1987 VFL Season Round 2: Sydney v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 April 1987 between Sydney and Footscray during round two of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Footscray at the SCG. Rick Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Sydney (27.25.187) defeated Footscray (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Sydney v Footscray
Date: Sunday 5 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 15,268

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Footscray
Score: 27.25.187 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 8 . 2 16 . 9 22 . 17 27 . 25 27 . 25 (187)
Footscray 3 . 6 8 . 8 10 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin SYDN by 26 SYDN by 49 SYDN by 79 SYDN by 108 SYDN by 108
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams SYDN 2 3
Mark Browning SYDN 11 2
David Murphy SYDN 35 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Bartholomaeus, Grant ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 5 2 22 14 8 3 4 3 1 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 2 1 16 5 11 2 0 0 0 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 3 32 22 10 5 0 1 1 0
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 3 4 16 10 6 4 0 1 2 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 0 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 3 38 19 19 6 2 3 1 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 7 1 0 0 0
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 1 0 1 2 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 19 4 3 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 1 21 11 10 2 0 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 4 22 11 11 2 0 2 0 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 2 2 33 18 15 4 0 0 2 0
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 27 10 17 0 0 0 1 2
37 Potter, Craig ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 3 2 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 1 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 0 1
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 0 3 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 4 1 38 18 20 7 0 2 1 3
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 1 22 11 11 1 0 1 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 27 25 395 209 186 61 26 24 24 22

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 2 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 0 2 5 3 2 1 0 2 1 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 1 2 19 13 6 5 0 0 0 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 2 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 0 7 2 5 1 2 0 0 3
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 2 2
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 1 1 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 2 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 0 3
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 3 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 4 0 1 0 5
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 2 2 0
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 1 0
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 1 0 8 3 5 0 0 2 2 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 11 0 4 2
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 8 0 0 0 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 2 26 23 3 4 0 2 0 2
19 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 2 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 2 0 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 13 230 179 51 58 13 13 22 24

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