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Melbourne vs Sydney Match Centre

Saturday 13-Jun-1987
Final Round 12
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
76 11.10
112 17.10
Sydney Coach: Tom Hafey
Sydney logo
M.C.G. Sydney by 36 SYD by 36
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 35 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 20 Russell Richards — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 5 Robin White — · Position unavailable 39 Doug Koop — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 51 Glenn Lovett — · Position unavailable 32 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 41 Steve Turner — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable
Away team

Sydney

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 10 Barry Mitchell — · Position unavailable 33 Terry Thripp — · Position unavailable 23 Glenn Coleman — · Position unavailable 4 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 2 Greg Williams — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 9 Wayne Henwood — · Position unavailable 7 Dennis Carroll — · Position unavailable 37 Craig Potter — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Quirk — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 22 Craig Holden — · Position unavailable 15 Bernard Toohey — · Position unavailable 39 Warwick Capper — · Position unavailable 11 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 13 Rod Carter — · Position unavailable 28 Graeme Cordy — · Position unavailable 16 David Bolton — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.62.26.12.176
SYD4.32.26.35.2112

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Warwick CapperSYD
Behinds
4
Warwick CapperSYD
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Not available yet
Tackles
12
Bernard TooheySYD

Team Stats

MELSYD

Scoring / Attack

11Goals17
9Behinds9
1Behinds Rushed5

Possession

277Disposals340
181Kicks192
96Handballs148

Clearance / Contest

31Tackles40
24Hitouts16

Other

54Marks38
27Frees For31
31Frees Against27

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Sydney beat Melbourne by 36 points, 112–76.

Sydney extended a 17-point three-quarter-time lead with a 32–13 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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