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Sydney vs Melbourne Match Centre

Sunday 13-Sep-1987
Final Semi Final
Sydney logo
Sydney Coach: Tom Hafey
73 10.13
149 21.23
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 76 MEL by 76
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 2 Greg Williams — · Position unavailable 3 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 22 Craig Holden — · Position unavailable 16 David Bolton — · Position unavailable 11 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 35 David Murphy — · Position unavailable 26 Stephen Wright — · Position unavailable 5 Ian Roberts — · Position unavailable 7 Dennis Carroll — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 13 Rod Carter — · Position unavailable 34 Paul Hawke — · Position unavailable 15 Bernard Toohey — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 6 Brett Scott — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 1 John Ironmonger — · Position unavailable 9 Wayne Henwood — · Position unavailable 23 Glenn Coleman — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 35 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 37 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 32 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 40 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 15 David Williams — · Position unavailable 39 Doug Koop — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD3.33.32.62.173
MEL2.48.97.54.5149

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Robert FlowerMEL
Behinds
4
Robert FlowerMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
3
3 tied leaders
Stephen WrightSYD

Team Stats

SYDMEL

Scoring / Attack

10Goals21
12Behinds18
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

259Disposals272
178Kicks195
81Handballs77

Clearance / Contest

14Tackles23
19Hitouts27

Other

46Marks68
33Frees For22
22Frees Against33

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Sydney by 76 points, 149–73.

Melbourne extended a 60-point three-quarter-time lead with a 29–13 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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—–—
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