1987 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1987 between Richmond and Sydney during round five of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Sydney at the MCG. Mark Lee captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tony Jewell and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Richmond (19.12.126) were defeated by Sydney (21.20.146).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Sydney
Date: Saturday 25 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,154

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Sydney
Score: 19.12.126 - 21.20.146

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 5 11 . 8 18 . 11 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Sydney 4 . 5 7 . 9 13 . 15 21 . 20 21 . 20 (146)
Margin RICH by 6 RICH by 23 RICH by 26 SYDN by 20 SYDN by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Mark Lee
Coach: Tony Jewell

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
D. Howlett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Trevor Poole RICH 23 3
Peter Wilson RICH 5 2
Greg Williams SYDN 2 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 0 0 1
18 Clark, Simon ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 2 0 1 0
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 3 1
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 1 0 0 1 1
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 2 0 1 0 3
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 1 3 1
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 3 1
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 16 6 10 4 9 2 3 7
11 Manton, John ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 3 1 1 1 2
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 3 0 16 10 6 6 0 0 0 1
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1 0
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 5 0 0 0 1
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 7 0 1 5 8
27 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 1 0 15 4 11 1 0 2 1 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 4 3 9 8 1 9 0 0 1 1
17 Smith, Craig ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 2 0 3 0 1
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 0 1
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 1 1 17 8 9 1 0 1 1 2
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 2 0 2 4 6
5 Wilson, Peter ? ? 4 1 18 14 4 6 0 2 1 5
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 19 12 282 179 103 59 12 21 29 45

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 3 1 12 7 5 0 3 1 0 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 1 14 5 9 0 0 1 2 0
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 2 27 22 5 2 0 3 3 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 7 5 20 15 5 10 0 0 4 3
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 0 0 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 1 1 1 0 3
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 1 0 0 3 2
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 4 2 1 3 5
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 2 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 12 1 11 2 16 0 4 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 4 0 19 12 7 7 0 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 3 0 1 3 2
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 1 2 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 1 0
37 Potter, Craig ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 1 0 1 1 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 2 2 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 0 1 3 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 1 31 14 17 4 0 1 4 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 0 0 1 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 20 285 178 107 44 22 17 45 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