1985 VFL Round 4: Sydney v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1985 between Sydney and Hawthorn during round 4 of the 1985 VFL season. Sydney hosted Hawthorn at SCG. Mark Browning captained the hosts. Leigh Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Sydney
M. Browning (capt.), D. Ackerly, W. Capper, D. Carroll, R. Carter, A. Daniher, J. Duursma, G. Frangalas, P. Hawke, C. Holden, C. Hounsell, J. Ironmonger, D. McAsey, B. Mitchell, T. Morwood, I. Roberts, M. Russell, B. Scott, A. Smith, S. Wright

Hawthorn
Back: R. Lester-Smith, P. Abbott, R. Greene
Half-back: R. Morris, C. Mew, J. Kennedy
Centre: R. Eade, T. Wallace, R. DiPierdomenico
Half-forward: P. Knights, D. Brereton, P. Russo
Forward: M. Byrne, J. Dunstall, L. Matthews (capt.)
Follower: I. Paton, M. Tuck, C. Robertson
Int.: S. Malaxos, P. Schwab

Sydney (5.14.44) were defeated by Hawthorn (8.15.63).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Capper (3), B. Mitchell, A. Smith
Hawthorn: L. Matthews (2), M. Tuck (2), D. Brereton, J. Dunstall, J. Kennedy, T. Wallace

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Hawthorn were then 6th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Sydney v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 21 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 7,860

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Hawthorn
Score: 5.14.44 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 2 3 . 4 4 . 12 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Hawthorn 3 . 2 4 . 7 7 . 12 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin level HWTH by 9 HWTH by 18 HWTH by 19 HWTH by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Sydney), Allan Jeans (Hawthorn)
Captains: Mark Browning (Sydney), Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Howe, I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Rodney Eade HWTH 26 3
Darren McAsey SYDN 46 2
Peter Knights HWTH 24 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 0
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 5 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 3 2 10 9 1 5 0 1 3
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 3 21 16 5 5 0 1 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 3
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 0 1
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 2
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 0 0 1 1
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 0 0 2 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 2 1 1 1
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 17 2 2
46 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 5 0 4 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 4 0 1 4
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 1 2 2
38 Russell, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 4 1 3
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 0 0 0 1
8 Smith, Andrew ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 1 0 2 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 24 16 8 2 0 6 3
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 5 14 298 230 68 48 23 34 32

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul FB ? 0 0 19 12 7 4 3 2 1
23 Brereton, Dermott CHF ? 1 2 23 18 5 7 6 2 4
21 Byrne, Michael FPL ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 14 2 2
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WR ? 0 3 18 12 6 3 0 1 1
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 1 2 8 7 1 0 0 2 1
26 Eade, Rodney WL ? 0 0 27 20 7 8 0 2 3
29 Greene, Russell BPR ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 2
34 Kennedy, John HBFR ? 1 0 22 12 10 3 0 3 2
24 Knights, Peter HFFL ? 0 1 25 20 5 9 0 2 1
6 Lester-Smith, Rod BPL ? 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 1 1
10 Malaxos, Steve INT ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 1
3 Matthews, Leigh (c) FPR ? 2 3 12 10 2 2 0 0 2
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 1 4 1
15 Morris, Russell HBFL ? 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 1 1
12 Paton, Ian RU ? 0 1 9 7 2 4 7 0 1
32 Robertson, Colin RO ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 1 2
4 Russo, Peter HFFR ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 3 1
30 Schwab, Peter INT ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 1 1
17 Tuck, Michael RR ? 2 1 19 17 2 3 0 2 5
16 Wallace, Terry C ? 1 1 30 25 5 2 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 15 346 250 96 66 31 32 34

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

Player Line-Up

Sydney Coach: John Northey
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
6 R. Lester-Smith 39 P. Abbott 29 R. Greene













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



15 R. Morris 2 C. Mew 34 J. Kennedy













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 R. Eade 16 T. Wallace 9 R. DiPierdomenico









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 I. Paton 10 S. Malaxos
HALF-FORWARD 17 M. Tuck 30 P. Schwab
24 P. Knights 23 D. Brereton 4 P. Russo 32 C. Robertson











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 M. Byrne 19 J. Dunstall 3 L. Matthews (c)













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans