1987 VFL Round 15: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1987 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round 15 of the 1987 VFL season. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Melbourne
R. Flower (capt.), B. Bailey, S. Eishold, R. Grinter, G. Healy, D. Hughes, S. Icke, N. Kol, D. Koop, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. O'Dwyer, R. Richards, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, T. Viney, R. White, S. Wight, D. Williams, B. Wilson

North Melbourne
D. Ackerly, A. Clarkson, A. Demetriou, I. Fairley, P. German, D. Harris, P. Jonas, R. Kerr, J. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Law, S. McCann, D. McDonald, D. McRae, J. Mossop, R. Robertson, C. Sholl, R. Smith, S. Smith, P. Spargo

Melbourne (15.20.110) were defeated by North Melbourne (16.16.112).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Bailey (3), R. Flower (2), D. Hughes (2), D. Williams (2), S. Icke, N. Kol, G. Lyon, R. Richards, E. Spalding, B. Wilson
North Melbourne: A. Clarkson (3), I. Fairley (3), S. McCann (3), J. Mossop (3), P. German (2), M. Larkin (2)

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 July 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,108

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 15.20.110 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	4	.	7	8	.	12	11	.	17	15	.	20	15	.	20	(110)
North Melbourne	4	.	7	9	.	11	11	.	13	16	.	16	16	.	16	(112)
Margin	level			NMLB by 5			MELB by 4			NMLB by 2			NMLB by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), John Kennedy (North Melbourne)
Captains: Robert Flower (Melbourne), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Forster, P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
John Law	NMLB	13	3
Brian Wilson	MELB	7	2
John Mossop	NMLB	4	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
24	Bailey, Bret	?	?	3	1	15	11	4	2	0	0	1	2
25	Eishold, Simon	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
2	Flower, Robert (c)	?	?	2	3	23	12	11	4	0	1	0	2
14	Grinter, Rod	?	?	0	1	13	12	1	2	0	0	1	0
33	Healy, Greg	?	?	0	2	27	11	16	4	0	3	3	2
10	Hughes, Danny	?	?	2	1	14	11	3	0	2	1	2	2
11	Icke, Stephen	?	?	1	0	5	2	3	2	0	1	0	0
38	Kol, Nigel	?	?	1	0	8	5	3	0	0	0	1	0
39	Koop, Doug	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	2	0	2	0	1
17	Lovett, Brett	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	1	0	0
3	Lyon, Garry	?	?	1	1	16	10	6	3	0	2	1	2
32	O'Dwyer, Steven	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	3	15	0	1	0
20	Richards, Russell	?	?	1	1	14	9	5	2	0	0	0	0
35	Spalding, Earl	?	?	1	0	10	6	4	1	2	0	3	0
18	Stretch, Steven	?	?	0	0	29	21	8	6	0	1	0	1
12	Viney, Todd	?	?	0	1	10	9	1	2	0	2	1	2
5	White, Robin	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	0	1	0
27	Wight, Sean	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	4	1	3	1	1
15	Williams, David	?	?	2	7	27	19	8	9	0	0	2	2
7	Wilson, Brian	?	?	1	1	36	13	23	7	0	1	2	0
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				15	20	305	191	114	58	20	19	21	17

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
10	Ackerly, David	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
57	Clarkson, Alastair	?	?	3	0	11	7	4	2	0	0	0	0
28	Demetriou, Andrew	?	?	0	1	15	10	5	2	0	2	1	3
6	Fairley, Ian	?	?	3	3	22	17	5	8	2	0	0	1
29	German, Peter	?	?	2	2	20	13	7	3	0	1	1	3
26	Harris, Darren	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	3	0	2	2	1
45	Jonas, Peter	?	?	0	0	21	8	13	4	0	1	0	0
59	Kerr, Robert	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	4	0	0	1	2
3	Krakouer, Jim	?	?	0	0	22	12	10	1	0	3	0	1
9	Larkin, Matthew	?	?	2	1	18	11	7	1	0	2	1	0
13	Law, John	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	2	0	1	2	2
16	McCann, Stephen	?	?	3	3	11	10	1	8	4	2	1	2
25	McDonald, Donald	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	2	1	0
19	McRae, Dean	?	?	0	2	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mossop, John	?	?	3	1	14	8	6	9	8	0	0	1
12	Robertson, Rohan	?	?	0	0	28	21	7	2	0	2	2	1
51	Sholl, Craig	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	2	0	1	2	1
15	Smith, Ross	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	0	1	0
32	Smith, Shaun	?	?	0	1	16	7	9	7	0	1	0	2
31	Spargo, Paul	?	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	1	1
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				16	16	293	191	102	65	14	22	17	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

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