1987 Australian Football Championships

The 1987 Australian Football Championships was an Australian rules football series between representative teams of the three major football states. Games involving Victoria were played under State of Origin rules, whilst the match between Western Australia and South Australia involved players based in their respective states at the time. The competition was won by South Australia.

Results[]

Game 1[]

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
South Australia	12.13 (85)	Victoria	11.15 (81)	Football Park	41,605	27 May 1987 ^[1]

E. J. Whitten Medal: Chris Langford (Victoria)
Fos Williams Medal: Chris McDermott (South Australia)^[2]

Game 2[]

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
South Australia	18.16 (124)	Western Australia	9.9 (63)	WACA		16 June 1987

Fos Williams Medal: Andrew Jarman (South Australia)^[2]
Simpson Medal: Chris McDermott (South Australia)

Game 3[]

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Time	Broadcast Network
Victoria	16.20 (116)	Western Australia	13.14 (92)	Subiaco Oval	22,000	22 July 1987 ^[3]

Simpson Medal: Andrew Bews (Victoria)^[3]
E. J. Whitten Medal: Greg Williams (Victoria)
Tassie Medal: Mark Naley (South Australia)^[3]

Standings[]

1987 Australian Championship

TEAM

P

W

L

D

PF

PA

%

PTS

1

South Australia

2

0

209

144

59.21

4

2

Victoria

2

1

0

197

177

52.67

2

3

Western Australia

2

0

2

0

155

240

39.24

0

Squads[]

South Australia

Victoria

Western Australia^[4]

Coach: Graham Cornes

Both games

Chris McDermott

vs Victoria

vs Western Australia

Coach: Bill Goggin

Both Games

vs South Australia

vs Western Australia

Coach: John Todd
Both Games

Todd Breman

vs South Australia

vs Victoria

References[]

^ "South Australia hangs on". The Canberra Times. 28 May 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Fos Williams Medallist". South Australian National Football League. South Australian National Football League. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Big V bounces back". The Canberra Times. 23 July 1987. p. 20. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
^ "State Games 1951 - 2011".

[CT-SAVic87-1] "South Australia hangs on". The Canberra Times. 28 May 1987. p. 26. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[FosWMedal-2] "Fos Williams Medallist". South Australian National Football League. South Australian National Football League. Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[CT-WAVic87-3] "Big V bounces back". The Canberra Times. 23 July 1987. p. 20. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

[4] "State Games 1951 - 2011".

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v t Western Australian team – 1987 Interstate Championships
South Australia 18.16 (124) defeated Western Australia 9.9 (63), at WACA, 16 June 1987 Victoria 16.20 (116) defeated Western Australia 13.14 (92), at Subiaco Oval, 22 July 1987
Both games	Breman
State game vs. South Australia	Bewick Browning Goulding Hutton Kickett McKenna Menaglio Peake (c) Thorne Turley Waterson Watson
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Bairstow Brennan Dennis Dorotich Duckworth Hardie Harding Hart Henwood Holden Ishchenko Keene Krakouer Lester-Smith Mainwaring Malaxos Mitchell Narkle Rance Rioli (c) Wilson
Coach: Todd

v t Tassie Medal winners
1937: Cronin 1947: Furler / McClements 1950: Cashion 1953: McIntosh 1956: Farmer 1958: Aylett / Whitten 1961: Dixon 1966: Cable 1969: Eakins / Molloy 1972: McAullay 1975: not awarded 1979: Peake 1980: Cornes 1983: Michael 1984: Hardie 1985: Weightman 1986: Hardie 1987: Naley 1988: Salmon
The Tassie Medal was awarded from 1937–88 to the best player at the Australian National Football Carnival.