1987 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 1987 between Melbourne and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at VFL Park. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

Melbourne (18.9.117) defeated Geelong (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 25 July 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 15,253

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.9.117 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 0 9 . 3 15 . 5 18 . 9 18 . 9 (117)
Geelong 4 . 1 8 . 3 10 . 6 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin GEEL by 1 MELB by 6 MELB by 29 MELB by 40 MELB by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Sheehan
G. Vernon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Earl Spalding MELB 35 3
Brian Wilson MELB 7 2
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 2 2 38 25 13 5 0 0 1 3
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 8 0 8 1 0 1 1 2
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 2 0 17 15 2 7 0 0 3 1
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 3
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 4 4 21 18 3 6 0 3 2 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 0 0
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 3 0 3 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 1 3
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 3 0 23 17 6 3 0 0 1 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 0 0 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 0
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 9 12 1 2 1
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 7 0 0 1 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 2 2
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 7 0 2 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 4 0 0 0 4
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 1 2 2 1
15 Williams, David ? ? 3 1 13 8 5 5 0 2 1 5
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 28 14 14 6 0 0 0 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 9 325 224 101 85 20 16 24 37

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 3 0 1 2 1
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 1 2 2
44 Baldwin, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 3
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 1 29 15 14 5 0 2 3 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 4 0 2 3 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 3 5 0 0 2
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 3 16 9 7 7 0 1 2 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 4 0 3 4 2
36 Cameron, David ? ? 5 1 19 10 9 6 0 1 1 0
13 Cameron, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 0 0 1 4 0
47 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 0 0 2
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 1 3 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 5 0 1 5 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 6 0 3 2 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 9 4 0 0 1
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 1 0 1 2 2
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 0 2 23 20 3 8 0 0 1 2
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 3 1 22 20 2 11 0 0 1 1
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 2 1 0 2
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 11 339 210 129 87 11 20 37 24

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