Waverley Park · Sat 27 Jun 1987 · 44,385 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 1.6 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 80 |
| CarltonCARL | 3.2 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 79 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 80 and 79.
Hawthorn won by 1 point.
12.8 (80) — 12.7 (79)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dermott Brereton | 19 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| Russell Greene | 13 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| John Platten | 11 | 11 | 22 | 1 |
| 4 |
| 0 |
| Peter Schwab | 11 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert DiPierdomenico | 12 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Jencke | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Richard Loveridge | 11 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Darrin Pritchard | 10 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Mew | 17 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Dear | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Tuck | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Rod Lester-Smith | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Langford | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Buckenara | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| John Kennedy | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Dear | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gary Ayres | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Russell Morris | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Dunstall | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Curran | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Bradley | 16 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Naley | 17 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fraser Murphy | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Alvin | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Dennis | 12 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Dean | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| David Glascott | 7 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Madden | 11 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Aitken | 11 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Kernahan | 13 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 |
| Shane Robertson | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Darren Ogier | 12 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Adrian Gleeson | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kennedy | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Jon Dorotich | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hunter | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Meldrum | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Gallagher | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mil Hanna | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Buckley | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |