1984 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1984 between Footscray and Melbourne during round nine of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Footscray (11.15.81) were defeated by Melbourne (23.21.159).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 May 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 20,056

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.15.81 - 23.21.159

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 6 . 8 10 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Melbourne 5 . 3 10 . 6 18 . 15 23 . 21 23 . 21 (159)
Margin MELB by 24 MELB by 22 MELB by 52 MELB by 78 MELB by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Morrow
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Flower MELB 2 3
Kelvin Templeton MELB 31 2
Peter Thorne MELB 8 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 1 3 7 7 0 5 0 1 3
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 3 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 2
4 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 4 4 1 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 1 0 3 1
17 Hansen, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 1 1 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 2
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 2
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 5 2 19 14 5 4 0 1 3
38 Lunn, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 1
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 2 0 2 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 1 2
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 7 20 4 0
37 Rickman, Ian ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 2 25 20 5 1 0 2 1
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 2 0 3 1
48 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 3 2
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 3
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 15 280 194 86 57 25 35 31

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 1 0 3 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 2 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 0 0
44 Fidge, John ? ? 2 3 16 11 5 4 0 1 4
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 2 25 14 11 9 0 2 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 2 1
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 2 25 19 6 6 0 2 2
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 2 2 17 15 2 4 0 0 4
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 27 13 14 6 0 4 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 14 3 11 5 1 1 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 2 23 18 5 5 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 7 30 1 3
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 3 3
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 2 2 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 8 2 16 13 3 12 0 0 2
8 Thorne, Peter ? ? 7 3 30 21 9 8 0 3 3
12 Williams, David ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 7 0 2 2
45 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 0 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 4 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 21 328 222 106 89 33 31 35

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