1989 VFL Round 7: Sydney v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1989 between Sydney and North Melbourne during round 7 of the 1989 VFL season. Sydney hosted North Melbourne at SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. John Law captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, D. Bolton, D. Brown, R. Carter, N. Cordy, M. Eustice, G. Healy, W. Henwood, L. Higgins, M. Kellett, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, M. Phyland, R. Teal, T. Thripp, B. Toohey, G. Williams, D. Willis, S. Wright

North Melbourne
J. Law (capt.), B. Allison, M. Arceri, P. Bryce, B. Buckley, A. Clarkson, D. Dwyer, I. Fairley, P. German, M. Hepburn, D. Kickett, J. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Love, M. Martyn, J. McCarthy, D. McDonald, J. Romero, W. Schwass, R. Smith

Sydney (7.16.58) were defeated by North Melbourne (9.13.67).

Goalkickers
Sydney: G. Williams (2), M. Bayes, D. Brown, D. Carroll, M. Eustice, T. Thripp
North Melbourne: A. Clarkson (2), B. Allison, M. Arceri, D. Dwyer, M. Hepburn, D. Kickett, J. McCarthy, W. Schwass

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (down from 3rd) and North Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Sydney v North Melbourne
Date: Friday 12 May 1989
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 13,875

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by North Melbourne
Score: 7.16.58 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 6 4 . 8 5 . 14 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
North Melbourne 1 . 7 3 . 9 7 . 10 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin NMLB by 1 SYDN by 5 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Col Kinnear (Sydney), John Kennedy (North Melbourne)
Captains: Dennis Carroll (Sydney), John Law (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Johnson, B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Greg Williams SYDN 2 3
Matthew Larkin NMLB 9 2
Dennis Carroll SYDN 7 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 9 1 1 0 0
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
41 Brown, David ? ? 1 5 9 7 2 6 1 0 2 0
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 1 0 2 1 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 0 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 1 1
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 1 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 2 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 3 3 0 0 4
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 0 0 1 0 2
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 3 1 1 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 1 23 15 8 1 0 0 2 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 4 5 0
31 Phyland, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 1 0 2 3 2
37 Teal, Robert ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 4 0 0 2 1
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 2 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 2 4
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 2 3 34 17 17 6 0 3 4 1
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 16 0 1 5
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 16 279 185 94 52 24 23 29 28

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
33 Allison, Brett ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 1 0
17 Arceri, Mark ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 1
22 Bryce, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 3 3 1 2
14 Buckley, Ben ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 4 1 2
23 Clarkson, Alastair ? ? 2 2 7 6 1 2 0 1 3 0
5 Dwyer, David ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 1 0 3 0 1
6 Fairley, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 1 0
29 German, Peter ? ? 0 2 20 16 4 4 0 2 0 2
34 Hepburn, Mark ? ? 1 1 6 6 0 1 4 0 1 0
28 Kickett, Derek ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 2 0 4 1 2
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 5 0 2 0 3
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 1 0 1 3 2
13 Law, John (c) ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 1 4 1 2
39 Love, Jason ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 1 0
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 1 3 1
16 McCarthy, John ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 6 3 1 3 2
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 5 0 3 1
36 Romero, Jose ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 2 2
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 1 0 0 2 4
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 13 255 194 61 51 16 32 27 27

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