1988 VFL Season Round 21: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1988 between Essendon and Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon (19.14.128) defeated Melbourne (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 August 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,163

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 19.14.128 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 5 8 . 5 14 . 9 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Melbourne 5 . 2 8 . 8 10 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 3 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tim Watson ESSE 32 3
Darren Bewick ESSE 8 2
Steven Stretch MELB 18 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
11 Anderson, Greg ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 7 1 2
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 4 0 2 2 2
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 3 0 1 2 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 3 2 23 17 6 2 0 0 4 3
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 3 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 4 0 2 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 0 19 14 5 7 0 1 2 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 4 0 1 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 22 18 4 4 0 0 0 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 0 1
1 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 1 0 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 10 10 0 2 3
44 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 1 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 4 1 13 12 1 5 6 0 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 13 0 1 0 2
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 3 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 2 31 16 15 11 0 1 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 14 320 220 100 89 16 25 24 30

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 1 1 2 2
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 1 0 1 2
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 0 0 2 2 2
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 2 16 14 2 3 0 0 2 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 5 0 0 0 1
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 0 2 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 2 1 15 14 1 4 0 0 2 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 1 2 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 3 1
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 2 1
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 2 13 8 5 2 1 2 2 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 7 0 3 2 0
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 9 3 1 2
26 Viney, Jay ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 4 1 2 1 3
15 Williams, David ? ? 0 2 8 6 2 2 0 0 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 3 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 2 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 12 258 197 61 62 13 18 30 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