1987 VFL Season Round 19: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1987 between Geelong and Essendon during round nineteen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Geelong (12.20.92) defeated Essendon (9.11.65).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 19,103

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 12.20.92 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 6 4 . 10 9 . 13 12 . 20 12 . 20 (92)
Essendon 4 . 4 7 . 6 8 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 14 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Carland
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Hamilton ESSE 16 3
Paul Couch GEEL 7 2
Glenn Hawker ESSE 33 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 1 2 18 17 1 1 0 3 2 1
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 2 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 1 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 2 1 3 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 0 3 15 9 6 9 1 4 2 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 3 0 3 2 2
36 Cameron, David ? ? 4 4 22 12 10 3 0 2 2 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 0 1 37 25 12 8 0 5 1 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 2
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 1 0
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 6 1 0 1
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 1 0 24 9 15 2 0 1 1 3
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 1 0 1 0 3
39 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 7 1 2 2 1
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 5 0 3 2 3
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 5 0 2 1 2
45 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 2 20 10 10 4 0 1 1 4
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 1 1 2 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 3 12 10 2 7 0 0 1 2
33 Whyte, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 9 0 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 20 343 228 115 80 12 34 29 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 1 0
20 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 4 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 2 0 0 2 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 2 0 2 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 3 0 2 1 0
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 12 0 1 5 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 7 0 2 1 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 1 1
46 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 0 1
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 3 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 8 11 0 2 3
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 3 3 12 12 0 9 1 0 0 2
19 Sullivan, David ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 5 0 2 1 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 7 0 2 1 1
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 1 2
29 Walsh, Nick ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 1 2 0
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 3 0 2 4 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 2 29 13 16 7 0 6 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 11 310 205 105 83 12 32 34 29

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