1988 VFL Round 18: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1988 between West Coast and Melbourne during round 18 of the 1988 VFL season. West Coast hosted Melbourne at Subiaco Oval. Ross Glendinning captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Todd and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

West Coast
R. Glendinning (capt.), J. Annear, M. Brennan, K. Caton, J. Gastev, D. Hart, B. Hutton, L. Keene, D. Lamb, K. Langdon, C. Mainwaring, S. Malaxos, W. Matera, G. McKenna, G. Miles, D. O'Connell, M. Rance, D. Turner, C. Waterman, J. Worsfold

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), T. Campbell, R. Grinter, R. Jackson, A. Johnson, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. Newport, S. O'Dwyer, E. Spalding, B. Sparks, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, J. Viney, T. Viney, S. Wight, D. Williams, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

West Coast (18.14.122) defeated Melbourne (11.12.78).

Goalkickers
West Coast: R. Glendinning (6), B. Hutton (3), W. Matera (2), G. Miles (2), D. Turner (2), J. Annear, K. Caton, D. Hart
Melbourne: G. Lyon (2), S. O'Dwyer (2), G. Healy, R. Jackson, E. Spalding, B. Sparks, J. Viney, D. Williams, B. Wilson

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 31 July 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 16,266

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Melbourne
Score: 18.14.122 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 3 . 1 7 . 4 12 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 4 7 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin WCST by 5 WCST by 6 WCST by 33 WCST by 44 WCST by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Todd (West Coast), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Ross Glendinning (West Coast), Greg Healy (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Murray Rance WCST 23 3
Chris Mainwaring WCST 3 2
Wally Matera WCST 1 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Annear, John ? ? 1 0 29 21 8 11 0 1 1 1
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 0
11 Caton, Kevin ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 5 0 1 0 2
30 Gastev, John ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 6 0 0 1 3
4 Glendinning, Ross (c) ? ? 6 5 13 11 2 9 3 0 0 4
36 Hart, David ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 2 0 0 1 1
9 Hutton, Brent ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 4 0 0 1 1
25 Keene, Laurie ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 22 0 4 0
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 3 0 1 4 1
19 Langdon, Karl ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 0 1 4
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 1 2 1
1 Matera, Wally ? ? 2 2 35 21 14 4 0 3 2 1
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 2 1 0
6 Miles, Geoff ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 0 1
21 O'Connell, David ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 6 3 1 3 5
23 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 3 6 1
10 Turner, Dean ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 0 0
31 Waterman, Chris ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 0 1 0
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 9 1 1 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 14 361 240 121 93 29 18 30 28

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 2 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 1 3 3
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 2 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 5 0 0 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 1 2 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 1 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 3 0 1 1 5
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 2 2
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 11 15 0 1 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 3 13 10 3 6 0 1 2 2
42 Sparks, Bradley ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 7 0 1 0 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 8 7 0 1 1
26 Viney, Jay ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 5 0 1 2 6
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 4 0 0 2 2
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 3 0 0 3 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 4 2 0 0 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 1 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 12 291 213 78 83 24 15 28 30

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