Windy Hill · Sat 4 Apr 1987 · 19,845 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 3.4 | 11.5 | 13.11 | 119 |
| West CoastWCE | 4.3 | 10.4 | 14.9 | 114 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 119 and 114.
Essendon won by 5 points.
17.17 (119) — 17.12 (114)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Foulds | 19 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Darren Williams | 17 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Leon Baker | 16 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 13 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| Brian Winton | 9 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Neil Clarke | 10 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Dean Bailey | 10 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Glenn Hawker | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Roger Merrett | 15 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Steven Clark | 9 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Francis | 15 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Salmon | 12 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Daniher | 11 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Alan Ezard | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Shane Heard | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Thompson | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Flood | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Walsh | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Antrobus | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Matera | 14 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| John Annear | 16 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Malaxos | 15 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Murray Wrensted | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Dwayne Lamb | 15 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Zanotti | 17 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Phil Narkle | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Don Holmes | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| John Gastev | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Ross Glendinning | 14 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Laurie Keene | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Brennan | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Ishchenko | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew MacNish | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Dani Laidley | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Lewis | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Peos | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Geoff Miles | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Darren Bennett | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Glen Bartlett | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |