1987 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1987 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round two of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

North Melbourne (13.14.92) defeated Melbourne (7.17.59).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Friday 3 April 1987
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,035

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 13.14.92 - 7.17.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 5 5 . 10 10 . 12 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 11 6 . 14 7 . 17 7 . 17 (59)
Margin NMLB by 1 MELB by 1 NMLB by 22 NMLB by 33 NMLB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: John Kennedy

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
G. Walsh

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Arceri NMLB 17 3
John Law NMLB 13 2
Darren Crocker NMLB 27 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 1 1
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 3 0 1 0 0
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 0 1 25 18 7 1 0 1 5 1
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 8 3 1
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 2 21 13 8 1 0 2 1 2
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 3 0 1 4 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 2 2 17 15 2 11 3 0 1 0
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
44 Holmes, Dale ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 1 4 1
2 Holt, John ? ? 3 2 18 16 2 2 0 1 0 1
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 2 3 9 6 3 2 0 0 1 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 1 2 23 11 12 0 0 0 1 3
13 Law, John ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 1
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 4 16 1 3 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 3 0 2 0 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 0 0
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 2 1
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 0 1 2 4
43 Stevenson, Jamie ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 4 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 14 284 198 86 40 20 26 30 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 9 0 3 2 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 1
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 1 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 1 4 1 2
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 3 0 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 1 0 3
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 2 22 17 5 3 0 1 3 4
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 2 1 1 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 4 16 11 5 1 0 5 2 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 3 0 1 1 3
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 10 1 0 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 1 0
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 31 0 2 5
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 3 0 4 1 1
15 Williams, David ? ? 3 3 15 13 2 4 0 1 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 1 1 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 7 17 260 199 61 55 44 27 20 30

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