1984 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1984 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round eight of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Garry Wilson captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Robert Walls and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (12.9.81) were defeated by Melbourne (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 May 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,712

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.9.81 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 1 3 . 6 9 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 7 6 . 9 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 13 FITZ by 17 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
S. Nolan

Brownlow Votes

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

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 1 1 2 0
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 0 1
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 8 11 4 3
12 Conlan, Mick ? ? 1 1 10 5 5 2 0 1 2
46 Cooper, Jamie ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
45 Gotch, Brad ? ? 2 1 16 9 7 0 0 2 0
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 0 1 25 17 8 5 1 4 1
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 1 1
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 6
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 4 0 1 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 0 0 2
24 Pekin, Tim ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 0
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 5 2 3
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 1 6 6 0 2 0 2 4
28 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 1
10 Serafini, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 1 5 4
7 Taylor, Kevin ? ? 1 0 9 3 6 0 0 1 1
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 3
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 9 265 192 73 50 20 32 34

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 3
28 Cordner, David ? ? 4 0 5 4 1 2 4 1 2
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 6 1 4 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 3 17 12 5 0 0 1 3
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 2 16 15 1 6 0 4 0
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 0 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 3 22 18 4 2 0 1 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 8 37 2 5
23 O'Donnell, Kelly ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 3 0
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 2 2
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 5 5 2 2
8 Thorne, Peter ? ? 2 1 17 9 8 3 0 2 3
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 2 0
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 0 3 2
45 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 4 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 14 285 206 79 62 47 34 32

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