1983 VFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 1983 between Melbourne and Geelong during round sixteen of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Steven Smith captained the hosts. Ian Nankervis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (10.19.79) defeated Geelong (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 July 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,155

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 10.19.79 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 3 . 7 6 . 12 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Geelong 2 . 3 4 . 5 8 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin MELB by 7 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 10 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Steven Smith
Coach: Ron Barassi

Geelong

Captain: Ian Nankervis
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
45 Boland, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 6 0 2 2
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 1 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 2
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 1 1
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 0 3 11 10 1 5 0 0 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 2 10 8 2 3 0 0 3
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 18 10 8 6 0 0 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 2 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 4 0 3 1
24 McCarthy, Stephen ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 8 13 1 4
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 3 17 14 3 6 3 1 5
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 2 0 28 18 10 2 0 2 1
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 3
35 Smith, Steven (c) ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 6 0 5 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 2 6 5 1 4 0 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 4 21 11 10 7 1 5 1
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 3 0 6 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 1 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 19 299 216 83 75 17 37 31

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 1 0 3
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 8 0 1 2
43 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 2 1 14 11 3 7 1 2 1
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 0
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 1 14 7 7 5 0 2 3
11 Featherby, Peter ? ? 1 1 28 26 2 3 0 5 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 2 1 1
37 Kol, Michael ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 3 0 2 3
5 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 23 15 8 9 37 7 3
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 4
40 Nankervis, Ian (c) ? ? 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 0 0
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 2
30 Reid, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 6 3 1 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 2 2 7 6 1 3 0 0 1
9 Turner, Mick ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 6 0 0 4
6 Waddell, Rod ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 1 0 1 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 13 289 215 74 82 44 31 37

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