1987 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results of Footscray for the 1987 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1987 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
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 |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.