1988 VFL Round 21: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 1988 between Geelong and Richmond during round 21 of the 1988 VFL season. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Dale Weightman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Kevin Bartlett.

Geelong
G. Ablett, C. Alderdice, M. Bairstow, A. Bews, M. Bos, N. Bruns, D. Cameron, P. Couch, T. Darcy, S. Denham, D. Drum, D. Flanigan, S. Hamilton, S. Hocking, A. McCrabb, M. Schulze, R. Scott, D. Troy, M. Turner, M. Yeates

Richmond
D. Weightman (capt.), P. Egan, G. Frangalas, T. Free, D. Honybun, S. James, M. Laffy, C. Lambert, B. Leys, J. Manton, A. McKellar, M. Mitchell, W. Peters, J. Pickering, M. Pickering, T. Poole, T. Powell, C. Pym, M. Summers, M. Thomson

Geelong (22.14.146) defeated Richmond (16.12.108).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Cameron (4), C. Alderdice (3), N. Bruns (3), M. Turner (3), G. Ablett (2), M. Bairstow (2), D. Drum (2), P. Couch, S. Denham, M. Yeates
Richmond: M. Mitchell (4), P. Egan (3), B. Leys (3), D. Weightman (2), J. Manton, J. Pickering, M. Pickering, M. Thomson

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 9th on the ladder and Richmond were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 20 August 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,359

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 22.14.146 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 5 9 . 6 18 . 9 22 . 14 22 . 14 (146)
Richmond 4 . 3 8 . 4 12 . 7 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin RICH by 10 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 38 GEEL by 38 GEEL by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Devine (Geelong), Kevin Bartlett (Richmond)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), Dale Weightman (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy, M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Frangalas RICH 9 3
Mark Yeates GEEL 21 2
Austin McCrabb GEEL 38 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 2 20 13 7 10 0 3 0 1
34 Alderdice, Craig ? ? 3 3 19 9 10 5 5 1 1 0
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 2 2 29 21 8 1 0 3 1 2
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 1 0 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 2 2 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 3 0 29 23 6 6 0 1 2 2
36 Cameron, David ? ? 4 0 19 10 9 5 0 1 1 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 35 15 20 0 0 0 1 3
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 1 0
18 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 0 30 13 17 2 0 2 1 4
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 2 0 15 9 6 5 0 2 1 3
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 5 11 0 2 3
25 Hamilton, Shane ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 5 0 1 0 1
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 2 0 2 0 1
38 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 3 0 2 1 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 1 0 1 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 0 0
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 5 0 1 2 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 1 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 0 32 21 11 8 0 2 6 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 14 411 238 173 76 17 26 24 29

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 3 2 22 15 7 9 0 1 0 0
9 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 9 0 1 0 0
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 1 1
42 Honybun, David ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 8 5 1 1 2
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 6 0 2 0 1
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 4 1 1 1 1
53 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 27 8 19 2 0 2 2 2
54 Leys, Brian ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 2 1 2 1 0
11 Manton, John ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 2 0
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 3 3 1
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 4 0 21 13 8 7 0 4 3 4
5 Peters, Wayne ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 0 2 1 0
52 Pickering, Justin ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 6 0 1 3 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 1 1 27 14 13 6 0 1 2 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 1 23 11 12 8 0 1 1 3
21 Powell, Tim ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0 0
51 Pym, Chris ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 2 2
43 Summers, Mark ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 2
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 0 31 21 10 6 0 1 1 0
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 2 2 29 17 12 1 0 1 5 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 12 356 208 148 91 9 29 29 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