1983 VFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1983 between Geelong and Melbourne during round five of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Ian Nankervis captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong (16.14.110) were defeated by Melbourne (18.13.121).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Monday 25 April 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 28,591

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 16.14.110 - 18.13.121

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 2 10 . 4 13 . 8 16 . 14 16 . 14 (110)
Melbourne 1 . 2 6 . 8 15 . 13 18 . 13 18 . 13 (121)
Margin GEEL by 36 GEEL by 20 MELB by 17 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Tom Hafey

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 2 0 2 5
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 4 1 11 9 2 2 6 2 1
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 8 5 3 2 0 2 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 4 2
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 3 2 27 25 2 8 0 3 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 1 4 0
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 1 1 23 12 11 2 0 2 3
8 Lenaghan, Denis ? ? 2 2 20 16 4 5 0 3 0
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 3 38 3 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 1 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 33 17 16 2 0 2 1
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 1 0 3 1
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 0
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 2
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0
6 Waddell, Rod ? ? 2 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 1
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 16 14 300 203 97 59 45 42 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Bamblett, Les ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 2 0 0 2
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 0 2
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 2
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 1 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 3 0 1 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 2 4
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 4 0 1 5
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 15 4 11 4 1 0 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 1 1 2
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 0 0 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 4 2 1
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 17 2 3
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 28 23 5 4 0 0 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 4
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 2 3 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 8 4 15 15 0 9 0 2 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 4 1 19 12 7 6 0 3 0
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 13 266 192 74 61 25 24 42

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