1989 VFL Round 3: Sydney v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 1989 between Sydney and West Coast during round 3 of the 1989 VFL season. Sydney hosted West Coast at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Murray Rance captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by John Todd.

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, G. Coleman, N. Cordy, M. Eustice, G. Healy, L. Higgins, P. Holdsworth, D. McAsey, B. Mitchell, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, M. Neagle, M. Parsons, I. Roberts, R. Teal, T. Thripp, B. Toohey, G. Williams, D. Willis

West Coast
M. Rance (capt.), J. Annear, A. Barich, M. Brennan, J. Cormack, S. Ellis, D. Hart, D. Laidley, K. Langdon, A. Lockyer, C. Mainwaring, S. Malaxos, G. McKenna, P. Melesso, D. O'Connell, D. Pyke, P. Scott, P. Sumich, C. Turley, J. Worsfold

Sydney (20.14.134) defeated West Coast (11.17.83).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Higgins (3), M. Parsons (3), R. Teal (3), T. Thripp (3), G. Coleman (2), G. Healy (2), D. Carroll, D. McAsey, D. Murphy, G. Williams
West Coast: S. Ellis (3), P. Scott (3), D. O'Connell (2), M. Brennan, D. Hart, P. Melesso

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (up from 11th) and West Coast remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Sydney v West Coast
Date: Sunday 16 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 11,298

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. West Coast
Score: 20.14.134 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 4 9 . 8 11 . 9 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
West Coast 3 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 15 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin SYDN by 5 SYDN by 18 SYDN by 6 SYDN by 51 SYDN by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Col Kinnear (Sydney), John Todd (West Coast)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), Murray Rance (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Forster, B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Eustice SYDN 6 3
Greg Williams SYDN 2 2
Terry Thripp SYDN 12 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 1 2
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 1 1 25 11 14 5 0 1 0 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 2 1 18 9 9 6 2 1 1 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 0 1 1
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 2 1 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 2 27 19 8 3 2 3 2 2
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 3 0 17 8 9 5 0 1 2 2
11 Holdsworth, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 0
33 McAsey, Darren ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 0 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 3 43 25 18 4 0 0 3 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 1 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 2 0 0 0 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 1 19 6 13 2 0 0 0 0
19 Parsons, Michael ? ? 3 1 12 7 5 4 7 0 2 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 2 0
37 Teal, Robert ? ? 3 2 21 16 5 7 0 3 0 1
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 3 1 19 11 8 3 0 2 2 3
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 0 3 0
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 1 1 38 17 21 9 0 1 2 1
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 8 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 14 357 207 150 69 19 18 26 23

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
2 Annear, John ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 7 0 1 2 3
38 Barich, Adrian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 5 2 1
14 Brennan, Michael ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 1 1
16 Cormack, Joe ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 Ellis, Shane ? ? 3 1 10 8 2 4 0 0 0 2
36 Hart, David ? ? 1 3 20 15 5 5 0 3 0 1
15 Laidley, Dean ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 0 2 2
19 Langdon, Karl ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 5 0 3 0 3
45 Lockyer, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 1 0
3 Mainwaring, Chris ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 5 0 2 3 1
8 Malaxos, Steve ? ? 0 2 29 20 9 8 0 2 2 0
17 McKenna, Guy ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 0
26 Melesso, Peter ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 4 0 1 1 1
21 O'Connell, David ? ? 2 2 11 8 3 7 4 0 1 2
1 Pyke, Don ? ? 0 2 20 12 8 2 0 3 3 1
23 Rance, Murray (c) ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 13 0 0 0 1
12 Scott, Phil ? ? 3 0 14 9 5 6 10 2 3 3
4 Sumich, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Turley, Craig ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 0 4 1 2
24 Worsfold, John ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 10 0 1 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 17 303 224 79 101 14 28 23 26

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