1986 VFL Round 15: Footscray v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 1986 between Footscray and Sydney during round 15 of the 1986 VFL season. Footscray hosted Sydney at Western Oval. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Footscray
R. Kennedy (capt.), S. Beasley, N. Cordy, M. Crow, M. Egan, M. Ford, T. Gepp, B. Hardie, D. Hawkins, M. Kellett, T. Liberatore, S. MacPherson, P. Maylin, T. McGuinness, M. McLean, A. Petraglia, A. Purser, M. Rance, B. Royal, S. Wallis

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

Footscray (11.4.70) were defeated by Sydney (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Beasley (4), M. Crow, T. Gepp, D. Hawkins, S. MacPherson, T. McGuinness, M. Rance, B. Royal
Sydney: W. Capper (3), T. Morwood (3), G. Williams (2), A. Daniher, P. Hawke, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Sydney remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v Sydney
Date: Saturday 5 July 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,963

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Sydney
Score: 11.4.70 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 0 5 . 1 7 . 2 11 . 4 11 . 4 (70)
Sydney 1 . 3 3 . 8 11 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin FOOT by 15 FOOT by 5 SYDN by 33 SYDN by 16 SYDN by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), Tom Hafey (Sydney)
Captains: Rick Kennedy (Footscray), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Hawke SYDN 34 3
Greg Williams SYDN 2 2
Brad Hardie FOOT 4 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 4 0 6 5 1 5 0 0 5
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 2
6 Crow, Max ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 5 5 1 0
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 6 0 1 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
12 Gepp, Tim ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 1
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 5 0 3 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 0 28 16 12 7 0 1 1
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 0
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 2 3
60 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 4
17 Maylin, Phil ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 2 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 0 0 2 3
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 1 0 2 2
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 1 0 0 3
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 13 0 1
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 0 26 19 7 1 0 2 3
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 31 16 15 7 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 4 313 197 116 63 18 27 34

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 3 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 2 20 17 3 3 1 0 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 4 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 5 0 1
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 2
8 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 3 13 10 3 6 0 2 3
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 1 0 25 13 12 5 0 1 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 1 29 18 11 6 1 1 4
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 1 0
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 0 12 0 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 1 22 10 12 0 0 1 4
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 1 13 7 6 4 0 2 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 1 25 17 8 3 0 6 0
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 4 0 2 2
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 1
27 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 3 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 2 0 35 11 24 2 0 1 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 3 22 14 8 2 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 14 338 195 143 51 19 33 27

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