1984 VFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1984 between Melbourne and Geelong during round six of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Mick Turner captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (23.10.148) defeated Geelong (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 5 May 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,605

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 23.10.148 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 9 . 2 14 . 6 21 . 9 23 . 10 23 . 10 (148)
Geelong 2 . 3 3 . 6 8 . 9 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin MELB by 41 MELB by 66 MELB by 78 MELB by 63 MELB by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Geelong

Captain: Mick Turner
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Flower MELB 2 3
Peter Moore MELB 30 2
Alan Johnson MELB 9 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 4
27 Boland, Glenn ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 2 3 5 5 0 2 0 2 2
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 4 0
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 4
44 Fidge, John ? ? 4 1 15 9 6 2 0 2 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 1 25 14 11 8 0 2 2
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 2 3
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 1 23 11 12 1 0 0 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 3 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 5 0
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 6 0 4 3
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 15 17 5 7
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 2 1
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 5 0 3 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 3 1 20 13 7 2 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 10 299 212 87 71 17 41 38

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 5 0 5 3
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 2 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 2 0 12 5 7 2 0 0 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 3
43 Bourke, Damian ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 6 3 4
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 3 0 17 10 7 5 0 3 3
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 1 27 27 0 5 0 5 0
2 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 0 1
45 Cleave, Craig ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 2
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 3 3 9 7 2 4 1 0 9
46 Johns, Garry ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 2
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 0 16 5 11 6 34 1 1
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 0
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 4
9 Turner, Mick (c) ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 1 0 1 1
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 1 28 7 21 2 0 3 0
18 Witcombe, Murray ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 5 0 2 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 4 0 3 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 12 13 284 181 103 58 41 38 41

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