1987 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1987 between Richmond and Essendon during round three of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at the MCG. Mark Lee captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Richmond (19.16.130) defeated Essendon (12.12.84).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 11 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,528

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 19.16.130 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 2 10 . 5 13 . 12 19 . 16 19 . 16 (130)
Essendon 2 . 5 7 . 6 10 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin RICH by 21 RICH by 17 RICH by 21 RICH by 46 RICH by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mark Lee
Coach: Tony Jewell

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Terry Wallace RICH 16 3
Chris Burton RICH 2 2
Peter Wilson RICH 5 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 3 3 0
18 Clark, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 10 6 2 3
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 2 1 2
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 3 0 1 2 2
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 2 1 23 17 6 2 0 1 0 1
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 3 2 1
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 2 0
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 3 2 2 1 3
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 1 2 18 10 8 6 0 5 2 2
58 Notting, Dean ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
6 Palm, David ? ? 1 0 17 5 12 5 0 2 3 1
24 Peart, Neil ? ? 3 2 12 7 5 6 0 0 0 1
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 9 0 1 4 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 3 0 0 3 2
32 Ryan, Des ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Smith, Craig ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 0 0 2
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 0 0 2
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 3 1 34 24 10 6 0 3 2 2
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 2 3 22 13 9 2 0 1 4 1
5 Wilson, Peter ? ? 2 0 19 10 9 2 0 3 4 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 16 312 193 119 63 12 34 35 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 3
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 2 0 28 22 6 5 0 3 3 3
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 1 1 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 2 2 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 2 1 2
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 3 2 20 17 3 10 0 2 1 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 0 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 3 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 2 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 2 1 13 8 5 4 0 1 0 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 3 0 2 3 0
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 5 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 4 2 3
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 10 0 2 2 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 9 3 5 4 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 6 16 4 0 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 4 0 4 2 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 4 3 3 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 3 0 1 3 2
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 1 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 12 286 209 77 75 23 48 32 35

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