1987 VFL Round 19: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 1987 between St Kilda and Footscray during round 19 of the 1987 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Moorabbin Oval. Danny Frawley captained the hosts. Rick Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Davis and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

St Kilda
D. Frawley (capt.), T. Barker, N. Burke, G. Burns, F. Coghlan, R. Elphinstone, T. Evans, B. Gotch, D. Grant, W. Green, S. Kourkoumelis, T. Lockett, S. Loewe, A. Marcou, P. McConville, R. Neal, R. Owen, J. Peter-Budge, D. Rice, N. Winmar

Footscray
R. Kennedy (capt.), M. Athorn, D. Baxter, S. Beasley, B. Cordy, P. Cronan, G. Eppelstun, L. Fitzpatrick, M. Ford, P. Foster, D. Hawkins, T. Liberatore, T. McGuinness, M. McLean, T. Moloney, A. Purser, M. Rance, B. Royal, S. Wallis, S. Williams

St Kilda (15.14.104) defeated Footscray (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: T. Lockett (8), R. Owen (3), A. Marcou (2), S. Loewe, N. Winmar
Footscray: S. Beasley (6), S. Williams (3), M. Athorn, P. Foster, D. Hawkins, T. Liberatore, M. Rance, B. Royal

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 8 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 23,080

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Footscray
Score: 15.14.104 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 3 7 . 6 12 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Footscray 2 . 3 8 . 6 11 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin STKL by 12 FOOT by 6 STKL by 9 STKL by 3 STKL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Davis (St Kilda), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: Danny Frawley (St Kilda), Rick Kennedy (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Clayton, B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tony McGuinness FOOT 11 3
Nicky Winmar STKL 7 2
Tony Lockett STKL 14 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
1 Barker, Trevor ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 2 1
48 Burke, Nathan ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 0 1 0
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 0 1 30 17 13 5 0 2 3 0
39 Coghlan, Frank ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 3 0 1 2 2
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 1 20 12 8 4 1 1 0 0
44 Evans, Tony ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 1 0 4 5 1
24 Frawley, Danny (c) ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 2 1
16 Gotch, Brad ? ? 0 1 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 0
35 Grant, David ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 8 0 0 1 1
45 Green, Warwick ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 5 8 1 0 3
28 Kourkoumelis, Spiro ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 0 0
14 Lockett, Tony ? ? 8 2 10 10 0 10 3 3 0 2
23 Loewe, Stewart ? ? 1 4 15 12 3 8 6 0 0 3
8 Marcou, Alex ? ? 2 0 26 14 12 6 0 3 2 1
12 McConville, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 6 1 1 2 4
36 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 1 0 3
27 Owen, Rod ? ? 3 1 19 14 5 6 0 2 3 4
22 Peter-Budge, John ? ? 0 2 12 9 3 4 0 0 0 1
37 Rice, Dean ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 1 1 1
7 Winmar, Nicky ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 5 0 4 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 14 334 214 120 84 19 24 27 29

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
52 Athorn, Mark ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 2 3
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 1 0 1 3
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 6 2 12 9 3 8 0 0 0 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 0 3 0
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 1 1 1
42 Fitzpatrick, Lynton ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 0 1 2
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 0 1 2 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 1 2 13 7 6 5 0 2 1 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 25 14 11 8 0 0 1 1
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 0 1 0
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 36 25 11 7 0 1 0 4
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 0 1 3 1
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 2 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 3 12 6 17 2 3 0
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 1 2 17 9 8 6 2 1 3 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 0 26 16 10 5 0 0 0 2
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 3 0 2 1 2
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 3 3 13 11 2 4 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 11 319 206 113 72 20 13 29 27

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