1985 VFL Season Round 6: Sydney v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1985 between Sydney and Footscray during round six of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Footscray at the SCG. Mark Browning captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Sydney (25.11.161) defeated Footscray (11.17.83).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Sydney v Footscray
Date: Sunday 5 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 9,537

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Footscray
Score: 25.11.161 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 8 . 3 13 . 4 17 . 8 25 . 11 25 . 11 (161)
Footscray 1 . 1 6 . 6 7 . 13 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin SYDN by 44 SYDN by 40 SYDN by 55 SYDN by 78 SYDN by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Barry Mitchell SYDN 10 3
Rod Carter SYDN 13 2
Gary Frangalas SYDN 16 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 0
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 2 0 0 0
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 3 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 3 0 8 5 3 5 0 0 4
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 1
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 7 1 3 3
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 26 17 9 6 0 3 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 4 0 0 4
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 10 0 1 3
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 2 1 28 15 13 4 0 3 4
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 1 0 19 8 11 6 0 0 3
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 0
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 2 11 0 3
46 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 2 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 6 2 24 17 7 5 0 3 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 4 2 14 8 6 8 0 3 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 8 0 1 2
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 4 0 0 0
38 Russell, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 7 4 1 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 3 2 20 13 7 2 0 3 6
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 25 11 331 216 115 99 16 30 40

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 1
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 0 3 4 4 0 2 0 1 2
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 3 28 20 8 5 0 4 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 1 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 5 0
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 2 0 22 21 1 10 0 2 3
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 3 4 14 11 3 3 0 1 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 11 0 3 4
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 3
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 3 0 2 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 0 0 2 4
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 3 1
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 14 3 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 1 28 22 6 4 0 5 1
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 1 2 0
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 17 281 213 68 76 15 40 33

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