1987 VFL Round 8: Hawthorn v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1987 between Hawthorn and Geelong during round 8 of the 1987 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Geelong at Princes Park. Michael Tuck captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

Hawthorn
Back: J. Morrissey, C. Langford, R. Greene
Half-back: R. Morris, C. Mew, R. Jencke
Centre: R. DiPierdomenico, A. Collins, R. Eade
Half-forward: P. Curran, D. Brereton, J. Kennedy
Forward: P. Abbott, J. Dunstall, J. Platten
Follower: G. Dear, M. Tuck (capt.), R. Loveridge
Int.: D. Pritchard, P. Russo

Geelong
G. Ablett, M. Bairstow, A. Bews, M. Bos, T. Bright, B. Brownless, N. Bruns, M. Christensen, C. Cleave, P. Couch, G. Exell, D. Flanigan, B. Lindner, D. Russell, M. Schulze, R. Scott, B. Stoneham, D. Troy, M. Turner, P. Whyte

Hawthorn (17.10.112) defeated Geelong (10.5.65).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Dunstall (7), D. Brereton (6), P. Curran (2), J. Kennedy, J. Morrissey
Geelong: G. Ablett (4), B. Lindner (3), M. Bairstow, M. Schulze, R. Scott

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Geelong were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Hawthorn v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 9,382

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Geelong
Score: 17.10.112 - 10.5.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 6 . 3 8 . 4 13 . 7 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Geelong 1 . 1 5 . 2 8 . 3 10 . 5 10 . 5 (65)
Margin HWTH by 32 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 34 HWTH by 47 HWTH by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (Hawthorn), John Devine (Geelong)
Captains: Michael Tuck (Hawthorn), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett, C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Dunstall HWTH 19 3
John Platten HWTH 44 2
Peter Curran HWTH 25 1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul FPL ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 0 2
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 6 1 20 11 9 7 0 2 1 1
40 Collins, Andy C ? 0 0 17 9 8 0 0 3 3 2
25 Curran, Peter HFFL ? 2 1 13 7 6 3 0 1 1 1
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 15 3 5 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 4 1 3
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 7 3 15 13 2 7 0 0 3 0
26 Eade, Rodney WR ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 3 2 0
29 Greene, Russell BPR ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 0 0
1 Jencke, Ray HBFR ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 3 4
34 Kennedy, John HFFR ? 1 0 17 11 6 4 0 5 1 3
24 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 4 1 3
22 Loveridge, Richard RO ? 0 1 28 18 10 2 0 0 2 2
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 1 2 1
15 Morris, Russell HBFL ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 3 1 3
35 Morrissey, James BPL ? 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 1 0 2
44 Platten, John FPR ? 0 1 23 14 9 3 0 3 2 2
41 Pritchard, Darrin INT ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 3 0 4
4 Russo, Peter INT ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 0 3 1
17 Tuck, Michael (c) RR ? 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 1 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 10 312 213 99 58 15 38 32 38

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 4 1 15 14 1 5 0 1 2 3
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 2 2 0
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 5 0 2 2 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 1 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 0 2 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 2 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 5 0 4
47 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 3 1 0
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 0 5
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 1 1 5 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 18 0 2 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 3 2 11 10 1 5 0 0 4 2
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 4
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 1 1 0 3 1
45 Scott, Robert ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 0 6 3 2
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 0 1 1
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 2 0
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 3 2
33 Whyte, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 5 263 189 74 60 20 27 38 32

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

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






14 G. Dear 41 D. Pritchard
44 J. Platten 19 J. Dunstall 39 P. Abbott 17 M. Tuck (c) 4 P. Russo
FORWARD 22 R. Loveridge

HALF-BACK













34 J. Kennedy 23 D. Brereton 25 P. Curran



HALF-FORWARD



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26 R. Eade 40 A. Collins 9 R. DiPierdomenico FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













1 R. Jencke 2 C. Mew 15 R. Morris



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













29 R. Greene 24 C. Langford 35 J. Morrissey



BACK



Geelong Coach: John Devine