1987 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 11-1-10, P%: 95.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Tony McGuinness, Brian Royal (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Simon Beasley (73)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Tony McGuinness

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Rick Kennedy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Athorn, Mark #52 9 R08-R10, R15-R20 4 0
Atkins, Simon #23 3 R02-R03, R06 2 0
Bamblett, Les #9 3 R02, R04-R05 2 0
Baxter, Darren #35 22 R01-R22 1 0
Baxter, Peter #26 3 R01, R14, R22 0 0
Beasley, Simon #18 21 R01-R05, R07-R22 73 1
Collins, Darren #47 1 R16 1 0
Cordy, Brian #49 20 R02-R15, R17-R22 3 0
Cousins, Richard #2 20 R01-R18, R21-R22 9 0
Cronan, Phil #17 20 R01-R06, R08-R19, R21-R22 5 0
Cullen, Mark #22 2 R10, R15 0 0
Egan, Mick #10 1 R18 0 0
Eppelstun, Greg #12 22 R01-R22 0 0
Fitzpatrick, Lynton #42 5 R16, R18-R21 0 0
Ford, Michael #45 19 R01-R15, R19-R22 2 2
Foster, Peter #32 21 R02-R22 16 11
Hannebery, Matt #36 4 R10-R13 0 0
Hawkins, Doug #7 12 R11-R22 6 0
Howlett, Andrew #48 2 R06-R07 1 0
James, Ron #43 7 R03-R09 3 0
Kennedy, Rick #8 20 R01-R14, R16, R18-R22 2 3
Kolyniuk, Steven #59 3 R20-R22 4 0
Lesiputty, Frank #55 2 R15, R17 1 0
Liberatore, Tony #39 12 R01, R08-R16, R18-R19 7 4
MacPherson, Stephen #27 16 R01-R07, R11-R14, R16-R17, R20-R22 28 0
McGuinness, Tony #11 22 R01-R22 34 15
McLean, Michael #51 8 R01, R16-R22 1 2
Moloney, Troy #40 17 R01-R09, R13-R15, R17, R19-R22 2 0
Petraglia, Angelo #38 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 19 5
Purser, Andrew #1 22 R01-R22 2 3
Rance, Murray #15 19 R01-R02, R04-R20 3 0
Royal, Brian #33 22 R01-R22 39 15
Tzatzaris, Zeno #19 10 R01-R02, R05-R12 0 0
Vilcins, Brenton #30 2 R01, R03 0 0
Wallis, Steve #24 22 R01-R22 3 4
Williams, Shane #6 7 R07-R08, R17, R19-R22 7 0
Wright, Cameron #53 2 R03-R04 0 0

Team Line-Up

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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)
Malthouse, Mick 22 11 -1- 10 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
28/03/1987 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 59 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
05/04/1987 Round 2 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 108 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
11/04/1987 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 87 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
20/04/1987 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 41 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
25/04/1987 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 4 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
02/05/1987 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 44 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
09/05/1987 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 34 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
16/05/1987 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 24 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
23/05/1987 Round 9 Brisbane Bears HOME WIN FOO by 32 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
30/05/1987 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 33 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
06/06/1987 Round 11 West Coast HOME WIN FOO by 22 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
13/06/1987 Round 12 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 68 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
20/06/1987 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 39 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
27/06/1987 Round 14 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 12 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
04/07/1987 Round 15 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 33 Mick Malthouse unknown
18/07/1987 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 55 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
11/07/1987 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 97 Mick Malthouse unknown
01/08/1987 Round 18 Collingwood HOME WIN FOO by 11 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
08/08/1987 Round 19 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 3 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
15/08/1987 Round 20 North Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
23/08/1987 Round 21 Brisbane Bears AWAY WIN FOO by 82 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
29/08/1987 Round 22 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 15 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy