1985 VFL Season Round 9: Sydney v Geelong

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

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

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

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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