1987 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1987 between Essendon and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Rick Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Essendon (7.10.52) were defeated by Footscray (9.10.64).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 27 June 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 17,364

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 7.10.52 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 2 4 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Footscray 2 . 1 5 . 3 7 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin FOOT by 11 FOOT by 5 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Williams ESSE 13 3
Tony Liberatore FOOT 39 2
Mark Thompson ESSE 26 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 1 3
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 2 0 3 1 0
38 Cunningham, Daryl ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 1 0 1 6 3
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 1 1 1 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 2 0 1 4 4
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 0 2 3
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 2 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 4 3 2
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 2 0 0
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 3 21 1 1 0
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 4 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 4 8 2 1 0
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 1 25 17 8 6 0 2 4 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 3 0 4 1 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 1 0 2 5 4
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 10 226 168 58 35 31 31 41 30

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 5 0 1 2 1
26 Baxter, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 2
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 3
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 1
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 2 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 1 2
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 3 9 9 0 2 0 0 3 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 5 0 0 3 3
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 2 2 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 1 0 4 1 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 10 4 6 3 0 2 0 4
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 2 2 23 18 5 4 0 2 2 2
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 3
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 0 0 3 1 4
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 6 0 2 3
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 2 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 3 0 2 1 2
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 2 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 10 210 160 50 46 6 22 30 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