1987 VFL Season Round 6: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1987 between Essendon and Geelong during round six of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

Essendon (14.12.96) drew with Geelong (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 2 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 16,042

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon drew with Geelong
Score: 14.12.96 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 8 . 5 10 . 7 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Geelong 1 . 5 7 . 9 10 . 15 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin ESSE by 21 ESSE by 2 GEEL by 8 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Damian Bourke GEEL 30 3
John Barnes ESSE 20 2
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 2 2 1
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 4 0 3 3 2
20 Barnes, John ? ? 4 0 7 5 2 6 0 4 0 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 7 0 2 2 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 2 2 13 8 5 3 0 3 2 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 3 0 1 0 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 0 1
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 3 0 3 2 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 4 0 3 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 1 0 3 1 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 3 5 3 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 11 1 1 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 2 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 1 2 1 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 4 15 11 4 4 0 2 0 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 2 23 15 8 4 0 1 2 2
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 288 178 110 54 18 41 25 25

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 3 14 9 5 4 1 2 3 2
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 2 3
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 2 27 18 9 5 0 2 4 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 5 21 1 1 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 2
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 4 2 2 2 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 2 0 23 18 5 6 0 4 2 1
47 Christensen, Martin ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 2 0 0 2 2
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 2 1 0
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 1 0
51 Hocking, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 1 1
39 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 1 5 11 9 2 5 0 2 2 1
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 0 0 3
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
45 Scott, Robert ? ? 3 0 21 15 6 4 0 4 1 3
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 6 1 1
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 1 23 13 10 3 0 0 0 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 6 17 14 3 10 0 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 18 280 191 89 61 24 32 26 26

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