1987 VFL Round 6: Sydney v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 1987 between Sydney and Carlton during round 6 of the 1987 VFL season. Sydney hosted Carlton at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Stephen Kernahan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, D. Bolton, M. Browning, W. Capper, R. Carter, N. Cordy, P. Hawke, G. Healy, W. Henwood, C. Holden, J. Ironmonger, B. Mitchell, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, C. Potter, T. Smith, B. Toohey, G. Williams, S. Wright

Carlton
S. Kernahan (capt.), T. Alvin, C. Bradley, P. Dean, R. Dennis, J. Dorotich, B. Evans, D. Glascott, A. Gleeson, W. Johnston, M. Kennedy, J. Madden, W. McKenzie, P. Meldrum, P. Motley, F. Murphy, D. Rhys-Jones, S. Robertson, P. Sartori, S. Silvagni

Sydney (13.16.94) defeated Carlton (12.15.87).

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Mitchell (3), T. Morwood (3), W. Capper (2), S. Wright (2), M. Bayes, C. Potter, G. Williams
Carlton: S. Kernahan (5), W. Johnston (2), S. Silvagni (2), C. Bradley, P. Motley, D. Rhys-Jones

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

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Sydney v Carlton
Date: Friday 1 May 1987
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 33,659

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Carlton
Score: 13.16.94 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 7 . 3 10 . 9 12 . 14 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Carlton 4 . 5 6 . 7 9 . 10 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin SYDN by 16 SYDN by 26 SYDN by 22 SYDN by 7 SYDN by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Sydney), Robert Walls (Carlton)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Stephen Kernahan (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Clayton, P. Howe

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jon Dorotich CARL 6 3
David Murphy SYDN 35 2
Stephen Kernahan CARL 4 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 2 2 1 1 6
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 4 1 1 0 0
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 3 0 3 1 3
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 2 3 8 6 2 3 0 1 2 3
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 2 14 8 6 3 0 4 1 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 3 0 1 1 3
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 0 1 2 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 2 26 18 8 4 0 2 2 1
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 3 0 1 2
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 2 0
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 15 4 11 3 18 0 3 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 3 1 29 19 10 0 0 3 1 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 2 0 3 0 4
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 5 2 1
37 Potter, Craig ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 1 0 3 2 3
19 Smith, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 2 8 3 2 4 0 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 3 0 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 26 9 17 4 0 2 1 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 1 24 18 6 5 0 1 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 16 312 185 127 53 26 40 25 36

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Alvin, Tom ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 3 1 2
21 Bradley, Craig ? ? 1 3 22 19 3 3 0 0 3 1
35 Dean, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 1 4 1
3 Dennis, Richard ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 0 2 3
6 Dorotich, Jon ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 3 4
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 1 2 2
32 Glascott, David ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 0 2 0
12 Gleeson, Adrian ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 1 1 2
7 Johnston, Wayne ? ? 2 1 23 22 1 5 0 3 1 2
43 Kennedy, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 4 1 1
4 Kernahan, Stephen (c) ? ? 5 5 19 16 3 10 4 1 1 1
44 Madden, Justin ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 19 0 3 2
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 1 0
23 Meldrum, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 1 2 0
2 Motley, Peter ? ? 1 3 20 14 6 3 0 1 2 2
30 Murphy, Fraser ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 3 1 0
26 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 2 0
38 Robertson, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1 0
18 Sartori, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
1 Silvagni, Stephen ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 4 1 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 267 188 79 56 26 22 36 25

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