1988 VFL Round 20: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 13 August 1988 between Melbourne and Footscray during round 20 of the 1988 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Footscray at MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Melbourne
G. Healy (capt.), T. Campbell, W. Dean, S. Eishold, S. Febey, D. Flintoff, R. Grinter, R. Jackson, A. Johnson, D. Koop, A. Lovell, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. O'Dwyer, P. Rohde, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Wight, D. Williams, G. Yeats

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

Melbourne (14.16.100) were defeated by Footscray (17.8.110).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. Johnson (3), J. Stynes (3), D. Williams (3), A. Lovell (2), G. Lyon (2), B. Lovett
Footscray: S. Beasley (9), S. MacPherson (2), S. Wallis (2), R. Cousins, D. Davies, P. Foster, B. Royal

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and Footscray remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 13 August 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,026

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 14.16.100 - 17.8.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 3 . 8 6 . 13 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Footscray 3 . 2 5 . 5 13 . 8 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Margin FOOT by 4 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 37 FOOT by 10 FOOT by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: Greg Healy (Melbourne), unknown (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Beasley FOOT 18 3
Brian Royal FOOT 33 2
Graeme Yeats MELB 8 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 3 0 2 3 1
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 1 0 0 2 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1 1
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 0 0 3 0 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 2 1 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 29 16 13 4 0 0 3 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 4 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 3 1 21 16 5 3 0 1 2 2
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 0 2 4
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 2 0 19 13 6 3 0 0 1 5
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 1 0 0 1 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 6 3 1 0 1
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 2 13 7 6 6 17 1 1 4
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 4 0 0 0 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 3 0 15 10 5 5 8 0 1 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 1 1 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 3 1 19 15 4 9 0 0 0 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 0 4 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 14 16 314 218 96 58 28 16 24 28

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 1 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 9 1 11 11 0 9 0 0 2 1
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 3 0
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 6 6 2 4 1
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 2 0 1 1 1
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 1 2 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 8 0 0 0 1
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 3 0 4
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1 0
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 1 0
47 Irvine, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 2 0 21 13 8 7 0 1 0 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 1 0 3
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 2 3 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 0 24 13 11 2 0 1 2 2
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 1 0 1 4 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 2 0 22 13 9 4 0 1 2 2
50 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 8 284 202 82 69 6 27 28 24

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