1983 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 1983 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round one of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Mark Williams captained the visitors with David Cloke as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by John Cahill.

Melbourne (19.11.125) were defeated by Collingwood (20.15.135).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 26 March 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 72,274

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 19.11.125 - 20.15.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 2 12 . 3 17 . 7 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Collingwood 5 . 7 9 . 10 15 . 12 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 11 MELB by 7 COLL by 10 COLL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Collingwood

Captain: Mark Williams
Vice-Captain: David Cloke
Coach: John Cahill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Bamblett, Les ? ? 2 0 20 15 5 1 0 3 2
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 28 14 14 1 0 2 3
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 0
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 6 0 1 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 4 1 14 12 2 3 0 2 9
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 3 1 24 13 11 5 0 1 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 6
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 4 17 14 3 5 0 0 0
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 0 18 8 10 4 0 2 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 3 1 4 3
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 1 2 7 5 2 2 10 1 3
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 1 29 1 6
40 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 3
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 0 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 2 7 6 1 5 0 1 4
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 0 31 22 9 7 0 3 2
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 11 304 200 104 65 40 31 47

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Annear, John ? ? 1 0 29 21 8 6 0 4 4
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 6 1
33 Cloke, David (vc) ? ? 3 0 8 6 2 4 11 2 2
47 Dalkin, Chris ? ? 1 2 17 10 7 6 1 2 1
19 Davis, Craig ? ? 2 2 7 7 0 3 0 0 2
8 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0
4 Hannebery, Mark ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 3 0 3 1
36 Kink, Rene ? ? 1 4 16 13 3 3 0 1 2
16 Lovell, Noel ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 1
29 Miles, Geoff ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 3 2
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 1 3 20 15 5 4 1 2 1
43 Shaw, Derek ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 23 6 2
11 Shaw, Gary ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 0
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 2 25 20 5 7 0 3 1
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 3 0
41 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 3
31 Weideman, Mark ? ? 5 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 3
21 Williams, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 6 0 7 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 15 290 206 84 69 36 47 31

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