1984 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 1984 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round one of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Mark Williams captained the hosts with David Cloke as vice-captain. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Cahill and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Collingwood (18.12.120) defeated Melbourne (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 March 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 32,741

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 18.12.120 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 5 7 . 9 11 . 10 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Melbourne 2 . 6 6 . 10 11 . 12 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin COLL by 5 COLL by 5 MELB by 2 COLL by 13 COLL by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Mark Williams
Vice-Captain: David Cloke
Coach: John Cahill

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hood
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Daicos COLL 35 3
Robert Flower MELB 2 2
Alan Johnson MELB 9 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Abernethy, Bruce ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 3 0 2 1
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 5 0 2 4
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 0
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 2 0 18 11 7 7 0 1 1
40 Beers, Mark ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 2 1 1 2
33 Cloke, David (vc) ? ? 3 0 11 8 3 7 12 0 2
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 2 0 28 24 4 5 2 4 1
23 Fellowes, Wes ? ? 2 2 19 11 8 11 15 2 2
46 McAllester, Jim ? ? 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 4 1
29 Miles, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 4 1
7 Morwood, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0
3 Phillips, Greg ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 11 0 3 1
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 6 0 3 4
11 Shaw, Gary ? ? 0 3 25 14 11 3 1 2 0
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 1 0 27 14 13 6 2 1 1
28 Taylor, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 0
8 Twomey, David ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 5 0 2 1
21 Williams, Mark (c) ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 2 1 1 1
2 Woodhall, Dale ? ? 2 3 6 5 1 4 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 12 317 210 107 94 34 37 24

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 1 0 1 1
27 Boland, Glenn ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 0 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 0 0 1 2
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 3 0 0 3
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 1 25 13 12 8 0 2 4
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 3
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 3 1 26 20 6 4 1 1 1
5 Holden, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 3 4 2 4
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 1 19 13 6 3 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 9 25 1 2
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 5 0 3 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 5 1 1 2
43 Rugolo, Francesco ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 4 0 3 3
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 2 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 5 0 2 2
8 Thorne, Peter ? ? 2 3 10 9 1 3 0 0 4
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 7 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 15 17 294 198 96 71 31 24 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