1988 VFL Season Round 18: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1988 between Sydney and Geelong during round eighteen of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Geelong at the SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

Sydney (12.16.88) were defeated by Geelong (22.19.151).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Friday 29 July 1988
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 12,228

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 12.16.88 - 22.19.151

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 11 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Geelong 4 . 4 9 . 8 16 . 12 22 . 19 22 . 19 (151)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 49 GEEL by 63 GEEL by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
S. Harris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Couch GEEL 7 3
Shane Hamilton GEEL 25 2
Neville Bruns GEEL 19 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 0 0 0
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 15 7 8 0 0 2 0 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 3 7 0 0 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 4 1 0 1 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 1 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 3 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 3 3 19 11 8 3 0 0 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 3 1 1 4
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 4 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1 1
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 5 1 1 1 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 1 33 21 12 2 0 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 5 19 13 6 7 0 1 4 0
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 3 24 13 11 4 0 2 4 0
17 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 1 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 3 0 1 1 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 34 22 12 3 0 2 0 1
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 16 312 193 119 60 13 15 21 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 4 3 13 11 2 6 0 1 0 2
34 Alderdice, Craig ? ? 1 2 17 9 8 6 1 0 0 1
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 2 1 28 19 9 0 0 0 1 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 0 0 2 0 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 2 0 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 1 0 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 3 0 1 1 1
36 Cameron, David ? ? 3 2 13 9 4 1 0 0 1 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 2 41 26 15 4 0 3 1 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 0 1 3
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 22 13 9 2 0 5 2 2
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 1 1 13 5 8 2 0 1 0 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 4 5 0 2 0
25 Hamilton, Shane ? ? 7 4 25 18 7 6 0 2 0 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 0 1
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 1
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 1 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 4 0 1 0 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 19 316 210 106 55 8 24 11 21

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