1983 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1983 between Melbourne and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Ian Hampshire.

Melbourne (14.15.99) defeated Footscray (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 June 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,306

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 14.15.99 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 5 . 8 9 . 9 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Footscray 0 . 5 3 . 6 8 . 12 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 14 MELB by 3 MELB by 14 MELB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ian Hampshire

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Howlett
K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 1 29 22 7 10 0 3 3
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 0 5
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 3
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 2 4 17 12 5 4 0 2 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 5 0 2 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 1 0 22 10 12 2 0 3 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 2 19 11 8 7 0 2 2
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 3 1 3 4
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 0 2 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 0 26 21 5 3 0 6 0
24 McCarthy, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 5 4
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 9 26 2 1
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 1 6 1 0 0 3
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 4 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 2 6 6 0 3 1 0 4
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 3 20 12 8 6 0 4 1
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 5 0 3 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 1 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 15 317 215 102 72 28 44 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 1 33 25 8 6 0 2 2
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 0 0 1 4
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 9 0 1 5
38 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 2 0 2 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 3 2
6 Ford, Alister ? ? 4 1 11 7 4 4 8 1 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 1 3 5
11 Gorozidis, Con ? ? 3 1 18 16 2 8 1 4 3
17 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 1 1 0
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 1 1 3 4
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 2 1 19 7 12 3 0 1 2
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 1 2
15 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 2 3
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 4 22 5 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 3 18 12 6 5 0 2 3
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 0 0 2 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 4 0 2 0
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 4 1
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 13 294 189 105 59 35 41 44

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