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Sydney vs Essendon Match Centre

Sunday 26-Jul-1987
Final Round 17
Sydney logo
Sydney Coach: Tom Hafey
236 36.20
73 11.7
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
S.C.G. Sydney by 163 SYD by 163
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Sydney

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

10 Barry Mitchell — · Position unavailable 6 Brett Scott — · Position unavailable 34 Paul Hawke — · Position unavailable 26 Stephen Wright — · Position unavailable 3 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 33 Terry Thripp — · Position unavailable 11 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 22 Craig Holden — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 15 Bernard Toohey — · Position unavailable 9 Wayne Henwood — · Position unavailable 4 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 39 Warwick Capper — · Position unavailable 16 David Bolton — · Position unavailable 13 Rod Carter — · Position unavailable 35 David Murphy — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Quirk — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Gavin Keane — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 14 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 46 David Johnston — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 8 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 38 Daryl Cunningham — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 23 Trevor Spencer — · Position unavailable 24 Brian Winton — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 17 Peter Francis — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD5.410.48.513.7236
ESS5.23.02.31.273

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Warwick CapperSYD
Behinds
4
Mark BayesSYD
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
Craig HoldenSYD

Team Stats

SYDESS

Scoring / Attack

36Goals11
18Behinds7
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

356Disposals250
219Kicks143
137Handballs107

Clearance / Contest

36Tackles25
19Hitouts27

Other

68Marks57
28Frees For21
21Frees Against28

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Sydney beat Essendon by 163 points, 236–73.

Sydney extended a 86-point three-quarter-time lead with a 85–8 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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