1987 VFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1987 between Essendon and Carlton during round eighteen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Stephen Kernahan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Essendon (10.9.69) were defeated by Carlton (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Saturday 1 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 29,761

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 10.9.69 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 5 . 2 7 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Carlton 3 . 2 4 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin CARL by 7 ESSE by 3 CARL by 1 CARL by 1 CARL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Carlton

Captain: Stephen Kernahan
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Craig Bradley CARL 21 3
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 2
Mark Naley CARL 17 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
20 Barnes, John ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 0 0 1 0 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 3 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 3 0 3 2 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 1 0 1 1 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 1 2 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 24 18 6 5 0 1 5 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 0 4
46 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 0 1
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 3 0 1 2 3
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 15 0 2 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 7 0 1 1 5
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 4 1 14 9 5 4 7 0 3 3
19 Sullivan, David ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 1 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 4 1 3
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 3 2
29 Walsh, Nick ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 1 0 2 4 4
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 9 276 180 96 56 22 24 35 42

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 2 0
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 6 0 0 3 2
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 3 2
3 Dennis, Richard ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 8 0 0 1 1
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 5 0 0 2 3
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 3 0
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 3 6 2
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 0 1 1
9 Hunter, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 7 0 1 2 2
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 4 0 3 2 2
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 6 2
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 3 0 2 1 2
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 1 2 17 10 7 7 14 0 5 2
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 1 2
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 3
17 Naley, Mark ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 2 0 1 1 3
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 2 3
38 Robertson, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 0 1
10 Shine, Brad ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 10 264 185 79 63 14 20 42 35

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