1987 VFL 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 2 of the 1987 VFL season. 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
T. Daniher (capt.), T. Antrobus, D. Bailey, L. Baker, S. Clark, N. Clarke, A. Daniher, A. Ezard, D. Flood, G. Foulds, P. Francis, G. Hawker, S. Heard, R. Merrett, P. Salmon, M. Thompson, P. Vander Haar, K. Walsh, D. Williams, B. Winton

West Coast
R. Glendinning (capt.), J. Annear, G. Bartlett, D. Bennett, M. Brennan, J. Gastev, D. Holmes, A. Ishchenko, L. Keene, D. Laidley, D. Lamb, C. Lewis, A. MacNish, S. Malaxos, W. Matera, G. Miles, P. Narkle, P. Peos, M. Wrensted, M. Zanotti

Essendon (17.17.119) defeated West Coast (17.12.114).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Clark (3), A. Daniher (2), A. Ezard (2), D. Flood (2), P. Salmon (2), D. Bailey, N. Clarke, T. Daniher, G. Foulds, G. Hawker, D. Williams
West Coast: D. Holmes (4), D. Bennett (3), J. Gastev (3), A. MacNish (2), M. Brennan, S. Malaxos, W. Matera, P. Narkle, M. Zanotti

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 2nd on the ladder and West Coast remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the day.

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

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Ron Alexander (West Coast)
Captains: Terry Daniher (Essendon), Ross Glendinning (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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, Dean ? ? 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