1988 VFL Round 20: Sydney v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1988 between Sydney and Fitzroy during round 20 of the 1988 VFL season. Sydney hosted Fitzroy at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Paul Roos captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by David Parkin.

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, D. Bolton, M. Byrne, R. Carter, G. Coleman, G. Cordy, N. Cordy, M. Eustice, G. Healy, L. Higgins, C. Holden, M. Kellett, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, C. Potter, B. Toohey, G. Williams, D. Willis, S. Wright

Fitzroy
P. Roos (capt.), M. Armstrong, J. Blakey, T. Board, A. Brockhurst, P. Broderick, S. Clayton, M. Gale, L. Harris, J. Ironmonger, D. Kappler, A. Lynch, R. Lyon, R. Osborne, T. Pekin, G. Pert, M. Rendell, B. Stephens, M. Trewella, J. Wynd

Sydney (24.16.160) defeated Fitzroy (14.13.97).

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Mitchell (6), G. Coleman (5), G. Williams (4), L. Higgins (3), G. Healy (2), M. Byrne, G. Cordy, C. Holden, B. Toohey
Fitzroy: P. Roos (5), S. Clayton (3), M. Armstrong (2), J. Blakey, J. Ironmonger, R. Lyon, R. Osborne

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Fitzroy were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Sydney v Fitzroy
Date: Sunday 14 August 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 13,811

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Fitzroy
Score: 24.16.160 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 4 7 . 8 14 . 11 24 . 16 24 . 16 (160)
Fitzroy 5 . 4 9 . 8 10 . 11 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin FITZ by 12 FITZ by 12 SYDN by 24 SYDN by 63 SYDN by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Sydney), David Parkin (Fitzroy)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Paul Roos (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Childs, D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Kellett SYDN 46 3
Leon Higgins SYDN 47 2
Barry Mitchell SYDN 10 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 6 1 1 1 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 1 0 5 1 1
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 3 8 1 1 2
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 30 24 6 3 0 1 4 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 1 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 5 2 10 9 1 7 1 0 1 2
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 1 1 1 2
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 2 21 15 6 1 1 1 1 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 3 3 17 13 4 7 0 2 1 2
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 1 1 1 1 0
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 0 0 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 6 3 26 13 13 2 0 1 1 0
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 28 19 9 7 0 1 4 0
17 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 2 20 7 13 1 1 6 1 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 5 1 1 0 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 4 1 39 14 25 7 0 4 1 1
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 5 10 2 1 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 1 16 8 8 1 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 24 16 332 201 131 73 25 30 22 21

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
14 Armstrong, Matt ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 3 0 0 0 1
18 Blakey, John ? ? 1 1 27 20 7 11 0 1 0 1
42 Board, Terry ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 1 2 0
5 Brockhurst, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 0 0 0
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 5 8 0 0 2 2 0
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 3 0 20 11 9 1 0 1 0 0
7 Gale, Michael ? ? 0 0 24 13 11 5 0 2 2 2
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 0 3
6 Ironmonger, John ? ? 1 0 18 7 11 6 15 0 2 0
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 1 0 1 1 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 3 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 1
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 1 6
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 1
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 2 1
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 3 0 1 1
1 Roos, Paul (c) ? ? 5 4 27 18 9 9 0 2 1 1
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 0 4 1
39 Trewella, Mark ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
30 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 2 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 13 304 192 112 63 18 20 21 22

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