1986 VFL Season: Sydney

These are the details of the premiership results for Sydney for the 1986 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used the SCG as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (eleven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by Carlton in the qualifying final, Sydney were defeated by Fitzroy in the first semi final, resulting in finishing in fourth place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1986 VFL Season
Team: Sydney
Club: Sydney
Home Ground: SCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 16-0-6, P%: 118.4)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Fitzroy (Semi Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Bartholomaeus, Grant #44 2 0 R21-22
Bayes, Mark #30 20 12 R01-11, R14, R16-18, R20-22, QF, SF
Bolton, David #16 20 16 R01-13, R18-22, QF, SF
Browning, Mark #11 21 4 R01-04, R08-22, QF, SF
Capper, Warwick #39 24 92 R01-22, QF, SF
Caprioli, Robert #52 1 0 R21
Carroll, Dennis #7 21 4 R01-15, R17-22
Carter, Rod #13 22 1 R01-07, R10-22, QF, SF
Coleman, Glenn #23 20 6 R02-10, R12-20, QF, SF
Daniher, Anthony #19 22 20 R01-19, R22, QF, SF
Duursma, Jamie #20 7 1 R01-03, R05-08
Edmond, Jim #8 17 19 R01-04, R06, R08-09, R13-21, QF
Hawke, Paul #34 19 19 R04-12, R14-17, R19-22, QF, SF
Healy, Gerard #3 22 26 R01-02, R04-05, R07-22, QF, SF
Holden, Craig #22 20 2 R01-07, R11-17, R19-22, QF, SF
Ironmonger, John #1 17 0 R01, R05-16, R18-20, QF
Jones, Graham #24 1 0 R21
McAsey, Darren #12 4 8 R20-22, SF
Mitchell, Barry #10 24 27 R01-22, QF, SF
Morwood, Paul #32 10 4 R01-10
Morwood, Tony #21 22 44 R01-08, R10-13, R15-22, QF, SF
Murphy, David #35 16 9 R03, R09-20, R22, QF, SF
Neagle, Merv #4 14 4 R01-05, R11-16, R18, QF, SF
Roberts, Ian #5 23 2 R01-20, R22, QF, SF
Roberts, Mark #27 12 1 R08-19
Scott, Brett #6 2 0 R08-09
Smith, Tony #42 4 0 R17, R21-22, SF
Toohey, Bernard #15 24 4 R01-22, QF, SF
Whitzell, Mark #18 2 0 R06-07
Williams, Greg #2 24 28 R01-22, QF, SF
Wright, Stephen #26 23 32 R01-07, R09-22, QF, SF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Hafey, Tom 24 16 -0- 8 R01-22, QF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
31/03/1986 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SYDN by 25 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
06/04/1986 Round 2 Collingwood HOME WIN SYDN by 34 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
12/04/1986 Round 3 Geelong AWAY WIN SYDN by 27 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
20/04/1986 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN SYDN by 76 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
25/04/1986 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN SYDN by 9 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
04/05/1986 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN SYDN by 22 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
10/05/1986 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HWTH by 33 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
18/05/1986 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RICH by 1 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
24/05/1986 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY WIN SYDN by 9 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
01/06/1986 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME WIN SYDN by 25 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
09/06/1986 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN SYDN by 20 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
13/06/1986 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NMLB by 4 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
21/06/1986 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY WIN SYDN by 1 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
29/06/1986 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN SYDN by 22 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
05/07/1986 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN SYDN by 16 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
13/07/1986 Round 16 Essendon HOME WIN SYDN by 59 Tom Hafey unknown
27/07/1986 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN SYDN by 124 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
02/08/1986 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 17 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
10/08/1986 Round 19 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HWTH by 98 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
16/08/1986 Round 20 Richmond AWAY WIN SYDN by 48 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
24/08/1986 Round 21 St Kilda HOME WIN SYDN by 29 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
30/08/1986 Round 22 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 10 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
07/09/1986 Qualifying Final Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 16 Tom Hafey unknown
14/09/1986 Semi Final Fitzroy HOME LOSS FITZ by 5 Tom Hafey unknown