1987 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1987 between Essendon and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Dale Weightman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Essendon (21.11.137) defeated Richmond (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 July 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 13,593

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Richmond
Score: 21.11.137 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 4 13 . 5 18 . 8 21 . 11 21 . 11 (137)
Richmond 0 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 10 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin ESSE by 43 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 70 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Richmond

Captain: Dale Weightman
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. McDonald
P. Saville

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Thompson ESSE 26 3
Neil Clarke ESSE 8 2
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 2
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 1 0 2 2 3
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 2 0 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 2 1 13 9 4 2 0 2 4 2
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 4 2 23 19 4 3 0 3 2 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 3 2 17 15 2 2 0 2 2 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 2 0
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 6 0 1 1 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 0 2 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 2 0 2 2 6
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 2 0
46 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 1 1
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 1 0 25 23 2 3 0 0 3 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 15 1 1 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 15 6 9 3 1 1 1 7
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 9 2 15 11 4 11 3 0 3 0
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 0 26 14 12 4 0 1 1 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 0 0 2
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 21 11 284 191 93 60 19 18 34 32

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 2 0 2
37 Bower, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 4
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 2 0 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 1
18 Clark, Simon ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 4
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 3 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 3 23 15 8 2 0 5 1 2
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 33 26 7 5 0 1 3 0
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 2 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 1
40 James, Stephen ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 5 0 0 0 0
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 7 0 0 2 3
11 Manton, John ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 7 1 1 2 1
47 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 1 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 0 1 10 3 7 1 0 1 0 2
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 1 0 3 3 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 2 5 3
27 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 0 1 1
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 2 0 2 1
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 0 1
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 2 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 4 3
5 Wilson, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 2 4
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 12 11 262 173 89 60 4 25 32 34

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