1987 VFL Round 18: Sydney v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1987 between Sydney and Richmond during round 18 of the 1987 VFL season. Sydney hosted Richmond at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Mark Lee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

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

Richmond
M. Lee (capt.), B. Bower, C. Burton, S. Clark, P. Czerkaski, P. Egan, M. Eustice, J. Hogg, S. James, J. Jess, J. Manton, M. Mitchell, D. Palm, M. Pickering, T. Poole, M. Rioli, M. Roach, M. Thomson, D. Weightman, P. Wilson

Sydney (31.12.198) defeated Richmond (15.17.107).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Capper (5), M. Neagle (5), T. Morwood (4), M. Bayes (3), B. Scott (3), B. Mitchell (2), G. Williams (2), S. Wright (2), D. Bolton, D. Carroll, P. Hawke, G. Healy, B. Toohey
Richmond: T. Poole (5), J. Jess (3), M. Thomson (2), B. Bower, M. Mitchell, M. Pickering, D. Weightman, P. Wilson

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Richmond remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Sydney v Richmond
Date: Friday 31 July 1987
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 17,157

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Richmond
Score: 31.12.198 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 8 . 5 16 . 7 22 . 10 31 . 12 31 . 12 (198)
Richmond 2 . 3 6 . 11 12 . 14 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin SYDN by 38 SYDN by 56 SYDN by 56 SYDN by 91 SYDN by 91
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Sydney), Tony Jewell (Richmond)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Mark Lee (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Mitchell, M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Merv Neagle SYDN 4 3
Tony Morwood SYDN 21 2
Neil Cordy SYDN 29 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 3 0 15 8 7 3 3 0 3 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 0 29 12 17 4 0 1 0 0
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 3 9 0 10 0 2 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 5 1 8 7 1 6 0 1 0 4
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 1 0 2 2 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 1 0 1 0
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 1 1 29 11 18 2 0 1 2 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 3 3 1 0 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 2 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 2 0 28 13 15 0 0 1 2 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 4 3 18 12 6 9 0 0 1 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 5 2 19 13 6 5 0 2 1 1
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 3 1 13 7 6 1 0 0 1 0
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 1 1 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 1 0 2 0 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 2 0 34 22 12 6 0 0 3 3
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 1 28 9 19 2 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 31 12 359 202 157 61 17 17 23 27

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
31 Bower, Brendan ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 2 0 0 2 0
2 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 0 0 1 3 2
18 Clark, Simon ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 4 0 0 0
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 2 0
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 0 2 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
4 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 3 0 1 0 0
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 3 2 2
40 James, Stephen ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 3 0 0 1 1
20 Jess, Jim ? ? 3 2 14 7 7 8 0 0 0 0
1 Lee, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 12 0 0 3
11 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 5 0
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 1 2 28 8 20 5 0 4 1 3
6 Palm, David ? ? 0 1 22 12 10 5 0 2 1 2
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 1 1 23 9 14 7 0 0 1 2
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 5 4 17 11 6 8 0 0 1 2
27 Rioli, Maurice ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 4 0 4 1 2
8 Roach, Michael ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 1
15 Thomson, Michael ? ? 2 1 28 16 12 3 0 2 0 0
3 Weightman, Dale ? ? 1 0 26 11 15 3 0 1 6 1
5 Wilson, Peter ? ? 1 0 15 6 9 2 0 3 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 17 340 184 156 68 16 23 27 23

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