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Melbourne vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 16-Apr-1988
Final Round 3
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
72 9.18
64 9.10
Geelong Coach: John Devine
Geelong logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 8 MEL by 8
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 16 Andy Lovell — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 39 Doug Koop — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

27 Andrew Bews — · Position unavailable 3 Mark Bairstow — · Position unavailable 10 Darren Troy — · Position unavailable 19 Neville Bruns — · Position unavailable 8 Robert Scott — · Position unavailable 18 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 7 Paul Couch — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Bos — · Position unavailable 29 Damian Drum — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Ablett — · Position unavailable 15 Martin Christensen — · Position unavailable 1 Steve Hocking — · Position unavailable 21 Mark Yeates — · Position unavailable 30 Damian Bourke — · Position unavailable 36 David Cameron — · Position unavailable 23 Michael Schulze — · Position unavailable 14 Darren Flanigan — · Position unavailable 28 Tim Darcy — · Position unavailable 26 Barry Stoneham — · Position unavailable 2 Bruce Lindner — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.82.33.42.372
GEE1.13.43.32.264

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Gary AblettGEE
Behinds
4
Gary AblettGEE
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
9
Simon EisholdMEL

Team Stats

MELGEE

Scoring / Attack

9Goals9
15Behinds10
5Behinds Rushed1

Possession

284Disposals305
204Kicks203
80Handballs102

Clearance / Contest

36Tackles29
20Hitouts18

Other

66Marks71
31Frees For33
34Frees Against33

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Geelong by 8 points, 72–64.

Melbourne extended a 7-point three-quarter-time lead with a 15–14 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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