1987 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 1987 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round one of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Matthew Rendell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Melbourne (19.14.128) defeated Fitzroy (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 28 March 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,012

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.14.128 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 8 . 6 13 . 10 14 . 12 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Fitzroy 2 . 1 7 . 4 10 . 13 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin MELB by 41 MELB by 42 MELB by 23 MELB by 39 MELB by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Fitzroy

Captain: Matthew Rendell
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Flower MELB 2 3
Paul Roos FITZ 1 2
Alan Johnson MELB 9 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 1 0 6 1 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 1 0 4 1 1
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 0 2
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 2 2 11 7 4 5 0 9 0 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 3 2 14 12 2 6 0 3 1 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 1 0 1 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 7 0 2 2 5
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 1 2 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 2 3 20 19 1 5 0 1 1 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 3 1 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 6 11 0 1 3
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 7 1 1
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 3 2 0 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 3 0 0
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 4 26 2 1 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 7 1 8 0 3
15 Williams, David ? ? 3 3 18 13 5 10 0 2 0 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 3 0 3 3 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 14 296 220 76 80 43 60 15 21

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 3 2 0
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 5 2 21 16 5 9 0 2 0 1
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 0 0
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 0 0 3
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 2 10 6 4 6 1 2 0 0
22 Duthy, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 1 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 2 1 26 16 10 1 0 3 4 2
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 4 2 0
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 1 0 2 2 0
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 2 6 1 0 0
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 0 1
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 0 1 2
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 0 2 21 19 2 2 0 1 0 1
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 3 0 0 0
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 1 18 7 11 3 3 1 2 2
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 1 0 19 5 14 3 0 1 1 0
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 18 1 1 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 26 15 11 4 0 2 2 1
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 2 3 10 6 4 4 1 2 0 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 2 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 17 297 185 112 59 32 29 21 15

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