1987 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1987 between Melbourne and Footscray during round eight of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Rick Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Melbourne (11.15.81) were defeated by Footscray (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 16 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,325

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 11.15.81 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 6 . 7 6 . 13 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Footscray 3 . 5 8 . 10 12 . 13 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin MELB by 5 FOOT by 15 FOOT by 36 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Foster FOOT 32 3
Tony Liberatore FOOT 39 2
Garry Lyon MELB 3 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 2 1 22 13 9 2 0 2 3 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 0 0 2 2 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 3 0 0 3 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 5 0 1 2 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 0 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 2 2 23 19 4 6 0 1 4 6
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 2 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 2 5 1
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 1 1 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 4 0 0 1 2
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 13 0 4 6
19 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 1 1 0
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 2 2 2 4
42 Sparks, Bradley ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 1 0 1 3 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 0 0 0
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 1 2 1 1 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 3 2 13 10 3 4 1 0 2 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 2 0 0 1 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 0 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 15 270 208 62 54 18 15 41 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
52 Athorn, Mark ? ? 0 2 16 14 2 4 0 0 1 2
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 5 1 8 7 1 5 0 0 2 5
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 1 3
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 1 3 0 1 2
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 2 2
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 2 3
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 2 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 2 3 20 15 5 8 0 0 3 2
43 James, Ron ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 2 0 2
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 2 4
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 1 0 3 1 5
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 1 0 0 2 3
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 15 0 8 3
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 1 0 0 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 4 2 23 20 3 2 0 2 3 1
19 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 0 0 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 1 0 25 20 5 2 0 4 4 0
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 15 274 207 67 57 19 16 37 41

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