1988 VFL Season Round 19: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 1988 between Richmond and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Dale Weightman captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Richmond (23.11.149) defeated Melbourne (20.11.131).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 August 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,475

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 23.11.149 - 20.11.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 9 . 5 16 . 9 23 . 11 23 . 11 (149)
Melbourne 9 . 3 13 . 7 19 . 9 20 . 11 20 . 11 (131)
Margin MELB by 36 MELB by 26 MELB by 18 RICH by 18 RICH by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Dale Weightman
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Childs
I. Clayton

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Craig Lambert RICH 53 3
Michael Mitchell RICH 7 2
Michael Pickering RICH 35 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 1 0 3
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 7 1 13 11 2 8 0 0 0 1
30 Free, Tony ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 2 0 1 1 4
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 2 1
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 0
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 1 0 0 0 0
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 1 0 1 0
53 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 2 29 16 13 2 0 0 1 2
1 Lee, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 9 1 3 2
54 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 2 0
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 3 1
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 3 1 32 17 15 10 0 3 0 2
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 4 3 5 6
52 Pickering, Justin ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 0 0 2 3 0
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 2 0 23 17 6 12 0 1 1 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 4 0 2 0 3
51 Pym, Chris ? ? 1 0 17 13 4 6 0 2 0 0
32 Ryan, Des ? ? 2 0 10 5 5 5 0 0 1 1
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 5 1 25 16 9 7 0 0 3 1
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 7 2 1 0 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 23 11 328 210 118 87 16 23 26 34

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 1 0 0 1 0
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 3 0 2
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 2 1 18 8 10 1 0 1 0 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 4 1 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 3 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 3 0 21 14 7 5 0 1 2 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 1 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 0 27 17 10 4 0 1 5 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 2 0
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 2 0 1 3 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 5 15 0 2 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 1 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 2 0 21 18 3 8 0 1 1 3
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 3 1 19 13 6 6 7 2 1 4
26 Viney, Jay ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 0 2 2 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 3 12 7 5 2 0 1 0 4
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 3 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 4 1 12 8 4 6 0 0 1 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 5 0 3 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 11 304 206 98 74 22 26 34 26

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