1988 VFL Round 22: Richmond v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1988 between Richmond and Fitzroy during round 22 of the 1988 VFL season. Richmond hosted Fitzroy at MCG. Dale Weightman captained the hosts. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Bartlett and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Richmond
D. Weightman (capt.), P. Egan, G. Frangalas, T. Free, A. Goodwin, J. Hogg, D. Honybun, M. Knights, M. Laffy, C. Lambert, B. Leys, J. Manton, M. Mitchell, T. Nichols, J. Pickering, M. Pickering, T. Poole, C. Pym, M. Thomson, P. Wilson

Fitzroy
P. Roos (capt.), M. Armstrong, J. Blakey, T. Board, A. Brockhurst, P. Broderick, T. Carafa, M. Gale, L. Harris, J. Ironmonger, D. Kappler, C. McGrath, R. Osborne, T. Pekin, G. Pert, B. Stephens, D. Strooper, K. Thomas, R. Thornton, J. Wynd

Richmond (23.19.157) defeated Fitzroy (7.12.54).

Goalkickers
Richmond: J. Hogg (9), J. Pickering (5), M. Knights (2), M. Mitchell (2), M. Thomson (2), P. Egan, D. Weightman, P. Wilson
Fitzroy: P. Broderick (3), R. Osborne (3), K. Thomas

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Fitzroy were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Richmond v Fitzroy
Date: Friday 26 August 1988
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,496

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Fitzroy
Score: 23.19.157 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 8 . 7 13 . 15 23 . 19 23 . 19 (157)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 4 . 7 5 . 10 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 24 RICH by 53 RICH by 103 RICH by 103
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), David Parkin (Fitzroy)
Captains: Dale Weightman (Richmond), Paul Roos (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Childs, P. O'Reilly

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Mitchell RICH 7 3
Trent Nichols RICH 22 2
Dale Weightman RICH 3 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 1
9 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 1 1 0
30 Free, Tony ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 1 0 2 2 3
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 4 0 1 3
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 9 0 15 12 3 9 0 0 0 0
42 Honybun, David ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 4 9 0 0 0
33 Knights, Matthew ? ? 2 5 21 16 5 6 0 0 0 0
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 2 1 1 1 0
53 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 26 10 16 2 0 3 3 0
54 Leys, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 2 0
11 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 2 3 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 2 3 31 15 16 4 0 0 0 1
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 2 19 11 8 4 0 0 0 2
52 Pickering, Justin ? ? 5 1 27 17 10 8 0 3 2 1
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 33 18 15 8 0 0 4 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 2 3 2
51 Pym, Chris ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 4 0 1 1 0
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 2 1 34 18 16 6 0 0 1 0
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 3 0 2 1 1
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 11 13 9 1 4 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 23 19 363 214 149 95 15 22 25 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 2 0 1 0 1
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 7 0 2 2 1
42 Board, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 1 0 0
5 Brockhurst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 1 0 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 3 1 27 12 15 6 0 0 1 0
13 Carafa, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 1 1
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 1 0 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 29 14 15 5 0 2 3 1
6 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 5 11 0 0 0
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 7 0 1 1 3
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 4 18 13 5 11 2 2 1 2
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 3 3 14 12 2 5 0 0 0 4
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 3
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 9 0 1 1 2
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 6 0 0 1 2
31 Strooper, David ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 1 0
2 Thomas, Keith ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 2 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 0 2
30 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 12 301 173 128 85 13 16 15 25

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