1991 AFL Season Round 23: Sydney v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1991 between Sydney and Fitzroy during round twenty-three of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Fitzroy at the SCG. Dennis Carroll captained the hosts. Richard Osborne captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Col Kinnear and the visitors were coached by Robert Shaw.

Sydney (21.14.140) defeated Fitzroy (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Sydney v Fitzroy
Date: Friday 23 August 1991
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 8,553

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Fitzroy
Score: 21.14.140 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 7 . 2 15 . 6 19 . 10 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin SYDN by 23 SYDN by 60 SYDN by 78 SYDN by 46 SYDN by 46
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Fitzroy

Captain: Richard Osborne
Coach: Robert Shaw

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Bird
H. Kennedy

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Leon Higgins SYDN 47 3
Brad Tunbridge SYDN 48 2
Mark Athorn SYDN 23 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
23 Athorn, Mark ? ? 0 0 31 17 14 5 0 2 2 0
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 18 2 16 0 0 2 0 1
13 Brunton, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 2 1 2
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 2 2 26 16 10 3 0 1 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 8 0 2 2 0
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 2 0 26 23 3 4 0 2 3 1
14 Kelly, Paul ? ? 3 2 20 10 10 4 0 4 0 1
37 Lawson, Jamie ? ? 1 1 18 11 7 1 0 2 0 1
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 5 2 25 18 7 7 0 3 2 1
32 Love, Jason ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 6 1 2 0 2
50 McAsey, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 1 0
45 McKenzie, Warren ? ? 2 1 15 6 9 5 3 1 1 0
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 0 1 34 13 21 2 0 0 0 1
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 2 26 12 14 8 0 1 2 0
40 Nettelbeck, Craig ? ? 3 2 12 8 4 6 0 0 0 2
28 Page, Glenn ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 3 1
48 Tunbridge, Brad ? ? 1 0 19 7 12 6 22 0 3 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 1 22 7 15 1 0 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 14 358 197 161 70 26 25 24 18

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
32 Baldwin, Jason ? ? 1 0 21 9 12 6 0 1 0 0
18 Blakey, John ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 1 3 0 1
17 Broderick, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 0 0 1 0 0
50 Caven, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
16 Cormack, Joe ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 5 0 2 0 1
2 Dundas, Matthew ? ? 1 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 2 2
54 Elliott, Jamie ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 2 0 1 0 0
49 Harding, Dean ? ? 2 2 14 8 6 2 0 1 0 2
21 Kappler, Darren ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 1 2 1 2
19 Klaebe, Brenton ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 3 22 18 4 10 1 1 3 1
29 Lyon, Ross ? ? 1 1 11 5 6 1 0 1 2 0
5 McCormack, Brendan ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 3
25 O'Connell, David ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 7 8 0 2 3
44 Osborne, Richard (c) ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 2 0 3 0 2
28 Paxman, Stephen ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 2 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 2 1 1 2 2
33 Stephens, Brett ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 0 0 0
12 Wheildon, Darren ? ? 5 3 14 12 2 6 0 1 1 4
8 Wynd, Jim ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 16 303 187 116 62 12 23 18 24

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