1987 West Coast Eagles season

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West Coast Eagles
1987 season
President Richard Colless
Coach Ron Alexander
Captain(s) Ross Glendinning
Home ground Subiaco Oval
WACA Ground
National Panasonic Cup semi-finals
VFL season 8th
Finals series N/A
Best & Fairest Steve Malaxos
Leading goalkicker Ross Glendinning (38 goals)
Highest home attendance38,274 (round 10 vs Collingwood at Subiaco Oval)
Lowest home attendance13,540 (round 13 vs Fitzroy at WACA Ground)
Average home attendance24,276
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The 1987 VFL season was the West Coast Eagles' inaugural season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The club was introduced to the competition as part of the VFL's expansion. Ron Alexander was appointed coach of the team and Ross Glendinning was appointed captain. The Eagles played 22 games, winning 11 and losing 11 to finish 8th on the ladder.

Contents

List

Squad

West Coast Eagles inaugural squad
Senior listCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coach

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Cruz Roja.svg Long-term injury list
  • Arrow-up.png Upgraded rookie

Updated: 28 June 2011
Source(s): Eagles Flying High


Pre-season

National Panasonic Cup

West Coast played their first match against another AFL club during the 1987 National Panasonic Cup, the VFL's night series at the time, defeating Footscray by 29 points at Waverley Park after trailing by 28 points at three-quarter time.

Home team's score listed in bold:

RoundDateScoreOpponentOpponent's ScoreResultVenueAttendance
1Tuesday, 3 March 2:10pm12.15 (87) Footscray 8.10 (58)Won by 29 points Waverley Park 4,599
2Saturday, 21 March 2:10pm12.15 (87) Fitzroy 10.4 (64)Won by 23 points Waverley Park 5,047
SFTuesday, 14 April 2:10pm5.10 (40) Essendon 22.16 (148)Lost by 108 points Waverley Park 12 625

Regular season

Home team's score listed in bold:

RoundDateScoreOpponentOpponent's ScoreResultVenueAttendanceBest on groundTeam
1Sunday, 29 March 2:10pm20.13 (133) Richmond 16.23 (119)Won by 14 points Subiaco Oval 23,897 Phil Narkle West Coast
2Saturday, 4 April 2:10pm17.12 (114) Essendon 17.17 (119)Lost by 5 points Windy Hill 19,845 Leon Baker Essendon
3Sunday, 12 April 2:10pm14.13 (97) Sydney 18.16 (124)Lost by 27 points Subiaco Oval 35,719 Greg Williams Sydney
4Saturday, 18 April 2:10pm15.14 (104) Carlton 29.17 (191)Lost by 87 points Princes Park 20,750 Paul Meldrum Carlton
5Saturday, 25 April 2:10pm15.14 (104) Hawthorn 13.14 (92)Won by 12 points Princes Park 10,588 Chris Mainwaring West Coast
6Sunday, 3 May 2:10pm24.18 (162) North Melbourne 13.10 (88)Won by 74 points Subiaco Oval 28,543 Robert Wiley West Coast
7Friday, 8 May 7:40pm10.21 (81) Brisbane Bears 8.14 (62)Won by 19 points WACA Ground 25,799 Ross Glendinning West Coast
8Saturday, 16 May 2:10pm6.13 (49) St Kilda 14.13 (97)Lost by 48 points Moorabbin Oval 11,537 Warren Jones St Kilda
9Sunday, 24 May 7:40pm20.15 (135) Melbourne 18.11 (119)Won by 16 points Subiaco Oval 23,366 Dwayne Lamb West Coast
10Monday, 1 June 2:10pm19.23 (137) Collingwood 11.14 (80)Won by 57 points Subiaco Oval 38,274 John Annear West Coast
11Saturday, 6 June 2:10pm15.9 (99) Footscray 18.13 (121)Lost by 22 points Western Oval 15,089 Brian Royal Footscray
12Saturday, 13 June 2:10pm12.13 (85) Geelong 13.13 (91)Lost by 6 points Kardinia Park 17,504 Bruce Lindner Geelong
13Friday, 19 June 7:40pm16.18 (114) Fitzroy 5.12 (42)Won by 72 points WACA Ground 13,540 John Annear West Coast
14Sunday, 27 June 2:10pm9.15 (69) Richmond 9.19 (73)Lost by 4 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 8,926 Allan McKellar Richmond
15Friday, 3 July 7:40pm18.10 (118) Essendon 21.20 (146)Lost by 28 points WACA Ground 15,740 Paul Salmon Essendon
16Friday, 10 July 7:40pm15.17 (107) Carlton 15.14 (104)Won by 3 points WACA Ground 21,780 Ross Glendinning West Coast
17Sunday, 19 July 2:10pm10.11 (71) Sydney 30.21 (201)Lost by 130 points Sydney Cricket Ground 24,199 Stephen Wright Sydney
18Sunday, 2 August 2:10pm17.13 (115) Hawthorn 17.12 (114)Won by 1 point Subiaco Oval 24,502 John Platten Hawthorn
19Friday, 7 August 7:40pm15.19 (109) North Melbourne 18.12 (120)Lost by 11 points WACA Ground 22,540 Jim Krakouer North Melbourne
20Sunday, 16 August 2:10pm21.14 (140) Brisbane Bears 18.11 (119)Won by 21 points Carrara Stadium 4,859 Geoff Raines Brisbane Bears
21Friday, 21 August 7:40pm10.8 (68) Melbourne 18.21 (129)Lost by 61 points Melbourne Cricket Ground 21,048 Sean Wight Melbourne
22Sunday, 30 August 2:10pm26.19 (175) St Kilda 13.9 (87)Won by 88 points Subiaco Oval 17,617 Adrian Barich West Coast

Source: AFLTables

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Carlton (P)22184025991883138.072
2 Hawthorn 22175027811891147.168
3 Sydney 22157028462197129.560
4 North Melbourne 2213812402241799.454
5 Melbourne 221210021892026108.048
6 Geelong 221110123552348100.346
7 Footscray 22111011959204695.746
8 West Coast 22111102386243897.944
9 Essendon 2291212075231889.538
10 St Kilda 2291302150236990.836
11 Fitzroy 2281402328254491.532
12 Collingwood 2271501853242576.428
13 Brisbane Bears 2261602113266679.324
14 Richmond 2251702199266782.520

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 104.7
Source: AFL Tables

Awards

Steve Malaxos won the inaugural Club Champion Award, polling 229 votes to finish ahead of Ross Glendinning and Chris Mainwaring: [1]

1987 Club Champion Award
No.NameVotes
1 Steve Malaxos 229
2 Ross Glendinning 170
3 Chris Mainwaring 166
4 Dwayne Lamb 128
5 Alex Ishchenko 116
6 Laurie Keene 115
7 Michael Brennan 113
8 Chris Lewis 88
9 Murray Wrensted 75
10 John Annear 70

Glen Bartlett won the award for Best Clubman and Chris Mainwaring was named Rookie of the Year.

References

  1. ↑ Club Champion Award 1997–2009 westcoasteagles.com.au. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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