1987 VFL Round 10: Sydney v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1987 between Sydney and North Melbourne during round 10 of the 1987 VFL season. Sydney hosted North Melbourne at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

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

North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), D. Ackerly, M. Arceri, D. Crocker, A. Demetriou, I. Fairley, P. German, D. Harris, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Law, J. Love, S. McCann, D. McDonald, D. McRae, J. Mossop, M. Passmore, R. Smith, D. Steele

Sydney (20.16.136) were defeated by North Melbourne (23.7.145).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Capper (7), T. Morwood (3), P. Hawke (2), B. Mitchell (2), M. Phyland (2), G. Williams (2), G. Healy, C. Holden
North Melbourne: J. Love (6), I. Fairley (4), P. German (3), M. Arceri (2), D. Crocker (2), S. McCann (2), J. Mossop (2), P. Krakouer, D. McRae

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 3rd on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Sydney v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 31 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 20,084

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by North Melbourne
Score: 20.16.136 - 23.7.145

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 6 9 . 10 15 . 13 20 . 16 20 . 16 (136)
North Melbourne 2 . 4 7 . 5 16 . 6 23 . 7 23 . 7 (145)
Margin SYDN by 8 SYDN by 17 SYDN by 1 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Sydney), John Kennedy (North Melbourne)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Mitchell, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darren Steele NMLB 7 3
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 2
Greg Williams SYDN 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 1 0 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 1 0 0 0 0
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 7 2 16 14 2 6 0 0 2 3
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 3 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 0 1 11 4 7 4 0 2 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 5 1 1 1 1
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 2 2 22 9 13 1 0 0 2 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 2 36 21 15 4 0 3 4 2
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 3 2 0 0
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 1 1 24 16 8 2 0 1 2 3
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 5 2 3 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 2 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 1 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 2 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 0
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 31 17 14 3 0 1 0 1
31 Phyland, Michael ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0
37 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 2 5
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 2 1 30 13 17 1 0 4 4 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 2 12 7 5 1 0 1 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 16 308 183 125 42 9 25 27 27

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 3 1
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 2 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 1 1
27 Crocker, Darren ? ? 2 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 0
28 Demetriou, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 2 4
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 4 0 15 11 4 8 1 0 1 1
29 German, Peter ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 3 2
26 Harris, Darren ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 5 0 0 2 5
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 3 1 1
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 1 1 22 16 6 5 0 1 1 2
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 1 36 17 19 4 0 3 3 0
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 3 1 0
39 Love, Jason ? ? 6 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 1 1
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 7 1 1 0 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 4 1 0 1
19 McRae, Dean ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1 2
4 Mossop, John ? ? 2 0 16 8 8 6 19 1 1 1
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 4 0 0 1 1
7 Steele, Darren ? ? 0 0 40 31 9 11 0 2 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 7 297 190 107 76 25 27 27 27

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