1987 VFL Round 1: Collingwood v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 1987 between Collingwood and Sydney during round 1 of the 1987 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Sydney at Victoria Park. Tony Shaw captained the hosts with David Cloke as vice-captain. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leigh Matthews and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Collingwood
T. Shaw (capt.), D. Cloke (vice-capt.), P. Adams, D. Banks, P. Bradbury, N. Brindley, G. Brown, M. Christian, G. Crosisca, G. Fielke, M. Gayfer, G. Howard, A. Hrysoulakis, M. Lockman, J. Manson, P. Morwood, D. Seow, C. Starcevich, B. Taylor, J. Turner

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), G. Bartholomaeus, M. Bayes, D. Bolton, M. Browning, W. Capper, R. Carter, G. Coleman, G. Healy, W. Henwood, C. Holden, J. Ironmonger, B. Mitchell, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, M. Neagle, I. Roberts, B. Toohey, G. Williams, S. Wright

Collingwood (11.8.74) were defeated by Sydney (25.15.165).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: C. Starcevich (3), D. Banks (2), B. Taylor (2), P. Bradbury, M. Lockman, J. Manson, D. Seow
Sydney: W. Capper (9), B. Mitchell (3), D. Bolton (2), G. Healy (2), S. Wright (2), M. Bayes, W. Henwood, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, M. Neagle, I. Roberts, G. Williams

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 12th on the ladder and Sydney were then 1st on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Sydney
Date: Saturday 28 March 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 17,129

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Sydney
Score: 11.8.74 - 25.15.165

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 0 . 2 3 . 3 5 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Sydney 5 . 5 14 . 10 20 . 11 25 . 15 25 . 15 (165)
Margin SYDN by 33 SYDN by 73 SYDN by 95 SYDN by 91 SYDN by 91
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leigh Matthews (Collingwood), Tom Hafey (Sydney)
Captains: Tony Shaw (Collingwood), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)
Vice-Captains: David Cloke (Collingwood), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Howlett, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Warwick Capper SYDN 39 3
Greg Williams SYDN 2 2
Gerard Healy SYDN 3 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Adams, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 2 2 14 9 5 6 2 1 1 1
18 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 3 0 1 2 6
39 Brindley, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 1
26 Brown, Gavin ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 0 0 1 1
21 Christian, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 3 2 1
33 Cloke, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 6 11 0 2 1
28 Crosisca, Gavin ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 2 0 2 2 0
6 Fielke, Grant ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 2 1 1
3 Gayfer, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 1 2
11 Howard, Glenn ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 1 0 0 1 1
37 Hrysoulakis, Athas ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 3 1
17 Lockman, Michael ? ? 1 1 20 12 8 5 0 1 2 3
30 Manson, James ? ? 1 0 8 1 7 2 7 0 0 3
4 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 0 1 0
36 Seow, Dannie ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 8 0 0 1 2
22 Shaw, Tony (c) ? ? 0 0 30 19 11 2 0 4 1 2
27 Starcevich, Craig ? ? 3 0 21 13 8 9 6 1 2 3
9 Taylor, Brian ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 4 0 0 2 0
24 Turner, Jamie ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 5 0 2 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 8 295 185 110 69 26 20 27 31

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bartholomaeus, Grant ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 1
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 3 11 6 5 2 4 1 0 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 0 0 0 0 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 6 0 2 2 2
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 9 3 19 14 5 10 1 3 3 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 25 15 10 7 0 3 0 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 2
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 6 4 2 0 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 1 34 18 16 7 0 1 1 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 3 3 0 0 3
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 0 1 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 15 3 4 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 3 1 34 20 14 4 0 3 4 5
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 7 0 0 1 0
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 2 22 16 6 7 0 5 1 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 1 0 26 14 12 3 0 1 3 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 2 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 32 11 21 4 0 2 4 4
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 3 23 12 11 5 0 3 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 25 15 355 209 146 81 27 36 29 29

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