1987 VFL Season 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 fifteen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

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

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

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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