1987 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1987 between Essendon and West Coast during round two of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted West Coast at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Ross Glendinning captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Ron Alexander.

Essendon (17.17.119) defeated West Coast (17.12.114).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v West Coast
Date: Saturday 4 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 19,845

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. West Coast
Score: 17.17.119 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 4 11 . 5 13 . 11 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
West Coast 4 . 3 10 . 4 14 . 9 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin WCST by 5 ESSE by 7 WCST by 4 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

West Coast

Captain: Ross Glendinning
Coach: Ron Alexander

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Russo
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Leon Baker ESSE 4 3
Mark Zanotti WCST 27 2
John Annear WCST 16 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Antrobus, Tony ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 2
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 1 1 19 10 9 4 1 2 1 2
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 3 0 3 2 5
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 3 2 17 9 8 3 0 1 2 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 5 0 2 0 3
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 5 0 2 3 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 12 0 2 2 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 3 14 13 1 2 0 2 4 2
28 Flood, David ? ? 2 2 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 4 0 1 1 3
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 0 0 3
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 6 0 2 2 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 1 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 6 9 4 5 4
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 9 8 1 3 4
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 2 0 0 0 0
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 2 13 11 2 7 0 3 1 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 6 1 1 0 3
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 3 0 2 2 1
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 1 0 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 17 320 214 106 87 19 32 32 43

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Annear, John ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 4 0 0 3 2
23 Bartlett, Glen ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 2 2
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 3 0 7 7 0 5 2 0 0 1
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 0 1 3
30 Gastev, John ? ? 3 1 15 6 9 4 0 2 2 1
4 Glendinning, Ross (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 1 2
33 Holmes, Don ? ? 4 0 15 12 3 4 0 4 1 2
26 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 7 0 5 3
25 Keene, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 5 1 4 2
15 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 3 0
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 5 0 3 3 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 0 0 3 1 1
18 MacNish, Andrew ? ? 2 0 11 5 6 2 0 1 1 1
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 5 0 4 0 0
1 Matera, Wally ? ? 1 2 21 14 7 1 0 5 2 5
6 Miles, Geoff ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 3 0 2 1 2
7 Narkle, Phil ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 0 6 4 1
20 Peos, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 2 2 1
32 Wrensted, Murray ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 2 2 1
27 Zanotti, Mark ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 3 0 1 5 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 12 284 206 78 66 14 37 43 32

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