1985 VFL Round 9: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1985 between Sydney and Geelong during round 9 of the 1985 VFL season. Sydney hosted Geelong at SCG. Mark Browning captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Sydney
M. Browning (capt.), D. Ackerly, C. Braddy, D. Carroll, R. Carter, A. Chilcott, A. Daniher, B. Evans, G. Frangalas, P. Hawke, C. Holden, C. Hounsell, J. Ironmonger, D. McAsey, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, R. Prosser, I. Roberts, M. Russell, S. Wright

Geelong
G. Ablett, C. Alderdice, A. Bews, D. Bolton, M. Bos, N. Bruns, P. Couch, D. Flanigan, S. Hocking, M. Kol, M. Lenaghan, G. Malarkey, D. Morgan, R. Neal, M. Reed, S. Reynoldson, B. Toohey, G. Williams, S. Williams, M. Yeates

Sydney (13.11.89) were defeated by Geelong (16.21.117).

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Evans (3), D. Carroll (2), M. Russell (2), M. Browning, A. Daniher, J. Ironmonger, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, S. Wright
Geelong: G. Ablett (5), C. Alderdice (3), A. Bews (2), N. Bruns (2), P. Couch, M. Kol, R. Neal, S. Reynoldson

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 10th on the ladder and Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Sunday 26 May 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 12,577

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 13.11.89 - 16.21.117

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	3	.	2	7	.	3	11	.	7	13	.	11	13	.	11	(89)
Geelong	3	.	7	8	.	11	13	.	18	16	.	21	16	.	21	(117)
Margin	GEEL by 5			GEEL by 14			GEEL by 23			GEEL by 28			GEEL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Sydney), Tom Hafey (Geelong)
Captains: Mark Browning (Sydney), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, P. Carey

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Anthony Daniher	SYDN	19	3
Steve Reynoldson	GEEL	17	2
Neville Bruns	GEEL	19	1

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
9	Ackerly, David	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	1	0	1	2
12	Braddy, Craig	?	?	0	0	7	5	2	1	0	2	1
11	Browning, Mark (c)	?	?	1	0	18	17	1	6	0	5	2
7	Carroll, Dennis	?	?	2	0	11	10	1	5	0	1	2
13	Carter, Rod	?	?	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	1	1
17	Chilcott, Arthur	?	?	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	1	1
19	Daniher, Anthony	?	?	1	2	20	15	5	10	0	2	2
15	Evans, Bernie	?	?	3	0	13	12	1	6	0	1	6
16	Frangalas, Gary	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	5	0	2	1
34	Hawke, Paul	?	?	0	1	17	8	9	3	0	1	1
22	Holden, Craig	?	?	0	0	17	12	5	4	0	2	0
23	Hounsell, Colin	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Ironmonger, John	?	?	1	2	16	6	10	4	12	4	1
46	McAsey, Darren	?	?	0	0	20	15	5	6	1	3	1
10	Mitchell, Barry	?	?	1	1	23	16	7	4	0	7	2
35	Murphy, David	?	?	1	0	23	18	5	7	0	4	2
41	Prosser, Rob	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	1	0	0	0
5	Roberts, Ian	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	4	0	0	0
38	Russell, Mark	?	?	2	2	14	11	3	5	4	2	3
26	Wright, Stephen	?	?	1	0	16	12	4	2	0	4	3
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				13	11	268	198	70	75	17	43	31

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
5	Ablett, Gary	?	?	5	3	12	11	1	6	0	1	1
34	Alderdice, Craig	?	?	3	1	7	5	2	5	0	0	1
27	Bews, Andrew	?	?	2	1	21	13	8	6	0	2	4
16	Bolton, David	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	0	0	2	1
24	Bos, Mark	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	2	0	1	1
19	Bruns, Neville	?	?	2	5	31	27	4	2	0	6	4
7	Couch, Paul	?	?	1	2	15	12	3	5	0	1	2
14	Flanigan, Darren	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	5	7	2	5
41	Hocking, Steve	?	?	0	0	12	4	8	2	0	1	2
37	Kol, Michael	?	?	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	2
32	Lenaghan, Michael	?	?	0	1	6	4	2	4	0	0	1
6	Malarkey, Gary	?	?	0	0	25	19	6	11	0	0	1
36	Morgan, Darren	?	?	0	1	11	7	4	0	0	1	0
35	Neal, Robert	?	?	1	1	20	15	5	3	0	0	1
1	Reed, Malcolm	?	?	0	0	22	15	7	9	0	2	5
17	Reynoldson, Steve	?	?	1	2	15	12	3	11	4	1	5
15	Toohey, Bernard	?	?	0	1	25	17	8	4	0	4	1
11	Williams, Greg	?	?	0	0	33	6	27	6	0	1	3
44	Williams, Shane	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	4	0	2	3
21	Yeates, Mark	?	?	0	0	15	9	6	4	0	4	0
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				16	21	330	217	113	89	11	31	43

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

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