1987 VFL Round 7: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1987 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round 7 of the 1987 VFL season. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Footscray
R. Kennedy (capt.), D. Baxter, S. Beasley, B. Cordy, R. Cousins, G. Eppelstun, M. Ford, P. Foster, A. Howlett, R. James, S. MacPherson, T. McGuinness, T. Moloney, A. Petraglia, A. Purser, M. Rance, B. Royal, Z. Tzatzaris, S. Wallis, S. Williams

North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), M. Arceri, D. Crocker, A. Demetriou, I. Fairley, P. German, D. Harris, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Law, S. McCann, D. McDonald, D. McRae, J. Mossop, M. Passmore, R. Smith, S. Smith, D. Steele, J. Stevenson

Footscray (13.10.88) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.8.122).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Beasley (5), B. Royal (3), S. MacPherson (2), R. Cousins, R. Kennedy, T. McGuinness
North Melbourne: M. Arceri (3), D. Crocker (3), P. Krakouer (3), J. Stevenson (3), S. McCann (2), D. McRae (2), P. German, J. Krakouer, S. Smith

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) and North Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,395

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 13.10.88 - 19.8.122

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 2 9 . 6 10 . 9 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
North Melbourne 5 . 1 9 . 2 12 . 5 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
Margin NMLB by 5 FOOT by 4 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 34 NMLB by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), John Kennedy (North Melbourne)
Captains: Rick Kennedy (Footscray), Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Clayton, S. Harris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Steele NMLB 7 3
Darren Crocker NMLB 27 2
Peter Foster FOOT 32 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 1 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 5 3 11 10 1 8 0 0 2 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 0 3 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 8 5 0 1 3
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 0 3 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 0 1 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 9 0 0 3 2
48 Howlett, Andrew ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
43 James, Ron ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 0 1 2
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 3 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 2 0 24 16 8 2 0 1 3 0
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 2 23 18 5 1 0 2 1 0
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2 1
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 1 1 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 14 0 5 2
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 3 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 3 1 16 11 5 3 0 1 1 1
19 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 3 1 3
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 3 0 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 10 285 200 85 65 19 12 35 22

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 3 1 21 13 8 2 0 2 1 2
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 3 0 27 20 7 8 0 4 2 2
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 30 18 12 5 0 1 3 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 1 0 32 23 9 5 0 2 3 5
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 1 0 1 1
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 2 0 5 3 0
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 3 0 21 10 11 2 0 0 1 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 1 24 12 12 5 0 1 0 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 1 1 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 1 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 1 2 2 7
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 2 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 1
4 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 7 0 0 5
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 2 0 1 1 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 0 2 1 2
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 1 0 12 4 8 6 0 0 1 0
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 0 0 1
43 Stevenson, Jamie ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 8 324 212 112 63 9 23 22 35

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