1988 VFL Round 22: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 1988 between Melbourne and Carlton during round 22 of the 1988 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Carlton at MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Stephen Kernahan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

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

Carlton
S. Kernahan (capt.), I. Aitken, T. Alvin, W. Blackwell, C. Bradley, J. Dorotich, J. Dunlop, D. Glascott, A. Gleeson, M. Hanna, I. Herman, K. Hunter, W. Johnston, M. Kennedy, J. Madden, P. Meldrum, F. Murphy, M. Naley, D. Rhys-Jones, P. Sartori

Melbourne (14.12.96) defeated Carlton (10.6.66).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: R. Jackson (4), G. Lyon (3), J. Stynes (2), A. Lovell, S. O'Dwyer, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, D. Williams
Carlton: J. Dorotich (2), S. Kernahan (2), A. Gleeson, K. Hunter, W. Johnston, F. Murphy, M. Naley, P. Sartori

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 5th on the ladder and Carlton were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 27 August 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,178

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Carlton
Score: 14.12.96 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 8 . 2 9 . 7 11 . 12 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Carlton 3 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 5 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin MELB by 29 MELB by 33 MELB by 43 MELB by 30 MELB by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Robert Walls (Carlton)
Captains: Greg Healy (Melbourne), Stephen Kernahan (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Graeme Yeats MELB 8 3
Alan Johnson MELB 9 2
Paul Meldrum CARL 23 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 1 3 2 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 1 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 4 0 3 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 2 1 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 4 1 12 10 2 1 0 0 1 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 6 0 1 2 0
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 2 0 2 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 2 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 3 3 16 13 3 4 0 3 1 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 1 4
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 6 10 0 2 3
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 5 0 1 3 4
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 1 22 18 4 7 4 0 3 4
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 1 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 6 0 0 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 1 0 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 7 0 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 12 291 226 65 69 15 24 26 29

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
22 Aitken, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 0 1 3
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 0 3 3 1
8 Blackwell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 2 2
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 2 0
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 10 4 0 1 4
24 Dunlop, Jamie ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 2 0 0 0
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 1 3 1
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 0 1
13 Hanna, Mil ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 1
25 Herman, Ian ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 0 4 3 2
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 4 0 3 4 0
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 1 0
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 5 0 4 1 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 4 12 0 3 3
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 7 0 1 1 0
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 2 0 1 0 2
17 Naley, Mark ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 0 0 3 1 1
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 3 1
18 Sartori, Peter ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 1 2 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 6 269 214 55 63 19 31 29 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