1987 VFL Season Round 14: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 1987 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Matthew Rendell captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Fitzroy (11.16.82) defeated Melbourne (4.10.34).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 June 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 7,544

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 11.16.82 - 4.10.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 4 5 . 9 6 . 11 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Melbourne 3 . 4 3 . 7 4 . 9 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Margin MELB by 12 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 14 FITZ by 48 FITZ by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Matthew Rendell
Coach: David Parkin

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
G. McKeeman

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Danny Hughes MELB 10 3
Paul Roos FITZ 1 2
Matt Armstrong FITZ 14 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 2 1 27 23 4 2 0 0 2 4
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 1 1 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 1
37 Cameron, Stuart ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 5 2 2
27 Cooper, Jamie ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 1 2 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 6 0 0 0 2
48 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 8 0 0 2 1
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 3 0 0 2 2
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 0 3 14 9 5 4 1 0 2 4
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 35 13 22 5 0 1 2 0
19 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 1 2 2
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 2 1 26 21 5 4 0 1 0 3
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 25 14 11 3 0 1 2 1
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 8 2 3 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 4 4 24 14 10 13 0 0 1 4
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 2 1 2
2 Thomas, Keith ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 2 2 2
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 2 0
30 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 2 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 16 332 209 123 82 9 25 29 36

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 0 0 2 2 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 3 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 6 0 2 0 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 0 20 14 6 6 0 1 1 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 1 2 6 3 3 2 0 0 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 8 0 0 2 0
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 2 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 1 1 3 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 1 2 4
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 18 0 2 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 3 0 1 1 3
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 2 2 4 3
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 1 4 2
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 4 0 1 4
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 4 2 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 3 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 0 3 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 0 1 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 4 10 257 201 56 66 25 22 36 29

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