1987 VFL Round 8: Sydney v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1987 between Sydney and Fitzroy during round 8 of the 1987 VFL season. Sydney hosted Fitzroy at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Matthew Rendell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

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

Fitzroy
M. Rendell (capt.), M. Armstrong, D. Barwick, J. Blakey, S. Clayton, M. Gale, L. Harris, K. Hinkley, D. Kappler, G. Keane, P. Knight, G. Lawrie, C. McGrath, S. McIvor, R. Osborne, T. Pekin, B. Stephens, K. Thomas, R. Thornton, J. Wynd

Sydney (13.9.87) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.20.116).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Capper (6), M. Browning (2), G. Cordy (2), M. Bayes, G. Healy, T. Morwood
Fitzroy: R. Osborne (4), B. Stephens (2), K. Thomas (2), J. Wynd (2), M. Armstrong, D. Barwick, L. Harris, D. Kappler, S. McIvor, R. Thornton

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 1st on the ladder and Fitzroy were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Sydney v Fitzroy
Date: Friday 15 May 1987
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 24,358

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Fitzroy
Score: 13.9.87 - 16.20.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 3 8 . 4 10 . 4 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Fitzroy 6 . 4 10 . 11 13 . 15 16 . 20 16 . 20 (116)
Margin FITZ by 13 FITZ by 19 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 29 FITZ by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Sydney), David Parkin (Fitzroy)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Matthew Rendell (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Keane FITZ 25 3
Ross Thornton FITZ 4 2
Warwick Capper SYDN 39 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 3 4 0 1 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 4 0 2 3 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 2 0
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 6 3 17 13 4 11 0 2 4 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 0 1 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 1 1 1 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 2 1 7 4 3 3 1 1 2 0
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 0 0 20 8 12 3 0 1 2 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 4 0 2 1 3
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 1 2 0 2 4
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 2 0 0 3 0
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 20 3 17 6 21 0 4 3
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 0 2 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 6 0
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 2 2
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 1 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 2 3
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 2 2 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 9 291 185 106 58 30 14 42 27

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 2
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 5 0 3 2 3
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 3 1
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 30 20 10 2 0 3 2 3
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 1 0 2
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 0 18 9 9 0 0 1 2 2
48 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 1 1 25 13 12 8 0 0 2 3
25 Keane, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 10 0 0 1 3
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 0 0 25 13 12 4 0 5 1 3
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 2 1 4
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 0 1 3
17 McIvor, Scott ? ? 1 0 19 6 13 1 0 0 0 3
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 4 3 18 16 2 7 0 1 2 2
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 2 0 3
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 4 8 3 4 1
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 2 3 11 7 4 3 0 3 2 3
2 Thomas, Keith ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 1 0 0 1 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 1 1 34 29 5 2 0 2 2 0
30 Wynd, Jim ? ? 2 2 23 16 7 1 0 1 1 0
Rushed 7
Total (20 players) 16 20 354 217 137 69 8 30 27 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