1986 VFL Round 3: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1986 between Geelong and Sydney during round 3 of the 1986 VFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at Kardinia Park. Mick Turner captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Geelong
M. Turner (capt.), M. Bos, T. Bright, B. Brownless, N. Bruns, C. Cleave, T. Darcy, D. Drum, D. Flanigan, S. Hocking, P. Johnston, M. Kol, B. Lindner, G. Malarkey, D. Morgan, R. Neal, D. O'Keeffe, S. Reynoldson, M. Schulze, M. Witcombe

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

Geelong (15.15.105) were defeated by Sydney (19.18.132).

Goalkickers
Geelong: B. Brownless (4), T. Bright (3), D. Drum (2), M. Turner (2), P. Johnston, M. Kol, D. Morgan, D. O'Keeffe
Sydney: W. Capper (6), T. Morwood (3), S. Wright (3), A. Daniher (2), B. Mitchell (2), M. Bayes, J. Edmond, G. Williams

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 12th on the ladder and Sydney were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Saturday 12 April 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,865

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Sydney
Score: 15.15.105 - 19.18.132

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 6 7 . 9 11 . 14 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Sydney 3 . 2 6 . 6 12 . 10 19 . 18 19 . 18 (132)
Margin GEEL by 10 GEEL by 9 SYDN by 2 SYDN by 27 SYDN by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Devine (Geelong), Tom Hafey (Sydney)
Captains: Mick Turner (Geelong), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Merv Neagle SYDN 4 3
Steve Reynoldson GEEL 17 2
Stephen Wright SYDN 26 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 3 0 3 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 2 21 13 8 4 0 1 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 4 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 1 0 2 2
12 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 0 0 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 3 0 0 4
29 Drum, Damian ? ? 2 0 22 12 10 4 0 4 4
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 1 9 3 6 2 27 0 1
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 1 4
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 1 4 15 8 7 7 5 1 4
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 2 1
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 4 0 1 1
6 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 0
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 1 2 17 9 8 1 0 1 1
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 4
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 5 0 1 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 7 0 0 4
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 3 1 0
9 Turner, Mick (c) ? ? 2 0 15 13 2 4 0 3 4
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 15 281 175 106 66 35 24 41

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 1 0 2 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 4 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 3 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 6 3 11 11 0 6 0 2 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 3 0 3 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 3 2
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 13 4 9 4 11 1 0
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 5 2 0 0
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 2
8 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 2 17 10 7 8 0 1 0
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 2 3 23 15 8 3 0 5 0
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 4 0 1 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 1 11 8 3 8 0 2 3
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 3 3
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 2 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 2 25 17 8 3 0 3 3
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 3 1 15 8 7 1 0 3 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 19 18 289 198 91 60 13 41 24

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