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North Melbourne vs Melbourne Match Centre

Sunday 6-Sep-1987
Final Elimination Final
North Melbourne logo
North Melbourne Coach: John Kennedy
40 5.10
158 22.26
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 118 MEL by 118
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

8 Phil Krakouer — · Position unavailable 16 Stephen McCann — · Position unavailable 39 Jason Love — · Position unavailable 7 Darren Steele — · Position unavailable 27 Darren Crocker — · Position unavailable 4 John Mossop — · Position unavailable 9 Matthew Larkin — · Position unavailable 13 John Law — · Position unavailable 28 Andrew Demetriou — · Position unavailable 25 Donald McDonald — · Position unavailable 57 Alastair Clarkson — · Position unavailable 29 Peter German — · Position unavailable 15 Ross Smith — · Position unavailable 46 Jeff Chandler — · Position unavailable 34 Mark Hepburn — · Position unavailable 10 David Ackerly — · Position unavailable 31 Paul Spargo — · Position unavailable 26 Darren Harris — · Position unavailable 32 Shaun Smith — · Position unavailable 45 Peter Jonas — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 15 David Williams — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 35 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 39 Doug Koop — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 37 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 29 Dean Chiron — · Position unavailable 40 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 20 Russell Richards — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
NTH3.21.20.41.240
MEL3.66.57.56.10158

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Robert FlowerMEL
Behinds
6
David WilliamsMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
3
3 tied leaders
Donald McDonaldNTH

Team Stats

NTHMEL

Scoring / Attack

5Goals22
10Behinds24
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

211Disposals287
145Kicks209
66Handballs78

Clearance / Contest

15Tackles19
11Hitouts19

Other

58Marks81
20Frees For24
24Frees Against20

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat North Melbourne by 118 points, 158–40.

Melbourne extended a 80-point three-quarter-time lead with a 46–8 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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