1983 VFL Season Round 17: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 1983 between Sydney and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1983 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Melbourne at the SCG. Barry Round captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ricky Quade and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Sydney (18.17.125) defeated Melbourne (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1983 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 24 July 1983
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 11,094

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 18.17.125 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 8 . 2 12 . 6 15 . 10 18 . 17 18 . 17 (125)
Melbourne 2 . 1 7 . 7 11 . 13 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin SYDN by 37 SYDN by 29 SYDN by 21 SYDN by 13 SYDN by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Barry Round
Coach: Ricky Quade

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Rich
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 2
14 Allender, Stephen ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 4 0 0
20 Boyse, Maurice ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 0 0 1 1
12 Braddy, Craig ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 6 0 3
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 3 1 1 4
7 Carroll, Dennis ? ? 1 1 15 11 4 3 0 1 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 0
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 2 4 4 0
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 3 1 32 20 12 3 0 0 4
40 Henderson, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 1
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 1 1 39 21 18 3 1 2 0
31 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 2 0
34 Kruse, Max ? ? 3 0 18 11 7 7 0 2 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 4 0 3 1
22 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 2 2
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 3 1 1 1
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 5 0 2 0
25 Round, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 22 6 16 7 22 2 0
8 Smith, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 0 3
35 Sutton, Darryl ? ? 6 6 16 16 0 10 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 17 320 210 110 75 39 27 28

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 1 17 11 6 2 1 2 0
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 3 0 2 1
33 Elshaug, Tony ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 1 0 0 3
36 Fidge, Ted ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 4 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 5 2 26 18 8 10 0 1 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 1 0 1 1
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 3 0
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 0 0 0 3
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 3 1 28 23 5 5 0 1 1
24 McCarthy, Stephen ? ? 1 1 8 4 4 0 0 4 2
26 McLean, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 8 20 0 2
10 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 3 7 1 2
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 2 18 13 5 4 0 2 1
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 26 10 16 3 0 1 2
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 2 4
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 16 301 199 102 65 28 28 27

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