1987 VFL Season: Sydney

Season Team Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Team: Sydney
Home Ground: SCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 129.5%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Melbourne (Semi Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Greg Williams (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Warwick Capper (99)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Gerard Healy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dennis Carroll

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bartholomaeus, Grant #8 2 R01-R02 0 0
Bayes, Mark #30 23 R01-R09, R11-R22, QF, SF 38 0
Bolton, David #16 21 R01-R12, R16-R22, QF, SF 15 0
Browning, Mark #11 21 R01-R12, R15, R17-R22, QF, SF 8 2
Byrne, Michael #14 11 R13-R22, QF 9 0
Capper, Warwick #39 23 R01-R22, QF 103 5
Carroll, Dennis #7 20 R01, R03-R16, R18-R20, QF, SF 6 3
Carter, Rod #13 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 0 1
Coleman, Glenn #23 15 R01-R03, R08, R11-R16, R20-R22, QF, SF 8 3
Cordy, Graeme #28 10 R07-R15, R20 5 0
Cordy, Neil #29 19 R04-R06, R09-R22, QF, SF 0 6
Hawke, Paul #34 17 R06-R11, R13-R20, R22, QF, SF 16 0
Healy, Gerard #3 20 R01-R18, QF, SF 22 9
Henwood, Wayne #9 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 3 3
Higgins, Leon #47 1 R21 0 0
Holden, Craig #22 23 R01-R22, SF 4 0
Ironmonger, John #1 13 R01-R10, R22, QF, SF 0 6
Lloyd, Matthew #18 1 R07 0 0
Mitchell, Barry #10 20 R01-R12, R16-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF 37 3
Morwood, Tony #21 23 R01-R13, R15-R22, QF, SF 46 9
Murphy, David #35 16 R01-R09, R13-R17, R21, SF 14 5
Neagle, Merv #4 18 R01-R03, R05, R08-R15, R17-R21, QF 15 5
Phyland, Michael #31 5 R10-R11, R20-R22 2 0
Potter, Craig #37 10 R02-R06, R10-R14 8 0
Quirk, Peter #20 7 R12-R17, R19 1 0
Roberts, Ian #5 8 R01-R05, R22, QF, SF 2 0
Scott, Brett #6 7 R14, R17-R20, R22, SF 11 3
Smith, Tony #19 3 R06-R07, R09 0 0
Thripp, Terry #33 16 R02, R04, R10-R22, QF 7 0
Toohey, Bernard #15 18 R01, R03-R08, R12-R21, SF 2 0
Williams, Greg #2 22 R01-R16, R18-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF 21 13
Wright, Stephen #26 19 R01-R10, R16-R22, QF, SF 34 4

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Hafey, Tom 24 15 -0- 9 R01-R22, QF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
28/03/1987 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY WIN SYD by 91 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
05/04/1987 Round 2 Footscray HOME WIN SYD by 108 Tom Hafey unknown
12/04/1987 Round 3 West Coast AWAY WIN SYD by 27 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
20/04/1987 Round 4 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 47 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
25/04/1987 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN SYD by 20 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
01/05/1987 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN SYD by 7 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
10/05/1987 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN SYD by 8 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
15/05/1987 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 29 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
24/05/1987 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 25 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
31/05/1987 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 9 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
07/06/1987 Round 11 Brisbane Bears AWAY WIN SYD by 73 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
13/06/1987 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN SYD by 36 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
21/06/1987 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN SYD by 59 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
26/06/1987 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN SYD by 27 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
04/07/1987 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN SYD by 33 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
19/07/1987 Round 16 West Coast HOME WIN SYD by 130 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
26/07/1987 Round 17 Essendon HOME WIN SYD by 163 Tom Hafey unknown
31/07/1987 Round 18 Richmond HOME WIN SYD by 91 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
08/08/1987 Round 19 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 68 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
15/08/1987 Round 20 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 45 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
23/08/1987 Round 21 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 9 Tom Hafey unknown
29/08/1987 Round 22 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SYD by 8 Tom Hafey unknown
05/09/1987 Qualifying Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 99 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
13/09/1987 Semi Final Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 76 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll