1986 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1986 between Melbourne and Sydney during round five of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the 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 (14.17.101) were defeated by Sydney (16.14.110).

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

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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