1987 VFL Season Round 22: Fitzroy v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 29 August 1987 between Fitzroy and Sydney during round twenty-two of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Sydney at Princes Park. The hosts were coached by David Parkin and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (20.13.133) were defeated by Sydney (20.21.141).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Fitzroy v Sydney
Date: Saturday 29 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 11,170

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Sydney
Score: 20.13.133 - 20.21.141

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 4 12 . 6 18 . 11 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Sydney 6 . 5 10 . 10 16 . 14 20 . 21 20 . 21 (141)
Margin SYDN by 13 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 9 SYDN by 8 SYDN by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: David Parkin

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
John Ironmonger SYDN 1 3
Matt Armstrong FITZ 14 2
Barry Mitchell SYDN 10 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 3 1 19 15 4 4 0 1 2 1
49 Bolzon, Robert ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 2
37 Cameron, Stuart ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 4 3 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 3 3 13 12 1 3 0 0 0 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 8 0 0 0 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 1 0 1
48 Hinkley, Ken ? ? 5 2 13 7 6 4 0 1 0 1
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 1 0 1 4 0
36 Knight, Phillip ? ? 1 0 29 18 11 4 0 2 4 0
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 8 4 0 3 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 4 0 0 2 2
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 6 0 0 1 0
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 0 4 3
28 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 7 0 1 1 2
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 3 18 6 12 7 0 1 0 2
31 Strooper, David ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 1 2
2 Thomas, Keith ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 2 2
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 4 0 3 1 1
39 Trewella, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 13 298 197 101 82 4 19 29 22

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 4
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 20 8 12 1 0 1 0 0
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 1 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 2 2 7 5 2 3 1 0 0 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 4 4 12 8 4 3 0 0 2 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 1
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 3 1 13 11 2 6 1 2 1 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 1 2 1
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 2 0 3 3 1
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 1 1
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 12 1 11 2 31 1 1 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 4 5 30 19 11 2 0 1 1 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 2 15 9 6 4 0 3 3 3
31 Phyland, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 4
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 2 0
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 1
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 1 1 23 16 7 6 0 3 1 3
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 0 36 14 22 3 0 0 1 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 2 29 19 10 1 0 2 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 21 304 185 119 54 33 21 22 29

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