1987 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1987 between Essendon and Melbourne during round ten of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Greg Healy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon (11.14.80) were defeated by Melbourne (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,796

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.14.80 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 6 . 8 8 . 10 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Melbourne 4 . 4 5 . 6 14 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin MELB by 19 ESSE by 8 MELB by 35 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
S. McDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bret Bailey MELB 24 3
Graeme Yeats MELB 8 2
Steven Stretch MELB 18 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 2 0 8 6 2 2 0 4 3 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
38 Cunningham, Daryl ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 2 2 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 2 2 21 17 4 8 0 2 2 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 1 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 1 0 3 2 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 5 0 1 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 2 22 18 4 5 0 2 1 3
46 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 8 2 2
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 3 0 3 4 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 5 19 0 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 8 4 4 4 0 1 0 4
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 4 1 15 13 2 9 9 0 4 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 3 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 2 3 3
29 Walsh, Nick ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 1 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 0 0 3 6 2
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 1 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 14 277 187 90 61 28 36 41 28

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 5 1 32 23 9 7 0 1 3 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 2 0 2 3 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 4 0 2 0 5
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 0 1
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 4 1 1 3 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 0 0 1 2 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 3 0 2 2 1
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 1 0 3 3 3
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 4 1 10 7 3 5 1 1 1 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 3 1 1 0 3
26 Rugolo, Joseph ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 3 4 0 3 5
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 4 0 1 1 3
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 11 0 2 6
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1 2
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 1 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 0 1 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 1 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 12 267 198 69 50 18 20 28 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