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Collingwood vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 16-May-1987 Final Round 8
Collingwood logo
COL
68 10.8
Coach: Leigh Matthews
94 14.10
ESS
Essendon logo
Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Waverley Park Essendon by 26 ESS by 26
Summary Lineups Player Statistics
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Collingwood

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

5 Graeme Atkins — · Position unavailable 6 Grantley Fielke — · Position unavailable 45 Matthew Ryan — · Position unavailable 22 Tony Shaw — · Position unavailable 56 Jason Croall — · Position unavailable 42 Darren Millane — · Position unavailable 24 Jamie Turner — · Position unavailable 23 Tim Harrington — · Position unavailable 33 David Cloke — · Position unavailable 26 Gavin Brown — · Position unavailable 15 Wes Fellowes — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Lockman — · Position unavailable 21 Michael Christian — · Position unavailable 3 Michael Gayfer — · Position unavailable 19 Russell Dickson — · Position unavailable 32 Paul Rizonico — · Position unavailable 12 Denis Banks — · Position unavailable 27 Craig Starcevich — · Position unavailable 60 Terry Keays — · Position unavailable 30 James Manson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Gavin Keane — · Position unavailable 14 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 17 Peter Francis — · Position unavailable 46 David Johnston — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 31 Dean Bailey — · Position unavailable 24 Brian Winton — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 20 John Barnes — · Position unavailable 4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
COL1.11.04.34.468
ESS3.33.17.21.494

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Darren MillaneCOL
Behinds
2
3 tied leaders
Gavin KeaneESS
SuperCoach
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Tackles
4
3 tied leaders
Tony ShawCOL

Team Stats

COLESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals14
6Behinds9
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

295Disposals305
206Kicks207
89Handballs98

Clearance / Contest

28Tackles43
22Hitouts24

Other

82Marks74
26Frees For32
32Frees Against26

Match Summary

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Statistics updated: 19 September 2026 (Melbourne time)

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