1982 VFL Season Round 22: Melbourne v Sydney

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

Melbourne (25.13.163) defeated Sydney (22.16.148).

Match Details

Season: 1982 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 28 August 1982
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,521

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 25.13.163 - 22.16.148

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 11 . 8 18 . 10 25 . 13 25 . 13 (163)
Sydney 5 . 6 12 . 9 15 . 11 22 . 16 22 . 16 (148)
Margin SYDN by 3 SYDN by 7 MELB by 17 MELB by 15 MELB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Sydney

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ricky Quade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 2
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 4 0 4
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 0 2
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 2 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 2 26 15 11 7 0 1 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 3 2 31 21 10 4 0 4 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 8 3 24 18 6 4 0 3 1
18 Hutchison, Greg ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 4 0 1 3
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 4 14 3 0 0 0
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 5 0 7 6 1 3 4 2 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 0 1
49 McKenzie, Stuart ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 27 2 4
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 2 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 3 23 16 7 1 0 4 2
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 5 0 2 5
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 3 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 4 3
46 Tossol, Peter ? ? 2 1 11 5 6 1 0 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 1 28 7 21 8 0 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 25 13 332 202 130 63 39 35 35

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 0 3 0
12 Braddy, Craig ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 3 1 0 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 2 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 4
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 3
18 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 3 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 6 2 1 1
6 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 3 3 9 9 0 1 0 0 0
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 3 22 15 7 3 0 2 3
34 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 1
28 Lucas, Jack ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2
32 Morwood, Paul ? ? 1 0 31 25 6 6 0 3 1
41 Morwood, Shane ? ? 2 1 24 18 6 3 0 2 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 3 1 19 12 7 5 0 4 1
22 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 2 1 19 8 11 11 14 2 0
38 Scott, Brett ? ? 1 2 24 23 1 4 0 3 3
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 0
24 Taubert, Steven ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 6 6 4 4
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 2 0 23 17 6 3 0 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 16 296 219 77 72 23 35 35

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