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1987 VFL Night Series

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1987 VFL Night Series
VFL National Panasonic Cup
Tournament details
Dates17 February – 29 April 1987
Teams14
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsMelbourne (2nd title)
Runners-upEssendon

The 1987 Victorian Football League Night Series (also known as the 1987 National Panasonic Cup) was the 19th edition of the VFL Night Series, a Victorian Football League (VFL)-organised Australian rules football tournament between the clubs from the VFL.

It was the first night series event that was run entirely under the control of the VFL since 1978 VFL Night Series, and the first series since the demise of VFL-owned Australian Football Championships (AFC) tournament that included teams from rival state league competitions such as the SANFL, WAFL and elsewhere. It was also the last night series to be partially staged during the home-and-away premiership season, with future tournaments held only during the pre-season.[1]

Teams

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All 14 teams that participated in the 1987 VFL season, including the two non-Victorian expansion teams (West Coast and Brisbane) participated in the series.

Venues

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Melbourne
VFL Park
Capacity: 72,000

Results

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Round 1

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17 Feb Geelong 79–59 Collingwood VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 19,696


21 Feb Carlton 64–53 Fitzroy VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 11,110


24 Feb Melbourne 89–73 Richmond VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 6,467


28 Feb Hawthorn 112–72 North Melbourne VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 5,956


3 Mar West Coast 87–58 Footscray VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 4,599


7 Mar Essendon 94–51 St Kilda VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 11,782


10 Mar Sydney 146–70 Brisbane VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 8,317


Quarter-finals

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  • Note: Fitzroy qualified as a "lucky loser", given they lost their first round match by the lowest margin (11 points) of any losing team
14 Mar Geelong 80–61 Carlton VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 11,472


17 Mar Melbourne 96–67 Hawthorn VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 6,526


21 Mar West Coast 87–64 Fitzroy VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 5,047


31 Mar Essendon 103–42 Sydney VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 6,734


Semi-finals

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7 Apr Melbourne 85–55 Geelong VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 6,459


14 Apr Essendon 148–40 West Coast VFL Park, Melbourne  
Attendance: 6,928


Final

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Final 29 April Melbourne 58–54 Essendon VFL Park, Melbourne  
3.2 (20)
3.6 (24)
7.9 (51)
8.10 (58)
1.4 (10)
3.4 (22)
7.4 (46)
8.6 (54)
Attendance: 26,860
Umpires: McDonald, Sawers
    Goals  
Dean 3
Giles, Bailey 2
Wight 1
  Merrett, Van der Haar 2
T. Daniher, S. Clark, Williams, K. Walsh 1

References

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  1. ^ "1987 VFL CUP / NATIONAL PANASONIC CUP". hardballget.net.