1987 VFL Season Round 17: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 1987 between Sydney and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Essendon at the SCG. Terry Daniher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Sydney (36.20.236) defeated Essendon (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 26 July 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 23,009

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 36.20.236 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 5 . 4 15 . 8 23 . 13 36 . 20 36 . 20 (236)
Essendon 5 . 2 8 . 2 10 . 5 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin SYDN by 2 SYDN by 48 SYDN by 86 SYDN by 163 SYDN by 163
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Essendon

Captain: Terry Daniher
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. McDonald
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brett Scott SYDN 6 3
Tony Morwood SYDN 21 2
Stephen Wright SYDN 26 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 3 4 20 13 7 4 3 1 0 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 0 2
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 0 21 16 5 2 0 4 5 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 3 12 4 5 0
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 6 3 11 9 2 6 0 0 2 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 1 1 0 0
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 2 1 27 10 17 2 0 1 4 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 4 0 24 18 6 1 0 0 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 2 1 1 3
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 2 0 5 1 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 3 1 38 19 19 4 0 1 1 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 12 0 2 2 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 3 3 15 9 6 5 1 3 1 0
20 Quirk, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 3 1 31 22 9 4 0 2 1 2
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 2 1 24 12 12 4 0 3 2 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 2 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 5 1 25 16 9 4 0 3 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 36 20 356 219 137 68 19 36 28 21

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
8 Clarke, Neil ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 2
38 Cunningham, Daryl ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 0 1
7 Daniher, Chris ? ? 0 1 10 3 7 4 0 0 0 1
5 Daniher, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 1 1 0
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 1 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 1 4
14 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 0 1 18 8 10 1 0 0 1 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 2 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 4 0
17 Francis, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 1
16 Hamilton, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 1 1 0
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 1 3 0
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 4 2 1
46 Johnston, David ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 4 2 1
35 Keane, Gavin ? ? 1 3 24 20 4 5 0 1 0 2
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 2 0 10 5 5 3 17 0 1 3
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 3 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 9 1 1 3
23 Spencer, Trevor ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 3 1 3 0 2
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 5 0 3 0 2
30 Walsh, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 0
24 Winton, Brian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 7 250 143 107 57 27 25 21 28

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