1987 West Coast Eagles season

Australian rules football club season

West Coast Eagles1987 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 attendance| 38,274 (round 10 vs Collingwood at Subiaco Oval)
Lowest home attendance| 13,540 (round 13 vs Fitzroy at WACA Ground)
Average home attendance| 24,276
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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.

## List

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### Squad

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West Coast Eagles inaugural squad

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* 1  Wally Matera

* 2  Robert Wiley

* 3  Chris Mainwaring

* 4  Ross Glendinning (c)

* 5  Dwayne Lamb

* 6  Geoff Miles

* 7  Phil Narkle

* 8  Steve Malaxos

* 9  Glenn O'Loughlin

* 10  Dean Turner

* 11  Peter Davidson

* 12  Phil Scott
* 14  Michael Brennan

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* 15  Dean Laidley

* 16  John Annear

* 18  Andrew Macnish

* 19  Darren Bennett

* 20  Paul Peos

* 21  David O'Connell

* 22  Michael O'Connell

* 23  Glen Bartlett

* 24  John Worsfold

* 25  Laurie Keene

* 26  Alex Ishchenko
* 27  Mark Zanotti

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* 28  Chris Lewis

* 30  John Gastev

* 32  Murray Wrensted

* 33  Don Holmes

* 34  Sean King

* 35  Dean Warwick

* 36  David Hart

* 37  Paul Mifka

* 38  Adrian Barich

* 45  Andrew Lockyer

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Head coach

* Ron Alexander

Assistant coach

* Barry Cable (senior assistant)

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Legend:

* (c) Captain(s)
* (vc) Vice-captain(s)
* Long-term injury list

* Upgraded rookie

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

## Pre-season

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### National Panasonic Cup

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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:

Round  | Date  | Score  | Opponent  | Opponent's Score  | Result  | Venue  | Attendance

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1  | Tuesday, 3 March 2:10pm  | 12.15 (87)  | Footscray | 8.10 (58) | Won by 29 points  | Waverley Park | 4,599
2  | Saturday, 21 March 2:10pm  | 12.15 (87)  | Fitzroy | 10.4 (64) | Won by 23 points  | Waverley Park | 5,047
SF  | Tuesday, 14 April 2:10pm  | 5.10 (40)  | Essendon | 22.16 (148) | Lost by 108 points  | Waverley Park | 12 625

## Regular season

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Home team's score listed in bold:

Round  | Date  | Score  | Opponent  | Opponent's Score  | Result  | Venue  | Attendance  | Best on ground  | Team

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1  | Sunday, 29 March 2:10pm  | 20.13 (133) | Richmond | 16.23 (119)  | Won by 14 points  | Subiaco Oval | 23,897  | Phil Narkle | West Coast
2  | Saturday, 4 April 2:10pm  | 17.12 (114)  | Essendon | 17.17 (119) | Lost by 5 points  | Windy Hill | 19,845  | Leon Baker | Essendon
3  | Sunday, 12 April 2:10pm  | 14.13 (97) | Sydney | 18.16 (124)  | Lost by 27 points  | Subiaco Oval | 35,719  | Greg Williams | Sydney
4  | Saturday, 18 April 2:10pm  | 15.14 (104)  | Carlton | 29.17 (191) | Lost by 87 points  | Princes Park | 20,750  | Paul Meldrum | Carlton
5  | Saturday, 25 April 2:10pm  | 15.14 (104)  | Hawthorn | 13.14 (92) | Won by 12 points  | Princes Park | 10,588  | Chris Mainwaring | West Coast
6  | Sunday, 3 May 2:10pm  | 24.18 (162) | North Melbourne | 13.10 (88)  | Won by 74 points  | Subiaco Oval | 28,543  | Robert Wiley | West Coast
7  | Friday, 8 May 7:40pm  | 10.21 (81) | Brisbane Bears | 8.14 (62)  | Won by 19 points  | WACA Ground | 25,799  | Ross Glendinning | West Coast
8  | Saturday, 16 May 2:10pm  | 6.13 (49)  | St Kilda | 14.13 (97) | Lost by 48 points  | Moorabbin Oval | 11,537  | Warren Jones | St Kilda
9  | Sunday, 24 May 7:40pm  | 20.15 (135) | Melbourne | 18.11 (119)  | Won by 16 points  | Subiaco Oval | 23,366  | Dwayne Lamb | West Coast
10  | Monday, 1 June 2:10pm  | 19.23 (137) | Collingwood | 11.14 (80)  | Won by 57 points  | Subiaco Oval | 38,274  | John Annear | West Coast
11  | Saturday, 6 June 2:10pm  | 15.9 (99)  | Footscray | 18.13 (121) | Lost by 22 points  | Western Oval | 15,089  | Brian Royal | Footscray
12  | Saturday, 13 June 2:10pm  | 12.13 (85)  | Geelong | 13.13 (91) | Lost by 6 points  | Kardinia Park | 17,504  | Bruce Lindner | Geelong
13  | Friday, 19 June 7:40pm  | 16.18 (114) | Fitzroy | 5.12 (42)  | Won by 72 points  | WACA Ground | 13,540  | John Annear | West Coast
14  | Sunday, 27 June 2:10pm  | 9.15 (69)  | Richmond | 9.19 (73) | Lost by 4 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 8,926  | Allan McKellar | Richmond
15  | Friday, 3 July 7:40pm  | 18.10 (118) | Essendon | 21.20 (146)  | Lost by 28 points  | WACA Ground | 15,740  | Paul Salmon | Essendon
16  | Friday, 10 July 7:40pm  | 15.17 (107) | Carlton | 15.14 (104)  | Won by 3 points  | WACA Ground | 21,780  | Ross Glendinning | West Coast
17  | Sunday, 19 July 2:10pm  | 10.11 (71)  | Sydney | 30.21 (201) | Lost by 130 points  | Sydney Cricket Ground | 24,199  | Stephen Wright | Sydney
18  | Sunday, 2 August 2:10pm  | 17.13 (115) | Hawthorn | 17.12 (114)  | Won by 1 point  | Subiaco Oval | 24,502  | John Platten | Hawthorn
19  | Friday, 7 August 7:40pm  | 15.19 (109) | North Melbourne | 18.12 (120)  | Lost by 11 points  | WACA Ground | 22,540  | Jim Krakouer | North Melbourne
20  | Sunday, 16 August 2:10pm  | 21.14 (140)  | Brisbane Bears | 18.11 (119) | Won by 21 points  | Carrara Stadium | 4,859  | Geoff Raines | Brisbane Bears
21  | Friday, 21 August 7:40pm  | 10.8 (68)  | Melbourne | 18.21 (129) | Lost by 61 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 21,048  | Sean Wight | Melbourne
22  | Sunday, 30 August 2:10pm  | 26.19 (175) | St Kilda | 13.9 (87)  | Won by 88 points  | Subiaco Oval | 17,617  | Adrian Barich | West Coast

Source: AFLTables

## Ladder

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(P) | Premiers

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#  | Team  | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | %  | Pts

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1 | Carlton (P) | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2599 | 1883 | 138.0 | 72
2 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2781 | 1891 | 147.1 | 68
3 | Sydney | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2846 | 2197 | 129.5 | 60
4 | North Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2402 | 2417 | 99.4 | 54
5 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2189 | 2026 | 108.0 | 48
6 | Geelong | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2355 | 2348 | 100.3 | 46
7 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1959 | 2046 | 95.7 | 46
8 | West Coast | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2386 | 2438 | 97.9 | 44
9 | Essendon | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2075 | 2318 | 89.5 | 38
10 | St Kilda | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2150 | 2369 | 90.8 | 36
11 | Fitzroy | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2328 | 2544 | 91.5 | 32
12 | Collingwood | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1853 | 2425 | 76.4 | 28
13 | Brisbane Bears | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2113 | 2666 | 79.3 | 24
14 | Richmond | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2199 | 2667 | 82.5 | 20

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

## Awards

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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. | Name | Votes
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

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

## External links

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* West Coast Eagles Official Site
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