1986 VFL Season Round 4: Sydney v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1986 between Sydney and Footscray during round four of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Footscray at the SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Rick Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Sydney (20.22.142) defeated Footscray (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Sydney v Footscray
Date: Sunday 20 April 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 18,766

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Footscray
Score: 20.22.142 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 8 . 7 13 . 11 16 . 17 20 . 22 20 . 22 (142)
Footscray 1 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin SYDN by 46 SYDN by 60 SYDN by 69 SYDN by 76 SYDN by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Merv Neagle SYDN 4 3
Greg Williams SYDN 2 2
Gerard Healy SYDN 3 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 1 0 0 0
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 4 0 0 4
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 4 2 14 10 4 7 0 1 6
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 4 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 16 5 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 2 3 15 10 5 6 2 1 2
8 Edmond, Jim ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 0
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 1 3 18 11 7 2 0 1 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 3 35 23 12 10 0 1 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 1 0 1 4
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 6 0 2 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 4 1 18 15 3 8 0 4 4
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 2 27 16 11 6 0 1 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 0 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 1 33 12 21 6 0 1 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 0 19 18 1 4 0 2 2
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 20 22 348 216 132 77 18 30 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 8 0 0 1
5 Daniels, Allen ? ? 3 1 20 18 2 8 0 1 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 3 4 1
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 3 0 18 14 4 3 0 3 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 4 0 1 1
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 2 2
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 1
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 3 17 9 8 3 0 4 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 1 1
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 1 1
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 0 2 19 8 11 3 0 2 2
20 Preston, Andy ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 5 0 1 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 11 2 5
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 8 0 2 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 3 3
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 6 0 1 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 6 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 12 288 201 87 81 14 34 30

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