1987 VFL Season Round 17: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1987 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round seventeen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

North Melbourne (11.13.79) were defeated by Geelong (27.14.176).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 July 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,880

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 11.13.79 - 27.14.176

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 5 2 . 9 3 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Geelong 5 . 2 11 . 6 21 . 10 27 . 14 27 . 14 (176)
Margin GEEL by 21 GEEL by 51 GEEL by 108 GEEL by 97 GEEL by 97
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
I. Clayton

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 3
Mark Bairstow GEEL 3 2
Neville Bruns GEEL 19 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
57 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 0 2 2
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 1 0 2
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 2 4 2
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 6 0 3 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 2 3 4
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 2 4 1
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 1 1 15 6 9 0 1 2 3 4
59 Kerr, Robert ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 2 1 2
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 2 0 19 11 8 3 0 4 1 2
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 4 0 1
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 0 5 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 7 0 0 1 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 1 1 8 3 5 2 0 1 1 2
4 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 4 3 4 3
12 Robertson, Rohan ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 0 0 2 1 2
51 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 1 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 0 2
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 2 3 16 9 7 6 0 0 1 2
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 2 2 20 13 7 4 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 283 186 97 59 5 32 34 35

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 6 5 18 15 3 8 0 2 1 4
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 1 1 39 28 11 9 0 2 5 3
44 Baldwin, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 0 0 4
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 5 0 3 1 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 1 0 1 2 1
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 5 4 15 13 2 9 0 0 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 4 0 31 26 5 9 0 0 3 0
36 Cameron, David ? ? 8 2 23 19 4 7 0 2 2 3
13 Cameron, Gary ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 2 0
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 3 0 0 0
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 3 1 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 0 0 0
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 1 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 8 1 1 1
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 2 2 2
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 3 0 0 9 4
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 5 3 0 0 4
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 0 19 8 11 4 4 1 1 2
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 2 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 27 14 353 230 123 89 18 20 35 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