1987 VFL Season Round 9: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 1987 between Geelong and Sydney during round nine of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Sydney at Kardinia Park. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Geelong (15.14.104) defeated Sydney (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Sunday 24 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 24,817

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Sydney
Score: 15.14.104 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 7 . 9 9 . 9 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Sydney 4 . 6 4 . 10 10 . 13 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin SYDN by 15 GEEL by 17 SYDN by 10 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Devine

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Flanigan GEEL 14 3
Martin Christensen GEEL 47 2
Michael Kol GEEL 37 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 2 2 19 14 5 6 0 4 3 3
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 5 0 0 2 3
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 5 0 2 3 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 1 3 0
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 3 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1 4
36 Cameron, David ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
47 Christensen, Martin ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 5 0 3 3 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 2 2 20 12 8 2 0 3 5 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 2 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 7 1 0 0 4
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 10 13 2 3 4
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 0 1 3
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 0 0 1
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 5 5 14 13 1 6 0 3 1 1
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 1 1 2 1
45 Scott, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 3 2 3
10 Troy, Darren ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 4 0 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 2 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 0 1
33 Whyte, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 3 0 1 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 14 311 201 110 72 15 30 35 39

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 5 2 1 0 0
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 17 8 9 1 0 1 2 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 21 17 4 5 0 0 2 3
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 4 4 12 9 3 6 0 1 2 2
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 3 2 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 0 3 2
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 2 4
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 1 1 27 14 13 2 0 2 3 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 2 2
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 1 1 2 0
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 2 2 0
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 11 3 8 5 14 1 1 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 1 0 2 4 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 8 1 2 1 5
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 3 2 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 19 7 12 1 1 4 1 2
19 Smith, Tony ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 0 0 3 3 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 0 0 2 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 299 176 123 54 19 30 39 35

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