1987 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 1987 between Hawthorn and Melbourne in the preliminary final of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Michael Tuck captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Hawthorn (11.14.80) defeated Melbourne (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 September 1987
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 71,298

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 1 . 4 3 . 6 7 . 8 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 22 MELB by 22 HWTH by 2 HWTH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Michael Tuck
Coach: Allan Jeans

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul BPR ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 2 1 0 0
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 1 17 10 7 3 0 4 2 2
23 Brereton, Dermott FF ? 1 1 14 9 5 5 0 3 3 2
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFL ? 5 2 21 18 3 4 0 0 5 1
25 Curran, Peter FPL ? 1 2 15 11 4 8 0 0 0 1
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 0 0 10 3 7 0 11 1 0 2
13 Dear, Paul INT ? 0 2 10 3 7 5 0 0 0 0
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 0 1
29 Greene, Russell RR ? 0 0 20 8 12 6 0 1 0 0
1 Jencke, Ray HBFR ? 1 0 15 7 8 5 0 0 0 2
34 Kennedy, John HFFR ? 1 0 14 7 7 5 0 2 1 4
24 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 1 2 2
22 Loveridge, Richard FPR ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 0 0 0
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 0 3 1
15 Morris, Russell CHF ? 1 2 17 11 6 6 0 3 1 2
44 Platten, John RO ? 0 1 21 15 6 2 0 0 2 1
41 Pritchard, Darrin INT ? 1 0 18 11 7 1 0 0 0 1
4 Russo, Peter WR ? 0 0 27 19 8 6 0 1 1 1
30 Schwab, Peter C ? 0 0 27 18 9 4 0 3 4 1
17 Tuck, Michael (c) HBFL ? 0 1 20 15 5 2 0 3 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 14 331 213 118 76 13 26 28 27

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 0 2 2
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 0
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 2 0 2 3 2
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 2 5 3 2 3 0 0 1 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 5 0 1 3 2
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 2 19 12 7 1 0 1 1 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 3 4
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 3 3 19 16 3 2 0 2 1 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 1 0 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 1 2 0
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 7 1 1 1
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 4 3 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 1 0 1 2
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 3 16 1 1 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 5 0 4 3 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 3
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 1 0 0 1 5
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 2 0 2 0 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 18 272 191 81 55 24 22 27 28

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

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






14 G. Dear 13 P. Dear
22 R. Loveridge 23 D. Brereton 25 P. Curran 29 R. Greene 41 D. Pritchard
FORWARD 44 J. Platten

HALF-BACK













34 J. Kennedy 15 R. Morris 11 G. Buckenara



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













4 P. Russo 30 P. Schwab 9 R. DiPierdomenico FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













1 R. Jencke 2 C. Mew 17 M. Tuck (c)



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













39 P. Abbott 24 C. Langford 7 G. Ayres



BACK



Melbourne Coach: John Northey