1987 VFL Season Round 1: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 1987 between Footscray and Essendon during round one of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Footscray (9.8.62) were defeated by Essendon (19.7.121).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 March 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 22,550

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 9.8.62 - 19.7.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 6 . 3 7 . 4 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Essendon 2 . 1 7 . 3 13 . 6 19 . 7 19 . 7 (121)
Margin FOOT by 8 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 59 ESSE by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
G. Walsh

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Leon Baker ESSE 4 3
Alan Ezard ESSE 15 2
Roger Merrett ESSE 25 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 2 2
26 Baxter, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 0 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 2 3 6 5 1 3 0 1 1 2
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 0 0
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 0 1
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 1 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 0 0 1
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 2 4
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 2 0 1 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 1 0 2 0 2
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 3 1 24 16 8 3 1 1 2 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 2 2 0 1 1
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 0 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 15 0 2 1
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 2 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 0 0
19 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 0 1 3
30 Vilcins, Brenton ? ? 0 0 13 3 10 1 0 0 1 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 1 0 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 8 242 162 80 40 20 10 19 25

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 1 0 1 3 1
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 2 32 18 14 6 0 3 2 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 2 0 25 18 7 6 0 3 2 1
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 10 0 3 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 9 0 2 0 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 0 19 9 10 5 0 1 0 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 7 1 12 11 1 4 0 2 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 3 0 1 1 0
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 0 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 2 1 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 2 4 1 2 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 5 12 0 0 2 0 0
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 2 0 14 5 9 6 4 4 1 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 6 22 1 2 0
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 4 2 1 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 0 1 1 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 5 0 0 0 1
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 1 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 7 334 206 128 82 34 33 22 19

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