1987 VFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 1987 between Melbourne and West Coast during round twenty-one of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted West Coast at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Ross Glendinning captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Ron Alexander.

Melbourne (18.21.129) defeated West Coast (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Friday 21 August 1987
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,048

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 18.21.129 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 10 7 . 13 12 . 15 18 . 21 18 . 21 (129)
West Coast 0 . 1 3 . 1 6 . 5 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin MELB by 27 MELB by 36 MELB by 46 MELB by 61 MELB by 61
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

West Coast

Captain: Ross Glendinning
Coach: Ron Alexander

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sean Wight MELB 27 3
Steven Stretch MELB 18 2
Brian Wilson MELB 7 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 3 30 20 10 6 0 1 3 1
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 5 0 3 1 2
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 0 1 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 4 1 25 13 12 3 0 1 0 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 1 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 1 0 1 2 2
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 2 0
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 1 3 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 4 0 0 0 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 15 1 0 4
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 3 1 0 2 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 27 23 4 6 0 2 1 1
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 5 3 0 2 0
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 2 28 23 5 5 0 5 3 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 10 2 1 0 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 7 13 12 1 9 0 0 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 0 27 13 14 7 0 0 2 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 5 0 1 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 21 347 240 107 84 21 17 24 25

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Annear, John ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 1 0
38 Barich, Adrian ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 0 2 1 0
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 2 1 2
30 Gastev, John ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 1 4
4 Glendinning, Ross (c) ? ? 3 0 17 14 3 7 0 1 2 2
36 Hart, David ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 2 0 2 2 1
33 Holmes, Don ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 0
26 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 4 2 0 0 1
25 Keene, Laurie ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 3 8 1 4 2
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 1 1 2
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 3 0 1
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 0 0 0 1
18 MacNish, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 0 2 2
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 3 1
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 8 0 0 2 0
6 Miles, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 2 1
10 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 1
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 0 5 16 15 1 3 0 1 0 0
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 3 2 2
27 Zanotti, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 8 291 204 87 82 10 21 25 24

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