1987 VFL Round 22: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1987 between Footscray and Melbourne during round 22 of the 1987 VFL season. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Footscray
R. Kennedy (capt.), D. Baxter, P. Baxter, S. Beasley, B. Cordy, R. Cousins, P. Cronan, G. Eppelstun, M. Ford, P. Foster, D. Hawkins, S. Kolyniuk, S. MacPherson, T. McGuinness, M. McLean, T. Moloney, A. Purser, B. Royal, S. Wallis, S. Williams

Melbourne
R. Flower (capt.), B. Bailey, D. Chiron, W. Dean, G. Healy, D. Hughes, R. Jackson, D. Koop, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, S. Newport, E. Spalding, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, S. Turner, T. Viney, S. Wight, D. Williams, B. Wilson, G. Yeats

Footscray (10.8.68) were defeated by Melbourne (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
Footscray: P. Foster (2), S. Kolyniuk (2), S. MacPherson (2), S. Beasley, T. McGuinness, B. Royal, S. Williams
Melbourne: R. Flower (3), W. Dean (2), B. Wilson (2), R. Jackson, G. Lyon, S. Stretch, J. Stynes, D. Williams

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 31,249

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.8.68 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Melbourne 4 . 0 5 . 4 8 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin FOOT by 2 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 6 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), John Northey (Melbourne)
Captains: Rick Kennedy (Footscray), Robert Flower (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sean Wight MELB 27 3
Warren Dean MELB 23 2
Peter Foster FOOT 32 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 2 0
26 Baxter, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 0 4
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 1 3 9 8 1 7 0 0 1 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 1 0 1 1 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 2 0 3
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 0 0 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 1 2
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 7 0 2 4 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 4 0 2 2 1
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 8 0 0 1 2
59 Kolyniuk, Steven ? ? 2 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 0
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 2 3 8 7 1 4 0 1 0 2
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 2 0 1 2 1
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 1 0
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 3 1 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 6 10 0 5 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 1 25 21 4 2 0 2 5 6
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 33 18 15 2 0 4 5 0
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 8 293 192 101 59 10 18 32 32

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 1 0 2
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 1 2
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 2 2 23 19 4 8 0 0 2 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 3 2 10 9 1 5 0 1 1 0
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 1 0 2 4 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 2 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 2 12 11 1 1 0 0 2 1
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 2 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 0 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 8 0 1 2 4
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 2 0 1 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 1 0 1 2 1
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 6 8 3 3 2
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 8 0 0 3
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 2 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 5 0 3 0
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 7 0 0 1 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 3 0 1 1 6
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 3 0 3 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 11 284 203 81 65 23 17 32 32

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