1987 VFL Season Round 4: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1987 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round four of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Geelong (18.19.127) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.22.136).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,628

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 18.19.127 - 19.22.136

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 6 9 . 7 13 . 11 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
North Melbourne 4 . 6 10 . 14 16 . 16 19 . 22 19 . 22 (136)
Margin level NMLB by 13 NMLB by 23 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

North Melbourne

Captain: Wayne Schimmelbusch
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Russo
B. Woodhead

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 3
John Holt NMLB 2 2
Wayne Schimmelbusch NMLB 20 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 3 2 16 12 4 10 0 2 0 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 3 2 34 26 8 14 0 2 5 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 1 2 3
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 3 26 2 2 6
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 1 1 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 6 2 2 3 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 3 2 2
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 0 1 0 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 0 2 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 4 0 3 1 2
31 Fitzgerald, John ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
39 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 6 3 19 18 1 10 0 1 1 0
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 8 0 1 0 3
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 1
45 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 1 0 1 1 0
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 7 0 1 1 3
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 4 15 13 2 6 0 0 1 1
33 Whyte, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 3 2 1
8 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 19 279 218 61 102 28 30 28 32

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 1 4 19 13 6 2 0 1 2 1
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 3 2 3
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 1 2 22 14 8 3 0 0 1 4
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 4 0 19 16 3 5 0 2 2 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 0 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 6 0 2 2 1
2 Holt, John ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 1 0 0 2 0
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 2 0 0 2 2
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 4 2 14 11 3 4 0 1 3 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 1 25 17 8 6 0 2 2 4
13 Law, John ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 3 0 0 2 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 8 0 0 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 2
4 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 3 8 1 3 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 1 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 2 0
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 6 0 2 3 4
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 5 0 1 2 1
43 Stevenson, Jamie ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 19 22 289 204 85 68 16 19 32 28

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