1985 VFL Season Round 3: Sydney v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 April 1985 between Sydney and Fitzroy during round three of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Fitzroy at the SCG. Mark Browning captained the hosts. Matthew Rendell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Sydney (18.12.120) were defeated by Fitzroy (26.15.171).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Sydney v Fitzroy
Date: Sunday 14 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 10,204

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Fitzroy
Score: 18.12.120 - 26.15.171

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 5 7 . 8 12 . 9 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Fitzroy 10 . 5 17 . 10 22 . 11 26 . 15 26 . 15 (171)
Margin FITZ by 42 FITZ by 62 FITZ by 62 FITZ by 51 FITZ by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Fitzroy

Captain: Matthew Rendell
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Bulluss
J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bernie Harris FITZ 13 3
Paul Roos FITZ 1 2
Paul Tilley FITZ 42 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 1
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 2 3 19 16 3 5 0 2 2
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 6 1 10 7 3 4 1 0 3
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 5 0 2 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 0
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 2 1 0 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 2 0 7 2
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 1
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 1 0 24 13 11 3 0 2 4
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 6 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 25 1 4
37 Kotzur, Hilton ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 0 0
46 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 0
38 Russell, Mark ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 1
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 3 0 16 15 1 3 0 3 1
8 Smith, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 2 29 24 5 4 0 8 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 12 243 186 57 52 28 41 28

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 1 1 0 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 0 0 2 3
8 Cross, Andrew ? ? 2 3 19 12 7 1 0 1 2
30 Grimley, Brett ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 5 2 2 3
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 4 2 26 19 7 7 0 2 0
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 23 7 16 4 0 4 3
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 4 0 0 2
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 1 1 19 10 9 2 0 0 3
33 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 1 0 29 11 18 1 0 0 4
19 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 28 14 14 0 0 0 1
27 Parish, Les ? ? 3 1 30 14 16 7 0 1 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 3 2 21 14 7 5 3 3 4
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 3 1 11 6 5 4 0 0 2
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 6 0 15 9 6 7 4 1 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 26 8 18 8 0 2 3
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 1
41 Spassopoulos, Tony ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 30 18 12 3 0 1 2
42 Tilley, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 19 3 0
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 4 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 26 15 379 200 179 63 29 28 41

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