1985 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 1985 between St Kilda and Sydney during round one of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Sydney at Moorabbin Oval. Trevor Barker captained the hosts. Mark Browning captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graeme Gellie and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

St Kilda (8.18.66) were defeated by Sydney (26.20.176).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Sydney
Date: Saturday 30 March 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 16,499

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Sydney
Score: 8.18.66 - 26.20.176

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 8 3 . 11 5 . 16 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Sydney 3 . 1 10 . 9 19 . 12 26 . 20 26 . 20 (176)
Margin STKL by 1 SYDN by 40 SYDN by 80 SYDN by 110 SYDN by 110
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Trevor Barker
Coach: Graeme Gellie

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
B. Woodhead

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bernie Evans SYDN 15 3
John Ironmonger SYDN 1 2
Darren McAsey SYDN 46 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Ablett, Geoff ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 2 0 1 2
1 Barker, Trevor (c) ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0
25 Bennett, Andy ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 2 3 1
34 Carbone, Frank ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 4 0 1 2
9 Crow, Max ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 4 7 1 1
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 1 26 10 16 4 0 3 3
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 1 0
6 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 1
24 Frawley, Danny ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 1 3 2
32 Keeble, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 1
17 Kiel, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 0 0
14 Lockett, Tony ? ? 2 1 8 4 4 2 0 0 3
7 Mace, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 1 1
21 McAdam, Greg ? ? 3 2 28 20 8 6 0 0 1
4 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 10 0 0 3
8 Narkle, Phil ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 4 0 3 1
16 Riggs, Jon ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 8 0 0 1
10 Roberts, Michael ? ? 0 2 22 19 3 2 0 3 1
2 Sidebottom, Allan ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 8 1 3
30 Smith, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 2 1
Rushed 7
Total (20 players) 8 18 290 200 90 65 18 27 28

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 0 1
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 1 2 27 23 4 3 1 2 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 2 2 6 5 1 3 0 2 4
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 2 4 24 18 6 10 0 1 4
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 3 0
17 Chilcott, Arthur ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 1 27 19 8 9 0 2 2
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 1 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 9 3 26 24 2 3 0 1 0
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 7 0 1 2
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 3 1 24 12 12 7 0 3 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 2 1 26 22 4 7 1 1 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 6 16 2 2
46 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 1 18 11 7 7 0 0 2
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1
38 Russell, Mark ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 5 1 0 0
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
8 Smith, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 0 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 26 20 310 230 80 92 19 28 27

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