1987 VFL Season Round 5: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1987 between Carlton and Essendon during round five of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Stephen Kernahan captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Carlton (17.14.116) defeated Essendon (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 56,124

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 17.14.116 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 6 9 . 7 13 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Essendon 1 . 4 4 . 5 6 . 6 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 32 CARL by 47 CARL by 54 CARL by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Stephen Kernahan
Coach: Robert Walls

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Meldrum CARL 23 3
Stephen Kernahan CARL 4 2
Tom Alvin CARL 31 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 2 0 2 4 1
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 1 1 2
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 0 0 2
3 Dennis, Richard ? ? 1 2 21 15 6 6 0 1 3 2
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 2 2 4
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 2 1
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 1 2 0
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 0 0 1
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 1 0 1 3 3
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 6 8 19 15 4 12 0 0 2 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 4 9 0 2 3
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 0 3 0
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 3 0 0 3 1
2 Motley, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 3 1 4
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 3 2 13 11 2 4 0 0 3 0
17 Naley, Mark ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 24 10 14 3 0 0 0 2
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 0 1
18 Sartori, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 5 1 1 2 3
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 14 291 199 92 74 10 15 33 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 1 0 20 10 10 1 0 2 3 1
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 7 2 3
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 7 1 2 3 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 4 0 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 3 1 1
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 5 0 2 5 1
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 6 3 4
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 2 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 0 3 1 0
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 0 2 17 11 6 2 0 5 1 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 1 5 3 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 1 14 6 8 6 10 4 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 2 3 3
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 2 0 16 9 7 7 7 1 1 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 0 0 3 1 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 3 0 4 2 1
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 2 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 8 275 193 82 58 19 62 34 33

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