1987 VFL Season Round 8: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1987 between Collingwood and Essendon during round eight of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Tony Shaw captained the hosts with David Cloke as vice-captain. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leigh Matthews and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Collingwood (10.8.68) were defeated by Essendon (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 16 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 28,085

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Essendon
Score: 10.8.68 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 1 2 . 1 6 . 4 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Essendon 3 . 3 6 . 4 13 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Lawlor
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Roger Merrett ESSE 25 3
Terry Daniher ESSE 5 2
Alan Ezard ESSE 15 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Atkins, Graeme ? ? 1 1 24 18 6 4 0 2 1 0
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 1 3
26 Brown, Gavin ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 2 0 1 2 3
21 Christian, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 6 0 1 1 0
33 Cloke, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 6 8 1 3 1
56 Croall, Jason ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 7 0 2 0 0
19 Dickson, Russell ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 2 0
15 Fellowes, Wes ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 9 8 2 1 2
6 Fielke, Grant ? ? 2 0 24 17 7 7 0 3 3 0
3 Gayfer, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 1 0 1
23 Harrington, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 1 2 5
60 Keays, Terry ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 1 0
17 Lockman, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 2 4
30 Manson, James ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 1 1 3
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 4 1 20 17 3 7 0 3 1 4
32 Rizonico, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 2 1
45 Ryan, Matthew ? ? 1 0 24 16 8 3 0 0 1 2
22 Shaw, Tony (c) ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 5 0 4 1 1
27 Starcevich, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 4 0 0 1
24 Turner, Jamie ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 8 295 206 89 82 22 28 26 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 0 1 0
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0
20 Barnes, John ? ? 3 0 9 6 3 4 1 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 10 0 2 4 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 5 0 2 1 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 2 22 18 4 5 0 3 2 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 5 0 3 1 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 0 22 15 7 7 0 1 2 0
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 3 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 4 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 5 0 3 0 2
46 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 2 2 1
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 1 2 33 22 11 5 0 3 2 0
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 6 8 2 2 4
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 5 7 2 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 3 2 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 3
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 8 2 3 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 1 5
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 4 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 10 305 207 98 74 24 43 32 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