1987 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1987 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round seven of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Tony Shaw captained the visitors with David Cloke as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

Melbourne (18.18.126) defeated Collingwood (12.8.80).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 9 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,215

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Collingwood
Score: 18.18.126 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 6 10 . 12 15 . 17 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Collingwood 2 . 1 5 . 4 7 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin MELB by 17 MELB by 38 MELB by 59 MELB by 46 MELB by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Collingwood

Captain: Tony Shaw
Vice-Captain: David Cloke
Coach: Leigh Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore
D. Howlett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Flower MELB 2 3
Warren Dean MELB 23 2
Matthew Ryan COLL 45 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 14 5 9 2 0 0 2 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 2 22 13 9 1 0 1 1 1
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 6 0 2 1 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 6 1 14 10 4 6 0 1 2 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 1 3 12 11 1 4 0 1 0 3
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 0 1 2
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 3 23 15 8 9 0 4 1 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 6 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 1 0 4 5 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 0 2 1 0
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 20 0 4 3
19 Payne, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 1 0 1 1
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 1 1 1
42 Sparks, Bradley ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 7 0 1 1 2
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 6 2 0 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 3 0 6 4 2 1 2 4 0 1
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 3 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 1 31 17 14 6 0 1 2 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 18 308 206 102 80 25 23 34 24

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Atkins, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 0 0 2
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 7 0 0 3 0
18 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 3 1 1
26 Brown, Gavin ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 6 0 3 0 1
21 Christian, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 1 0 2
33 Cloke, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 8 0 1 2
56 Croall, Jason ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 1 0
3 Gayfer, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 2 2 3
60 Keays, Terry ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 0 0 1
17 Lockman, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 1 1 0 4
30 Manson, James ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 6 10 2 1 2
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 2 0 1 3 0
4 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 1 1
41 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 Rizonico, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 0 1 2
45 Ryan, Matthew ? ? 5 1 36 23 13 8 0 2 1 2
22 Shaw, Tony (c) ? ? 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 3 2 0
27 Starcevich, Craig ? ? 2 1 19 18 1 8 3 0 3 2
9 Taylor, Brian ? ? 3 3 11 9 2 7 1 2 2 7
24 Turner, Jamie ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 7 0 5 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 8 304 195 109 77 23 25 24 34

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