1983 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 1983 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round seven of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at VFL Park. Robert Flower captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tony Jewell.

Melbourne (16.12.108) defeated St Kilda (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 7 May 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 25,192

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 16.12.108 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 8 . 4 12 . 9 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
St Kilda 3 . 1 8 . 3 9 . 5 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 1 MELB by 22 MELB by 33 MELB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tony Jewell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Clayton
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Bamblett, Les ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 2 3 22 17 5 2 0 2 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 31 16 15 6 0 3 4
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 0 1
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 0 33 22 11 7 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 2 23 10 13 2 0 1 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 1 16 8 8 4 0 0 3
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 7 13 6 0 5 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 3 0 0 4
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 4 0 3 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 0 1
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 0 16 2 4
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 26 18 8 3 0 2 2
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 2 0
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 0 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 4 2 16 13 3 8 1 0 5
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 5 2 25 22 3 10 0 3 4
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 12 370 228 142 71 20 30 40

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
52 Brown, Glen ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 3
11 Burns, Greg ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 4 0 0 1
51 Chiron, Dean ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 1 1 0 2
20 Cowie, Darryl ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 4 1 0 2
9 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 5 13 4 1
26 Cunningham, Daryl ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0
5 Cunningham, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 7 14 2 0 4 1
8 Dunne, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 1
33 Elphinstone, Robert ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 8 0 5 1
43 Favier, John ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 0 0
6 Foschini, Silvio ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 3 0 0 2
12 Jackson, Mark ? ? 4 2 8 8 0 2 0 4 3
17 Kiel, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 0
7 Mace, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 2
4 Morwood, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 4 1
25 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 3 0 3 1
29 Odgers, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 4 1
27 Owen, Rod ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 2
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 2 12 6 1
30 Smith, Terry ? ? 2 2 20 16 4 5 0 2 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 9 307 205 102 62 27 40 30

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