1987 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1987 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Club:
Western Bulldogs
Home Ground:
Western Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
7th (W-D-L: 11-1-10, P%: 95.7)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athorn, Mark | #52 | 9 | 4 | R08-10, R15-20 |
| Atkins, Simon | #23 | 3 | 2 | R02-03, R06 |
| Bamblett, Les | #9 | 3 | 2 | R02, R04-05 |
| Baxter, Darren | #35 | 22 | 1 | R01-22 |
| Baxter, Peter | #26 | 3 | 0 | R01, R14, R22 |
| Beasley, Simon | #18 | 21 | 73 | R01-05, R07-22 |
| Collins, Darren | #47 | 1 | 1 | R16 |
| Cordy, Brian | #49 | 20 | 3 | R02-15, R17-22 |
| Cousins, Richard | #2 | 20 | 9 | R01-18, R21-22 |
| Cronan, Phil | #17 | 20 | 5 | R01-06, R08-19, R21-22 |
| Cullen, Mark | #22 | 2 | 0 | R10, R15 |
| Egan, Mick | #10 | 1 | 0 | R18 |
| Eppelstun, Greg | #12 | 22 | 0 | R01-22 |
| Fitzpatrick, Lynton | #42 | 5 | 0 | R16, R18-21 |
| Ford, Michael | #45 | 19 | 2 | R01-15, R19-22 |
| Foster, Peter | #32 | 21 | 16 | R02-22 |
| Hannebery, Matt | #36 | 4 | 0 | R10-13 |
| Hawkins, Doug | #7 | 12 | 6 | R11-22 |
| Howlett, Andrew | #48 | 2 | 1 | R06-07 |
| James, Ron | #43 | 7 | 3 | R03-09 |
| Kennedy, Rick | #8 | 20 | 2 | R01-14, R16, R18-22 |
| Kolyniuk, Steven | #59 | 3 | 4 | R20-22 |
| Lesiputty, Frank | #55 | 2 | 1 | R15, R17 |
| Liberatore, Tony | #39 | 12 | 7 | R01, R08-16, R18-19 |
| MacPherson, Stephen | #27 | 16 | 28 | R01-07, R11-14, R16-17, R20-22 |
| McGuinness, Tony | #11 | 22 | 34 | R01-22 |
| McLean, Michael | #51 | 8 | 1 | R01, R16-22 |
| Moloney, Troy | #40 | 17 | 2 | R01-09, R13-15, R17, R19-22 |
| Petraglia, Angelo | #38 | 17 | 19 | R01-07, R09-18 |
| Purser, Andrew | #1 | 22 | 2 | R01-22 |
| Rance, Murray | #15 | 19 | 3 | R01-02, R04-20 |
| Royal, Brian | #33 | 22 | 39 | R01-22 |
| Tzatzaris, Zeno | #19 | 10 | 0 | R01-02, R05-12 |
| Vilcins, Brenton | #30 | 2 | 0 | R01, R03 |
| Wallis, Steve | #24 | 22 | 3 | R01-22 |
| Williams, Shane | #6 | 7 | 7 | R07-08, R17, R19-22 |
| Wright, Cameron | #53 | 2 | 0 | R03-04 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malthouse, Mick | 22 | 11 | -1- | 10 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/03/1987 | Round 1 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 59 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 05/04/1987 | Round 2 | Sydney | AWAY | LOSS | SYDN by 108 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 11/04/1987 | Round 3 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 87 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 20/04/1987 | Round 4 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 41 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 25/04/1987 | Round 5 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 4 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 02/05/1987 | Round 6 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 44 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 09/05/1987 | Round 7 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 34 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 16/05/1987 | Round 8 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 24 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 23/05/1987 | Round 9 | Brisbane Bears | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 32 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 30/05/1987 | Round 10 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 33 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 06/06/1987 | Round 11 | West Coast | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 22 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 13/06/1987 | Round 12 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 68 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 20/06/1987 | Round 13 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 39 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 27/06/1987 | Round 14 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 12 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 04/07/1987 | Round 15 | Sydney | HOME | LOSS | SYDN by 33 | Mick Malthouse | unknown |
| 18/07/1987 | Round 16 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 55 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 11/07/1987 | Round 17 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 97 | Mick Malthouse | unknown |
| 01/08/1987 | Round 18 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 11 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 08/08/1987 | Round 19 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 3 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 15/08/1987 | Round 20 | North Melbourne | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 23/08/1987 | Round 21 | Brisbane Bears | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 82 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |
| 29/08/1987 | Round 22 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 15 | Mick Malthouse | Rick Kennedy |