1987 VFL Season Elimination Final: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 1987 between North Melbourne and Melbourne in the elimination final of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

North Melbourne (5.10.40) were defeated by Melbourne (22.26.158).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 6 September 1987
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 72,628

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.10.40 - 22.26.158

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 2 4 . 4 4 . 8 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Melbourne 3 . 6 9 . 11 16 . 16 22 . 26 22 . 26 (158)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 37 MELB by 80 MELB by 118 MELB by 118
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 0 1
46 Chandler, Jeff ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 1 0
57 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 3 0 0 1 0
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 1 3
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 1 2
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 5 0 1 0 2
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 3 1 1 1 2
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 2 2 19 15 4 10 0 0 0 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 1 2
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 1 1
39 Love, Jason ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 5 2 0 1 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 4 1 3 2 1
4 Mossop, John ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 7 0 3 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 2 1
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 1 0 4 2 2 3 0 2 1 2
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 2 4
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 5 10 211 145 66 58 11 15 20 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 3 0 1 2 1
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 3 3 10 7 3 4 0 0 0 1
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 1 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 3 4 15 13 2 9 0 0 1 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 5 0 11 9 2 7 0 0 0 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 1 2 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 4 2 1 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 3 1 14 10 4 2 0 2 2 1
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 3 4 4
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 8 0 1 0 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 1 2 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 2 0 1 1 0
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 2 0 1 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 3 16 14 2 1 0 3 0 2
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 3 11 0 2 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 4 0 1 1 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 7 2 1 0 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 3 6 20 15 5 8 0 1 0 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 2 0 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 26 287 209 78 81 19 19 24 20

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s