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Sydney vs Geelong Match Centre

Sunday 23-Aug-1987
Final Round 21
Sydney logo
Sydney Coach: Tom Hafey
122 18.14
131 18.23
Geelong Coach: John Devine
Geelong logo
S.C.G. Geelong by 9 GEE by 9
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 26 Stephen Wright — · Position unavailable 2 Greg Williams — · Position unavailable 9 Wayne Henwood — · Position unavailable 23 Glenn Coleman — · Position unavailable 33 Terry Thripp — · Position unavailable 11 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 16 David Bolton — · Position unavailable 15 Bernard Toohey — · Position unavailable 13 Rod Carter — · Position unavailable 22 Craig Holden — · Position unavailable 31 Michael Phyland — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 35 David Murphy — · Position unavailable 39 Warwick Capper — · Position unavailable 47 Leon Higgins — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 4 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Mark Bairstow — · Position unavailable 6 Dwayne Russell — · Position unavailable 27 Andrew Bews — · Position unavailable 17 Gavin Exell — · Position unavailable 7 Paul Couch — · Position unavailable 37 Michael Kol — · Position unavailable 47 Martin Christensen — · Position unavailable 41 Steve Hocking — · Position unavailable 39 Graeme Landy — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Bos — · Position unavailable 23 Michael Schulze — · Position unavailable 55 Austin McCrabb — · Position unavailable 58 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 26 Barry Stoneham — · Position unavailable 30 Damian Bourke — · Position unavailable 19 Neville Bruns — · Position unavailable 2 Bruce Lindner — · Position unavailable 14 Darren Flanigan — · Position unavailable 28 Tim Darcy — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD5.75.35.23.2122
GEE3.83.34.48.8131

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Warwick CapperSYD
Behinds
5
Gavin ExellGEE
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
2 tied leaders
Craig HoldenSYD

Team Stats

SYDGEE

Scoring / Attack

18Goals18
11Behinds20
5Behinds Rushed1

Possession

312Disposals329
177Kicks220
135Handballs109

Clearance / Contest

29Tackles19
13Hitouts18

Other

61Marks84
34Frees For21
21Frees Against34

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Sydney by 9 points, 131–122.

Geelong came from 27 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Sydney 56–20 in the final term to take the win.

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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