1986 VFL Round 16: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1986 between Sydney and Essendon during round 16 of the 1986 VFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney
M. Bayes, 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

Essendon
T. Daniher (capt.), D. Bailey, L. Baker, S. Clark, F. Dunell, T. Elshaug, A. Ezard, G. Foulds, P. Hamilton, M. Harvey, G. Hawker, S. Heard, S. Madden, R. Merrett, G. Raines, M. Richardson, P. Salmon, M. Thompson, M. Thomson, K. Walsh

Sydney (24.18.162) defeated Essendon (15.13.103).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Capper (8), B. Mitchell (3), G. Williams (3), T. Morwood (2), D. Murphy (2), M. Bayes, J. Edmond, P. Hawke, G. Healy, M. Neagle, B. Toohey
Essendon: S. Madden (3), S. Clark (2), T. Elshaug (2), A. Ezard (2), G. Foulds (2), P. Salmon (2), T. Daniher, M. Richardson

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

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 13 July 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 33,192

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 24.18.162 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 5 8 . 9 15 . 16 24 . 18 24 . 18 (162)
Essendon 4 . 1 6 . 7 10 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin ESSE by 2 SYDN by 14 SYDN by 36 SYDN by 59 SYDN by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Sydney), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Terry Daniher (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Clayton, S. McDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Murphy SYDN 35 3
Warwick Capper SYDN 39 2
Greg Williams SYDN 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 2 2
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 8 3 14 14 0 7 0 1 6
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 2 1 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 2 20 11 9 5 0 1 0
8 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 3 17 9 8 3 0 0 4
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 1 0 21 7 14 5 0 0 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 1 26 16 10 3 1 1 0
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 2 0 0 0
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 7 10 1 6
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 3 0 20 12 8 2 0 1 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 1 18 12 6 5 0 1 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 2 1 29 19 10 4 0 2 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 2
27 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 2
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 3 1 29 13 16 3 0 1 3
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 3 18 7 11 1 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 24 18 325 197 128 62 13 18 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 0
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 9 0 1 0
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 2 3 16 7 9 2 0 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 1 3 22 16 6 8 0 4 3
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 3 1
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 1 27 22 5 5 0 5 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 1
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 1 22 20 2 6 0 0 1
40 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 0 1
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 0 1
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 0 0 1 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 3 1 22 10 12 8 13 4 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 4 10 8 1
6 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 0 0
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 0 0 0 0
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 2 9 7 2 7 0 0 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 4 3
34 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 13 296 204 92 71 24 34 18

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