1987 VFL Season Round 21: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1987 between Sydney and Geelong during round twenty-one of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Geelong at the SCG. Damian Bourke captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Devine.

Sydney (18.14.122) were defeated by Geelong (18.23.131).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Sunday 23 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 23,953

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 18.14.122 - 18.23.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 5 . 7 10 . 10 15 . 12 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Geelong 3 . 8 6 . 11 10 . 15 18 . 23 18 . 23 (131)
Margin SYDN by 11 SYDN by 23 SYDN by 27 GEEL by 9 GEEL by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Henwood SYDN 9 3
Barry Mitchell SYDN 10 2
Paul Couch GEEL 7 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 1 1 1 2 0
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 1 17 7 10 4 0 1 1 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 6 0 1 0 1
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 1 1 1 1 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 6 3 9 9 0 4 0 1 4 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 1 2 1
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 9 4 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 3 2 1
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 6 7 1 0 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 4 1 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 4 0 33 19 14 2 0 0 5 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 4 2 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 4 2
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
31 Phyland, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 0 4 2 1
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 4 0 2 1 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 3 2 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 1 24 10 14 1 0 1 3 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 1 25 14 11 2 0 2 4 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 14 312 177 135 61 13 29 34 21

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
3 Bairstow, Mark ? ? 2 1 28 20 8 6 0 1 1 0
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 0 27 14 13 3 0 1 0 5
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 1 1 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 4 11 1 0 1
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 1 0 0 1 4
47 Christensen, Martin ? ? 2 0 21 13 8 5 0 1 0 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 5 0 23 17 6 7 0 0 2 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 2 3
58 Denham, Sean ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 3 0 3 1 1
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 0 5 25 19 6 9 0 1 0 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 5 7 0 0 2
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 0 2 2
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 0 1 23 16 7 5 0 3 3 1
39 Landy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 0 2 1
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 0
55 McCrabb, Austin ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 1 1 3
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 2 3 27 17 10 7 0 2 1 3
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 2 2
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 5 0 1 1 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 3 1 11 8 3 4 0 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 23 329 220 109 84 18 19 21 34

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