CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB - HOME OF THE SEAGULLS

CHELSEA GRIT

1988 - SEASON REVIEW

A LITTLE TOO COCKY?

Chelsea was still fielding a very good team come the 1988 season. With only one loss during the season, there were sound reasons for confidence with the finals approaching. On paper, the Seagulls were the best team in the competition and many regarded them as a certainty to make it three in a row. There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance as Chelsea discovered very quickly during their semi-final match when the less performed Dales presented themselves as a team who were prepared to work hard for each other while the Seagulls waited for team mates to take command. Inevitably the game slipped away.

Still retaining an inflated opinion of their abilities, the Gulls believed that that they would reverse the result come Grand Final day. We’ll never know if that may have occurred as mother nature decided that she’d seen enough.
Very few outdoor sports are improved by the advent of wet  weather. In the case of Australian Rules football, wet conditions have a real blunting effect on the skills associated with the game. The oval ball, usually so unpredictable in its bounce, tends to skid straight through and players who have quick reflexes and are fleet of foot and able to baulk and turn, are condemned to simple hard slog if they wish to get their hands on the ball. High flyers are unable to hold their marks and must resort to man to man combat in order to get a kick, whilst attempts at handball and foot passing become futile.

Umpiring becomes a lottery, with free kicks often being picked at random simply to break up the packs that invariably form around the ball. In all, the game then favours the physically strong who are able to gouge the ball out of the mud and force it forward. The game becomes more suited to rugby players than footballers.

The Preliminary Final against Pines was played in very wet conditions and Pines through their superior physicality were justifiable and predictable winners.


KEY PERSONNEL

PRESIDENT
Tommy Williams

VICE PRESIDENT

Laurie Owens, Ned Travaskis, Noel Hopgood

SECRETARY
Ray Stuart

ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Frank Parsons

TREASURER
Mike Weissenfeld

ASSISTANT TREASURER
Mick Thompson

COMMITTEE
Stan Kourelas, J O'Neill, Kevin Kneiss, Dot Young, Quinton Hildebrand, Peter Boyd, Gordon McLaren, David Patterson, T McCann, W Doyle, J Barnett, W Ryan, Kevin Seers, Ozzie Porter, J Barnett.

COACH

Chris Bull

CAPTAIN
Chris Bull

BEST & FAIREST
 
Rob Parks

GOAL KICKING
Dave Baker - 81 Goals

TRAINERS
"Wagga" McDonald, Frank Rowe, Michael Troup

SEASON OVERVIEW

SENIORS

Team W L D Points %
Chelsea 16 1 1 66 143 Edi/Asp 15 3 60 162 Seaford 12 5 1 50 106
Pines 11 5 2 48 124
Mornington 8 10 32 88 Rye 7 11 28 93 Mt Eliza 7 11 28 91 Somerville 6 12 24 78 Hastings 4 14 16 84 Crib Point 2 16 8 60
GRAND FINAL
Pines 14 - 10 - 94 def  Edi-Asp 12 - 13 - 85

M. P. N. F. L.
BEST & FAIREST

Brett Wright Edi/Asp 20
Richard Howlett Chelsea 18
Alan Barnes Rye 16
Greg Coyne Somerville 16
Glen Klenjans Mornington 13
Robert Jackson Pines 13
Mick Bartholomew Edi/Asp 13


 









1ST XV111
SECOND SEMI FINAL

CHELSEA
    15.12 102 pts
EDI/ASP       21.5 131 pts

BEST PLAYERS

CHELSEA:D Ritchie, Bull, Cathcart, Howlett, Savage.
EDI/ASP:Midolo, Dale, Conlon,Wright, Nankivell, Healy.

GOAL KICKERS

CHELSEA:Baker 6, Savage 4, M Ritchie 2, Duff, Aitcheson, Barnett.
EDI/ASP:Midolo 7, Hart 2, Smith 2, Mullen 2, Bardoel, Walker, Turner, Wright, Nankivell, Healy.

PRELIMINARY FINAL

CHELSEA
7.7 49 pts
PINES 12.7 79 pts

BEST PLAYERS

CHELSEA:Bull, Cathcart, Barnett, Park
PINES:R Jackson, Hamling, Hustwaite, Sutton, S Jackson, Johnston, Marsh.

GOAL KICKERS

CHELSEA:Baker 2, Sinclair 2, O'Hanlon, Bull, Barnett.
PINES:McPherson 4, Neal 2, Hamling 2, Marsh 2, Green, Hustwaite.
 

SEASON OVERVIEW

SECONDS

Team W L D Points %
Pines 16 2 64 217 Edi/Asp 16 2 64 186 Chelsea 12 6 48 152
Mt Eliza 11 7 44 127
Mornington 9 9 36 91 Seaford 8 10 32 104 Hastings 7 11 28 77 Rye 5 13 20 71 Somerville 3 15 12 50 Crib Point 2 16 8 43
GRAND FINAL
Edi/Asp 16 - 15 - 111 def  Pines 14 - 10 - 94

M. P. N. F. L.
BEST & FAIREST

Deiner James Seaford 15
Wayne Bowes Mt Eliza 11
Adam Kane Pines 11
Martin Hayes Edi/Asp 11
Alan Glanville Edi/Asp 11


 





1ST SEMI FINAL

CHELSEA       9.11 65 pts
MT ELIZA       13.12 90 pts


BEST PLAYERS

CHELSEA:
Ryan, Burns, Smith, O'Hanlon, Russell.
MT ELIZA:
Rooney, Chiswell, Philip, Hughes, Lacy, Grimmond.

GOAL KICKERS

CHELSEA:
Clark 3, O'Hanlon 2, S Knowles, Smith, Corcoran, McDonald.
EDI/ASP:
Webb 4, Bowes 2, Hughes 2, Owens, Simmonds, Knight, McDonald, Philp.

SEASON OVERVIEW

THIRDS

Team W L B Points %
Seaford 16 2 64 514 Edi/Asp 16 2 64 407 Mornington 14 4 56 207
Pines 14 4 66 188
Hastings 9 8 1 38 64 Mt Eliza 8 9 1 34 136 Chelsea 4 14 16 36 Crib Point 3 15 12 34 Somerville 3 15 12 33 Rye 2 16 8 13
GRAND FINAL
Edi/Asp 12 - 12 - 84 def  Seaford 10 -11 - 71

M. P. N. F. L.
BEST & FAIREST

Matthew Quinn Mornington 21
Sandy Cortese Edi/Asp 20
Paul Poulios Seaford 18
Craig Ridout Seaford 15


 





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