1987 VFL Season Grand Final: Carlton v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 26 September 1987 between Carlton and Hawthorn in the grand final of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Stephen Kernahan captained the hosts. Michael Tuck captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Carlton (15.14.104) defeated Hawthorn (9.17.71).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 26 September 1987
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 92,754

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.14.104 - 9.17.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 5 6 . 8 10 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Hawthorn 4 . 2 4 . 9 7 . 13 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Margin HWTH by 3 CARL by 11 CARL by 16 CARL by 33 CARL by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Stephen Kernahan
Coach: Robert Walls

Hawthorn

Captain: Michael Tuck
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
R. Sawers

Goal Umpires

D. Purss
M. Roache

Boundary Umpires

A. Ryan
C. Sporton

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
David Rhys-Jones CARL 26 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
22 Aitken, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 0 0 0
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 2 1
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 3 0 17 10 7 1 0 0 2 1
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 0 0
3 Dennis, Richard ? ? 0 3 12 11 1 6 0 1 0 0
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 3
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 7 0 3 1 0
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 5 0 1 0 0
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 1 3 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 1
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 2 0 0 3 2
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 0 1
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 3 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 1 0
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 20 0 2 4
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 4 0 0 1 2
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 2
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 1 1
17 Naley, Mark ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 2 0 3 0 1
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 1 4 2
38 Robertson, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 0 0 1 1
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 14 242 181 61 63 23 16 20 24

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul BPL ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 4 1 1 0
7 Ayres, Gary BPR ? 0 0 19 13 6 1 0 4 1 1
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 0 2 14 6 8 4 0 0 1 4
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFR ? 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 1
40 Collins, Andy FPL ? 1 0 19 11 8 2 0 2 1 3
25 Curran, Peter FPR ? 1 3 13 9 4 3 1 1 2 1
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 1 0 13 7 6 4 7 0 2 0
13 Dear, Paul INT ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1 3
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 1 1 27 15 12 6 0 1 5 2
29 Greene, Russell INT ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 0 0 0 1
1 Jencke, Ray HBFR ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 3 0
34 Kennedy, John HBFL ? 3 1 20 8 12 7 0 3 0 1
24 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 1 0 0
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 1 1 2 0
15 Morris, Russell HFFL ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
44 Platten, John RO ? 1 0 15 12 3 0 0 1 1 1
41 Pritchard, Darrin FF ? 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 0 0
4 Russo, Peter WR ? 0 1 13 7 6 2 0 0 0 0
30 Schwab, Peter C ? 0 1 23 9 14 7 0 1 0 1
17 Tuck, Michael (c) RR ? 0 1 15 13 2 0 0 3 4 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 9 17 285 180 105 52 13 23 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

Player Line-Up

Carlton Coach: Robert Walls
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
39 P. Abbott 24 C. Langford 7 G. Ayres













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



34 J. Kennedy 2 C. Mew 1 R. Jencke













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 R. DiPierdomenico 30 P. Schwab 4 P. Russo









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 G. Dear 13 P. Dear
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck (c) 29 R. Greene
15 R. Morris 23 D. Brereton 11 G. Buckenara 44 J. Platten











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



40 A. Collins 41 D. Pritchard 25 P. Curran













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans