1985 VFL Round 22: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1985 between Sydney and Essendon during round 22 of the 1985 VFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Mark Browning captained the hosts. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney
M. Browning (capt.), D. Ackerly, M. Bayes, W. Capper, D. Carroll, A. Daniher, J. Duursma, B. Evans, G. Frangalas, C. Holden, D. McAsey, B. Mitchell, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, B. Picken, I. Roberts, M. Roberts, B. Round, M. Whitzell, S. Wright

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), L. Baker, S. Clark, B. Duckworth, F. Dunell, T. Elshaug, A. Ezard, G. Foulds, M. Harvey, G. Hawker, S. Madden, R. Merrett, M. Neagle, P. Salmon, M. Thompson, M. Thomson, P. Vander Haar, T. Watson, P. Weston, D. Williams

Sydney (11.12.78) were defeated by Essendon (24.21.165).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Capper (4), G. Frangalas (2), M. Browning, A. Daniher, B. Evans, T. Morwood, D. Murphy
Essendon: P. Salmon (7), T. Daniher (4), A. Ezard (3), T. Elshaug (2), M. Harvey (2), P. Vander Haar (2), S. Clark, G. Hawker, M. Neagle, T. Watson

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 10th on the ladder and Essendon remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 1 September 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 12,180

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Essendon
Score: 11.12.78 - 24.21.165

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 4 3 . 7 8 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Essendon 8 . 3 15 . 8 20 . 14 24 . 21 24 . 21 (165)
Margin ESSE by 35 ESSE by 73 ESSE by 77 ESSE by 87 ESSE by 87
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Sydney), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Mark Browning (Sydney), Terry Daniher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Carey, P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Vander Haar ESSE 18 3
Merv Neagle ESSE 1 2
Simon Madden ESSE 27 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 2
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 0 0
11 Browning, Mark (c) ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 2 0 5 2
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 4 1 10 7 3 5 0 2 5
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 0 1
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 5 0
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 4 0 0 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 4 1 3 0
16 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 1 24 16 8 7 0 1 2
46 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 0 25 14 11 8 0 3 2
14 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 3 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 1 0
51 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 4 5 1
36 Whitzell, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 2 0 3 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 12 275 181 94 70 5 42 25

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 0 3
41 Clark, Steven ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 1 0 4 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 0 21 11 10 8 0 0 2
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 2 1
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 2 26 11 15 1 0 2 3
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 3 2 19 12 7 5 0 1 0
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 1 4
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 2 1 28 20 8 6 0 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 1 23 12 11 1 0 2 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 6 24 3 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 2 2 5
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 0 24 9 15 3 0 1 1
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 7 5 15 13 2 9 2 1 3
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 4 0 1 1
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 8
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 2 1 21 13 8 10 0 0 2
32 Watson, Tim ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 3 1 0 3
28 Weston, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 5 1
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 24 21 349 213 136 79 29 25 42

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