1987 VFL Round 3: Footscray v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1987 between Footscray and Carlton during round 3 of the 1987 VFL season. Footscray hosted Carlton at Western Oval. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Stephen Kernahan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Footscray
R. Kennedy (capt.), S. Atkins, D. Baxter, S. Beasley, B. Cordy, R. Cousins, P. Cronan, G. Eppelstun, M. Ford, P. Foster, R. James, S. MacPherson, T. McGuinness, T. Moloney, A. Petraglia, A. Purser, B. Royal, B. Vilcins, S. Wallis, C. Wright

Carlton
S. Kernahan (capt.), I. Aitken, T. Alvin, C. Bradley, P. Dean, R. Dennis, J. Dorotich, B. Evans, D. Glascott, A. Gleeson, W. Johnston, M. Kennedy, J. Madden, P. Meldrum, P. Motley, F. Murphy, D. Rhys-Jones, P. Rohde, P. Sartori, S. Silvagni

Footscray (5.10.40) were defeated by Carlton (18.19.127).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Beasley (3), R. James, B. Royal
Carlton: S. Silvagni (5), F. Murphy (3), P. Sartori (3), R. Dennis (2), P. Meldrum (2), A. Gleeson, S. Kernahan, P. Motley

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 14th on the ladder and Carlton were then 4th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Carlton
Date: Saturday 11 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,492

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Carlton
Score: 5.10.40 - 18.19.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 2 . 4 3 . 4 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Carlton 5 . 7 5 . 9 15 . 15 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Margin CARL by 25 CARL by 23 CARL by 83 CARL by 87 CARL by 87
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), Robert Walls (Carlton)
Captains: Rick Kennedy (Footscray), Stephen Kernahan (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Russo, B. Woodhead

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Meldrum CARL 23 3
Craig Bradley CARL 21 2
Peter Motley CARL 2 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 0 0 1 2 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 2 7 6 1 5 0 0 1 3
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 0 0 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 4 1 1 0 3
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 2 2 2
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 9 0 1 2 3
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 3 3 3
43 James, Ron ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 1 0 3 2 2
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 0 0 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 1 1 0
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 0 0 1 1 2
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 1 0 1
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 3 1 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 7 0 1 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 2 24 22 2 1 0 2 2 3
30 Vilcins, Brenton ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 2 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 1 0 1 1 1
53 Wright, Cameron ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 5 10 268 188 80 54 8 24 25 31

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
22 Aitken, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 0 0 1 1 1
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 0 2 35 28 7 7 0 3 3 0
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 0 2 2
3 Dennis, Richard ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 5 0 0 1 1
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 6 1 1 2 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 2 1
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 2 4 1
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 1 3 28 23 5 4 0 1 1 2
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 0 1 1
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 7 1 4 2 5
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 7 17 0 1 0
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 2 1 26 19 7 2 0 0 2 1
2 Motley, Peter ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 6 0 0 1 1
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 3 3 12 10 2 0 0 1 0 1
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 1 4 4
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 1 1
18 Sartori, Peter ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 5 5 0 2 1
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 5 1 10 9 1 7 0 2 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 19 310 211 99 70 24 22 31 25

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

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