1986 VFL Round 17: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1986 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 17 of the 1986 VFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

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

Melbourne
R. Flower (capt.), D. Allday, B. Bailey, T. Campbell, C. Connolly, A. Dale, R. Grinter, G. Healy, R. Jackson, A. Jarrott, A. Johnson, N. Kol, B. Lovett, G. Lyon, P. Payne, S. Stretch, S. Turner, B. Wilson, M. Withers, S. Zantuck

Sydney (29.15.189) defeated Melbourne (9.11.65).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Capper (5), S. Wright (4), J. Edmond (3), P. Hawke (3), G. Healy (3), G. Williams (3), B. Mitchell (2), M. Bayes, R. Carter, A. Daniher, C. Holden, T. Morwood, D. Murphy
Melbourne: G. Lyon (3), T. Campbell, C. Connolly, G. Healy, A. Jarrott, S. Stretch, S. Turner

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 2nd on the ladder and Melbourne remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1986 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 27 July 1986
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 19,110

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 29.15.189 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 7 . 6 14 . 7 22 . 12 29 . 15 29 . 15 (189)
Melbourne 0 . 2 3 . 7 7 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin SYDN by 46 SYDN by 66 SYDN by 94 SYDN by 124 SYDN by 124
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Howe, B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Rod Carter SYDN 13 3
Bernard Toohey SYDN 15 2
Barry Mitchell SYDN 10 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 0
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 1 4
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 5 3 12 10 2 10 0 1 3
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 1 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 1
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 7 12 2 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 1 0 18 7 11 4 5 4 2
8 Edmond, Jim ? ? 3 3 18 15 3 8 0 0 2
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 3 0 24 10 14 1 0 3 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 3 1 29 16 13 4 0 0 2
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 2 0 22 11 11 0 0 2 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 6 0 2 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 2 0 5 2
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0
27 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 1
42 Smith, Tony ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 1 4 1 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 1 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 3 1 28 12 16 4 0 2 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 4 0 23 13 10 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 29 15 331 197 134 72 21 30 30

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Allday, David ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 2 4 0 2
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 0 0 4 2
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 2 0 2 2
59 Dale, Andrew ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 0 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 1 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 6 0 1 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 2 0 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 1 0 3 0
38 Kol, Nigel ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 1 0 2 1
50 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 1 2
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 3 2 11 9 2 4 0 2 3
43 Payne, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 6 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 4 0 1 0
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 3 2 2 5
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 11 247 173 74 45 7 30 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