1987 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Carlton were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Carlton were the premiers, with Stephen Kernahan as the premiership captain and Robert Walls as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1987 VFL Season
Teams: 14
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 160

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Brisbane Bears Carrara Stadium Peter Knights
Carlton Princes Park Robert Walls
Collingwood Victoria Park Leigh Matthews
Essendon Windy Hill Kevin Sheedy
Fitzroy Princes Park David Parkin
Footscray Western Oval Mick Malthouse
Geelong Kardinia Park John Devine
Hawthorn Princes Park Allan Jeans
Melbourne MCG John Northey
North Melbourne MCG John Kennedy
Richmond MCG Tony Jewell
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Darrel Baldock Allan Davis
Sydney SCG Tom Hafey
West Coast Subiaco Oval Ron Alexander

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton
Runners-Up: Hawthorn
Minor Premiers: Carlton

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 18 -0- 4 72 138.0% 2,599 1,883 377 337 273 245
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 147.1% 2,781 1,891 410 321 276 235
Sydney 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 129.5% 2,846 2,197 419 332 317 295
North Melbourne 4th 13 -1- 8 54 99.4% 2,402 2,417 350 302 350 317
Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 10 48 108.0% 2,189 2,026 312 317 293 268
Geelong 6th 11 -1- 10 46 100.3% 2,355 2,348 339 321 347 266
Footscray 7th 11 -1- 10 46 95.7% 1,959 2,046 280 279 301 240
West Coast 8th 11 -0- 11 44 97.9% 2,386 2,438 344 322 352 326
Essendon 9th 9 -1- 12 38 89.5% 2,075 2,318 306 239 341 272
St Kilda 10th 9 -0- 13 36 90.8% 2,150 2,369 318 242 339 335
Fitzroy 11th 8 -0- 14 32 91.5% 2,328 2,544 339 294 371 318
Collingwood 12th 7 -0- 15 28 76.4% 1,853 2,425 271 227 348 337
Brisbane Bears 13th 6 -0- 16 24 79.3% 2,113 2,666 308 265 385 356
Richmond 14th 5 -0- 17 20 82.5% 2,199 2,667 314 315 394 303

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Carlton 1st Premiers
Hawthorn 2nd Runners-Up
Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Hawthorn (Preliminary Final)
Sydney 4th Defeated by Melbourne (Semi Final)
North Melbourne 5th Defeated by Melbourne (Elimination Final)
Geelong 6th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 7th Did not qualify for finals
West Coast 8th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 9th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 10th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 11th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 12th Did not qualify for finals
Brisbane Bears 13th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 14th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 27/03/1987 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Brisbane Bears MCG 104 - 137 14,096
SAT 28/03/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 104 - 149 19,967
SAT 28/03/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park 74 - 165 17,129
SAT 28/03/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon VFL Park 62 - 121 22,550
SAT 28/03/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 128 - 89 18,012
SAT 28/03/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 101 - 102 15,867
SUN 29/03/1987 12:10 PM West Coast v Richmond Subiaco Oval 133 - 119 23,897

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 1 -0- 0 4 223.0% 165 74
Essendon 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 195.2% 121 62
Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 143.8% 128 89
Hawthorn 4th 1 -0- 0 4 143.3% 149 104
Brisbane Bears 5th 1 -0- 0 4 131.7% 137 104
West Coast 6th 1 -0- 0 4 111.8% 133 119
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 0 4 101.0% 102 101
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 1 0 99.0% 101 102
Richmond 9th 0 -0- 1 0 89.5% 119 133
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 1 0 75.9% 104 137
Carlton 11th 0 -0- 1 0 69.8% 104 149
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 1 0 69.5% 89 128
Footscray 13th 0 -0- 1 0 51.2% 62 121
Collingwood 14th 0 -0- 1 0 44.8% 74 165

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 03/04/1987 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 92 - 59 19,035
SAT 04/04/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton VFL Park 107 - 114 29,481
SAT 04/04/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v West Coast Windy Hill 119 - 114 19,845
SAT 04/04/1987 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Princes Park 159 - 115 11,348
SAT 04/04/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v Brisbane Bears Kardinia Park 131 - 150 15,231
SAT 04/04/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 93 - 155 17,824
SUN 05/04/1987 2:10 PM Sydney v Footscray SCG 187 - 79 15,268

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 2 -0- 0 8 230.1% 352 153
Hawthorn 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 154.3% 304 197
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 136.4% 240 176
Brisbane Bears 4th 2 -0- 0 8 122.1% 287 235
West Coast 5th 1 -0- 1 4 103.8% 247 238
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 103.3% 187 181
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 1 4 102.1% 248 243
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 100.0% 196 196
Geelong 9th 1 -0- 1 4 92.8% 233 251
Carlton 10th 1 -0- 1 4 85.2% 218 256
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 2 0 82.8% 216 261
Richmond 12th 0 -0- 2 0 73.6% 212 288
Collingwood 13th 0 -0- 2 0 64.9% 181 279
Footscray 14th 0 -0- 2 0 45.8% 141 308

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 10/04/1987 7:40 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne VFL Park 129 - 55 10,043
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 40 - 127 14,492
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 128 - 94 15,397
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 145 - 68 14,058
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 130 - 84 27,528
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v Brisbane Bears Moorabbin Oval 133 - 83 12,717
SUN 12/04/1987 12:10 PM West Coast v Sydney Subiaco Oval 97 - 124 35,719

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 3 -0- 0 12 190.4% 476 250
Hawthorn 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 169.4% 449 265
Fitzroy 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 126.5% 377 298
Carlton 4th 2 -0- 1 8 116.6% 345 296
Essendon 5th 2 -0- 1 8 105.9% 324 306
Geelong 6th 2 -0- 1 8 104.6% 361 345
Brisbane Bears 7th 2 -0- 1 8 100.5% 370 368
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 2 4 101.5% 349 344
West Coast 9th 1 -0- 2 4 95.0% 344 362
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 2 4 91.9% 342 372
Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 2 4 90.9% 281 309
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 2 4 77.2% 251 325
Collingwood 13th 0 -0- 3 0 58.7% 249 424
Footscray 14th 0 -0- 3 0 41.6% 181 435

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/04/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v West Coast Princes Park 191 - 104 20,750
SAT 18/04/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 127 - 136 18,628
SAT 18/04/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 139 - 92 25,465
SUN 19/04/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Fitzroy Carrara Stadium 114 - 129 17,795
MON 20/04/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond VFL Park 110 - 100 36,749
MON 20/04/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Sydney Windy Hill 113 - 66 24,207
MON 20/04/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 96 - 55 10,425

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 3 -0- 1 12 149.3% 542 363
Hawthorn 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 139.6% 504 361
Carlton 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 134.0% 536 400
Fitzroy 4th 3 -0- 1 12 122.8% 506 412
Essendon 5th 3 -0- 1 12 117.5% 437 372
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 2 8 104.7% 420 401
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 2 8 101.5% 488 481
Brisbane Bears 8th 2 -0- 2 8 97.4% 484 497
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 2 8 85.6% 387 452
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 3 4 91.7% 442 482
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 3 4 91.3% 441 483
West Coast 12th 1 -0- 3 4 81.0% 448 553
Collingwood 13th 1 -0- 3 4 68.5% 359 524
Footscray 14th 1 -0- 3 4 56.5% 277 490

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 24/04/1987 7:40 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 127 - 110 16,078
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon VFL Park 116 - 62 56,124
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 89 - 85 22,059
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 184 - 109 18,236
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v West Coast Princes Park 92 - 104 10,588
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney MCG 126 - 146 22,154
SUN 26/04/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Melbourne Carrara Stadium 86 - 81 7,451

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 1 16 141.1% 652 462
Sydney 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 140.7% 688 489
Hawthorn 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 128.2% 596 465
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 2 12 113.9% 672 590
Fitzroy 5th 3 -0- 2 12 103.2% 615 596
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 2 12 102.3% 499 488
Brisbane Bears 7th 3 -0- 2 12 98.6% 570 578
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 2 12 91.5% 514 562
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 102.9% 501 487
West Coast 10th 2 -0- 3 8 85.6% 552 645
Collingwood 11th 2 -0- 3 8 73.6% 448 609
Richmond 12th 1 -0- 4 4 90.4% 568 628
St Kilda 13th 1 -0- 4 4 90.3% 551 610
Footscray 14th 1 -0- 4 4 62.5% 362 579

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 01/05/1987 7:40 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 94 - 87 33,659
SAT 02/05/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v Brisbane Bears Victoria Park 105 - 58 16,712
SAT 02/05/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 96 - 96 16,042
SAT 02/05/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda VFL Park 78 - 34 12,834
SAT 02/05/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 110 - 69 18,482
SUN 03/05/1987 12:10 PM West Coast v North Melbourne Subiaco Oval 162 - 88 28,543
SUN 03/05/1987 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn MCG 104 - 113 18,694

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 5 -0- 1 20 135.8% 782 576
Carlton 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 132.9% 739 556
Hawthorn 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 124.6% 709 569
Geelong 4th 3 -1- 2 14 112.0% 768 686
Essendon 5th 3 -1- 2 14 101.9% 595 584
Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 109.9% 611 556
Fitzroy 7th 3 -0- 3 12 101.4% 719 709
West Coast 8th 3 -0- 3 12 97.4% 714 733
Brisbane Bears 9th 3 -0- 3 12 91.9% 628 683
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 3 12 83.1% 602 724
Collingwood 11th 3 -0- 3 12 82.9% 553 667
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 4 8 71.8% 440 613
Richmond 13th 1 -0- 5 4 86.3% 637 738
St Kilda 14th 1 -0- 5 4 85.0% 585 688

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 08/05/1987 7:40 PM West Coast v Brisbane Bears WACA 81 - 62 25,799
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong VFL Park 150 - 94 31,000
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Princes Park 159 - 134 14,103
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 88 - 122 13,395
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 126 - 80 49,215
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 137 - 114 14,909
SUN 10/05/1987 2:10 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 122 - 114 22,273

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 6 -0- 1 24 131.0% 904 690
Carlton 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 136.8% 889 650
Hawthorn 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 119.1% 823 691
Melbourne 4th 4 -0- 3 16 115.9% 737 636
Fitzroy 5th 4 -0- 3 16 104.2% 878 843
West Coast 6th 4 -0- 3 16 100.0% 795 795
North Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 3 16 89.2% 724 812
Geelong 8th 3 -1- 3 14 103.1% 862 836
Essendon 9th 3 -1- 3 14 98.1% 729 743
Brisbane Bears 10th 3 -0- 4 12 90.3% 690 764
Collingwood 11th 3 -0- 4 12 79.8% 633 793
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 5 8 90.0% 722 802
Footscray 13th 2 -0- 5 8 71.8% 528 735
Richmond 14th 1 -0- 6 4 85.8% 751 875

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 15/05/1987 7:40 PM Sydney v Fitzroy SCG 87 - 116 24,358
SAT 16/05/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon VFL Park 68 - 94 28,085
SAT 16/05/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 112 - 65 9,382
SAT 16/05/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 81 - 105 16,325
SAT 16/05/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v West Coast Moorabbin Oval 97 - 49 11,537
SUN 17/05/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Richmond Carrara Stadium 144 - 109 7,943
SUN 17/05/1987 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton MCG 71 - 105 26,684

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 2 24 137.9% 994 721
Sydney 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 123.0% 991 806
Hawthorn 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 123.7% 935 756
Fitzroy 4th 5 -0- 3 20 106.9% 994 930
Essendon 5th 4 -1- 3 18 101.5% 823 811
Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 4 16 110.4% 818 741
Brisbane Bears 7th 4 -0- 4 16 95.5% 834 873
West Coast 8th 4 -0- 4 16 94.6% 844 892
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 4 16 86.7% 795 917
Geelong 10th 3 -1- 4 14 97.8% 927 948
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 5 12 96.2% 819 851
Collingwood 12th 3 -0- 5 12 79.0% 701 887
Footscray 13th 3 -0- 5 12 77.6% 633 816
Richmond 14th 1 -0- 7 4 84.4% 860 1,019

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 22/05/1987 7:40 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 94 - 128 14,220
SAT 23/05/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 92 - 70 26,965
SAT 23/05/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 105 - 99 20,076
SAT 23/05/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v Brisbane Bears Western Oval 103 - 71 10,873
SAT 23/05/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon VFL Park 165 - 51 32,634
SUN 24/05/1987 12:10 PM West Coast v Melbourne Subiaco Oval 135 - 119 23,366
SUN 24/05/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 104 - 79 24,817

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 2 28 137.3% 1,086 791
Hawthorn 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 136.3% 1,100 807
Sydney 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 117.6% 1,070 910
Fitzroy 4th 5 -0- 4 20 104.1% 1,064 1,022
West Coast 5th 5 -0- 4 20 96.8% 979 1,011
North Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 4 20 91.3% 923 1,011
Geelong 7th 4 -1- 4 18 100.4% 1,031 1,027
Essendon 8th 4 -1- 4 18 89.5% 874 976
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 5 16 107.0% 937 876
Brisbane Bears 10th 4 -0- 5 16 92.7% 905 976
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 5 16 83.0% 736 887
Collingwood 12th 4 -0- 5 16 81.7% 806 986
St Kilda 13th 3 -0- 6 12 96.0% 918 956
Richmond 14th 1 -0- 8 4 83.2% 954 1,147

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v Brisbane Bears Princes Park 184 - 81 13,541
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 80 - 102 13,796
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 79 - 46 12,722
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda VFL Park 154 - 98 15,535
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 97 - 118 16,854
SUN 31/05/1987 2:10 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 136 - 145 20,084
MON 01/06/1987 12:10 PM West Coast v Collingwood Subiaco Oval 137 - 80 38,274

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 2 32 145.6% 1,270 872
Hawthorn 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 138.6% 1,254 905
Sydney 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 114.3% 1,206 1,055
West Coast 4th 6 -0- 4 24 102.3% 1,116 1,091
North Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 4 24 93.1% 1,068 1,147
Geelong 6th 5 -1- 4 22 102.2% 1,149 1,124
Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 108.7% 1,039 956
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 5 20 100.8% 1,110 1,101
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 5 20 87.4% 815 933
Essendon 10th 4 -1- 5 18 88.5% 954 1,078
Brisbane Bears 11th 4 -0- 6 16 85.0% 986 1,160
Collingwood 12th 4 -0- 6 16 78.9% 886 1,123
St Kilda 13th 3 -0- 7 12 91.5% 1,016 1,110
Richmond 14th 1 -0- 9 4 83.1% 1,051 1,265

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v West Coast Western Oval 121 - 99 15,089
SAT 06/06/1987 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 91 - 113 23,606
SAT 06/06/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 106 - 121 23,725
SUN 07/06/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Sydney Carrara Stadium 64 - 137 12,036
MON 08/06/1987 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Princes Park 123 - 149 12,152
MON 08/06/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood VFL Park 115 - 110 33,150
MON 08/06/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 90 - 135 49,812

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 2 36 146.0% 1,405 962
Hawthorn 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 137.2% 1,367 996
Sydney 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 120.0% 1,343 1,119
Geelong 4th 6 -1- 4 26 102.4% 1,264 1,234
West Coast 5th 6 -0- 5 24 100.2% 1,215 1,212
North Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 5 24 92.0% 1,159 1,260
Footscray 7th 6 -0- 5 24 90.7% 936 1,032
Essendon 8th 5 -1- 5 22 90.8% 1,075 1,184
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 6 20 103.5% 1,129 1,091
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 6 20 98.6% 1,233 1,250
Brisbane Bears 11th 4 -0- 7 16 81.0% 1,050 1,297
Collingwood 12th 4 -0- 7 16 80.5% 996 1,238
St Kilda 13th 3 -0- 8 12 91.1% 1,122 1,231
Richmond 14th 2 -0- 9 8 86.5% 1,200 1,388

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/06/1987 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 100 - 64 23,944
SAT 13/06/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 97 - 96 16,238
SAT 13/06/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 106 - 80 17,840
SAT 13/06/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v West Coast Kardinia Park 91 - 85 17,504
SAT 13/06/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 76 - 112 21,696
SAT 13/06/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray VFL Park 74 - 142 16,279
SUN 14/06/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Hawthorn Carrara Stadium 70 - 165 7,284

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -0- 2 40 142.0% 1,502 1,058
Hawthorn 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 143.7% 1,532 1,066
Sydney 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 121.8% 1,455 1,195
Geelong 4th 7 -1- 4 30 102.7% 1,355 1,319
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 5 28 97.5% 1,078 1,106
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 5 28 95.1% 1,259 1,324
West Coast 7th 6 -0- 6 24 99.8% 1,300 1,303
Essendon 8th 5 -1- 6 22 88.7% 1,139 1,284
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 7 20 100.2% 1,205 1,203
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 7 20 96.8% 1,313 1,356
Collingwood 11th 5 -0- 7 20 83.6% 1,102 1,318
Brisbane Bears 12th 4 -0- 8 16 76.6% 1,120 1,462
St Kilda 13th 3 -0- 9 12 91.7% 1,218 1,328
Richmond 14th 2 -0- 10 8 83.3% 1,274 1,530

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 19/06/1987 7:40 PM West Coast v Fitzroy WACA 114 - 42 13,540
SAT 20/06/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne VFL Park 18 - 72 17,613
SAT 20/06/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Brisbane Bears Windy Hill 64 - 27 8,724
SAT 20/06/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 89 - 50 15,749
SAT 20/06/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 44 - 57 7,631
SAT 20/06/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 27 - 43 15,916
SUN 21/06/1987 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 134 - 75 17,760

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 2 44 142.4% 1,545 1,085
Hawthorn 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 140.3% 1,576 1,123
Sydney 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 125.1% 1,589 1,270
Footscray 4th 8 -0- 5 32 101.0% 1,167 1,156
North Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 5 32 99.2% 1,331 1,342
Geelong 6th 7 -1- 5 30 99.8% 1,405 1,408
West Coast 7th 7 -0- 6 28 105.1% 1,414 1,345
Essendon 8th 6 -1- 6 26 91.8% 1,203 1,311
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 7 24 101.2% 1,262 1,247
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 8 20 92.2% 1,355 1,470
Collingwood 11th 5 -0- 8 20 80.6% 1,120 1,390
Brisbane Bears 12th 4 -0- 9 16 75.2% 1,147 1,526
St Kilda 13th 3 -0- 10 12 88.4% 1,293 1,462
Richmond 14th 2 -0- 11 8 82.7% 1,301 1,573

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 26/06/1987 7:40 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 101 - 74 20,133
SAT 27/06/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 52 - 64 17,364
SAT 27/06/1987 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Princes Park 82 - 34 7,544
SAT 27/06/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 98 - 27 13,661
SAT 27/06/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton VFL Park 80 - 79 44,385
SAT 27/06/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v West Coast MCG 73 - 69 8,926
SUN 28/06/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v North Melbourne Carrara Stadium 113 - 151 7,716

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 3 44 139.4% 1,624 1,165
Hawthorn 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 137.8% 1,656 1,202
Sydney 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 125.7% 1,690 1,344
North Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 5 36 101.9% 1,482 1,455
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 5 36 101.9% 1,231 1,208
Geelong 6th 8 -1- 5 34 104.7% 1,503 1,435
West Coast 7th 7 -0- 7 28 104.6% 1,483 1,418
Essendon 8th 6 -1- 7 26 91.3% 1,255 1,375
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 8 24 97.5% 1,296 1,329
Fitzroy 10th 6 -0- 8 24 95.5% 1,437 1,504
Collingwood 11th 5 -0- 9 20 80.1% 1,194 1,491
Brisbane Bears 12th 4 -0- 10 16 75.1% 1,260 1,677
St Kilda 13th 3 -0- 11 12 84.6% 1,320 1,560
Richmond 14th 3 -0- 11 12 83.7% 1,374 1,642

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 03/07/1987 7:40 PM West Coast v Essendon WACA 118 - 146 15,740
SAT 04/07/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney VFL Park 73 - 106 27,075
SAT 04/07/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 134 - 77 9,708
SAT 04/07/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 110 - 112 17,108
SAT 04/07/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 134 - 100 15,201
SUN 05/07/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Geelong Carrara Stadium 119 - 78 9,370
SUN 05/07/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 136 - 112 47,813

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 12 -0- 3 48 137.8% 1,760 1,277
Hawthorn 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 140.0% 1,790 1,279
Sydney 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 126.7% 1,796 1,417
North Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 5 40 101.9% 1,594 1,565
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 6 36 99.2% 1,304 1,314
Geelong 6th 8 -1- 6 34 101.7% 1,581 1,554
Essendon 7th 7 -1- 7 30 93.8% 1,401 1,493
West Coast 8th 7 -0- 8 28 102.4% 1,601 1,564
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 9 24 97.6% 1,406 1,441
Fitzroy 10th 6 -0- 9 24 93.8% 1,537 1,638
Collingwood 11th 5 -0- 10 20 80.3% 1,306 1,627
Brisbane Bears 12th 5 -0- 10 20 78.6% 1,379 1,755
St Kilda 13th 4 -0- 11 16 87.6% 1,454 1,660
Richmond 14th 3 -0- 12 12 81.7% 1,451 1,776

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 137 - 83 13,593
SAT 11/07/1987 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 156 - 123 15,244
SUN 12/07/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v St Kilda Carrara Stadium 93 - 121 9,106
SAT 18/07/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 133 - 78 21,388
SAT 18/07/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 43 - 168 17,370
SUN 19/07/1987 2:10 PM Sydney v West Coast SCG 201 - 71 24,199
SAT 25/07/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong VFL Park 117 - 77 15,253

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 3 52 139.7% 1,893 1,355
Hawthorn 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 148.1% 1,958 1,322
Sydney 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 134.2% 1,997 1,488
North Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 5 44 103.7% 1,750 1,688
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 7 36 95.5% 1,382 1,447
Geelong 6th 8 -1- 7 34 99.2% 1,658 1,671
Essendon 7th 8 -1- 7 34 97.6% 1,538 1,576
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 9 28 100.3% 1,523 1,518
West Coast 9th 7 -0- 9 28 94.7% 1,672 1,765
Fitzroy 10th 6 -0- 10 24 92.5% 1,660 1,794
St Kilda 11th 5 -0- 11 20 89.8% 1,575 1,753
Brisbane Bears 12th 5 -0- 11 20 78.5% 1,472 1,876
Collingwood 13th 5 -0- 11 20 75.2% 1,349 1,795
Richmond 14th 3 -0- 13 12 80.2% 1,534 1,913

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 10/07/1987 7:40 PM West Coast v Carlton WACA 107 - 104 21,780
SAT 11/07/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 162 - 65 13,971
SAT 18/07/1987 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 79 - 176 20,880
SAT 18/07/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne VFL Park 114 - 68 20,354
SAT 25/07/1987 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Brisbane Bears Princes Park 131 - 106 5,759
SAT 25/07/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 128 - 89 24,793
SUN 26/07/1987 2:10 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 236 - 73 23,009

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 4 52 152.8% 2,120 1,387
Sydney 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 143.0% 2,233 1,561
Carlton 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 136.6% 1,997 1,462
North Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 6 44 98.1% 1,829 1,864
Geelong 5th 9 -1- 7 38 104.8% 1,834 1,750
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 8 36 89.9% 1,447 1,609
Essendon 7th 8 -1- 8 34 88.9% 1,611 1,812
West Coast 8th 8 -0- 9 32 95.2% 1,779 1,869
Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 10 28 97.5% 1,591 1,632
Fitzroy 10th 7 -0- 10 28 94.3% 1,791 1,900
St Kilda 11th 6 -0- 11 24 92.8% 1,689 1,821
Brisbane Bears 12th 5 -0- 12 20 78.6% 1,578 2,007
Collingwood 13th 5 -0- 12 20 74.8% 1,438 1,923
Richmond 14th 4 -0- 13 16 83.0% 1,662 2,002

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 31/07/1987 7:40 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 198 - 107 17,157
SAT 01/08/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton VFL Park 69 - 70 29,761
SAT 01/08/1987 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Princes Park 129 - 87 8,434
SAT 01/08/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 65 - 54 14,514
SAT 01/08/1987 2:10 PM Melbourne v Brisbane Bears MCG 153 - 99 10,307
SAT 01/08/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 106 - 81 18,968
SUN 02/08/1987 12:10 PM West Coast v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 115 - 114 24,502

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sydney 1st 14 -0- 4 56 145.7% 2,431 1,668
Carlton 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 135.0% 2,067 1,531
Hawthorn 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 148.7% 2,234 1,502
North Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 7 44 97.0% 1,910 1,970
Footscray 5th 10 -0- 8 40 90.9% 1,512 1,663
Geelong 6th 9 -1- 8 38 102.2% 1,921 1,879
West Coast 7th 9 -0- 9 36 95.5% 1,894 1,983
Essendon 8th 8 -1- 9 34 89.3% 1,680 1,882
Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 10 32 100.8% 1,744 1,731
Fitzroy 10th 8 -0- 10 32 96.6% 1,920 1,987
St Kilda 11th 7 -0- 11 28 94.4% 1,795 1,902
Brisbane Bears 12th 5 -0- 13 20 77.6% 1,677 2,160
Collingwood 13th 5 -0- 13 20 75.1% 1,492 1,988
Richmond 14th 4 -0- 14 16 80.4% 1,769 2,200

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 07/08/1987 7:40 PM West Coast v North Melbourne WACA 109 - 120 22,540
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Princes Park 123 - 55 31,639
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 92 - 65 19,103
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy VFL Park 165 - 105 14,692
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 100 - 119 15,899
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 104 - 101 23,080
SUN 09/08/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Collingwood Carrara Stadium 77 - 100 9,166

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 15 -0- 4 60 138.1% 2,190 1,586
Hawthorn 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 149.3% 2,399 1,607
Sydney 3rd 14 -0- 5 56 138.8% 2,486 1,791
North Melbourne 4th 12 -0- 7 48 97.6% 2,030 2,079
Geelong 5th 10 -1- 8 42 103.5% 2,013 1,944
Footscray 6th 10 -0- 9 40 91.3% 1,613 1,767
Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 10 36 101.7% 1,863 1,831
West Coast 8th 9 -0- 10 36 95.2% 2,003 2,103
Essendon 9th 8 -1- 10 34 88.4% 1,745 1,974
St Kilda 10th 8 -0- 11 32 94.8% 1,899 2,003
Fitzroy 11th 8 -0- 11 32 94.1% 2,025 2,152
Collingwood 12th 6 -0- 13 24 77.1% 1,592 2,065
Brisbane Bears 13th 5 -0- 14 20 77.6% 1,754 2,260
Richmond 14th 4 -0- 15 16 80.6% 1,869 2,319

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1987 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 59 - 114 16,540
SAT 15/08/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 127 - 86 12,466
SAT 15/08/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 88 - 156 22,328
SAT 15/08/1987 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Princes Park 142 - 97 20,522
SAT 15/08/1987 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray MCG 125 - 125 18,921
SAT 15/08/1987 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda VFL Park 133 - 57 27,589
SUN 16/08/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v West Coast Carrara Stadium 119 - 140 4,859

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 16 -0- 4 64 140.1% 2,346 1,674
Hawthorn 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 149.1% 2,541 1,704
Sydney 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 133.6% 2,583 1,933
North Melbourne 4th 12 -1- 7 50 97.8% 2,155 2,204
Geelong 5th 10 -1- 9 42 100.0% 2,101 2,100
Footscray 6th 10 -1- 9 42 91.9% 1,738 1,892
Melbourne 7th 10 -0- 10 40 104.6% 1,977 1,890
West Coast 8th 10 -0- 10 40 96.4% 2,143 2,222
Essendon 9th 9 -1- 10 38 90.9% 1,872 2,060
Fitzroy 10th 8 -0- 12 32 92.6% 2,111 2,279
St Kilda 11th 8 -0- 12 32 91.6% 1,956 2,136
Collingwood 12th 6 -0- 14 24 75.8% 1,651 2,179
Richmond 13th 5 -0- 15 20 84.3% 2,002 2,376
Brisbane Bears 14th 5 -0- 15 20 78.0% 1,873 2,400

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 21/08/1987 7:40 PM Melbourne v West Coast MCG 129 - 68 21,048
SAT 22/08/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn VFL Park 64 - 114 27,046
SAT 22/08/1987 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Princes Park 84 - 124 15,729
SAT 22/08/1987 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond MCG 122 - 84 15,073
SAT 22/08/1987 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 107 - 58 24,335
SUN 23/08/1987 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Footscray Carrara Stadium 71 - 153 5,890
SUN 23/08/1987 2:10 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 122 - 131 23,953

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 17 -0- 4 68 140.5% 2,470 1,758
Hawthorn 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 150.2% 2,655 1,768
Sydney 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 131.1% 2,705 2,064
North Melbourne 4th 13 -1- 7 54 99.5% 2,277 2,288
Geelong 5th 11 -1- 9 46 100.5% 2,232 2,222
Footscray 6th 11 -1- 9 46 96.3% 1,891 1,963
Melbourne 7th 11 -0- 10 44 107.6% 2,106 1,958
West Coast 8th 10 -0- 11 40 94.0% 2,211 2,351
Essendon 9th 9 -1- 11 38 89.1% 1,936 2,174
St Kilda 10th 9 -0- 12 36 94.0% 2,063 2,194
Fitzroy 11th 8 -0- 13 32 91.3% 2,195 2,403
Collingwood 12th 6 -0- 15 24 74.8% 1,709 2,286
Richmond 13th 5 -0- 16 20 83.5% 2,086 2,498
Brisbane Bears 14th 5 -0- 16 20 76.1% 1,944 2,553

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 28/08/1987 7:40 PM Richmond v Brisbane Bears MCG 113 - 169 12,079
SAT 29/08/1987 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne VFL Park 129 - 125 30,444
SAT 29/08/1987 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Princes Park 133 - 141 11,170
SAT 29/08/1987 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 83 31,249
SAT 29/08/1987 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 123 - 126 27,030
SUN 30/08/1987 12:10 PM West Coast v St Kilda Subiaco Oval 175 - 87 17,617
SUN 30/08/1987 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood MCG 139 - 144 28,887

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 18 -0- 4 72 138.0% 2,599 1,883
Hawthorn 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 147.1% 2,781 1,891
Sydney 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 129.5% 2,846 2,197
North Melbourne 4th 13 -1- 8 54 99.4% 2,402 2,417
Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 10 48 108.0% 2,189 2,026
Geelong 6th 11 -1- 10 46 100.3% 2,355 2,348
Footscray 7th 11 -1- 10 46 95.7% 1,959 2,046
West Coast 8th 11 -0- 11 44 97.9% 2,386 2,438
Essendon 9th 9 -1- 12 38 89.5% 2,075 2,318
St Kilda 10th 9 -0- 13 36 90.8% 2,150 2,369
Fitzroy 11th 8 -0- 14 32 91.5% 2,328 2,544
Collingwood 12th 7 -0- 15 28 76.4% 1,853 2,425
Brisbane Bears 13th 6 -0- 16 24 79.3% 2,113 2,666
Richmond 14th 5 -0- 17 20 82.5% 2,199 2,667

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 06/09/1987 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 40 - 158 72,628

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1987 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Sydney VFL Park 156 - 57 47,752

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1987 2:30 PM Carlton v Hawthorn VFL Park 80 - 65 64,333
SUN 13/09/1987 2:30 PM Sydney v Melbourne MCG 73 - 149 80,292

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1987 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne VFL Park 80 - 78 71,298

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/09/1987 2:50 PM Carlton v Hawthorn MCG 104 - 71 92,754