1987 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1987 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round four of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. Danny Frawley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Darrel Baldock.

Melbourne (21.13.139) defeated St Kilda (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 18 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,465

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 21.13.139 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 11 . 9 18 . 9 21 . 13 21 . 13 (139)
St Kilda 4 . 5 5 . 5 9 . 8 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin STKL by 9 MELB by 40 MELB by 55 MELB by 47 MELB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

St Kilda

Captain: Danny Frawley
Coach: Darrel Baldock

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
P. Carey

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tony Lockett STKL 14 3
Rod Grinter MELB 14 2
Bret Bailey MELB 24 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 5 1 2
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 1 0 0 0 3
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 5 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 2 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 2 4 3
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 4 1 21 14 7 3 0 2 4 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 2 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 2 0 2 1 2
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 2 0 21 12 9 3 0 2 0 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 1 19 11 8 5 1 1 0 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 4 1 8 7 1 3 6 0 2 2
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 6 21 0 4 2
19 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 2
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 2 1 1 0 3
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 1 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 2 1 21 14 7 4 0 1 2 2
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 8 0 4 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 3 3 1
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 1 4
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 3 2 24 21 3 7 0 2 2 0
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 21 13 281 202 79 61 37 27 39 33

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 5 7 1
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 3 0 1 1 1
34 Carbone, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 2 0 0
39 Coghlan, Frank ? ? 0 0 37 22 15 11 0 1 2 4
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 1 1 0
24 Frawley, Danny (c) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 2 2
16 Gotch, Brad ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 4 0 0 1 1
35 Grant, David ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 6 1
28 Kourkoumelis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 0 2 5
17 Lamb, Jamie ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 1 0 0 2
14 Lockett, Tony ? ? 12 3 20 18 2 14 3 0 0 2
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 4 6 0 0 5
18 Manning, Andrew ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 3
8 Marcou, Alex ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 2 0 0 0 0
12 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 3 1
19 Nixon, Ricky ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 6 0 1 0 2
27 Owen, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 0 2 2
3 Sheldon, Ken ? ? 1 0 25 20 5 2 0 1 1 1
2 Sidebottom, Allan ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 10 1 1 4
7 Winmar, Nicky ? ? 0 2 25 17 8 3 0 2 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 8 323 196 127 87 20 20 33 39

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