1986 VFL Season Round 1: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1986 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round one of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

North Melbourne (15.11.101) were defeated by Sydney (20.6.126).

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Monday 31 March 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,579

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 15.11.101 - 20.6.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 1 5 . 3 12 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Sydney 3 . 1 12 . 3 16 . 4 20 . 6 20 . 6 (126)
Margin NMLB by 6 SYDN by 42 SYDN by 19 SYDN by 25 SYDN by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Kennedy

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Mitchell
G. Sidebottom

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams SYDN 2 3
Jim Krakouer NMLB 3 2
Anthony Daniher SYDN 19 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 3 1
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 1 0 25 11 14 3 0 2 0
36 Atkins, Graeme ? ? 2 0 23 8 15 4 0 2 1
14 Crocker, Darren ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 2
29 German, Peter ? ? 4 1 36 29 7 6 0 4 3
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 11 0 2
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 1
47 Koop, Doug ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 1
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 7 0 1 2
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 2 2 13 7 6 5 0 0 1
13 Law, John ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 5 0 1 1
40 Love, Jason ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 2
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 7 5 3
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 1 1 15 4 11 6 3 1 5
35 Norman, Rick ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 2
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 6 14 0 0 2 3
40 Ryan, Brendan ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 1
5 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 3
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 0
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 6 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 15 11 316 193 123 63 21 28 36

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 2
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 1 5
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 8 1 12 10 2 5 0 3 3
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 1 25 20 5 7 0 4 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 0
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 4 1 3 2
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 4 0
8 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 0 21 15 6 4 0 3 3
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 2 0 2 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 16 4 12 9 17 2 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 0 0 0 2
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 1 1 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 4
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 3 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 2 0 37 17 20 7 0 0 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 0 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 6 297 190 107 63 19 36 28

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