1983 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 1983 between Melbourne and Sydney during round six of the 1983 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 (18.18.126) defeated Sydney (12.21.93).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 30 April 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,590

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 18.18.126 - 12.21.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 6 6 . 10 11 . 17 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Sydney 2 . 7 5 . 13 8 . 17 12 . 21 12 . 21 (93)
Margin MELB by 5 MELB by 3 MELB by 18 MELB by 33 MELB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Sydney

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ricky Quade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Carbines
G. Morrow

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 4 0 1 3
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 1 17 8 9 2 0 0 5
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 0 6
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 3
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 3 3
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 29 18 11 3 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 3 1 21 12 9 11 0 1 4
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 1
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 21 10 11 5 0 2 5
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 19 9 10 2 0 2 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 3 26 20 6 4 0 1 2
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 9 3 1
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 10 27 2 4
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 3 0 1 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 4 0 3 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 1 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 5 13 10 3 7 5 2 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 7 2 28 19 9 10 0 3 2
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 3 0 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 18 345 209 136 81 41 35 49

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 4 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 2
20 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
12 Braddy, Craig ? ? 3 2 14 12 2 5 0 4 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 3 3
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 3 0 2 1
18 Carroll, Wayne ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 1 1 4 4
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 1
2 Catoggio, Vin ? ? 1 3 13 10 3 2 0 2 2
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 4 13 11 2 4 0 1 2
50 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 5 0 1 1
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 3
34 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 4 3
28 Lucas, Jack ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 0
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 7 0 3 2
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 8 0 4 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 2 1
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 2 1 22 14 8 10 7 4 2
17 Winbanks, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 2 0 1
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 2 0 6 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 21 288 205 83 68 12 49 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