1987 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1987 between Essendon and Sydney during round four of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Sydney at Windy Hill. Terry Daniher captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Essendon (17.11.113) defeated Sydney (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Monday 20 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 24,207

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 17.11.113 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 3 10 . 8 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Sydney 1 . 2 6 . 7 6 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin ESSE by 13 SYDN by 10 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
S. McDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brian Winton ESSE 24 3
Paul Salmon ESSE 3 2
John Ironmonger SYDN 1 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bailey, Dean ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 2 0 4
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 2 0 5 5 1
12 Clark, Steven ? ? 4 2 17 13 4 3 0 2 2 1
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 1 0
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 4 1 21 16 5 8 0 2 4 1
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 3 2 17 16 1 4 0 3 2 2
28 Flood, David ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 2
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 1 2
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 1 0 4 1 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 2 1 20 15 5 6 0 2 1 3
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 0 5
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 4 0 3 2 1
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 1 16 7 9 5 10 6 4 5
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 5 18 2 3 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 3 2 1
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 3 3 8 7 1 6 0 2 2 1
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 4 0 3 1 1
29 Walsh, Nick ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
13 Williams, Darren ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 5 0 2 4 3
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 4 0 2 7 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 11 334 228 106 67 28 48 42 39

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 3 3 1 1 6
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 1 0 3 1 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 0 5 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 3 1 7 6 1 4 0 0 2 4
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 1 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 3 0 1 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 0 0 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 29 18 11 4 0 5 3 2
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 1 2 1 2
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 3 0
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 16 3 13 8 8 1 3 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 3 18 14 4 1 0 1 1 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 3 4 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 1 19 8 11 3 0 1 1 2
37 Potter, Craig ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 3 0 5 1 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 1 3
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 0 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 3 2
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 3 12 0 0 8 4 3
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 2 19 8 11 1 0 4 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 12 277 173 104 48 15 45 39 42

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