1987 NHRA Winternationals
The 1987 NHRA Winternationals (commonly known as the Winternats) were a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing event, held at Auto Club Raceway, Pomona, California on 1 February.


1987 NHRA Winternationals
Top Fuel began a revival, from what looked like a death knell in 1984, with thirty-two entrants for a sixteen-car Funny Car field, including Kenny  Bernstein (in his controversial, and quick, new Budweiser-sponsored Bud King Buick LeSabre), Ed "The Ace" McCulloch, Tom Hoover, Tom "Mongoo$e" McEwen, John Force, and Raymond Beadle. Bernstein's switch to Buick meant Ford's Motorcraft sponsorship would go to the new Candies and Hughes Ford Thunderbird, driven by Mark Oswald.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Events
Top Fuel began a revival, from what looked like a death knell in 1984, with thirty-two entrants for a sixteen-car Funny Car field, including Kenny Bernstein, Ed McCulloch, and Tom McEwen, and Don Prudhomme (who, surprisingly, failed to qualify).


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Events
High-mounted wings and cylinder heads milled from billet aluminum were the leading technical highlights.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Events
Maximum qualifying e.t. was 5.60, the quickest yet for a Top Fuel field.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel Dragster
Top Fuel hosted a field of 16, including low e.t. qualifier Hank Endres (driving for John Carey), "Big Daddy" Garlits (qualified #3), Shirley Muldowney (#7 qualifier), Larry Minor (qualified #11), Gene "Snowman" Snow (#2 qualifier), Amato (qualified #6), and Darrell Gwynn (qualified #8).


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel Dragster, Round One
Low e.t. qualifier Hank Endres (turning in a 5.32) eliminated Carey (his car owner, who qualified #9, with a 5.49). #17 qualifier Tom Morgan (stepping in after #12 qualifier Ray Stutz failed to start) lost to #4-qualified Dan Pastorini. Muldowney qualified #7, but lost to Bill Mullins, who qualified #15. Frank Bradley, who qualified #10, lost to #2 qualifier Gene "Snowman" Snow. Minor, #11 qualifier, was eliminated by Garlits (qualified #3).Qualifying #16 (high e.t. ), Ed Moore was defeated by #8 qualifier Darrell Gwynn. Denver Schutz, #14 qualifier, lost to Joe Amato, who qualified #6. Dick LaHaie, qualified #5 (driving for Larry Minor), turned in a 5.307 pass to defeat Jack Ostrander, who qualified #13.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel Dragster, Round Two
Pastorini lost to Gwynn. Amato defeated Snow. Garlits eliminated Mullins. Endres was defeated by LaHaie.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel Dragster, Round Three
Gwynn lost to Amato, and LaHaie was eliminated by Garlits (5.38 to 5.36 seconds)


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel Dragster, Final round
Garlits recorded a 5.298 at 270 mph (435 km/h) on his final pass of the meet, defeating Amato, who turned in a 5.415. Garlits also had a better reaction time.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel Funny Car
Top Fuel Funny Car began a revival, from what looked like a death knell in 1984, with thirty-two entrants for a sixteen-car field, including Bernstein, McCulloch, Hoover, Force, and Don Prudhomme (who, surprisingly, failed to qualify).


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel Funny Car, Round One
Oswald (qualifying #2, at 5.52 seconds and 268 mph (431 km/h)) defeated #10 qualifier Hoover. Force (qualified #9) lost to low-e.t. qualifier Bernstein.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel Funny Car, Round One
Raymond Beadle, qualified #4, was defeated by #12-qualified Graeme Cowin. Doc Halladay, qualified #8, was beaten by high-e.t. qualifier Tim Grose. #14 qualifier John Martin defeated #6 qualifier Billy Meyer. Steve Hodkinson qualified #15, and eliminated #7 qualifier Johnny West.. McEwen qualified #13, and went out in round one.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel Funny Car, Round Two
Grose fell to Cowin, Hodkinson to Pulde. Bernstein trailered McCulloch, and Martin eliminated Oswald.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Pro Stock
Bob Glidden debuted a new 1987 Thunderbird with a low-e.t. qualifying pass of 7.425 seconds at 186.76 mph (300.56 km/h). Larry Morgan qualified #16 in an Oldsmobile Firenza (owned by Bob Panella) at 7.57 seconds and 185 mph (298 km/h).


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Pro Stock
Warren Johnson turned in several 7.4-second passes in a row, and went home having recorded low e.t. and top speed in class of the meet, 7.403 seconds and 188.20 mph (302.88 km/h).


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Pro Stock, Round One
Glidden eliminated #9 qualifier Mark Pawuk. Morgan defeated #8 qualifier Joe Lepone. Gary Brown, #15 qualifier, lost to the #7-qualified Firebird of Tony Christian. Bruce Allen qualified #3, but lost to #11 qualifier Don Coonce's Firenza. Johnson qualified #2, and eliminated # qualifier Kenny Delco. Lee Dean qualified #4, only to lose to Darrell Alderman, who qualified #12. Reid Whisnant qualified #13 and lost to #5 qualifier Butch Leal. Steve Schmidt, qualified #12, lost to Gordie Rivera, qualified #6.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Pro Stock, Round Two
Glidden lost in round two to a holeshot by Leal (with a 7.52 e.t. to Glidden's 7.45). Alderman was eliminated by Morgan, Christian by Coonce. Rivera lost to Johnson.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Alcohol
The TA/D final pitted Denny Lucas against Bill Barney. Lucas's dragster did a wheelstand, yet still managed a pass of 6.312 seconds and 216 mph (348 km/h), exactly to the thousandth the same as Barney's. The win was initially given to Barney, but after examining the videotape recorded by Diamond T Sports, it finally went to Lucas.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Alcohol
Chuck Phelps brought his Bad Moon Rising TA/FC to Pomona; playing Creedence Clearwater Revival in the pits and dressing his crew as werewolves may (or may not) have contributed to his taking the class win.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Super Gas
Super Gas had fully 62 entrants. The class was won by Ed Sellnow, in a small-block Camaro.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Competition Eliminator
The field was 49 cars. Frank Parks qualified #15 in a C/ED, owned by Todd Patterson; Parks was eliminated in Round Three. The class was won by a B/Econo Altered Opel, owned and driven by Patterson.


1987 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Stock
The Stock final matched Norm Rollings (of Pomona, in a Corvette (his first national event) lost to Harry Axemaker, in a G/SA 1971 Firebird; it would be his first class win in eighteen years of trying.


1987 NPSL First Division
The 1987 National Professional Soccer League was won by Vaal Professionals.


1987 NSL Cup
The 1987 NSL Cup (known as the 1987 Beach Fashions Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. All 13 NSL teams from around Australia entered the competition. Sydney City originally were drawn to play away against Marconi Fairfield in the first round, however withdrew from the National Soccer League prior to their match.


1987 NSL First Division
The 1987 National Soccer League First Division was the third edition of the NSL First Division in South Africa. It was won by Jomo Cosmos.


1987 NSWRL season
The 1987 NSWRL season was the 80th season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Thirteen clubs competed for the New South Wales Rugby League premiership's J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in the grand final between the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Canberra Raiders who were the first club ever from outside Sydney to appear in a premiership decider. This season, NSWRL teams also competed for the 1987 National Panasonic Cup.


1987 NSWRL season, Season summary
This was to be the last season that the moniker "New South Wales Rugby League" would be actually correct, as the following season two teams from Queensland would be introduced, heralding a new era of interstate club participation in the Winfield Cup premiership (although the name would not be changed to the Australian Rugby League until 1995). This would also ultimately lead to the decline of the already-diminishing Brisbane Rugby League premiership of Queensland.


1987 NSWRL season, Season summary
Twenty-six regular season rounds were played from February till August, resulting in a top five of Manly, Easts, Canberra, Balmain and Souths who battled it out in the finals.


1987 NSWRL season, Season summary
Parramatta's captain and halfback Peter Sterling made a clean sweep of the 1987 season's major awards, winning the Rothmans Medal and Dally M Award as well as being named Rugby League Week's player of the year.


1987 NSWRL season, Season summary
Western Suburbs moved their homeground to Campbelltown (Orana Park) this season.


1987 NSWRL season, Season summary
1987 would be the last year in which the NSWRL used the Sydney Cricket Ground for regular weekly matches, including all finals and the Grand Final. From 1988 league headquarters would move next door to the SCG to the new 40,000 seat, A$68 million Sydney Football Stadium.


1987 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
The lineup of clubs remained unchanged from the previous year, with thirteen contesting the premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, one from greater New South Wales and one from the Australian Capital Territory, though technically the ACT club, while known as the Canberra Raiders, actually played their home games at the Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan which is located on the NSW side of the ACT/NSW state border to the south of the city.


1987 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
6th seasonGround: Seiffert OvalCoach: Don Furner & Wayne BennettCaptain: Dean Lance


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Manly dominated the 1987 season with a 12-match winning sequence between May and July and Bob Fulton's elusive goal of coaching a side to Grand Final victory began to look a possibility. The path to glory had been four years in the making. In 1983 Fulton had returned to the club as coach, the second year running that they lost to Parramatta and he set about pursuing a stable of players needed to win a premiership.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
The sole survivors of the 1983 loss to Parramatta were Noel Cleal and club captain, Paul Vautin. Vautin had been largely overlooked by the Australian selectors (including being surprisingly overlooked for the 1982 Kangaroo tour after representing both Australia and Queensland earlier that year). Vautin's leadership of the Sea-Eagles was an integral factor in the club's success, though there was allegedly tension between Vautin and Cleal in 1987. Despite still recovering from broken arm suffered on the successful 1986 Kangaroo tour, the Manly club board had wanted Fulton to make Cleal the captain to replace Vautin.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Fulton however retained Vautin as captain with Cleal as his deputy. In 1984 young halfback Des Hasler, who had spent several seasons warming the bench at Penrith trialed with the club and became a mainstay of the Manly side having achieved Test selection against New Zealand in 1985 as well as being a 1986 Kangaroo Tourist. 1986 Rothmans medallist, winger-turned-hooker, Mal Cochrane, a reliable goalkicker and a deceptive open runner was also an asset to the side.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
The forwards were Vautin, "Crusher" Cleal, "Rambo" Ron Gibbs, Kangaroo Tour prop Phil Daley and Great Britain international, Castleford's Kevin Ward, who was flown back out to Australia specifically for the grand final. Manly's masterstroke was the signing of former rugby union international centre Michael O'Connor from St. George who was the current NSW Origin and Australian test goal kicker.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Their opponents were to be the Canberra Raiders who, after 5 years of competition, had reached their first Grand Final. The Raiders were co-coached by Kangaroos coach Don Furner and Queensland coach Wayne Bennett who had jointly won the Dally M Coach of the Year award for their efforts in lifting the Raiders from easy beats to premiership contenders.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
The team included players such as captain Dean Lance, Queensland and Kangaroo Tour fullback Gary Belcher, centres Mal Meninga (himself a test veteran who had returned after breaking his arm against Manly earlier in the year) and Peter Jackson, hooker Steve Walters and front rowers Sam Backo and New Zealand test player (and former NZ Water Polo international) Brent Todd with a young Kevin Walters also on the bench. Also sitting on the Raiders bench for the game as emergencies were young Glenn Lazarus and Laurie Daley, though neither would be used in the Grand Final.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
50,201 fans were on hand on an unseasonably warm day to watch the last rugby league grand final played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and the first to involve a club from outside the Sydney area. Network 10 televised a memorable pre-match entertainment involving a symbolic building of a huge model of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by representatives of the Navy's apprentices, while singer Julie Anthony  sang Advance Australia Fair.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Ten's commentary team for the game was Rex Mossop and Graeme Hughes with David Fordham the sideline reporter and special comments from Australian and New South Wales representatives Peter Sterling and Wayne Pearce.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
From the outset Manly's Cliff Lyons attempted to find gaps out wide in Canberra's defence and kept the Raiders hemmed in on their own side of half-way with his astute kicking. Lyons stepped inside the Raiders' defence and after a seventy-metre burst found Noel Cleal stampeding on to the ball but Cleal's final pass to Des Hasler was ruled forward. Another promising Manly raid broke down when Lyons' reverse pass to O'Connor was put to ground.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
Manly continued to put pressure on the Raiders defence with both speedsters Michael O'Connor and Dale Shearer trying to catch the Raiders out with long range kicks to their in-goal area in front of the SCG hill, but both were only just beaten to the ball each time by Gary Belcher and Gary Coyne respectively.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
In the 27th minute Lyons eventually broke through on his third threatening attempt. Scurrying from a scrum win on the Canberra quarter-line, Lyons brushed off the tackle of Chris O'Sullivan and stepped inside Belcher to score.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
The Sea Eagles led 6-0 at half-time, with a ball-and-all tackle by Belcher on Dale Shearer just two metres from the Canberra tryline preventing the lead being greater.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
From the restart kick-off Belcher fielded the ball in his in-goal but was penalised for shepherding behind Chris O'Sullivan as he ran the ball out. It was a gift penalty for O'Connor to take Manly out to an 8-0 lead.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
The Sea Eagles kept the pressure on Canberra by charging down two attempted clearing kicks by a tiring Mal Meninga. Only occasionally did the Raiders break through. After a run by Peter Jackson, Manly's Phil Daley was penalised for a high tackle and Meninga's goal finally put Canberra on the scoreboard.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
Fatigue and the heat began to take a toll on the players, though one of the more surprising efforts was Manly's English prop Kevin Ward who ran and tackled strongly all day. Meninga, who had only played 60 minutes of football since breaking his arm in a game against Manly almost two months earlier, was replaced by Kevin Walters after 15 minutes of the second half and Manly's Gibbs, Cleal and Cochrane all went down hurt at different stages as the pace of the match slowed (for his part, Cochrane still can't remember the second half).


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
Soon after a successful penalty goal from O'Connor, a Dale Shearer cross field kick from the Raiders 22m line was grounded over the line by O'Connor in the Paddington corner. While Manly winger David Ronson was thought to be offside (though he didn't get involved in the play, he was still within 10 metres of O'Connor), many claim that the Manly centre should have been ruled offside as he got the ball "rather quickly" (television replays would prove inconclusive as there was no footage of where O'Conner was when Shearer kicked). However, referee Mick Stone ruled that Manly's international centre was onside and O'Connor was awarded the try. He converted his own try (giving him 4/4 goals at that point) and Manly had a premiership winning 16-2 lead.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
A brief hope of a fightback loomed after an ingeniously constructed "trojan horse" move by Canberra. Chris O'Sullivan went down "injured" after being tackled and then miraculously popped up in the next passage of play to take the inside pass from Ivan Henjak and score. With Meninga off the ground, Gary Belcher converted to narrow the scores to 16-8.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
Ron Gibbs' return from the head-bin helped snap the Sea Eagles out of their complacency. Daley's tackle on Canberra replacement Terry Regan and Dale Shearer's try-saving tackle on Ashley Gilbert three minutes from full-time ended any chance of a Canberra fightback. Paul Vautin led the charge back up-field with Hasler being bundled into the corner post after a run-around movement with O'Connor. The Manly centre also had a try taken off him just minutes after his previous try when Mick Stone ruled a pass from Cliff Lyons had gone forward.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
Right on full-time, O'Connor landed his fifth goal from five attempts after the Raiders were penalised in front of their own posts for being offside after a tap-kick restart. The 18-8 scoreline was a fair indication of Manly's supremacy on the day and a just result considering the Sea Eagles' consistency throughout the year.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
Manly became the first team other than Canterbury-Bankstown or Parramatta to win the grand final during the 1980s (Manly had been beaten Grand Finalists in 1982 and 1983, losing both times to Parramatta).


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
For Manly coach Bob Fulton, premiership glory in a nine-year coaching career was finally achieved. For the dual Canberra coaches it marked a milestone. It was a sad ending to the long club coaching career of Don Furner, the man who brought Canberra into the competition. For his partner Wayne Bennett, the tactician behind the side, it was a disappointing exit but another door was about to open on his own stellar coaching career with the Brisbane Broncos and a continuing career as Queensland Origin coach.


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
Manly Sea Eagles 18 (Tries: Lyons, O'Connor. Goals: O'Connor 5/5)


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Match report
Canberra Raiders 8 (Tries: O'Sullivan. Goals: Meninga 1/1, Belcher 1/1).


1987 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final, Manly vs Wigan
Having won the premiership, the Manly side travelled to England to play British Champions Wigan on 7 October. This was only the second match of its kind, since the first time the Australian and British premiers faced off in 1976. 36,895 spectators turned out at Central Park, Wigan to see the Sea Eagles go down 8 to 2 in a tryless game which saw Ron Gibbs sent off in his last game for Manly following a high tackle on Wigan centre Joe Lydon.


1987 Nabisco Dinah Shore
The 1987 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held April 2–5 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 16th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the fifth as a major championship.


1987 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Betsy King won the first of her six major titles in a sudden-death playoff over Patty Sheehan, with a par on the second extra hole. King entered the final round as co-leader at 215 (−1) with defending champion Pat Bradley, who finished a stroke back in solo third.


1987 Nabisco Dinah Shore
King won this event two more times, in 1990 and 1997.


1987 Nabisco Dinah Shore, Final leaderboard, Playoff
On the first extra hole (#15), King hit her tee shot into the rough and then scrambled for par, while Sheehan missed a birdie putt. At #16, Sheehan again had a birdie opportunity, but three-putted from fifteen feet (4.5 m) while King sank a three-footer for par to win.


1987 Nabisco Masters
The 1987 Masters (also known as the 1987 Nabisco Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States between 30 November and 4 December 1987. Whilst the doubles event was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom. It was the year-end championships for the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix.


1987 Nabisco Masters, Finals, Doubles
Tomáš Šmíd /  Miloslav Mečíř defeated  Ken Flach /  Robert Seguso 6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3.


1987 Nabisco Masters – Doubles
Tomáš Šmíd and Miloslav Mečíř won in the final 6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3 against Ken Flach and Robert Seguso.


1987 Nabisco Masters – Doubles, Draw, Red Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1987 Nabisco Masters – Doubles, Draw, Blue Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1987 Nabisco Masters – Singles
Ivan Lendl was the defending champion, and regained his title by defeating Mats Wilander 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 in the final. In this year the semifinal pairings were decided by a racket spin which resulted in the two first placed players of each group having to play each other again, in the case of Stefan Edberg and Mats Wilander for the second time within just 24 hours (Edberg won the round robin match easily but Wilander won the semifinal in three sets).


1987 Nabisco Masters – Singles, Round robin, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision-


1987 Nabisco Masters – Singles, Round robin, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly were held in November 1987 to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Nagaland, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats and Hokishe Sema was appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland. The number of constituencies was set as 60 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.


1987 NatWest Trophy
The 1987 NatWest Trophy was the 7th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1987. The tournament was won by Nottinghamshire who defeated Northamptonshire by 3 wickets in the final at Lord's.


1987 NatWest Trophy, Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by thirteen Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Hertfordshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk and Wiltshire. The Ireland and Scotland teams also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 5 September 1987.


1987 National Camogie League
The 1987 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Dublin in the final, played at Nowlan Park.


1987 National Camogie League, Arrangements
Kilkenny had already defeated Dublin in the group stages of the League, winning an exciting section one final at Silverpark by 2-4 to 1-6 on May 3. The sides were level 2-0 to 1-3 at half time and Dublin gained a three-point lead five minutes into the second half before Kilkenny equalised and Angela Downey added the winning point. Since then Dublin were depleted. Ann Holden had emigrated, midfielder Mary Mernagh was carrying a leg injury, Breda Kenny, Toni O'Byrne and Marie Connell were in the US, a side effect of the deepest point in Ireland's 1980s recession. Dublin had defeated Clare in the semi-final. In the weekend before the League final Kilkenny lost to Cork and Wexford in an experimental rules 15-a-side tournament. Kilkenny defeated Galway and Dublin defeated Clare by 4-11 to 2-5 in the semi-finals.


1987 National Camogie League, The Final
Kilkenny won the final with a fine second half performance. Dublin had most of the play in the first half and could not find the net, Kilkenny led by 1-4 to 0-3 at half time and never looked back. Ann Downey scored 1-4, and Angela Downey 1-2. The Irish Independent noted: "It was a disappointing game which never rose to great heights."


1987 National Camogie League, Division 2
The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Dublin's second team who defeated Kildare in the final at Clane on August 2nd. Kildare led 1-5 to 1-2 at half-time, but after Geraldine Dunne equalised for Dublin with a goal early in the second half, Kildare were then hit with two goals and Dublin won by 6-4 by 1-7. Dublin scored nine goals in the semi-final against Clare.


1987 National Challenge Cup
The 1987 National Challenge Cup, now called the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, is a single-elimination tournament in American soccer. The tournament is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the U.S. and is currently open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League Soccer.


1987 National Challenge Cup, Results, National Semifinals
(St. Louis Soccer Park – Fenton, Mo.) June 20	Club España (DC/VA)	3:0	Dallas Mean Green (North TX)June 20	Seattle Mitre Eagles (WA)	5:4 (AET)	St. Louis Busch SC (MO)


1987 National Challenge Cup, Results, Final
June 21	Club España (DC/VA)	0:0 (3:2 PKs)	Seattle Mitre Eagles (WA)


1987 National Invitation Tournament
The 1987 National Invitation Tournament was the 1987 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. The tournament began on Wednesday, March 11, and ended when the Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the La Salle Explorers in the NIT championship game on Thursday, March 26, at Madison Square Garden.


1987 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.


1987 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams, Louisville declines invitation
Louisville turned down an invitation to the 1987 NIT, the first team in history to decline an NIT bid. No team would do so again until Georgetown in 2002.


1987 National Invitation Tournament, Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.


1987 National League Championship Series
The 1987 National League Championship Series took place between October 6 and 14 at Busch Memorial Stadium (Games 1, 2, 6, and 7) and Candlestick Park (Games 3, 4, and 5). It matched the East division champion St. Louis Cardinals (95–67) against the West division champion San Francisco Giants (90–72), with the Cardinals winning in seven games. The Cardinals would go on to lose the 1987 World Series to the Minnesota Twins, also in seven games.


1987 National League Championship Series
San Francisco's Jeffrey Leonard was named the Series MVP despite the fact that his Giants lost the series. Oddly enough, this was the second consecutive year that the NLCS MVP came from the losing team, as  Mike Scott had won the award with the Houston Astros the previous year. However, to date, Leonard is the last MVP of any postseason series (League Championship Series or World Series) to have played for the losing team. There is no MVP awarded for the wildcard round or division series.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Tuesday, October 6, 1987, at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Giants struck first on an RBI groundout by Candy Maldonado, but the Cardinals tied it in the third on Vince Coleman's RBI single. Jeffrey Leonard gave the Giants a short-lived lead in the fourth on a homer, as the Cards quickly re-tied it when Ozzie Smith tripled and Willie McGee drove him home with a single.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Cardinals took control of the game in the sixth by plating three runs off Giants starter Rick Reuschel. Terry Pendleton, Curt Ford, and pitcher Greg Mathews all had RBI singles in the rally. Ken Dayley pitched the ninth and got the save.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Wednesday, October 7, 1987, at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Giants pulled even in the series on the strength of a complete-game shutout by Dave Dravecky. Dravecky got all the runs he needed in the second on a Will Clark two-run homer. Jeffrey Leonard added a homer in the fourth, his second in two NLCS games. Two more runs came across in the eighth for the Giants on a rare Ozzie Smith throwing error.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
It was in this game that Leonard aroused the ire of the Cardinal fans by going into his "Cadillac home run trot" around the bases. Leonard spread out his arms, airplane-style, but kept his left arm pinned to his side ("flap-down"). To further irritate the fans, Leonard slowed to a walk between third and home.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Friday, October 9, 1987, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In Game 3, Joe Magrane (STL) and Atlee Hammaker (SF) were set to face off. The matchup was not expected to be quite as low scoring as the series had been to date. The predictions were correct, as San Francisco broke first with four runs in the first three innings, looking to take the series lead. In the second inning, consecutive hits from Chili Davis, Will Clark and Bob Brenly put the Giants on the board. Yet another home run from Leonard tacked on a fourth run in the third.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
On Leonard's next at-bat, however, Bob Forsch, who had relieved starter Magrane, plunked Leonard in the left shoulder with his first pitch, presumably in retaliation for his home-run trot antics. The Giants would load the bases in the inning with one out, but Forsch pitched out of it.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Cardinals heated things up in the sixth with a two-run home run from Jim Lindeman, who replaced the injured Jack Clark, and then a triple by Willie McGee. But, in the seventh is when they really made their attack, not only tying the game, but scoring four to take the lead, 6–4. The four runs came on a large rally, highlighted by a two-run single by left fielder Vince Coleman.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
With right-handed Todd Worrell pitching for the Cards, manager Roger Craig pinch hit left-handed batter Harry Spilman for Robby Thompson. Spilman homered to right field, putting new life back in the Giants, even with two down. However, third baseman Kevin Mitchell flew out to center field, and the Cards had completed a stunning comeback.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Cardinals slugger Jack Clark made his only appearance in the Series in Game 3. Nursing a sprained ankle, he came up as a pinch-hitter and struck out looking. His injury caused him to be left off the roster for the World Series, so the Cardinals could add another pitcher.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Saturday, October 10, 1987, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Giants knotted the series at 2–2 by the longball and another complete-game pitching performance, this time by Mike Krukow. Krukow was touched for two runs in the second on RBI singles by opposing pitcher Danny Cox and Vince Coleman, but then pitched shutout ball the rest of the way. Robby Thompson hit a homer in the fourth, Jeffrey Leonard put the Giants ahead 3–2 in the fifth with his fourth homer in the NLCS, and Bob Brenly closed out the scoring with a shot in the eighth.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Sunday, October 11, 1987, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Tom Herr put the Cardinals up 1–0 in the first off Rick Reuschel with a sacrifice fly, then the Giants tied it in their half of the first on a Kevin Mitchell RBI single.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Cardinals looked on the verge of breaking it open against Reuschel in the third. Tony Peña and pitcher Bob Forsch led off the inning with consecutive singles, and then Vince Coleman beat out a bunt, loading the bases with none out. Ozzie Smith could only produce a sacrifice fly, however, and Herr bounced into a double play to end the threat. Mitchell tied it at 2–2 for the Giants in the third on a homer.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Terry Pendleton then gave the Cards back the lead in the fourth in this nip-and-tuck game by smashing a two-out triple and scoring when Reuschel mishandled a throw by Will Clark on a ground ball hit by John Morris.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Giants answered back in the bottom of the fourth when Jose Uribe drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single for a 4–3 Giants lead. Mike Aldrete then pinch-hit for Reuschel and hit a sacrifice fly and Robby Thompson drove in the last run with a triple. Joe Price then relieved Reuschel and pitched five innings of one-hit, shutout relief.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Thompson's RBI would be the last Giants run of the series.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Tuesday, October 13, 1987, at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Facing elimination, the Cardinals rolled out their ace, John Tudor, to face Dave Dravecky once again. Tudor was injured for most of the first half of 1987, but rebounded to go 10–2 in the second half of the season. And, like his great 1985 season, Tudor was golden in the postseason. He scattered six hits in seven innings and struck out six before giving way to Todd Worrell.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Tudor got the only run he needed in the second inning when Tony Peña hit what appeared to be a routine fly ball to right, but Candy Maldonado misplayed it and it fell for a triple. José Oquendo then drove Pena home with a sacrifice fly.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Ken Dayley pitched the ninth for his second save of the series.


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Wednesday, October 14, 1987, at Busch Stadium (II) in St. Louis, Missouri


1987 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The Cardinals gave starter Danny Cox a quick 4–0 lead by jumping on Giants starter Atlee Hammaker in the second. Singles by Terry Pendleton, Tony Peña and Willie McGee produced the first run and José Oquendo, who had hit only one home run during the regular season, drilled a three-run shot to left. St. Louis added two more runs in the sixth on a two-run single by Tommy Herr. Cox went the distance, scattering eight hits and striking out five. The victory gave the Cardinals their third pennant in six years and 15th overall. The only downside in the victory was Pendleton suffering a strained ribcage while running the bases, which limited his availability in the World Series. As of 2021, this is the last time the Giants have lost the NLCS.


1987 National League Championship Series, Composite box
1987 NLCS (4–3): St. Louis Cardinals over San Francisco Giants


1987 National League Championship Series, Aftermath
The Cardinals and Giants developed quite the disdain for each other in the mid-to-late '80s. One of the more memorable baseball brawls happened between the two clubs during the following season in 1988. The first fight was prompted by a hard slide into second by Will Clark that sent Cardinals second baseman José Oquendo reeling toward left field. Oquendo and shortstop Ozzie Smith both threw a punch at Clark and both benches emptied. Oquendo and Clark were ejected. A second confrontation occurred moments later when the Cardinals' Scott Terry nearly hit Mike Aldrete in the head with a pitch. The teams poured onto the field again but were intercepted by the umpires. Terry was ejected, and the ninth inning was played without incident.


1987 National League Championship Series, Aftermath
The Cardinals and Giants have played each other three more times in the postseason, with the Giants winning all three. Those series wins came in the 2002 National League Championship Series, the 2012 National League Championship Series, and the 2014 National League Championship Series.


1987 National League season
In 1987 the National League, also known as British League Division Two, was the second tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom.


1987 National League season, Team changes
Glasgow Tigers were without a home so they joined the 1987 season based at Workington's Derwent Park.


1987 National League season, Mid-season withdrawals
On 31 July, Glasgow Tigers (now called Workington Tigers held their last fixture against Stoke. The following day on 1 August, Boston Barracudas withdrew after a heavy home defeat to Eastbourne. Both Glasgow-Workington and Boston had their results expunged.


1987 National League season, National League Knockout Cup
The 1987 National League Knockout Cup was the 20th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Eastbourne Eagles were the winners of the competition for the third successive year.


1987 National League season, National League Knockout Cup, Final
Eastbourne were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 100–91.


1987 National Panasonic Cup
The 1987 National Panasonic Cup was the 14th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL, Papua New Guinea and State Representative Teams.


1987 National Panasonic Cup
A total of 20 teams from across Australia and Papua New Guinea played 19 matches in a straight knock-out format, with the matches being held midweek during the premiership season.


1987 National Soccer League
The National Soccer League 1987 season was the 11th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The season saw the format returned to a single league of fourteen teams instead of the two-conference system. Sydney City SC withdrew from the competition after round 1, reducing the competition to 13 teams. The finals series was also removed with the championship determined by a first past the post, won by APIA Leichhardt.


1987 National Soccer League (Canada) season
The 1987 National Soccer League season was the sixty fourth season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began in early May, 1987 and concluded in early October, 1987 with the NSL Championship final where Toronto Italia defeated London Marconi. Toronto would secure a treble by winning the NSL Ontario Cup against Windsor Wheels, and claiming the NSL Canada Cup from St. Léonard-Corfinium of the Quebec National Soccer League (LNSQ). On the other hand Windsor became the regular season champions by finishing first in the standings. As a result Windsor would travel to Montreal, Quebec to face the LNSQ league champions Sherbrooke Univestrie, and would win the NSL Canadian Championship.


1987 National Soccer League (Canada) season, Overview
The 1987 season marked another major change in the Canadian soccer landscape as the Canadian Soccer Association's (CSA) nationally sanctioned Canadian Soccer League (CSL) made its debut with a consequential effect on the National Soccer League (NSL). The formation of the CSL caused a tension between both leagues and the national governing body. The original cause of divisiveness was based on the CSA's policy of no ethnic affiliated teams, which caused several rejections of noted NSL clubs in acquiring a franchise in the CSL.


1987 National Soccer League (Canada) season, Overview
In response the Ontario centered NSL began competing with the nascent national league by utilizing their affiliated agreements with the Pacific Rim Soccer League of British Columbia and the Quebec National Soccer League (LNSQ) for national recognition. The agreements were based on an alternative method to the CSL's method of employing an interlocking national schedule. The NSL's approach was in regards to travel expenses being reduced by providing a regionalized format where regionalized leagues with separate schedules would provide contenders to a postseason tournament, which determined the national champion.


1987 National Soccer League (Canada) season, Overview
Before the commencement of both CSL and NSL seasons various negotiations took place with proposals to integrate or establish a promotion and relegation system within both leagues and a reasonable compromise to the ethnically supported clubs. The discussions failed to produce any results and both leagues continued working in opposition to one another with different philosophical approaches to a national league system. Internally several changes were approved at the NSL annual general meeting with plans of reestablishing a reserve division, and intentions of creating a promotion and relegation system within the league. League commissioner Rocco Lofranco continued negotiating with various organizations in hopes of establishing further affiliated agreements in the Maritimes and the Canadian Prairies.


1987 National Soccer League (Canada) season, Overview
The membership in the league increased to eleven members with all clubs returning with the exception of the Toronto Blizzard defecting to the CSL. The new entries were centered in Toronto which included Chile Lindo, Nacional Latino, Toronto International, and the Mississauga Lakers of the Petro Canada League receiving a NSL franchise.


1987 National Soccer League (Canada) season, Cup
The cup tournament was a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all eleven teams took part. All the matches were separate from the regular season, and the teams were grouped into two separate divisions. The two winners in the group stage would advance to a singles match for the Cup. The winner of the league cup would face the Quebec National Soccer League (LNSQ) cup titleholder for the NSL Canada Cup.


1987 National Soccer League (Canada) season, NSL Canadian Championship
Since the 1986 season a joint effort was conducted between the Pacific Rim Soccer League of British Columbia, National Soccer League and the Quebec National Soccer League in order to provide a national champion. Their regional champions would face each other in a single match for the championship. The Pacific Rim Soccer League participated in the first tournament, but ceased operations in 1987. While their league cup champions would compete for the NSL Canada Cup.


1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards
The 22nd National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 1988, honored the best filmmaking of 1987.


1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Director
1. John Boorman – Hope and Glory2. John Huston – The Dead3. Juzo Itami – Tampopo


1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actor
1. Steve Martin – Roxanne2. Albert Brooks – Broadcast News3. Terry O'Quinn – The Stepfather


1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actress
1. Emily Lloyd – Wish You Were Here2. Diane Keaton – Baby Boom3. Holly Hunter – Broadcast News and Raising Arizona


1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actor
1. Morgan Freeman – Street Smart2. Sean Connery – The Untouchables3. Albert Brooks – Broadcast News


1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actress
1. Kathy Baker – Street Smart2. Vanessa Redgrave – Prick Up Your Ears3. Anjelica Huston – The Dead


1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Screenplay
1. John Boorman – Hope and Glory2. Joel and Ethan Coen – Raising Arizona3. Juzo Itami – Tampopo


1987 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1987 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 May 1987, at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.


1987 Nauruan parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Nauru on 24 January 1987. The Parliament elected in December 1986 had nine supporters of Kennan Adeang and nine of former president Hammer DeRoburt. The resulting deadlock was broken when Adeang supporter Kinza Clodumar switched sides, resulting in Parliament being dissolved. As there were no political parties, all of the fifty-plus candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 92.67%.


1987 Nauruan parliamentary election
Supporters of President Hammer DeRoburt were won eleven of the eighteen seats, resulting in him being re-elected as President.


1987 Navarrese regional election
The 1987 Navarrese regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Parliament of the Chartered Community of Navarre. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.


1987 Navarrese regional election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), under then-incumbent President Gabriel Urralburu, won the election for a second consecutive term, albeit with a diminished share of the vote (27.7%, losing nearly 8 percentage points from 1983) and losing 5 seats. The centre-right spectrum stood divided to the election: the Navarrese People's Union (UPN) maintained its second place with 24.5% and 14 seats (gaining one); the Foral Democrat Union (UDF), an alliance between the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Party (PL), formed after the breakup of the People's Coalition, obtained 6.2% and 3 seats. The People's Alliance (AP) suffered from this division and fell to 7th place (4.2% and 2 seats).


1987 Navarrese regional election
The Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), the party of former Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, benefitted from this division and finished fourth, gaining 4 seats. Meanwhile, the left-wing Herri Batasuna (HB) also improved its position from 1983 and scored one of the best results for the abertzale left in Navarre. Eusko Alkartasuna (EA), a split from the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) formed in 1986 from PNV dissidents, entered the Parliament with 4 seats, while the small Eusko Alkartasuna also entered for the first time.


1987 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Parliament of Navarre was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the Chartered Community of Navarre, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Reintegration and Enhancement of the Foral Regime of Navarre Law, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Foral Deputation. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Navarre and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1987 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 50 members of the Parliament of Navarre were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with a threshold of 3 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Parties not reaching the threshold were not taken into consideration for seat distribution.


1987 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in Navarre. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


1987 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Parliament of Navarre expired four years after the date of its previous election. The election Decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of Navarre, with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 8 May 1983, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 8 May 1987. The election Decree was required to be published no later than 14 April 1987, with the election taking place no later than the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Parliament on Saturday, 13 June 1987.


1987 Navarrese regional election, Overview, Election date
The Parliament of Navarre could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was to be deemed automatically elected.


1987 Navarrese regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 26 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of Navarre.


1987 Navarrese regional election, Aftermath
Investiture processes to elect the President of Navarre required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later under the same majority requirement, with successive votes requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If such majorities were not achieved, successive candidate proposals would be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was deemed to be automatically elected.


1987 Navarrese regional election, Aftermath
As a result of the investiture process failing to provide a regional President within two months from the first ballot, Gabriel Urralburu was automatically elected on 30 September 1987 and officially sworn into office on 8 October.


1987 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1987 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Elliott Uzelac.


1987 Navy Midshipmen football team, Game summaries, Army
Starting offensive lineman Matt Felt and Joe Brennan were held out of the game due to what head coach Elliot Uzelac called "an administrative matter not related to football".


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Utah State
Nebraska QB Steve Taylor rushed for 157 yards, breaking a 35-year-old Cornhusker quarterback record, and Nebraska returned two punts for touchdowns, tying its own Big 8 record. Nebraska rolled over Utah State with 515 rushing yards while holding the Aggies to -1 yard.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, UCLA
Memorial Stadium recorded its 150th consecutive sellout as #2 Nebraska defeated #3 UCLA. This was the first time two teams from the Top 3 had played in Lincoln. Nebraska QB Steve Taylor's five TD passes tied a Big 8 record set in 1938.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
Following a late ASU game-tying score resulting from a fumble by Nebraska QB Steve Taylor, Nebraska IB Keith Jones tore off a 62-yard run with 3:37 remaining to set up the winning series as Nebraska triumphed over the #12 Sun Devils.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
South Carolina was leading 21-13 in the 3rd as Nebraska QB Steve Taylor left the game with a shoulder injury. After that, Nebraska regained the momentum, holding the Gamecocks to just 9 yards total, recovering a fumble to set up a score, and adding a late interception and field goal to put up the win.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Nebraska cruised against a weak Kansas team, as Nebraska QB Clete Blakeman filled in for injured starting QB Steve Taylor.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
Nebraska continued their 26-year winning streak against the Cowboys, putting a stop to #12 Oklahoma State's best start and best winning streak since 1945. Cowboys RB Thurman Thomas, at that time the NCAA rushing leader, was held to just 7 yards in 9 carries.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Nebraska secured their 26th consecutive winning season, tying the NCAA record, and rolled up 459 rushing yards using 17 rushing players, while the Cornhusker defense prevented a touchdown for the third game in a row.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
The NCAA touchdown pass record from 1938 was tied by Nebraska for the second time in this season as the Cornhusker offense scored in all four quarters for the 4th game in a row, though the defense finally allowed their first touchdown in 15 quarters.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
The Cornhuskers locked up their 19th consecutive 9-win season while piling up 666 total yards of offense as they rocketed to a 28-0 halftime lead before coasting to another win.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Billed as "Game of the Century II", this first-ever #1 vs. #2 matchup in Memorial Stadium brought a halt to the Cornhuskers' title hopes. Nebraska had taken away Oklahoma's #1 ranking before this game, and gave it back as the Cornhuskers struggled to move the ball after their first and only score. The Sooners went on to win their 4th straight Big 8 Championship.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Colorado
Nebraska recovered from the Oklahoma loss and obtained their revenge for last year's loss to Colorado by taking out their frustrations on the Buffaloes in Boulder. Nebraska IB Keith Jones' 248 yards lifted him into a career 3rd-place ranking among Cornhusker runners.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Florida State
Nebraska lost after leading by 4 midway through the 4th. A Seminole defender stripped the ball from Nebraska IB Tyreese Knox as he ran in from the FSU 2, which set up a 97-yard FSU march for the winning touchdown with 3:07 left to play.


1987 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, NFL and pro players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1987 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.


1987 Netherlands Antilles island council elections
Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 10 April (Bonaire and Curaçao) and 22 May 1987 (SSS islands) to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. The election was won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union–Bonaire Workers' Party list (5 seats) in Bonaire, the National People's Party (8 seats) in Curaçao, the Saba Democratic Labour Movement (3 seats) in Saba, the Democratic Party Statia (3 seats) in Sint Eustatius, and the Democratic Party (7 seats) in Sint Maarten.


1987 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1987 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Big Sky Conference (BSC). The Wolf Pack were led by 12th-year head coach Chris Ault and played its home games at Mackay Stadium. The team was ranked No. 1 early in the season but finished with a 5–6 record – the program's first losing season under Ault.


1987 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Pre-season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1986 season with a 13–1 record and 7–0 in BSC play to finish in first place, losing the Division I-AA semifinals against the eventual national champion Georgia Southern. The Wolf Pack returned 12 starters from the 1986 team and was ranked No. 1 in pre-season selections by Division I-AA sports information directors and by Don Heinrich's College Football '87 magazine. The team was also a near-unanimous, pre-season pick to repeat as the Big Sky champion.


1987 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Key players
Placekicker Marty Zendejas broke the Division I-AA career kick-scoring record previously held by brother Tony Zendejas. Zendejas finished his college career with 385 points scored and was the only Division I-AA player selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team honoree on the 1987 All-America college football team.


1987 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Key players
Junior running back Charvez Foger led the team with 1,132 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns. His career total of 3,200 rushing yards ranked third in Big Sky history at the end of the 1987 season. Foger was named to the All-Big Sky football team for the third consecutive season in 1987. Foger concluded his college career in 1988 with 4,486 rushing yards, the third best mark in Division I-AA history.


1987 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Key players
Jim Zaccheo, a junior college transfer from California, won the starting quarterback job after pre-season competition with Andy Genasci. He led the team with 2,158 passing yards.


1987 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Key players
Split end Tony Logan set school records with 64 catches, 1,099 receiving yards, and 12 receiving touchdowns. He was selected as a second-team player on the All-Big Sky team.


1987 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Key players
On defense, Scott Lommori led the team with 125 total tackles. Senior linebacker Jeff Davis led the team with 12 sacks and 20 tackles for loss and was a unanimous selection for the All-Big Sky team. Sophomore defensive back Bernard Ellison had six interceptions and seven deflections and was also a first-team All-Big Sky selection.


1987 New Brunswick general election
The 1987 New Brunswick general election was held on October 13, 1987, to elect 58 members to the 51st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The Liberal Party won power for the first time since 1967. They did so in an unheard-of landslide,  winning all 58 seats in the legislature. This feat was only accomplished one other time in Canadian history, in the 1935 Prince Edward Island election.


1987 New Brunswick general election, Background
The popularity of Richard Hatfield, who had served as a popular premier from 1970 through the 1982 election, fell due  to scandals in his last term. In 1984, during an official visit to New Brunswick by Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers found marijuana in Hatfield's luggage. Hatfield was later acquitted of marijuana possession charges. As reported by the media, Hatfield was also alleged to have hosted parties with young men where illegal drugs were used. He was criticized by opposition parties and by the media for extravagant use of the government plane, which he used to travel to New York City where he  visited night clubs, earning him the nickname "Disco Dick".


1987 New Brunswick general election, Background
In 1985, three Saint John-area Progressive Conservative members of the legislature (MLAs) challenged Hatfield's leadership and led a brief caucus revolt after the Liberals won two by-elections in previously Tory seats, but Hatfield  led the party through a fifth election.


1987 New Brunswick general election, Campaign
Hoping to boost his popularity enough to avoid defeat, Hatfield delayed calling the election as long as possible. It was finally held on October 13, 1987, five years and a day since the last election—the longest allowed by the Constitution of Canada. The Tories lost all of their seats, and Hatfield himself lost his own seat to Liberal challenger Allison DeLong by 19 points. Taking full responsibility for the defeat, he announced his resignation the night of the election while being interviewed by media outside of his Hartland home. Tory supporters had crowded into Hatfield's home, but abandoned him early in the evening as the returns began to come in.


1987 New Brunswick general election, Campaign
Frank McKenna's Liberals were virtually assured victory from day one, thanks to Hatfield's scandals. However, they ran a very successful campaign that enabled them to garner an unprecedented clean sweep of the legislature. The New Democrats also suffered a moral defeat, losing their one seat—something they had won for the first time in 1982.


1987 New Brunswick general election, Results by riding, South West
Consisting of Queens, Kings, Saint John and Charlotte county ridings.


1987 New Caledonian independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in New Caledonia on 13 September 1987. Voters were given the choice of remaining part of France or becoming independent. The referendum was boycotted by independence movements in the wake of the French government's refusal to allow UN observers. Only 1.7% voted in favour of independence.


1987 New Caledonian independence referendum, Background
By a vote of 325 to 249, the French Parliament passed a law on 15 April 1984 on holding an independence referendum in New Caledonia. However, the French government rejected the involvement of UN observers. Independence movements including the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front boycotted the referendum.


1987 New Caledonian independence referendum, Results
Do you wish New Caledonia to remain in the French Republic, or do you wish to become independent?


1987 New England Patriots season
The 1987 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 18th season in the National Football League and 28th overall. They failed to improve on their 11-5 record from 1986, in the strike-shortened season, finishing at 8-7 and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1984, and finished tied for second in the AFC East Division.


1987 New England Patriots season, Personnel, NFL replacement players
After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:


1987 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1987 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its 16th year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 7–4 record (4–3 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of eight teams in the Yankee Conference.


1987 New Jersey General Assembly election
The 1987 New Jersey General Assembly election was held on November 5, 1987.


1987 New Jersey General Assembly election
The elections took place midway through Governor Tom Kean's second term in office. Democrats won back eight seats, narrowing the Republican majority to four.


1987 New Jersey General Assembly election, Summary of races
Voters in each legislative district elect two members to the New Jersey General Assembly.


1987 New Jersey State Senate election
The 1987 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 3.


1987 New Jersey State Senate election
The election took place mid-way through the second term of Governor Thomas Kean. The elections were marked by extreme stability; only one seat, that of Peter P. Garibaldi, did not return its incumbent Senator. Multiple Senators were re-elected unopposed.


1987 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1987 New Mexico Lobos football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Mexico in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Mike Sheppard, the Lobos compiled a 0–11 record (0–8 against WAC opponents) and were outscored by a total of 444 to 209.


1987 New Mexico Lobos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Barry Garrison with 3,163 passing yards, Shane Hall with 315 rushing yards, and Terance Mathis with 1,132 receiving yards and 48 points scored.


1987 New Mexico Lobos football team
The number of televised games for the team expanded. KGSW-TV 14 (now KLUZ-TV) broadcast five of the team's road games; the first three and the final two; live. All of the home games were shown on a same-night basis, leaving only two contests (Colorado State and UTEP) not televised.


1987 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 1987 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Mike Knoll, the Aggies compiled a 2–9 record. The team played its home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.


1987 New Orleans Saints season
The 1987 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 21st year in the National Football League (NFL). The strike-shortened year was the Saints' first-ever winning season. The Saints also qualified for the postseason for the first time, riding largely on a nine-game winning streak to close the season. The Saints earned the second-best record in the NFL in 1987, but were in the same division as the team with the best record, the San Francisco 49ers, and entered the playoffs as a wild card.


1987 New Orleans Saints season
However, they were soundly defeated at home by the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, by a score of 44–10. The Vikings entered the playoffs with an 8–7 record and needed the Dallas Cowboys to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals on the final day of the season to qualify. The Saints' first winning season would be followed by another six consecutive non-losing seasons. Before the 1987 season, the Saints' non-losing seasons had consisted of only two 8–8 seasons, in 1979 and 1983. Head coach Jim Mora was named NFL Coach of the Year.


1987 New Orleans Saints season, Personnel, NFL replacement players
After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:


1987 New Orleans Saints season, Playoffs, NFC Wild Card Game
In the Saints' first playoff game in history, the Vikings dominated the game by recording two sacks, forcing four turnovers, and allowing only 149 yards. Anthony Carter returned a punt for a touchdown, and future Saints quarterback Wade Wilson threw a Hail Mary pass for a touchdown to Hassan Jones on the last play of the first half, which was actually an untimed play after the Saints were penalized for offsides on the previous play (a half cannot end on an accepted penalty against the defense).


1987 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1987 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 31 December 1986 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1987 in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Barbados, Mauritus, Fiji, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, St Lucia, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Belize, Antigua & Barbuda, and St Christopher & Nevis.


1987 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1987 New Year Honours, Papua New Guinea, Queen's Police Medal
George Obel Buka, Chief Inspector, Papua New Guinea Police Force. Robert Korus, Chief Superintendent, Papua New Guinea Police Force.


1987 New Year Honours (Australia)
The New Year Honours 1987 were appointments by Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries. They were announced on 31 December 1988 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1989 in Australia


1987 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1987 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1986 and the beginning of 1987, and were announced on 31 December 1986.


1987 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1987 New York City Marathon
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1987 New York City Marathon
The 18th New York City Marathon took place on Sunday 1 November.


1987 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 53rd New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1987. The winners were announced on 17 December 1987 and the awards were given on 24 January 1988.


1987 New York Giants season
The 1987 New York Giants season was the franchise's 63rd season in the National Football League and their fifth under head coach Bill Parcells. The Giants entered the season as the defending Super Bowl champion but failed to qualify for the playoffs. They were the sixth team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champion and miss the playoffs. The Giants started the season 0–5, becoming the first defending Super Bowl champion to lose their first 5 games. Ultimately, the Giants never recovered from their 0–5 start and failed to improve on their 14–2 record from 1986 and finished at 6–9. They were eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 1983. They also placed last in their division for the first time since that same season.


1987 New York Giants season, Personnel, NFL replacement players
After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:


1987 New York Jets season
The 1987 New York Jets season was the 28th season for the team and the club's 18th season in the National Football League (NFL). It began with the team trying to improve upon its 10–6 record from 1986 under head coach Joe Walton. The season was marred by a players' strike that resulted in the cancellation of all Week 3 games, as well as Weeks 4 through 6 being played mostly with replacement players. The Jets finished the season with a record of 6–9. For the second time in his career, Ken O'Brien had the lowest rate of interceptions among quarterbacks. He had 8 interceptions in 393 passing attempts.


1987 New York Jets season, NFL replacement players
After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:


1987 New York Mets season
The New York Mets' 1987 season was the 26th regular season for the Mets. The Mets entered the season as the defending World Series champions. They went 92–70 and finished 2nd in the NL East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. The team played home games at Shea Stadium.


1987 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1987 New York Yankees season
The New York Yankees' 1987 season was the 85th season for the Yankees. The team finished in fourth place with a record of 89-73, finishing 9 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Lou Piniella. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.


1987 New York Yankees season, Regular season
The Yankees hit 10 grand slams, the most by an MLB team in 1987. Six of those were hit by Don Mattingly, who set a record for most grand slam home runs in one season with six. His record was matched by Travis Hafner during the 2006 season. Mattingly's Grand Slams in 1987 were also the only six Grand Slams of his career.


1987 New York Yankees season, Regular season
In addition, Mattingly had tied Dale Long's major league record by hitting home runs in eight consecutive games (record later tied again by Ken Griffey, Jr., of Seattle in 1993), as well as stroking an extra base hit in ten consecutive games. Mattingly had a record 10 home runs during this streak (Long & Griffey had eight of them). In June 1987, it was reported that Mattingly injured his back during some clubhouse horseplay with pitcher Bob Shirley though both denied this. Nevertheless, he finished with a .327 batting average, 30 home runs, and 115 RBIs, his fourth straight year with at least 110 RBIs.


1987 New York Yankees season, Regular season
On July 13, 1987, George Steinbrenner told manager Lou Piniella that the acquisition of Steve Trout would win the Yankees the pennant. Trout never won a game for the Yankees, going 0–4 in 14 games.


1987 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1987 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1987 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1987 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1987 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1987 New Zealand International Formula Pacific season
The 1987 Mita Copies NZ International Formula Pacific Championship was the 11th season of the New Zealand International Formula Pacific series.


1987 New Zealand NBL season
The 1987 NBL season was the sixth season of the National Basketball League. Only one change occurred heading into the 1987 season, with Hamilton now called Waikato. Wellington won the championship in 1987 to claim their third league title.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League
The 1987 New Zealand National Soccer League was the 18th season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football. It was the first season in which 14 teams competed in the league, up from 12 in the previous season, and was also the first season with new sponsors Air New Zealand, leading to it being called the Air New Zealand Soccer League. Christchurch United finished as champions, seven points clear of Gisborne City.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion and relegation
Auckland University were ejected from the league at the end of the season for failing to meet NZFA criteria, and three teams were promoted from the regional leagues. Somewhat controversially, this included two teams from the central region and none from the southern league, although this was partly because the southern league was undergoing restructuring.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion and relegation
The new teams included one returning to the league (Napier City Rovers), one making their first appearance (Mount Maunganui), and a brand new team, Hutt Valley United, who were formed as a composite side from various Hutt Valley teams including Lower Hutt City, Petone, and Stop Out all of whom kept their own sides as feeder teams to the new club.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Promotion and relegation
The last-placed team in the 1987 league would normally have been relegated, but Dunedin City withdrew citing the financial overheads of travel in the league, and so no team was relegated.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
The 1987 season was close until its final stages, with six teams in with a chance to win the title with seven rounds to go, and with three teams fighting to avoid relegation at the other end of the table. At the top, Christchurch United proved stronger than the pretenders, pulling clear to win by seven clear points. Their success included an excellent run through the latter two thirds of the season, in which they lost just one game in twenty and won all of their last seven fixtures.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Keith Braithwaite hit a league record of six goals for the club in their match against Manawatu. Gisborne City held onto second place, but their season was plagued by an inability to convert tied matches into wins. A club record run of thirteen undefeated matches kept them in the title hunt. Third-placed Wellington United were capable goalscorers, totally 52, but the team could only manage one win from their last four games and dropped out of the race.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Mount Maunganui celebrated their first appearance in the league with a creditable fourth place, and had it not been for a mid-season form slump they could have finished even higher. In a generally poor season for Auckland teams, Papatoetoe flew the Queen City's flag highest, finishing in fifth, and they were briefly on top of the table at the beginning of the season. The acrimonious sacking of coach Fred Goodwin late in the season created the wrong sort of headlines for the club. Below Papatoetoe came Napier City Rovers, finishing sixth on their first season back in the league.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Napier started brightly and also briefly led the table, but had a poor second half to the season with seven defeats in their last 13 games. The top half of the table was completed by North Shore United, who distinctly had a season of two halves. Their first 17 fixtures with only one defeat saw them riding high, and the club led the table for seven weeks, but the club's final nine matches produced a meagre five points.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Mount Wellington finished in the lower half of the table for only the second time in eighteen years. Their play was entertaining but inconsistent, and they failed to string together two good performances in a row at any point. Hutt Valley United's league debut was inauspicious, as it found itself at the foot of the table after four matches, but they managed to turn their form around enough to finish comfortably in mid table.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Manurewa looked on the cards to repeat the poor form which saw them at the foot of the 1986 league table, with seven straight losses in the first part of the season. The second half of the campaign saw enough of an improvement for them to limp up to tenth place and safety. Below them came Nelson United, who also barely survived. They were rooted to the table's foot until two-thirds of the way through the season. After seven games it had yet to register a point and had only scored four goals.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
Dunedin City survived relegation but not the bank. They led the table after one match, having beaten Miramar Rangers 5–2, but that was the season's highlight, and it won just five of its remaining 25 games. The team opted to leave the league at the end of the 1987 season, citing debts caused by the long travel necessary for the league's southernmost team. The club only survived for a further handful of seasons before disbanding. Manawatu United finished one place above last for the second straight season.


1987 New Zealand National Soccer League, Team performance
The team managed only one home win all season, and lost their final home game 1–8. Oddly, there was not a single sending-off for either side in any of Manawatu's games in the 1987 league season. Miramar Rangers were the lucky team to benefit from Dunedin's woes; they could not have complained if they had been relegated, shipping 68 goals in the season and losing 18 games, ten of them on the trot.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards
The 1987 New Zealand bravery awards were announced via a Special Honours List on 27 August 1987, and recognised ten people for acts of bravery between 1984 and 1986.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, George Medal (GM)
On 7 April 1986 Traffic Officer Robin Dudding was on duty at Moose Lodge, near Rotorua, to ensure free passage for the Prime Minister of Singapore's motorcade when it left the Lodge for Rotorua. He waved down an oncoming truck and when it stopped a youth armed with a shotgun stepped out. The offender, who had held up a store in Rotoiti and commandeered several vehicles, forced Traffic Officer Dudding into his Ministry of Transport vehicle and then fired two shots at a Police constable also on duty at Moose Lodge.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, George Medal (GM)
The two set off for Rotorua, Traffic Officer Dudding driving and the offender in the back seat. Almost certainly Traffic Officer Dudding made for Lake Rotorua in an attempt to buy time and to prevent the offender from reaching Rotorua. He stopped at the lake and was shot. Before being shot Traffic Officer Dudding had attempted to disarm the offender. Traffic Officer Dudding displayed outstanding bravery.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
In the early evening of 22 June 1985 while part of a mobile and foot patrol in the area of Port Levy, Banks Peninsula, Constable Linney confronted a young man who it was believed had 2 days earlier been responsible for an armed robbery. The Constable attempted to detain the man but a violent struggle resulted. During the struggle the man pointed a rifle at the Constable and indicated that he was not going to surrender and that it was between the two of them.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
After verbal attempts to persuade the man to release his weapon, the struggle continued and despite being near exhaustion, the Constable managed to disarm the man and shoot him in the thigh with his .38 revolver. This however did not deter the man who, further enraged, picked up a large piece of driftwood and proceeded to attack the Constable's head. The struggle continued until the Constable managed with some difficulty to apply handcuffs and secure the man. The offender, armed with a knife and .22 rifle and ammunition, clearly had no intention of surrendering and in effecting this arrest Constable Linney disregarded his own safety and demonstrated an exemplary act of bravery.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
On the morning of 2 July 1986 the New Zealand Police Launch "Lady Elizabeth II", with four Police officers on board, sank at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. The weather conditions were atrocious at the scene with 10 metre high waves and dangerously high winds of up to 65 knots recorded, accompanIed by rain and at times hail. Despite being advised that weather conditions made flying dangerous, Mr Button, accompanied by his son, flew to the scene. Two survivors were located in the water and winched into the helicopter and flown to safety.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM)
He returned to the scene by himself and after several attempts uplifted a body with the aid of a scoop net. The body of the fourth person was not found. The two survivors would have perished within a very short time had it not been for Mr Button's outstanding flying skills and courage in placing his own life at risk.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
For services on the evening of 6 November 1984 at Arohata Youth Institution, when a fire broke out in a cell occupied by a person being held in custody on remand. On unlocking the cell Nurse Burrell was driven back by smoke but with determination she entered the cell and searched for the occupant, who was found unconscious. She dragged her clear of the cell and resuscitated her. Nurse Burrell's prompt action undoubtedly saved the occupant's life.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
For services on 9 May 1985 when with complete disregard for his own safety, he went to the assistance of an elderly farmer who was bemg gored, tossed and trampled by a massive Hereford Bull. Mr Kauika met the maddened bull head on, jammed his fingers up the bull's nose and with the other hand seized one ofhis horns and threw the animal onto its back. His actions undoubtedly saved the farmer's life.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
For services on 2 July 1986 when he assisted his father, Mr Peter Button, of Capital Helicopters Ltd., in the rescue of two survivors of the N.Z. Police Launch "Lady Elizabeth II", which had sunk in atrocIous weather at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. He played a crucial role in assisting the two survivors being winched into the helicopter.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
For services on 30 July 1985 when he went to the assistance of two women whose car had struck a concrete median wall, overturned and burst into flames on the Southern Motorway near Mount Wellington, Auckland. He directed two colleagues to play a fire extinguisher onto the burning car and with total disregard to his own safety proceeded to successfully rescue one of the trapped women. The second woman was rescued by other motorists. His initiative at the scene of the accident was responsible for saving the lives of the two women. (Sapper McAlley was himself killed in a motor vehicle accident on 2 June 1987.)


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
On 8 July 1986, Traffic Officer Hunt, while off duty, went to the assistance of an English family, touring New Zealand, whose campervan had a puncture on State Highway One near Tokoroa. While the tyre was being changed by Traffic Officer Hunt, the family's 7-year-old daughter, who had a hearing problem, wandered onto the highway and into the path of two heavy motor vehicles approaching from opposite directions. Prevented from running straight across the road by one of the oncoming trucks, Traffic Officer Hunt ran onto the road and grabbed the child, turned around and ran back to the campervan.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
The second truck passed perilously close to the campervan and Traffic Officer Hunt had to shield the child with his body as he clung to the wheel-arch of the van to avoid being blown over by the wind pressure created by the passing vehicle. Traffic Officer Hunt's prompt action saved the life of the child.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
On 13 July 1986, a group of soldiers from D Company 2/1 RNZIR were swimming off a reef opposite Rarotonga Airport in the Cook Islands. One of the soldiers was caught by a strong offshore current and large swells. Unable to swim to shore he soon became exhausted and was being carried further out to sea. Private Emerson, who was standing on the reef, realised the soldier's predicament and immediately swam out to assist him. He kept the soldier afloat and then, swimming against the current and swells for over 15 minutes, assisted him to safety of the shore.


1987 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
On 20 October 1984 Mr Lowe, a commercial pilot, while acting as a radio operator on a Cessna 206, intercepted a mayday call from the pilot of another aircraft which had gone into a spin while in cloud over the Taupo area. Mr Lowe slowly but authoritatively transmitted the spin recovery procedure to the pilot in distress, enabling the pilot to recover from the perilous situation and thereby saving the lives of the pilot and the two passengers.


1987 New Zealand general election
The 1987 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 42nd sitting of the New Zealand Parliament. The governing New Zealand Labour Party, led by Prime Minister David Lange, was re-elected for a second term, although the Opposition National Party made gains. The election also saw the elimination of the Democratic Party (formerly the Social Credit Party) from Parliament, leaving Labour and National as the only parties represented.


1987 New Zealand general election
It marked the first time that a Labour Government had been reelected to a second term since 1938 and the first to be reelected overall since 1946.


1987 New Zealand general election, Background
Before the election, the Labour Party (in government) held 56 seats, giving it an absolute majority in Parliament. The National Party (in opposition) held 37 seats. The Democrats, a small party devoted to the principles of Social Credit, held two seats.


1987 New Zealand general election, Background
Of particular importance in the election were the economic reforms being undertaken by Roger Douglas, the Minister of Finance. These reforms, sometimes known as "Rogernomics", involved monetarist approaches to controlling inflation, corporatisation of government departments, and the removal of tariffs and subsidies. All these things were strongly opposed by many traditional Labour supporters, who saw them as a betrayal of the party's left-wing principles. Many commentators believed that public anger over Rogernomics could cost the government the election.


1987 New Zealand general election, Background
Another matter of importance, and perhaps one which enabled Labour to survive public dissatisfaction, was the nuclear issue. In the previous parliamentary term, New Zealand had adopted legislation which prevented nuclear weapons or nuclear-powered ships entering New Zealand, a move which provoked an angry reaction from New Zealand's allies in the ANZUS treaty. The National Party intended to revoke the ban, but the New Zealand public were supportive of it. Labour's support for the ban is often considered to be an important factor in the party's re-election.


1987 New Zealand general election, Background
National was also bitterly divided, with some supporting the Rogernomics reforms, but MPs such as former Prime Minister Robert Muldoon bitterly opposed. Muldoon had undermined his successor as party leader, Jim McLay, who was replaced by his deputy Jim Bolger in 1986. Bolger was more centrist, but National still struggled to be seen as an alternative government.


1987 New Zealand general election, Background, MPs retiring in 1987
Five National MPs and six Labour MPs intended to retire at the end of the 41st Parliament.


1987 New Zealand general election, Electoral changes
The 1987 electoral redistribution took the continued population growth in the North Island into account, and two additional general electorates were created, bringing the total number of electorates to 97. In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued. Overall, three electorates were newly created (Clevedon, Maramarua, and Titirangi), three electorates were recreated (Albany, Coromandel, and Hobson), and four electorates were abolished (Franklin, Hauraki, Rodney, and Waitakere). All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes.


1987 New Zealand general election, Election day
The election was held on 15 August, and 2,114,656 people were registered to vote. Turnout was 89.1%, somewhat lower than the 1984 election.


1987 New Zealand general election, Summary of results
The election saw the Labour Party win 57 seats, enough for it to retain its outright majority. Labour held two more seats than after the previous election. The National Party won 40 seats, an increase of three. It was possible for both parties to increase their number of seats partly due to the disappearance of the Democrats and partly due to the increase in the total number of seats.


1987 New Zealand general election, Summary of results
Although Labour emerged from the election with a 17-seat lead over National, the difference between each party's vote count was considerably smaller. Labour's share of the vote was 48.0% (up from 43.0% in 1984), while National's was 44.0% (up from 35.5%). While Labour did retain its lead, the gap between Labour and National closed by a larger extent than the seat count would indicate.


1987 New Zealand general election, Summary of results
The Democrats, despite winning 5.7% of the total vote, did not win any electorates, including the two that they had held before the election. The Democrats have not regained parliamentary representation under their own name since losing it in these elections, although they did manage to enter parliament as part of the larger Alliance in 1996.


1987 New Zealand general election, Summary of results
The New Zealand Party, which had gained 12.2% of the vote in the previous election, performed poorly, gaining less than 0.1% support.


1987 New Zealand general election, Summary of results, Electoral petition
The election night result for Wairarapa was for National by 65 votes. The final official count later gave the seat to the incumbent, Reg Boorman of the Labour Party, by a margin of seven votes, but a judicial recount reduced that to only one vote. But on 12 July 1988, following a petition to the Electoral Court, Wyatt Creech of the National Party was declared elected by a margin of 34 votes (9,994 to 9,960). The petition was supported initially by MPs Roger McClay and Winston Peters (who had been involved in challenges in Taupo and Hunua) but not by the party hierarchy, according to Creech's account in a book by Ross Meurant).


1987 New Zealand general election, Detailed results, Votes summary
There were 97 seats being contested, two more than were in the previous parliament. All seats were won by one of the two major parties.


1987 New Zealand general election, Detailed results, Votes summary
The Labour Party, which was in government, won 57 seats, giving it a majority. Most of the seats won by Labour were in urban areas, following the party's typical pattern. Labour was particularly strong in the Wellington region, where it won all ten urban seats. It was also strong in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin, the other three urban centres, as well as in smaller cities such as Hamilton, New Plymouth, Nelson, Napier, Hastings and Palmerston North. Labour also retained its traditional dominance in the Maori seats, winning all four by large margins.


1987 New Zealand general election, Detailed results, Votes summary
The National Party, also following its traditional patterns, was strongest in rural areas, winning the vast majority of seats in these regions. The party's primary wins in urban areas were in Auckland, with the party taking six seats. The party also won a number of seats in smaller cities, such as Rotorua, Tauranga, Invercargill and Whangarei. The party performed poorly in the Maori electorates, coming third in all four.


1987 New Zealand general election, Detailed results, Votes summary
While no minor parties managed to win an electorate, several did manage to gain second place, outperforming one of the major parties but being defeated by the other. The Democrats (formerly Social Credit) was the strongest of the minor parties, coming second in five electorates. Two electorates, East Coast Bays and Pakuranga, were held by the Democrats prior to the election, but were narrowly lost to National candidates. In the other electorates (Coromandel, Rangitikei and Wanganui) the Democrats were the challengers. In the four Maori electorates, the Mana Motuhake party gained second place. Its best result, 31.6%, was obtained in Northern Maori. The New Zealand Party also performed strongly in some electorates, although not as strongly as in the previous election.


1987 New Zealand general election, Detailed results, Votes summary
Independent candidates did not perform well in the 1987 election, with none of them winning a seat or even placing second.


1987 New Zealand general election, Detailed results, Votes summary
The tables below shows the results of the 1987 general election: