1984 VFL Season Round 2: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1984 between Sydney and Melbourne during round two of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Sydney hosted Melbourne at the SCG. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ricky Quade and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Sydney (16.16.112) defeated Melbourne (13.20.98).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 8 April 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 8,131

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 16.16.112 - 13.20.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 7 . 6 11 . 8 13 . 12 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 5 8 . 14 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Margin SYDN by 34 SYDN by 39 SYDN by 28 SYDN by 14 SYDN by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ricky Quade

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
D. Rich

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Ackerly SYDN 9 3
Alan Johnson MELB 9 2
Colin Hounsell SYDN 23 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Ackerly, David ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 5 0 2 2
12 Braddy, Craig ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 1 0 2 6
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 4 0
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0
17 Chilcott, Arthur ? ? 1 2 11 6 5 1 0 0 1
19 Daniher, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 1
15 Evans, Bernie ? ? 2 1 18 15 3 5 0 2 1
50 Frangalas, Gary ? ? 1 3 16 12 4 4 0 4 3
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 2 1
22 Holden, Craig ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 3 0 1 1
23 Hounsell, Colin ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 0 0 1 2
3 Kruse, Max ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 1
28 Lucas, Jack ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 0 1
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 3 0 0 1
14 Picken, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 2 1
30 Rhys-Jones, David ? ? 5 2 18 13 5 4 0 1 2
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 1
25 Round, Barry ? ? 1 1 13 7 6 8 11 1 3
24 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 1 17 9 8 10 31 2 5
10 Vernon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 16 285 200 85 68 42 29 34

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 0 0 5 0
27 Boland, Glenn ? ? 0 1 23 13 10 5 0 3 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 3 0 0 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 3 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 2
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 3 1 20 12 8 2 0 1 3
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 2 35 22 13 5 3 1 4
5 Holden, Ray ? ? 1 2 6 4 2 2 0 1 3
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 4 1 1 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 3 4 22 15 7 1 0 4 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 3 27 6 1
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 6 3 0 4
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 4 1
43 Rugolo, Francesco ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 4 0 3 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 1
8 Thorne, Peter ? ? 1 3 13 12 1 4 0 1 2
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 13 20 311 201 110 56 34 34 29

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