1987 VFL Season Round 9: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1987 between West Coast and Melbourne during round nine of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. West Coast hosted Melbourne at Subiaco Oval. Ross Glendinning captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Alexander and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

West Coast (20.15.135) defeated Melbourne (18.11.119).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 24 May 1987
Time: 12:10 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 23,366

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Melbourne
Score: 20.15.135 - 18.11.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 5 . 3 12 . 9 16 . 12 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Melbourne 6 . 1 7 . 4 13 . 8 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Margin MELB by 4 WCST by 35 WCST by 22 WCST by 16 WCST by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: Ross Glendinning
Coach: Ron Alexander

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dwayne Lamb WCST 5 3
Murray Wrensted WCST 32 2
Alan Johnson MELB 9 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Annear, John ? ? 3 1 23 18 5 4 0 3 1 2
38 Barich, Adrian ? ? 0 2 21 14 7 3 0 2 1 3
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 0 0
4 Glendinning, Ross (c) ? ? 3 4 20 13 7 8 2 1 4 2
36 Hart, David ? ? 1 1 24 14 10 6 0 1 0 3
33 Holmes, Don ? ? 3 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 1 0
26 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 6 21 0 0 1
25 Keene, Laurie ? ? 3 1 19 12 7 3 24 0 2 4
15 Laidley, Dani ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 2 3
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 28 13 15 5 0 2 3 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 7 0 1 0 1
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 3 0
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 2 1
6 Miles, Geoff ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 5 0 0 1 1
20 Peos, Paul ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 1 1 1 2 2
10 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 1 3
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 4 0 21 15 6 9 1 3 6 3
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 0
32 Wrensted, Murray ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 3 0 1 3 2
27 Zanotti, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 15 325 211 114 78 49 25 36 36

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 2 0 27 19 8 6 0 2 0 3
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 2 0 2 4 2
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 1 4 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 4 0 14 12 2 5 0 0 2 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 1 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 1 0 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 4 0 0 3 4
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 1 15 11 4 1 0 2 3 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 2 0 2 2 0
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 3 0 21 17 4 4 1 3 2 0
19 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 1 1 0 2
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 6 0 0 2 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 0 0 0
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 0 14 0 3 3
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 3 8 0 2 4
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 4 1 15 10 5 5 0 0 2 3
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 9 0 2 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 11 283 214 69 60 24 16 36 36

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