1987 VFL Season Round 8: Sydney v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1987 between Sydney and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Fitzroy at the 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 (13.9.87) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.20.116).

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

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Fitzroy

Captain: Matthew Rendell
Coach: David Parkin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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