1986 VFL 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 1 of the 1986 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Kennedy and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

North Melbourne
D. Ackerly, M. Arceri, G. Atkins, D. Crocker, P. German, D. Harris, P. Jonas, D. Koop, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, J. Law, J. Love, S. McCann, D. McDonald, R. Norman, M. Passmore, B. Ryan, P. Smith, R. Smith, D. Steele

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, D. Bolton, M. Browning, W. Capper, R. Carter, A. Daniher, J. Duursma, J. Edmond, G. Healy, C. Holden, J. Ironmonger, B. Mitchell, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, M. Neagle, I. Roberts, B. Toohey, G. Williams, S. Wright

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

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: P. German (4), G. Atkins (2), P. Krakouer (2), M. Arceri, P. Jonas, D. Koop, J. Krakouer, J. Law, D. McDonald, B. Ryan
Sydney: W. Capper (8), J. Edmond (2), G. Healy (2), G. Williams (2), M. Bayes, D. Bolton, A. Daniher, P. Morwood, T. Morwood, S. Wright

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder and Sydney were then 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Kennedy (North Melbourne), Tom Hafey (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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