VFL Round 18: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 1988 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round 18 of the 1988 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at MCG. John Law captained the hosts. Michael Pickering captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Kevin Bartlett.

North Melbourne
J. Law (capt.), B. Allison, M. Arceri, P. Bryce, A. Clarkson, I. Fairley, P. German, D. Harris, R. Kerr, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Longmire, J. Love, M. Martyn, J. McCarthy, D. McRae, J. Mossop, W. Schwass, R. Smith

Richmond
M. Pickering (capt.), B. Bower, P. Egan, T. Free, J. Hogg, S. James, M. Knights, M. Laffy, C. Lambert, M. Lee, B. Leys, A. McKellar, M. Mitchell, R. Nixon, D. Palm, J. Pickering, T. Poole, C. Pym, D. Ryan, P. Wilson

North Melbourne (16.13.109) were defeated by Richmond (21.14.140).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: J. Krakouer (3), P. Krakouer (3), P. German (2), J. Love (2), A. Clarkson, I. Fairley, D. Harris, M. Larkin, J. Longmire, D. McRae
Richmond: P. Egan (7), M. Mitchell (5), M. Pickering (2), J. Hogg, S. James, M. Knights, J. Pickering, C. Pym, D. Ryan, P. Wilson

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and Richmond were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 30 July 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,909

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 16.13.109 - 21.14.140

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 6 9 . 7 13 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Richmond 6 . 3 10 . 9 17 . 11 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 8 RICH by 25 RICH by 31 RICH by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)
Captains: John Law (North Melbourne), Michael Pickering (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Rich, B. Trezise

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Mitchell RICH 7 3
Craig Lambert RICH 53 2
Phil Egan RICH 13 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 2 1 3
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 2 0 1 2 0
40 Bryce, Paul ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 4 0 2 3 3
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 1 25 15 10 9 0 0 2 3
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 2 3
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 2 27 21 6 5 0 0 0 0
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 1 0 2 1
59 Kerr, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 3 2 2
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 3 0 18 11 7 5 0 2 1 0
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 3 0 17 10 7 8 0 1 0 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 1 0 27 15 12 5 0 0 2 0
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 3 0
43 Longmire, John ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 4 0 2 0 1
39 Love, Jason ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 0 3
50 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 3 0 0 0
41 McCarthy, John ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 9 0 3 0 3
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 4 0 1 3 4
4 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 4 14 0 2 3
46 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 4 0 3 2 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 8 0 2 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 13 304 218 86 83 18 23 27 31

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 2 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 7 4 17 15 2 12 0 0 0 3
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 1 0 4
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 0 2 0
40 James, Stephen ? ? 1 0 21 11 10 5 0 1 1 0
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 3 0 2 0 0
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 2 0
53 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 31 11 20 4 0 3 0 3
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 6 1 3 2
54 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 5 0
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 3 4 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 5 2 32 19 13 7 0 0 2 3
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 9 2 3 4
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 6 0 6 1 0 1 0 0
52 Pickering, Justin ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 7 0 1 0 4
35 Pickering, Michael (c) ? ? 2 0 26 14 12 5 0 4 1 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 31 21 10 8 0 0 4 1
51 Pym, Chris ? ? 1 1 22 11 11 3 0 1 0 1
32 Ryan, Des ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 2 0 1 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 21 14 364 228 136 87 15 23 31 27

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