1987 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1987 between Geelong and Melbourne during round three of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Geelong (18.20.128) defeated Melbourne (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,397

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 18.20.128 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 6 10 . 9 13 . 12 18 . 20 18 . 20 (128)
Melbourne 2 . 5 3 . 9 6 . 13 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin GEEL by 1 GEEL by 42 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. McDonald
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bruce Lindner GEEL 2 3
Dwayne Russell GEEL 6 2
Graeme Landy GEEL 39 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 3 1 14 10 4 5 2 1 3 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 1 33 18 15 4 0 1 1 0
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 1 1 4
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 2 2 1 3
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 17 0 5 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 1 3 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0 0
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 7 0 2 1 0
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 2 0 21 14 7 10 0 3 1 3
51 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 2
39 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 8 0 0 0 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 7 8 20 18 2 12 0 2 2 1
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 7 1 1 1 3
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 2 1 0
45 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 1 0 1 3 2
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 0 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 5 15 14 1 5 0 0 1 2
33 Whyte, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 20 296 207 89 84 22 20 24 33

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 0 1 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 2 3 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 21 18 3 6 0 2 2 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 1 0 1 2 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 5 0 3 2 2
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 2 1 31 23 8 5 0 1 5 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 1 0 1 2 0
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 1 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 0 2 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 1 1 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 3 3 0 0 3
26 Rugolo, Joseph ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 2 0
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 2 2 1 0 1
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 0 7 0 2 1
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 9 2 4
15 Williams, David ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 8 0 0 3 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 3 2 18 15 3 6 0 5 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 4 0 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 13 16 259 195 64 61 15 34 33 24

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