1987 VFL Round 8: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1987 between Melbourne and Footscray during round 8 of the 1987 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Footscray at 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
R. Flower (capt.), B. Bailey, A. Battiston, W. Dean, P. Giles, R. Grinter, G. Healy, D. Hughes, A. Johnson, D. Koop, G. Lyon, S. O'Dwyer, P. Payne, E. Spalding, B. Sparks, S. Stretch, S. Turner, S. Wight, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

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

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

Goalkickers
Melbourne: S. Wight (3), B. Bailey (2), G. Healy (2), W. Dean, R. Flower, G. Lyon, B. Sparks
Footscray: S. Beasley (5), B. Royal (4), P. Foster (2), P. Cronan, T. McGuinness, T. Moloney, S. Wallis

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Footscray remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the day.

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

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: Robert Flower (Melbourne), Rick Kennedy (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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