1987 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 1987 between Sydney and Melbourne in the first semi final of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Sydney (10.13.73) were defeated by Melbourne (21.23.149).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 13 September 1987
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 80,292

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.13.73 - 21.23.149

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 12 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Melbourne 2 . 4 10 . 13 17 . 18 21 . 23 21 . 23 (149)
Margin SYDN by 5 MELB by 31 MELB by 60 MELB by 76 MELB by 76
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
D. Howlett

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 1 0 0 0 0
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 2 0 1 2 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 2 3 12 10 2 5 0 1 2 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 0 1 2
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 3 1 0 0 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 0 3 2
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 4 0 1 1 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 3 0 0 2
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 0 5 0
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 0 13 2 2 3
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 0 0 1 5 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 0 8 5 3 5 1 0 1 0
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 3 16 8 8 2 0 2 1 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 1 1
6 Scott, Brett ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 1 0 1 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 1 24 11 13 2 0 0 3 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 13 259 178 81 46 19 14 33 22

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 20 6 14 4 0 2 1 2
40 Campbell, Tony ? ? 3 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 2
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 1 3 18 15 3 6 0 2 0 4
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 2 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 4 4 15 12 3 5 0 3 2 0
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 3 1 23 15 8 5 0 2 4 4
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 0 1 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 3 19 13 6 0 0 2 1 1
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 6 0 1 2 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 0 0 2
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 12 0 2 0
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 1 1 1 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 2 1 23 22 1 6 0 2 3 1
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 4 14 0 0 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 2 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 0 4
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 0 0 3
15 Williams, David ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 4 0 1 2 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 21 23 272 195 77 68 27 23 22 33

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