1987 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 13-1-8, P%: 99.4%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Melbourne (Elimination Final)
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Matthew Larkin (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Phil Krakouer (41)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Matthew Larkin

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Wayne Schimmelbusch

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ackerly, David #10 15 R01-R03, R06, R10-R11, R13-R15, R18-R22, EF 1 0
Allison, Brett #33 5 R02-R06 0 0
Arceri, Mark #17 9 R01-R07, R09-R10 12 3
Bryce, Paul #40 1 R13 0 0
Ceglar, David #22 2 R13-R14 1 0
Chandler, Jeff #46 5 R19-R22, EF 2 0
Clarkson, Alastair #57 8 R15-R17, R19-R22, EF 7 0
Crocker, Darren #27 15 R01-R14, EF 11 7
Demetriou, Andrew #28 16 R02-R11, R15-R17, R21-R22, EF 6 0
Dwyer, David #5 10 R01-R06, R08-R09, R16-R17 8 0
Fairley, Ian #6 21 R02-R22 26 3
German, Peter #29 22 R01, R03-R22, EF 21 2
Harris, Darren #26 15 R01-R02, R07-R10, R12-R17, R21-R22, EF 4 2
Hepburn, Mark #34 6 R18-R22, EF 10 1
Hickey, Steve #24 7 R01, R11-R14, R19-R20 0 0
Holmes, Dale #44 3 R01-R03 0 0
Holt, John #2 7 R01-R06, R22 8 2
Jonas, Peter #45 7 R12-R17, EF 11 3
Kerr, Robert #59 3 R15-R17 0 0
Krakouer, Jim #3 20 R01, R04-R22 31 9
Krakouer, Phil #8 21 R02-R14, R16-R22, EF 43 6
Larkin, Matthew #9 22 R01-R02, R04-R22, EF 20 10
Law, John #13 23 R01-R22, EF 2 5
Lisle, Mark #1 2 R11, R18 1 0
Love, Jason #39 12 R01, R09-R12, R16, R18-R22, EF 20 0
McCann, Stephen #16 21 R01, R03-R12, R14-R22, EF 30 2
McDonald, Donald #25 20 R01, R04-R17, R19-R22, EF 12 0
McRae, Dean #19 12 R02-R03, R07-R15, R18 7 0
Mossop, John #4 23 R01-R22, EF 12 1
Passmore, Michael #37 8 R07-R11, R18-R20 0 0
Robertson, Rohan #12 8 R11-R18 4 2
Schimmelbusch, Wayne #20 10 R01-R10 6 4
Sholl, Craig #51 4 R15-R18 0 0
Smith, Ross #15 22 R01-R08, R10-R22, EF 3 0
Smith, Shaun #32 14 R04-R08, R12, R15-R21, EF 12 0
Spargo, Paul #31 13 R02-R03, R09, R12-R15, R18-R22, EF 13 0
Steele, Darren #7 21 R01-R14, R17-R22, EF 6 7
Stevenson, Jamie #43 7 R01-R05, R07-R08 5 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)
Kennedy, John 23 13 -1- 9 R01-R22, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/03/1987 Round 1 Brisbane Bears HOME LOSS BRB by 33 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
03/04/1987 Round 2 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 33 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
10/04/1987 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 74 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
18/04/1987 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN NOR by 9 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
24/04/1987 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 17 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
03/05/1987 Round 6 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 74 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
09/05/1987 Round 7 Footscray AWAY WIN NOR by 34 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
17/05/1987 Round 8 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 34 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
22/05/1987 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN NOR by 34 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
31/05/1987 Round 10 Sydney AWAY WIN NOR by 9 John Kennedy Wayne Schimmelbusch
06/06/1987 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 22 John Kennedy unknown
12/06/1987 Round 12 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 36 John Kennedy unknown
20/06/1987 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY WIN NOR by 54 John Kennedy unknown
28/06/1987 Round 14 Brisbane Bears AWAY WIN NOR by 38 John Kennedy unknown
04/07/1987 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 2 John Kennedy unknown
11/07/1987 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 33 John Kennedy unknown
18/07/1987 Round 17 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 97 John Kennedy unknown
01/08/1987 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 25 John Kennedy unknown
07/08/1987 Round 19 West Coast AWAY WIN NOR by 11 John Kennedy unknown
15/08/1987 Round 20 Footscray HOME DRAW drawn John Kennedy unknown
22/08/1987 Round 21 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 38 John Kennedy unknown
29/08/1987 Round 22 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 4 John Kennedy unknown
06/09/1987 Elimination Final Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 118 John Kennedy unknown