1987 VFL Round 3: West Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 1987 between West Coast and Sydney during round 3 of the 1987 VFL season. West Coast hosted Sydney at Subiaco Oval. Ross Glendinning captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Alexander and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

West Coast
R. Glendinning (capt.), J. Annear, D. Bennett, M. Brennan, P. Davidson, J. Gastev, D. Holmes, L. Keene, D. Lamb, C. Lewis, C. Mainwaring, S. Malaxos, W. Matera, P. Narkle, M. O'Connell, P. Peos, P. Scott, R. Wiley, M. Wrensted, M. Zanotti

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), 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, C. Potter, I. Roberts, B. Toohey, G. Williams, S. Wright

West Coast (14.13.97) were defeated by Sydney (18.16.124).

Goalkickers
West Coast: D. Holmes (3), W. Matera (3), D. Bennett (2), C. Lewis (2), J. Annear, J. Gastev, D. Lamb, P. Scott
Sydney: W. Capper (5), M. Bayes (4), S. Wright (3), T. Morwood (2), G. Coleman, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, G. Williams

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Sydney were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: West Coast v Sydney
Date: Sunday 12 April 1987
Time: 12:10 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 35,719

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Sydney
Score: 14.13.97 - 18.16.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 4 . 3 9 . 5 13 . 13 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Sydney 5 . 5 9 . 8 12 . 9 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Margin SYDN by 8 SYDN by 3 WCST by 10 SYDN by 27 SYDN by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Alexander (West Coast), Tom Hafey (Sydney)
Captains: Ross Glendinning (West Coast), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams SYDN 2 3
Ross Glendinning WCST 4 2
Warwick Capper SYDN 39 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Annear, John ? ? 1 0 32 22 10 4 0 1 1 2
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 4 1 1 0 2
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 Davidson, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 4 0 1 0 1
30 Gastev, John ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 5 0 1 1 2
4 Glendinning, Ross (c) ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 12 0 2 0 1
33 Holmes, Don ? ? 3 2 19 15 4 8 0 0 4 0
25 Keene, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 26 0 0 2
5 Lamb, Dwayne ? ? 1 0 23 13 10 4 0 3 1 1
28 Lewis, Chris ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 7 0 3 1 4
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 7 1
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 0 2 22 10 12 4 0 4 3 2
1 Matera, Wally ? ? 3 1 19 9 10 1 0 1 0 3
7 Narkle, Phil ? ? 0 1 22 10 12 3 0 5 2 1
22 O'Connell, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 1 4 1
20 Peos, Paul ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 Scott, Phil ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 3 7 0 1 1
2 Wiley, Robert ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 1
32 Wrensted, Murray ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 0 0 1 2 0
27 Zanotti, Mark ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 1 0 1 2 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 13 337 217 120 74 34 28 32 30

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 4 0 18 14 4 2 1 2 2 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 21 7 14 0 0 2 1 4
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 2 0
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 5 3 14 10 4 12 0 1 0 3
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 1 0 2 1 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 1 1 1 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 3 1 0 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 33 17 16 2 0 4 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 3 1 2 3
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 1 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 12 4 8 3 14 1 0 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 4 31 19 12 4 0 4 6 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 4 17 12 5 4 0 0 1 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 6 0 2 3 4
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 5 1 1
37 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 2
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 3 3 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 3 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 33 10 23 4 0 1 2 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 3 1 17 8 9 0 0 4 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 16 340 189 151 52 22 41 30 32

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