1986 VFL Season Round 17: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1986 between Sydney and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Melbourne at the 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 (29.15.189) defeated Melbourne (9.11.65).

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

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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