1987 VFL Season Round 20: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1987 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round twenty of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Rick Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

North Melbourne (18.17.125) drew with Footscray (18.17.125).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 15 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,921

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne drew with Footscray
Score: 18.17.125 - 18.17.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 4 8 . 8 13 . 13 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Footscray 4 . 5 8 . 11 12 . 16 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Margin NMLB by 5 FOOT by 3 NMLB by 3 level drawn
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jim Krakouer NMLB 3 3
Brian Royal FOOT 33 2
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 2 1 2
46 Chandler, Jeff ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 1 0 1 3 1
57 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 1 3 12 10 2 1 0 1 0 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 2 25 17 8 1 0 3 3 1
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 4 0 1 1 0
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 2 3 19 16 3 1 0 4 2 2
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 4 1 18 13 5 5 0 0 1 0
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 1 3 31 14 17 3 0 1 1 4
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 0 2 0
39 Love, Jason ? ? 2 0 23 16 7 6 0 0 2 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 4 2 1 1
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 4 3 1 1 1
4 Mossop, John ? ? 2 0 13 6 7 2 11 2 1 0
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 2 1
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 1 2
32 Smith, Shaun ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 1
31 Spargo, Paul ? ? 3 1 23 16 7 4 0 4 2 3
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 0 0 3 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 17 296 212 84 48 18 30 27 24

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
52 Athorn, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 3
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 0 3 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 2 10 7 3 7 0 0 0 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 2 0 0 2 1
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 0 1
42 Fitzpatrick, Lynton ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 1 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 5 2 2
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 3 3 14 13 1 9 0 0 3 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 0 17 9 8 9 0 1 0 2
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 1 1 0 3
59 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 0 4 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 4 1 14 10 4 5 0 2 2 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 3 21 16 5 2 0 1 0 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 0 2 0
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 3 1 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 6 17 0 0 0
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 3 32 26 6 6 0 0 2 3
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 2 0 7 2 2
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 2 3 13 12 1 6 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 17 276 202 74 79 18 23 24 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