1983 VFL Season Round 3: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1983 between Footscray and Melbourne during round three of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Jim Edmond captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Hampshire and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray (16.15.111) defeated Melbourne (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 9 April 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,485

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 16.15.111 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 8 . 5 9 . 7 10 . 11 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 7 8 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin FOOT by 38 FOOT by 30 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Ian Hampshire

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 4 0 9 8 1 5 0 2 1
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 1 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 1 1 26 21 5 5 0 2 2
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 1 4 13 9 4 1 0 4 0
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 2
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 3 4 3
17 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 3 1 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 3
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 0 3
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 4
15 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 4 1 0 1
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 4 0 18 15 3 5 0 1 3
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 2 0
40 Perrin, Brian ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 2 0 0 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 9 25 7 7
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 3 3 23 14 9 9 0 1 2
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 2
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 2
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 3 1 23 20 3 5 1 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 15 279 205 74 61 33 39 43

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Bamblett, Les ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 0 0 1 4
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 4
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 2 1 11 11 0 3 0 1 0
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 1 2
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 5 2 18 17 1 5 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 3 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 2 12 12 0 3 0 6 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 3 11 9 2 2 0 1 3
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 12 0 2 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 4 1 5 2
24 McCarthy, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 5 2 2
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 5 15 6 4
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 1 0 2 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 3
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 1 7 2 5 4 0 1 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 6 0 4 3
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 13 284 197 87 59 21 43 38

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