1985 VFL Round 17: Footscray v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1985 between Footscray and Sydney during round 17 of the 1985 VFL season. 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
J. Edmond (capt.), L. Bamblett, S. Beasley, T. Buhagiar, B. Cordy, N. Cordy, A. Daniels, M. Ford, P. Foster, B. Hardie, D. Hawkins, M. Kellett, S. MacPherson, M. McLean, N. Peart, A. Petraglia, A. Purser, B. Royal, J. Sewell, S. Wallis

Sydney
M. Browning (capt.), D. Ackerly, M. Bayes, W. Capper, D. Carroll, W. Carroll, R. Carter, A. Daniher, J. Duursma, B. Evans, G. Frangalas, C. Holden, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, B. Picken, B. Round, M. Russell, R. Saggers, S. Wright, R. Yonson

Footscray (15.15.105) defeated Sydney (11.13.79).

Goalkickers
Footscray: L. Bamblett (4), J. Edmond (4), S. MacPherson (3), N. Peart, A. Petraglia, B. Royal, J. Sewell
Sydney: A. Daniher (4), W. Capper (2), R. Saggers (2), M. Bayes, B. Evans, S. Wright

As a result of this match, Footscray remained 2nd on the ladder and Sydney remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the day.

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

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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