1987 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 13 June 1987 between Melbourne and Sydney during round twelve of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (11.10.76) were defeated by Sydney (17.10.112).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 13 June 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,696

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 11.10.76 - 17.10.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 6 3 . 8 9 . 9 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Sydney 4 . 3 6 . 5 12 . 8 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Margin SYDN by 15 SYDN by 15 SYDN by 17 SYDN by 36 SYDN by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
S. Harris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gerard Healy SYDN 3 3
Glenn Coleman SYDN 23 2
Graeme Yeats MELB 8 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 1 0 1 0 3
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 2 0 2 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 3 15 10 5 4 0 1 0 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 2 0
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 0 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 3 5
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 1 3
51 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 1 0 3 1 3
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 2 3 18 9 9 3 0 2 1 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 3 2 3
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 7 18 4 0 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 0 3 0
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 2 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 4 0 2 0 1
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 3 1 3 2
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 0 1 3 0 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 5 0 0 3 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 5 0 1 2 0
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 0 32 23 9 4 0 2 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 10 277 181 96 54 24 31 27 31

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 0 3 2 3 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 0
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 1 1 0
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 5 4 12 12 0 7 0 0 4 2
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 0 0 1 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 1 12 6 6 2 0 0 1 2
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 5 8 2 0 0
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 0 0 0 1 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 29 17 12 0 1 4 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 1 3 0 0 0
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 5 3
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 3 0 28 18 10 0 0 2 5 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 2 15 10 5 3 1 2 2 3
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 21 8 13 3 0 3 2 1
37 Potter, Craig ? ? 1 0 17 7 10 0 0 2 1 0
20 Quirk, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 2 3 2
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 1 0 25 16 9 3 0 2 2 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 12 0 6
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 21 7 14 0 0 4 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 10 340 192 148 38 16 40 31 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