1991 AFL Round 23: Sydney v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 23 August 1991 between Sydney and Fitzroy during round 23 of the 1991 AFL season. Sydney hosted Fitzroy at 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
D. Carroll (capt.), M. Athorn, D. Bolton, N. Brunton, N. Cordy, L. Higgins, P. Kelly, J. Lawson, D. Lewis, J. Love, T. Luff, D. McAsey, W. McKenzie, B. Mitchell, D. Murphy, C. Nettelbeck, G. Page, B. Toohey, B. Tunbridge, G. Williams

Fitzroy
R. Osborne (capt.), J. Baldwin, J. Blakey, P. Broderick, P. Caven, J. Cormack, M. Dundas, J. Elliott, D. Harding, D. Kappler, B. Klaebe, A. Lynch, R. Lyon, B. McCormack, D. O'Connell, S. Paxman, P. Roos, B. Stephens, D. Wheildon, J. Wynd

Sydney (21.14.140) defeated Fitzroy (13.16.94).

Goalkickers
Sydney: D. Lewis (5), P. Kelly (3), C. Nettelbeck (3), D. Carroll (2), L. Higgins (2), W. McKenzie (2), J. Lawson, J. Love, T. Luff, B. Tunbridge
Fitzroy: D. Wheildon (5), D. Harding (2), J. Baldwin, P. Caven, J. Cormack, M. Dundas, R. Lyon, R. Osborne

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 12th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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