1987 VFL Round 16: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1987 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round 16 of the 1987 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at MCG. Matthew Rendell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

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

Fitzroy
M. Rendell (capt.), M. Armstrong, D. Barwick, S. Cameron, M. Conlan, M. Gale, L. Harris, D. Kappler, G. Keane, G. Lawrie, B. Lokan, R. Lyon, R. Osborne, T. Pekin, G. Pert, M. Reeves, P. Roos, B. Stephens, K. Thomas, R. Thornton

North Melbourne (23.18.156) defeated Fitzroy (19.9.123).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. Jonas (6), P. Krakouer (5), M. Larkin (3), I. Fairley (2), J. Krakouer (2), D. McDonald (2), A. Demetriou, J. Love, S. Smith
Fitzroy: M. Conlan (5), G. Lawrie (3), B. Lokan (2), R. Osborne (2), D. Barwick, D. Kappler, G. Keane, M. Rendell, B. Stephens, K. Thomas, R. Thornton

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 July 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,244

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 23.18.156 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 1 11 . 5 19 . 13 23 . 18 23 . 18 (156)
Fitzroy 7 . 5 11 . 7 14 . 8 19 . 9 19 . 9 (123)
Margin FITZ by 22 FITZ by 2 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 33 NMLB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), David Parkin (Fitzroy)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Matthew Rendell (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore, G. Vernon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Jonas NMLB 45 3
Phil Krakouer NMLB 8 2
Leon Harris FITZ 38 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
57 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 1 0 1
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 0 0 2 1
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 1 0
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 3 18 14 4 1 0 0 0 2
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 1 3 1
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 6 4 25 14 11 6 1 2 1 1
59 Kerr, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 1 0
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 2 1 25 16 9 3 0 2 5 1
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 5 2 23 14 9 5 0 2 4 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 3 0 25 16 9 1 0 4 1 0
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 0 2
39 Love, Jason ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 4 0 1 2 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 2 1 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 2 2 11 7 4 5 3 0 2 2
4 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 7 0 2 2
12 Robertson, Rohan ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 0 1
51 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 1 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 3 0 2 3 1
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 6 0 4 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 18 311 211 100 72 11 28 32 18

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 1
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 1 2
37 Cameron, Stuart ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 0 4
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 5 0 17 15 2 2 0 0 1 1
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 1 20 9 11 5 0 3 2 2
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 6 0 4 2 6
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 2 0 1 0 1
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 1 1 17 8 9 2 4 0 2 0
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 3 0 20 10 10 5 0 0 1 0
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 2 0 21 17 4 2 0 4 1 1
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 2 4 22 17 5 7 0 1 1 3
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 1 2 0 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 0 0 1
28 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 2 0 1
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 5 9 1 4 2
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 8 1 1 0 3
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1 1
2 Thomas, Keith ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 1 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 2 0 2 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 9 293 172 121 63 15 26 18 32

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