1987 VFL Season Round 12: North Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 June 1987 between North Melbourne and Essendon during round twelve of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

North Melbourne (15.10.100) defeated Essendon (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: North Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Friday 12 June 1987
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,944

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Essendon
Score: 15.10.100 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Essendon 2 . 0 6 . 3 7 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin NMLB by 15 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 36 NMLB by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Rich
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 3
Darren Harris NMLB 26 2
Darren Steele NMLB 7 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 5 0 0 0 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 0 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 1 0 1 2 0
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 3 1 3
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 1 3 1
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 2 1 3 1 1
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 2 0 6 0 1
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 0 0 0 1 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 2 31 22 9 2 0 2 5 5
13 Law, John ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 4 0 2 1 1
39 Love, Jason ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 1 0 12 3 9 3 0 0 1 2
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 2 0 2
4 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 11 1 1 2
12 Robertson, Rohan ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 1 0 2 2 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 2 0 1
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 3 1 24 20 4 2 0 1 1 2
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 10 278 194 84 49 13 29 21 26

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 1 1 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 1 21 10 11 1 0 2 3 3
38 Cunningham, Daryl ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 2 0 0 0 2
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 3 2 0
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 1 0 1 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 1 2
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 0 0 1 3 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 2 25 15 10 3 0 2 2 5
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 0 0
46 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 3 2 1
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 4 18 0 2 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 5 5 0 1 0
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 4 0 1 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 0 0
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 0 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 1 1 1 0
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 30 26 4 4 0 2 1 0
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 10 291 196 95 45 24 25 26 21

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