1984 VFL Round 6: Footscray v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1984 between Footscray and Sydney during round 6 of the 1984 VFL season. Footscray hosted Sydney at Western Oval. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Ricky Quade.

Footscray
J. Edmond (capt.), S. Beasley, C. Burton, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, E. Dunne, A. Edwards, M. Egan, D. Hawkins, M. Kellett, R. Kennedy, S. MacPherson, M. McKenna, M. McLean, A. Purser, B. Royal, R. Semmens, J. Sewell, S. Wallis, I. Williams

Sydney
D. Ackerly, C. Braddy, M. Browning, D. Carroll, R. Carter, A. Chilcott, A. Daniher, B. Evans, G. Frangalas, P. Hawke, C. Holden, C. Hounsell, M. Kruse, T. Morwood, D. Rhys-Jones, I. Roberts, B. Round, B. Scott, G. Smith, S. Taubert

Footscray (11.18.84) defeated Sydney (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Footscray: B. Royal (3), J. Edmond (2), A. Edwards (2), S. Beasley, D. Hawkins, J. Sewell, S. Wallis
Sydney: C. Braddy (3), I. Roberts (3), B. Round (2), M. Browning, A. Chilcott, G. Smith

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Sydney were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Footscray v Sydney
Date: Saturday 5 May 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,236

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Sydney
Score: 11.18.84 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 4 8 . 10 8 . 11 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Sydney 2 . 3 6 . 5 11 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin FOOT by 7 FOOT by 17 SYDN by 17 FOOT by 7 FOOT by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), Ricky Quade (Sydney)
Captains: Jim Edmond (Footscray), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Nolan, I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Neil Cordy FOOT 29 3
Andrew Purser FOOT 1 2
Steve Wallis FOOT 24 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 2 0 1 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 3 0 2 1
4 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 1 2 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 7 0 1 3
30 Edwards, Allan ? ? 2 5 14 14 0 4 2 1 0
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 3 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 30 16 14 3 0 1 2
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 0 5
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 3 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 2 4
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 1 0 2 3
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 1 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 7 19 1 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 3 1 29 25 4 5 0 2 4
31 Semmens, Robert ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 2
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 5 0 0 2
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 1 0 25 13 12 3 0 2 2
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 4 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 18 328 225 103 62 22 28 35

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 1 0
12 Braddy, Craig ? ? 3 3 20 15 5 8 2 4 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 0 21 16 5 2 0 1 0
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 0 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 1
17 Chilcott, Arthur ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 1
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 3 25 19 6 1 0 2 3
50 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 2 0 1 2
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 0 2 3
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 3 2
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 1
3 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 1
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 2 4
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 3 0 17 10 7 4 0 3 3
25 Round, Barry ? ? 2 1 7 3 4 6 3 0 0
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 0
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 1 1 25 18 7 2 0 4 1
24 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 6 26 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 11 271 193 78 55 31 35 28

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s