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"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."
Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured
1987 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Melbourne's 1987 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1987-03-28 1 | H | Melbourne | 8.6 | 13.10 | 14.12 | 19.14 | 128 | WON | Fitzroy | 2.1 | 7.4 | 10.13 | 12.17 | 89 | 39 | MCG | 1987-03-28 Mar 28 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-04-03 2 | A | Melbourne | 3.4 | 5.11 | 6.14 | 7.17 | 59 | LOST | North Melbourne | 3.5 | 5.10 | 10.12 | 13.14 | 92 | -33 | MCG | 1987-04-03 Apr 3 (Fri, 7:40) | Scores |
1987-04-11 3 | A | Melbourne | 2.5 | 3.9 | 6.13 | 13.16 | 94 | LOST | Geelong | 2.6 | 10.9 | 13.12 | 18.20 | 128 | -34 | KAR | 1987-04-11 Apr 11 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-04-18 4 | H | Melbourne | 3.2 | 11.9 | 18.9 | 21.13 | 139 | WON | St. Kilda | 4.5 | 5.5 | 9.8 | 14.8 | 92 | 47 | MCG | 1987-04-18 Apr 18 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-04-26 5 | A | Melbourne | 5.1 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 12.9 | 81 | LOST | Brisbane | 1.3 | 6.8 | 8.12 | 12.14 | 86 | -5 | CRR | 1987-04-26 Apr 26 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-05-02 6 | H | Melbourne | 4.5 | 8.7 | 15.9 | 16.14 | 110 | WON | Richmond | 1.3 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 9.15 | 69 | 41 | MCG | 1987-05-02 May 2 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-05-09 7 | H | Melbourne | 4.6 | 10.12 | 15.17 | 18.18 | 126 | WON | Collingwood | 2.1 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 80 | 46 | MCG | 1987-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-05-16 8 | H | Melbourne | 4.4 | 6.7 | 6.13 | 11.15 | 81 | LOST | Footscray | 3.5 | 8.10 | 12.13 | 15.15 | 105 | -24 | MCG | 1987-05-16 May 16 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-05-24 9 | A | Melbourne | 6.1 | 7.4 | 13.8 | 18.11 | 119 | LOST | West Coast | 5.3 | 12.9 | 16.12 | 20.15 | 135 | -16 | SUB | 1987-05-24 May 24 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-05-30 10 | A | Melbourne | 4.4 | 5.6 | 14.9 | 15.12 | 102 | WON | Essendon | 1.3 | 6.8 | 8.10 | 11.14 | 80 | 22 | WIN | 1987-05-30 May 30 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-06-08 11 | H | Melbourne | 3.5 | 6.7 | 10.11 | 13.12 | 90 | LOST | Carlton | 7.0 | 13.2 | 18.5 | 21.9 | 135 | -45 | MCG | 1987-06-08 Jun 8 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-06-13 12 | H | Melbourne | 1.6 | 3.8 | 9.9 | 11.10 | 76 | LOST | Sydney | 4.3 | 6.5 | 12.8 | 17.10 | 112 | -36 | MCG | 1987-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-06-20 13 | A | Melbourne | 0.1 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 57 | WON | Hawthorn | 3.2 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 44 | 13 | PRI | 1987-06-20 Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-06-27 14 | A | Melbourne | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.10 | 34 | LOST | Fitzroy | 1.4 | 5.9 | 6.11 | 11.16 | 82 | -48 | PRI | 1987-06-27 Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-07-04 15 | H | Melbourne | 4.7 | 8.12 | 11.17 | 15.20 | 110 | LOST | North Melbourne | 4.7 | 9.11 | 11.13 | 16.16 | 112 | -2 | MCG | 1987-07-04 Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-07-25 16 | H | Melbourne | 4.0 | 9.3 | 15.5 | 18.9 | 117 | WON | Geelong | 4.1 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 11.11 | 77 | 40 | VFL | 1987-07-25 Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-07-18 17 | A | Melbourne | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.10 | 9.14 | 68 | LOST | St. Kilda | 2.0 | 7.1 | 13.5 | 18.6 | 114 | -46 | VFL | 1987-07-18 Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-08-01 18 | H | Melbourne | 4.7 | 9.13 | 14.19 | 22.21 | 153 | WON | Brisbane | 4.5 | 8.6 | 10.11 | 14.15 | 99 | 54 | MCG | 1987-08-01 Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-08-08 19 | A | Melbourne | 5.4 | 9.8 | 12.12 | 17.17 | 119 | WON | Richmond | 6.3 | 12.6 | 14.6 | 15.10 | 100 | 19 | MCG | 1987-08-08 Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-08-15 20 | A | Melbourne | 1.7 | 7.14 | 11.19 | 15.24 | 114 | WON | Collingwood | 2.5 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.11 | 59 | 55 | VIC | 1987-08-15 Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-08-21 21 | H | Melbourne | 3.10 | 7.13 | 12.15 | 18.21 | 129 | WON | West Coast | 0.1 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 68 | 61 | MCG | 1987-08-21 Aug 21 (Fri, 7:40) | Scores |
1987-08-29 22 | A | Melbourne | 4.0 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 12.11 | 83 | WON | Footscray | 4.2 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 68 | 15 | WES | 1987-08-29 Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1987-09-06 EF | H | Melbourne | 3.6 | 9.11 | 16.16 | 22.26 | 158 | WON | North Melbourne | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.10 | 40 | 118 | MCG | 1987-09-06 Sep 6 (Sun, 2:30) | Scores |
1987-09-13 1SF | H | Melbourne | 2.4 | 10.13 | 17.18 | 21.23 | 149 | WON | Sydney | 3.3 | 6.6 | 8.12 | 10.13 | 73 | 76 | MCG | 1987-09-13 Sep 13 (Sun, 2:30) | Scores |
1987-09-19 PF | H | Melbourne | 2.3 | 6.10 | 10.12 | 10.18 | 78 | LOST | Hawthorn | 1.4 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 11.14 | 80 | -2 | VFL | 1987-09-19 Sep 19 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
1987 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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24 | Bailey, Bret | 25 | 314 | 12.6 | 172 | 6.9 | 486 | 19.4 | 67 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 1.5 | 39 | 39 | 20 | 0.8 | 18 | 138 |
16 | Battiston, Adrian | 14 | 159 | 11.4 | 85 | 6.1 | 244 | 17.4 | 24 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1.3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0.3 | 8 | 32 |
40 | Campbell, Tony | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 9 | 1.5 | 40 | 6.7 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1.2 | 6 | 48 |
29 | Chiron, Dean | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 44 | 5.5 | 81 | 10.1 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 |
22 | Connolly, Chris | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 16 | 3.2 | 74 | 14.8 | 20 | 4.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 9 | 1.8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 6 |
28 | Cordner, David | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Dean, Warren | 19 | 253 | 13.3 | 44 | 2.3 | 297 | 15.6 | 92 | 4.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 28 | 1.5 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 0.9 | 24 | 126 |
25 | Eishold, Simon | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 16 | 1.8 | 52 | 5.8 | 10 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0.2 | 5 | 17 |
2 | Flower, Robert | 20 | 215 | 10.8 | 60 | 3.0 | 275 | 13.8 | 91 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 1.3 | 27 | 19 | 47 | 2.4 | 31 | 313 |
4 | Giles, Peter | 13 | 100 | 7.7 | 28 | 2.2 | 128 | 9.8 | 38 | 2.9 | 2 | 0.2 | 13 | 1.0 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 0.5 | 8 | 50 |
14 | Grinter, Rod | 18 | 230 | 12.8 | 48 | 2.7 | 278 | 15.4 | 67 | 3.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.7 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 15 |
33 | Healy, Greg | 23 | 347 | 15.1 | 181 | 7.9 | 528 | 23.0 | 90 | 3.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 41 | 1.8 | 60 | 44 | 29 | 1.3 | 27 | 201 |
10 | Hughes, Danny | 22 | 209 | 9.5 | 41 | 1.9 | 250 | 11.4 | 57 | 2.6 | 12 | 0.5 | 16 | 0.7 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | 13 |
11 | Icke, Stephen | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 15 | 7.5 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 12 |
45 | Jackson, Ricky | 14 | 162 | 11.6 | 66 | 4.7 | 228 | 16.3 | 16 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1.3 | 20 | 16 | 25 | 1.8 | 19 | 169 |
9 | Johnson, Alan | 9 | 114 | 12.7 | 29 | 3.2 | 143 | 15.9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 2.2 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0.7 | 13 | 49 |
29 | Kiel, Peter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Kol, Nigel | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 26 | 13.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 13 |
39 | Koop, Doug | 17 | 135 | 7.9 | 63 | 3.7 | 198 | 11.6 | 30 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 1.8 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 0.3 | 3 | 33 |
51 | Lovett, Glenn | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 13 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 7 |
17 | Lovett, Brett | 16 | 161 | 10.1 | 79 | 4.9 | 240 | 15.0 | 63 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1.1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 9 |
3 | Lyon, Garry | 18 | 189 | 10.5 | 76 | 4.2 | 265 | 14.7 | 69 | 3.8 | 7 | 0.4 | 21 | 1.2 | 13 | 22 | 28 | 1.6 | 20 | 188 |
30 | Moore, Peter | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 12 | 1.7 | 54 | 7.7 | 28 | 4.0 | 41 | 5.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 2.0 | 7 | 91 |
34 | Newport, Stephen | 9 | 110 | 12.2 | 30 | 3.3 | 140 | 15.6 | 30 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 1.9 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0.2 | 5 | 17 |
32 | O'Dwyer, Steven | 17 | 87 | 5.1 | 45 | 2.6 | 132 | 7.8 | 57 | 3.4 | 239 | 14.1 | 16 | 0.9 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 0.2 | 4 | 22 |
19 | Payne, Paul | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 8 | 1.6 | 37 | 7.4 | 6 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 6 |
20 | Richards, Russell | 11 | 84 | 7.6 | 40 | 3.6 | 124 | 11.3 | 20 | 1.8 | 10 | 0.9 | 11 | 1.0 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 0.6 | 4 | 46 |
26 | Rugolo, Joseph | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 3.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Spalding, Earl | 24 | 188 | 7.8 | 97 | 4.0 | 285 | 11.9 | 75 | 3.1 | 35 | 1.5 | 21 | 0.9 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 0.3 | 5 | 41 |
42 | Sparks, Bradley | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 4 | 1.3 | 35 | 11.7 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 18 |
18 | Stretch, Steven | 24 | 345 | 14.4 | 95 | 4.0 | 440 | 18.3 | 90 | 3.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 34 | 1.4 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 0.4 | 7 | 61 |
37 | Stynes, Jim | 13 | 116 | 8.9 | 45 | 3.5 | 161 | 12.4 | 48 | 3.7 | 114 | 8.8 | 8 | 0.6 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 1.2 | 10 | 100 |
41 | Turner, Steve | 15 | 83 | 5.5 | 38 | 2.5 | 121 | 8.1 | 45 | 3.0 | 114 | 7.6 | 6 | 0.4 | 19 | 38 | 3 | 0.2 | 2 | 20 |
12 | Viney, Todd | 16 | 180 | 11.3 | 79 | 4.9 | 259 | 16.2 | 58 | 3.6 | 3 | 0.2 | 44 | 2.8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 0.6 | 11 | 65 |
5 | White, Robin | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 25 | 4.2 | 61 | 10.2 | 4 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 12 | 2.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Wight, Sean | 21 | 204 | 9.7 | 59 | 2.8 | 263 | 12.5 | 75 | 3.6 | 19 | 0.9 | 23 | 1.1 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 0.7 | 4 | 88 |
15 | Williams, David | 19 | 201 | 10.6 | 69 | 3.6 | 270 | 14.2 | 110 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0.5 | 22 | 35 | 39 | 2.1 | 48 | 282 |
7 | Wilson, Brian | 21 | 291 | 13.9 | 174 | 8.3 | 465 | 22.1 | 98 | 4.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.8 | 38 | 38 | 23 | 1.1 | 18 | 156 |
8 | Yeats, Graeme | 23 | 320 | 13.9 | 92 | 4.0 | 412 | 17.9 | 92 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 1.3 | 37 | 28 | 8 | 0.3 | 13 | 61 |
Totals | 500 | 5151 | 10.3 | 1998 | 4.0 | 7149 | 14.3 | 1642 | 3.3 | 607 | 1.2 | 589 | 1.2 | 689 | 704 | 365 | 0.7 | 329 | 2519 |