1991 AFL Round 8: Fitzroy v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1991 between Fitzroy and Sydney during round 8 of the 1991 AFL season. Fitzroy hosted Sydney at Princes Park. Richard Osborne captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Shaw and the visitors were coached by Col Kinnear.

Fitzroy
R. Osborne (capt.), J. Baldwin, J. Blakey, T. Board, M. Bunn, P. Caven, M. Dundas, J. Elliott, D. Harding, J. Ironmonger, A. Lynch, R. Lyon, J. McGrath, S. Paxman, P. Roos, D. Rowe, B. Stephens, S. Stevenson, D. Wheildon, J. Wynd

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Bayes, W. Capper, N. Cordy, B. Doolan, W. Henwood, L. Higgins, P. Kelly, J. Lawson, D. Lewis, J. Love, W. McKenzie, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, C. Nettelbeck, I. Roberts, T. Thripp, B. Toohey, G. Williams, S. Wright

Fitzroy (10.10.70) were defeated by Sydney (21.21.147).

Goalkickers
Fitzroy: D. Wheildon (3), R. Lyon (2), J. Baldwin, M. Dundas, R. Osborne, D. Rowe, S. Stevenson
Sydney: J. Love (5), G. Williams (5), D. Carroll (3), M. Bayes (2), W. Capper (2), D. Lewis (2), P. Kelly, D. Murphy

As a result of this match, Fitzroy remained 15th on the ladder and Sydney were then 9th on the ladder (up from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Sydney
Date: Saturday 11 May 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 7,416

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Sydney
Score: 10.10.70 - 21.21.147

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fitzroy	1	.	3	3	.	4	6	.	9	10	.	10	10	.	10	(70)
Sydney	6	.	4	15	.	11	18	.	14	21	.	21	21	.	21	(147)
Margin	SYDN by 31			SYDN by 79			SYDN by 77			SYDN by 77			SYDN by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Robert Shaw (Fitzroy), Col Kinnear (Sydney)
Captains: Richard Osborne (Fitzroy), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Anthony, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Greg Williams	SYDN	2	3
Dennis Carroll	SYDN	7	2
Dale Lewis	SYDN	3	1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
32	Baldwin, Jason	?	?	1	1	24	16	8	1	0	3	2	1
18	Blakey, John	?	?	0	1	12	12	0	2	0	1	2	2
42	Board, Terry	?	?	0	1	10	8	2	0	0	0	1	0
40	Bunn, Mark	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	1	2	1
50	Caven, Peter	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	0	0	1
2	Dundas, Matthew	?	?	1	0	18	15	3	5	0	0	1	1
54	Elliott, Jamie	?	?	0	0	12	5	7	1	0	2	1	0
49	Harding, Dean	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	1	0	0
6	Ironmonger, John	?	?	0	0	8	4	4	1	14	0	3	2
11	Lynch, Alastair	?	?	0	2	17	14	3	8	3	2	3	1
29	Lyon, Ross	?	?	2	0	20	8	12	3	0	1	2	3
26	McGrath, Justin	?	?	0	0	10	10	0	4	0	3	0	2
44	Osborne, Richard (c)	?	?	1	4	21	15	6	3	0	0	3	2
28	Paxman, Stephen	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	1	3	0
1	Roos, Paul	?	?	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	2	0	1
20	Rowe, Duane	?	?	1	0	25	16	9	5	0	1	2	2
33	Stephens, Brett	?	?	0	0	17	6	11	6	0	0	1	2
13	Stevenson, Shayne	?	?	1	0	17	11	6	2	0	0	1	0
12	Wheildon, Darren	?	?	3	0	8	6	2	2	0	2	2	3
8	Wynd, Jim	?	?	0	1	23	11	12	2	0	1	0	4
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				10	10	290	185	105	54	17	21	29	28

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
30	Bayes, Mark	?	?	2	0	14	8	6	4	2	0	1	2
39	Capper, Warwick	?	?	2	3	11	9	2	8	0	1	0	2
7	Carroll, Dennis (c)	?	?	3	1	31	17	14	5	0	1	0	2
29	Cordy, Neil	?	?	0	0	16	4	12	2	0	0	2	1
4	Doolan, Ben	?	?	0	0	18	12	6	4	0	0	2	0
9	Henwood, Wayne	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	1	2	1	0
47	Higgins, Leon	?	?	0	0	14	6	8	2	0	0	0	1
14	Kelly, Paul	?	?	1	2	19	13	6	5	0	2	3	2
37	Lawson, Jamie	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	Lewis, Dale	?	?	2	2	30	19	11	5	0	1	0	1
32	Love, Jason	?	?	5	3	22	17	5	12	0	0	0	3
45	McKenzie, Warren	?	?	0	1	13	7	6	6	14	0	3	3
10	Mitchell, Barry	?	?	0	1	32	15	17	5	0	0	3	4
35	Murphy, David	?	?	1	1	27	13	14	2	0	1	2	1
40	Nettelbeck, Craig	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1
5	Roberts, Ian	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	0	1	1
12	Thripp, Terry	?	?	0	0	27	15	12	5	0	1	1	1
15	Toohey, Bernard	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	3	0	0	3	1
2	Williams, Greg	?	?	5	2	37	22	15	6	0	2	3	1
26	Wright, Stephen	?	?	0	1	18	9	9	5	0	2	3	2
Rushed					4
Total (20 players)				21	21	373	216	157	85	17	14	28	29

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

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