1985 VFL Season Round 17: Footscray v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1985 between Footscray and Sydney during round seventeen of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Sydney at Western Oval. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. Mark Browning captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Footscray (15.15.105) defeated Sydney (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Footscray v Sydney
Date: Saturday 27 July 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 13,026

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Sydney
Score: 15.15.105 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 2 9 . 3 11 . 12 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Sydney 1 . 2 8 . 7 8 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin FOOT by 36 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 26 FOOT by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Sydney

Captain: Mark Browning
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Howe
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brad Hardie FOOT 4 3
Anthony Daniher SYDN 19 2
Les Bamblett FOOT 9 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 4 3 16 14 2 5 0 2 2
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 3 0 1 3
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 3 1
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 7 0 0 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 4 2 15 9 6 1 0 3 3
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 6 0 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 3 0 5 3
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 0 36 28 8 9 0 4 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 12 0 0 1
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 1 1 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 3 2 22 13 9 4 0 1 3
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 0
37 Peart, Neil ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 5 27 2 4
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 3 28 25 3 2 0 3 4
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 1 1 8 4 4 3 1 1 4
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 15 315 221 94 76 29 29 36

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 2 1
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 3 0 0 2
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 5 0 4 4
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 4 0 1 1
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 3 0
18 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 4 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 2 2 0
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 4 2 18 11 7 8 0 0 2
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 0
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 2 24 17 7 5 0 1 1
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 1 3
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 4 1 0 4
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 2 9 8 1 3 0 3 3
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 0 0
14 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 5 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 12 4 8 5 11 3 1
38 Russell, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 6 1 1
45 Saggers, Robert ? ? 2 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 0 0 2 2
32 Yonson, Rudy ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 2 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 307 208 99 69 20 36 29

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