1982 VFL Season Round 1: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 March 1982 between Sydney and Melbourne during round one of the 1982 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Melbourne at the SCG. Barry Round captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ricky Quade and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Sydney (20.17.137) defeated Melbourne (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 28 March 1982
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 15,764

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 20.17.137 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 6 10 . 7 18 . 9 20 . 17 20 . 17 (137)
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 9 11 . 10 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Margin SYDN by 9 SYDN by 28 SYDN by 41 SYDN by 29 SYDN by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ricky Quade

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sawers
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
14 Allender, Stephen ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 12 1 1
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 35 19 16 4 1 4 2
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 0 1
18 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 3 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 2
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 3 2 16 9 7 2 0 4 1
6 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 2 4 15 14 1 2 0 2 0
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 2 1 21 15 6 3 0 1 4
27 James, Max ? ? 1 2 9 9 0 3 0 1 3
34 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 2 0 1 4
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 3 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 2 3 13 12 1 4 0 1 4
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 2
10 Roberts, John ? ? 4 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 2
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 23 10 13 7 21 2 1
38 Scott, Brett ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 0
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 2
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 1 11 6 5 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 17 285 198 87 53 34 29 37

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 0 0 5 2
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 0 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 4 1 2 0
8 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 3
34 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 3
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 0 0 3 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 28 13 15 8 0 2 3
20 Gaunt, Graham ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 3 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 1 0 2 0
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 5 1
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 3 2 13 7 6 3 0 2 2
10 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 6 33 1 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 1 25 19 6 3 0 1 1
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 2 0 21 17 4 4 0 2 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 3 0 1 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 3 3 29 21 8 7 0 3 3
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 12 311 205 106 56 41 37 29

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