Moorabbin Oval · Sat 6 Jun 1987 · 23,725 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 4.1 | 7.5 | 10.9 | 106 |
| EssendonESS | 5.3 | 8.8 | 14.10 | 121 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 106 and 121.
Essendon won by 15 points.
16.10 (106) — 18.13 (121)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Burns | 14 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Coghlan | 11 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| David Grant | 13 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 0 |
| 0 |
| Nicky Winmar | 17 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| Trevor Barker | 11 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Rod Owen | 12 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Sheldon | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Rice | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 9 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Marcou | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Burke | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Lockett | 11 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| Jamie Lamb | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Kain Taylor | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Robert Neal | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stewart Loewe | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Alister Ford | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Gamble | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Frawley | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Wittey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Hawker | 23 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Darren Williams | 17 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Keane | 20 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Shane Heard | 11 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Daniher | 14 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| Alan Ezard | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 12 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Winton | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Thompson | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Roger Merrett | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Dean Wallis | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Dean Bailey | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Salmon | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Garry Foulds | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Hamilton | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin Walsh | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Walsh | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Johnston | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daryl Cunningham | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |