1983 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 1983 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eight of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Melbourne (12.15.87) were defeated by Fitzroy (18.18.126).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 14 May 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,758

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 12.15.87 - 18.18.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Fitzroy 4 . 4 7 . 7 12 . 12 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Margin FITZ by 7 FITZ by 6 FITZ by 24 FITZ by 39 FITZ by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Morgan
V. Vasilou

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
8 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 1 3
45 Boland, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 3 0 3 1
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 2 19 17 2 1 0 2 2
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 1 0 1 0
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 3 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 1 3 3
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 4 3 16 12 4 7 0 1 2
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 0 29 24 5 3 1 6 1
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 1 0 10 4 6 3 13 0 1
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 7 17 0 5
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 1 27 20 7 4 0 1 3
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 2
17 Seddon, Michael ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 6 0 1 2
44 Sutcliffe, Scott ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 3 0 0 1
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 296 208 88 63 32 25 32

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 2 0
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 1
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 2 2 14 14 0 2 0 1 6
30 Grimley, Brett ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 1 0 4 1
26 Herbert, Des ? ? 0 2 22 16 6 8 0 0 2
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 1 1 1 1
13 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 4 2
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 3 1 0 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 2 5 5 0 3 0 1 3
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 0 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 1 2 25 16 9 5 0 1 3
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 2 2
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 8 3 15 14 1 9 0 0 0
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 6 23 8 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 7 0 2 0
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 1 0
21 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 6 16 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 6 2 21 18 3 10 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 18 325 230 95 83 41 32 25

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