1987 VFL Season Round 7: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1987 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round seven of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Princes Park. Matthew Rendell captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Fitzroy (25.9.159) defeated Essendon (21.8.134).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 14,103

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 25.9.159 - 21.8.134

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 1 7 . 3 15 . 7 25 . 9 25 . 9 (159)
Essendon 5 . 4 13 . 6 16 . 8 21 . 8 21 . 8 (134)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 7 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Matthew Rendell
Coach: David Parkin

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ross Thornton FITZ 4 3
Doug Barwick FITZ 11 2
Kevin Walsh ESSE 30 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 0 0 3
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 7 3 14 13 1 9 0 2 0 3
18 Blakey, John ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 1 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 0 0 1 0 3
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 4 2 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 28 17 11 2 0 4 4 4
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 1 3
48 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 4 1 18 17 1 8 0 1 1 2
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 0 0 1 1 0
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 2
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 0 0 3 4 3
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 0 0
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 1 0 20 9 11 1 0 1 4 0
19 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 4 1 12 11 1 3 0 0 1 1
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 25 11 14 2 0 1 2 0
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 9 1 1 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 4 0 17 12 5 5 0 0 1 0
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 1 0 27 17 10 5 0 6 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 25 9 314 203 111 54 9 30 23 28

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 9 2 2
20 Barnes, John ? ? 1 2 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 3 0 1 2 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 3 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 0 17 8 9 3 1 3 1 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 4 0 2 1 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 0 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1 1
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 4 3 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 2 5 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 0 31 17 14 4 0 2 2 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 1 0 1 2 0
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 1 0 1 1 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 4 0 11 8 3 8 3 1 1 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 28 0 1 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 3 1 18 13 5 4 0 2 2 4
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 0 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 2 0 15 9 6 0 0 2 3 1
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 8 299 191 108 60 32 38 28 23

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