1989 VFL Season Round 1: Sydney v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 1989 between Sydney and Richmond during round one of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Richmond at the SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Dale Weightman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by Kevin Bartlett.

Sydney (12.17.89) defeated Richmond (11.7.73).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Sydney v Richmond
Date: Sunday 2 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 8,611

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Richmond
Score: 12.17.89 - 11.7.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 3 6 . 7 11 . 14 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Richmond 3 . 3 8 . 5 9 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Margin SYDN by 6 RICH by 10 SYDN by 20 SYDN by 16 SYDN by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Richmond

Captain: Dale Weightman
Coach: Kevin Bartlett

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Carland
C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Murphy SYDN 35 3
Greg Williams SYDN 2 2
Dale Weightman RICH 3 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
34 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 2
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 1 2
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 3
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 3 28 25 3 3 1 0 1 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 3 0 0 3
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 0 3 0
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 3 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 0 18 15 3 2 0 1 3 3
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 3 11 8 3 4 0 0 2 5
35 Murphy, David ? ? 2 3 26 18 8 4 0 1 2 4
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 2 1 4
17 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 1 4 2
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 4 0 1 7 4
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 2 2 15 11 4 3 0 1 2 2
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 2 0 33 16 17 5 0 4 5 3
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 7 0 1 4
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 2 0 2 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 17 262 197 65 41 12 15 42 53

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
28 Czerkaski, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 2
13 Egan, Phil ? ? 2 0 20 16 4 2 0 1 3 4
24 Goodwin, Andy ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 3 3 1
34 Hogg, Jeff ? ? 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0
42 Honybun, David ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 8 8 0 3 4
38 Laffy, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 4
4 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 3 2 1
11 Manton, John ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 1 0
12 McKellar, Allan ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 0 0 2 8 1
7 Mitchell, Michael ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 0 2 3 6
22 Nichols, Trent ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 0 5
36 Nixon, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 7 0 4 0
2 Pickering, Justin ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 3 3
35 Pickering, Michael ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 4 0 0 3 4
23 Poole, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 5 2
21 Powell, Tim ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 1 0 0 1 1
10 Pym, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 0
17 Smith, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 1
3 Weightman, Dale (c) ? ? 3 0 14 13 1 1 0 0 8 1
19 Wilson, Peter ? ? 2 0 22 22 0 1 1 1 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 7 238 183 55 34 16 23 53 42

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