1987 VFL Season Round 20: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1987 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round twenty of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Essendon (20.7.127) defeated Fitzroy (11.20.86).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 12,466

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.7.127 - 11.20.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 9 . 2 14 . 5 20 . 7 20 . 7 (127)
Fitzroy 2 . 8 2 . 10 9 . 13 11 . 20 11 . 20 (86)
Margin level ESSE by 34 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Forster
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Hamilton ESSE 16 3
Michael Gale FITZ 7 2
Simon Madden ESSE 27 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 1 0 22 12 10 5 0 5 2 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 2 1 16 11 5 2 0 2 2 0
37 Considine, Ed ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 4 0 1 0 4
6 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 6 0 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 5 0 2 0 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 1 29 19 10 5 0 1 0 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 0 1 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 0 4
46 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 3 0 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 7 16 1 3 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 5 8 0 0 0
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 4 1 3 1 2
19 Sullivan, David ? ? 3 1 11 7 4 3 0 2 0 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 5 0 1 1 3
21 Wallis, Dean ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 0 0
29 Walsh, Nick ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 2 0 2 2 1
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 1 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 4 0 3 4 3
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 1 0 3 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 7 322 210 112 81 25 36 16 32

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 0 0 3 4 0
37 Cameron, Stuart ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 3 1 3
13 Carafa, Tony ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 4 0 1 2 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 0 0 2
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 0 2 9 9 0 4 0 0 1 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 2 2 12 9 3 2 0 2 1 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 1 2 1
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 0 0 2 1 1
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 7 1 2 1 1
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 3 1
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1 1
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 4 2 1 1 2
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 2 4 11 10 1 2 0 3 0 0
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 3 0 1 1 0
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 3 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 8 3 0 3 0
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 2 1
56 Taylor, Christopher ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
2 Thomas, Keith ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 1 3 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 20 262 186 76 58 6 26 32 16

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