1986 VFL Round 5: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1986 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 5 of the 1986 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne
R. Flower (capt.), B. Bailey, A. Battiston, D. Bourke, C. Connolly, G. Healy, D. Hughes, A. Jarrott, A. Johnson, N. Kol, D. Louttit, G. Lyon, P. Moore, S. Newport, M. Reynolds, R. Richards, J. Rugolo, S. Stretch, S. Turner, M. Withers

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

Melbourne (14.17.101) were defeated by Sydney (16.14.110).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: G. Healy (4), R. Flower (2), N. Kol (2), P. Moore (2), A. Jarrott, A. Johnson, R. Richards, S. Stretch
Sydney: D. Bolton (3), W. Capper (3), G. Coleman (3), A. Daniher (2), J. Duursma, P. Hawke, B. Mitchell, M. Neagle, S. Wright

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Sydney were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Friday 25 April 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 40,117

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 14.17.101 - 16.14.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 5 . 9 8 . 14 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Sydney 4 . 2 10 . 7 13 . 10 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Margin SYDN by 9 SYDN by 28 SYDN by 26 SYDN by 9 SYDN by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Northey (Melbourne), Tom Hafey (Sydney)
Captains: Robert Flower (Melbourne), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hood, D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams SYDN 2 3
Anthony Daniher SYDN 19 2
Greg Healy MELB 33 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 2 2
23 Bourke, Daryl ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 4 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 4 0 1 2
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 4 2 19 16 3 6 0 2 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 6 2 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 3 23 19 4 3 0 2 1
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 2 1 15 12 3 0 0 1 2
46 Louttit, Darren ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 4
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 7 15 1 4
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 1 2
21 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 2 2 1 1
26 Rugolo, Joseph ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 4
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 1
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 6 3 6 1
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 0 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 17 272 207 65 58 22 31 34

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 1 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 3 0 19 15 4 1 0 3 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 3 4 11 10 1 4 0 3 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 1 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 3 0 14 9 5 5 5 0 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 2 1 22 10 12 10 0 0 3
20 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 2 4 4
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 1 0 22 13 9 4 0 3 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 4 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 4 16 3 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 2
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 7 0 2 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 6 0 0 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 2
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 3 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 3 34 19 15 6 0 1 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 2 16 13 3 1 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 14 301 204 97 69 23 34 31

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