1987 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 9-1-12, P%: 89.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Leon Baker (7)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Paul Salmon (43)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Mark Thompson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Terry Daniher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Antrobus, Tony #2 1 R02 0 0
Bailey, Dean #31 15 R01-R13, R15-R16 7 0
Baker, Leon #4 11 R01-R06, R08, R19-R22 6 7
Barnes, John #20 6 R06-R09, R18-R19 9 2
Clark, Steven #12 11 R01-R07, R09-R10, R12, R14 11 0
Clarke, Neil #8 11 R01-R05, R07, R16-R18, R20-R21 10 2
Considine, Ed #37 9 R03, R13-R16, R19-R22 4 0
Cunningham, Daryl #38 7 R10-R15, R17 5 0
Daniher, Anthony #6 4 R01-R02, R20, R22 3 0
Daniher, Chris #7 2 R17-R18 0 0
Daniher, Terry #5 22 R01-R22 30 4
Duckworth, Bill #22 14 R05-R10, R13-R17, R19-R21 15 0
Elshaug, Tony #14 7 R01, R03, R06-R08, R16-R17 7 0
Ezard, Alan #15 17 R01-R05, R08-R19 34 3
Flood, David #28 4 R02-R05 4 0
Foulds, Garry #10 20 R01-R14, R16, R18-R22 8 0
Francis, Peter #17 15 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11-R17 2 1
Hamilton, Paul #16 19 R01, R04-R14, R16-R22 1 6
Harvey, Mark #1 1 R09 0 0
Hawker, Glenn #33 21 R01-R04, R06-R22 19 3
Heard, Shane #9 17 R01-R07, R11-R19, R21 1 5
Johnston, David #46 11 R08, R10-R12, R15-R20, R22 0 0
Keane, Gavin #35 16 R03-R05, R07-R12, R14-R19, R22 9 0
Madden, Simon #27 14 R09-R22 9 1
Merrett, Roger #25 18 R01-R11, R13-R18, R21 11 4
Moore, Brendon #56 1 R22 0 0
O'Donnell, Gary #44 1 R22 0 0
Parker, Geoff #11 1 R15 0 0
Salmon, Paul #3 22 R01-R22 43 6
Spencer, Trevor #23 8 R01, R12-R15, R17, R20-R21 2 0
Sullivan, David #19 5 R13, R18-R21 8 0
Thompson, Mark #26 18 R02, R04-R17, R20-R22 16 4
Vander Haar, Paul #18 8 R01-R04, R06-R07, R19, R22 6 0
Wallis, Dean #21 11 R08-R13, R18-R22 2 0
Walsh, Kevin #30 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 5 1
Walsh, Nick #29 8 R04, R10-R11, R18-R22 1 0
Watson, Tim #32 7 R05-R06, R18-R22 5 0
Williams, Darren #13 20 R01-R15, R18-R22 12 5
Winton, Brian #24 20 R01-R17, R20-R22 1 5

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Sheedy, Kevin 22 9 -1- 12 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
28/03/1987 Round 1 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 59 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
04/04/1987 Round 2 West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 5 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
11/04/1987 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 46 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
20/04/1987 Round 4 Sydney HOME WIN ESS by 47 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
25/04/1987 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 54 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
02/05/1987 Round 6 Geelong HOME DRAW drawn Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
09/05/1987 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 25 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
16/05/1987 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 26 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
23/05/1987 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 114 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
30/05/1987 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 22 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
06/06/1987 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 15 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
12/06/1987 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 36 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
20/06/1987 Round 13 Brisbane Bears HOME WIN ESS by 37 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
27/06/1987 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 12 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
03/07/1987 Round 15 West Coast AWAY WIN ESS by 28 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
11/07/1987 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 54 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
26/07/1987 Round 17 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 163 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
01/08/1987 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 1 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
08/08/1987 Round 19 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 27 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
15/08/1987 Round 20 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 41 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
22/08/1987 Round 21 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 50 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher
30/08/1987 Round 22 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 5 Kevin Sheedy Terry Daniher