1989 VFL Season Round 15: Sydney v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1989 between Sydney and Footscray during round fifteen of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Footscray at the SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Steve Wallis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Sydney (16.21.117) defeated Footscray (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Sydney v Footscray
Date: Sunday 16 July 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 8,010

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Footscray
Score: 16.21.117 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 5 . 5 11 . 12 13 . 16 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Footscray 2 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 10 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin SYDN by 21 SYDN by 37 SYDN by 30 SYDN by 40 SYDN by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Footscray

Captain: Steve Wallis
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Luckman
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Terry Thripp SYDN 12 3
Mark Eustice SYDN 6 2
Darren Ogier SYDN 43 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 2 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 2
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 5 0 1 0 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 1 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 6 2 0 1 3
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 2 2 29 24 5 6 0 0 1 2
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 2 0 3
11 Holdsworth, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 0
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 2 2 0 4 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 1 27 16 11 5 0 1 1 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 2 0 0 1 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 7 0 0 1 1
43 Ogier, Darren ? ? 5 3 14 11 3 5 0 0 0 0
19 Parsons, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 8 14 2 1 3
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 1
38 Scott, Brett ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 0 0 1 0 3
37 Teal, Robert ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 4 0 2 1 2
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 1 3 28 23 5 9 1 6 5 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 2 4 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 0 0 2 6 2
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 16 21 322 233 89 78 19 23 28 32

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Atkins, Simon ? ? 2 2 21 11 10 2 0 1 1 2
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1 1
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 0 3 18 12 6 7 2 1 0 3
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 0
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 10 4 1 2 1
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 1 0
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 1 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 2 1
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 3 3 1
10 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 1 2
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 3 3 2 3 3
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 3 1 1
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 2 1 20 14 6 1 0 0 3 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 0 0 1
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 2 27 18 9 6 0 2 4 5
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 0 36 22 14 7 0 2 3 0
24 Wallis, Steve (c) ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 2 2
6 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 0 2 0
28 Williams, Mark ? ? 2 1 16 9 7 7 1 2 1 1
15 Wynd, Scott ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 5 5 3 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 17 330 208 122 76 15 25 32 28

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