1985 VFL Round 6: Sydney v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1985 between Sydney and Footscray during round 6 of the 1985 VFL season. Sydney hosted Footscray at 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
M. Browning (capt.), D. Ackerly, M. Bayes, W. Capper, R. Carter, A. Daniher, J. Duursma, B. Evans, G. Frangalas, P. Hawke, C. Holden, C. Hounsell, J. Ironmonger, D. McAsey, B. Mitchell, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, I. Roberts, M. Russell, S. Wright

Footscray
J. Edmond (capt.), L. Bamblett, D. Baxter, S. Beasley, T. Buhagiar, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, A. Daniels, R. Groenewegen, B. Hardie, D. Hawkins, R. Kennedy, R. MacPherson, S. MacPherson, P. Maylin, M. McLean, A. Purser, B. Royal, J. Sewell, S. Wallis

Sydney (25.11.161) defeated Footscray (11.17.83).

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Mitchell (6), T. Morwood (4), W. Capper (3), B. Evans (3), S. Wright (3), M. Bayes (2), P. Hawke (2), C. Holden, I. Roberts
Footscray: B. Hardie (3), S. MacPherson (3), J. Edmond (2), B. Royal (2), L. Bamblett

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 5th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Footscray were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the day.

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

Coaches: John Northey (Sydney), Mick Malthouse (Footscray)
Captains: Mark Browning (Sydney), Jim Edmond (Footscray)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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