1984 VFL Round 12: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1984 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 12 of the 1984 VFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Ricky Quade.

Melbourne
R. Flower (capt.), B. Bailey, C. Connolly, D. Cordner, D. Dickson, P. Giles, Gerard Healy, Greg Healy, S. Icke, A. Jarrott, A. Johnson, P. Moore, R. Richards, S. Smith, K. Templeton, P. Thorne, P. Tossol, D. Williams, G. Yeats, S. Zantuck

Sydney
D. Ackerly, C. Braddy, M. Browning, W. Capper, D. Carroll, W. Carroll, A. Daniher, B. Evans, P. Foy, G. Frangalas, P. Hawke, C. Holden, T. Hughes, B. Picken, D. Rhys-Jones, I. Roberts, B. Round, B. Scott, G. Smith, S. Taubert

Melbourne (21.17.143) defeated Sydney (5.16.46).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Dickson (4), K. Templeton (4), P. Tossol (3), Greg Healy (2), A. Johnson (2), B. Bailey, C. Connolly, R. Flower, Gerard Healy, P. Thorne, D. Williams
Sydney: W. Capper, G. Frangalas, P. Hawke, I. Roberts, B. Round

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 16 June 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,873

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 21.17.143 - 5.16.46

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	4	.	7	11	.	11	17	.	14	21	.	17	21	.	17	(143)
Sydney	1	.	6	2	.	9	3	.	11	5	.	16	5	.	16	(46)
Margin	MELB by 19			MELB by 56			MELB by 87			MELB by 97			MELB by 97
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Melbourne), Ricky Quade (Sydney)
Captains: Robert Flower (Melbourne), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson, R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Robert Flower	MELB	2	3
Stephen Icke	MELB	11	2
Peter Moore	MELB	30	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
24	Bailey, Bret	?	?	1	1	20	7	13	1	0	1	1
22	Connolly, Chris	?	?	1	0	20	13	7	4	0	0	0
28	Cordner, David	?	?	0	0	13	3	10	4	2	1	1
29	Dickson, Dale	?	?	4	2	15	14	1	3	0	0	0
2	Flower, Robert (c)	?	?	1	1	28	15	13	7	0	3	1
4	Giles, Peter	?	?	0	0	21	15	6	6	0	1	5
3	Healy, Gerard	?	?	1	2	22	14	8	3	1	1	3
33	Healy, Greg	?	?	2	2	22	18	4	4	0	2	1
11	Icke, Stephen	?	?	0	0	27	13	14	6	0	1	2
47	Jarrott, Alan	?	?	0	0	16	7	9	3	0	1	1
9	Johnson, Alan	?	?	2	1	22	15	7	2	0	2	0
30	Moore, Peter	?	?	0	0	23	14	9	7	24	1	3
20	Richards, Russell	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	1	2
1	Smith, Steven	?	?	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	4	1
31	Templeton, Kelvin	?	?	4	4	9	8	1	5	1	2	2
8	Thorne, Peter	?	?	1	3	12	10	2	5	0	1	2
21	Tossol, Peter	?	?	3	0	9	5	4	3	0	0	4
12	Williams, David	?	?	1	0	26	14	12	5	0	1	1
45	Yeats, Graeme	?	?	0	0	13	8	5	1	0	0	0
32	Zantuck, Shane	?	?	0	0	26	17	9	9	0	1	2
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				21	17	360	219	141	83	28	24	32

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
9	Ackerly, David	?	?	0	1	16	13	3	2	0	1	2
12	Braddy, Craig	?	?	0	0	9	2	7	2	0	0	0
11	Browning, Mark	?	?	0	0	14	8	6	0	0	3	1
39	Capper, Warwick	?	?	1	2	15	14	1	2	0	3	2
7	Carroll, Dennis	?	?	0	2	15	12	3	3	0	2	0
18	Carroll, Wayne	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	1	0	0	2
19	Daniher, Anthony	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	0	0	2	1
15	Evans, Bernie	?	?	0	2	17	15	2	3	0	1	1
29	Foy, Pat	?	?	0	0	12	10	2	2	0	1	1
50	Frangalas, Gary	?	?	1	0	11	9	2	4	0	1	1
34	Hawke, Paul	?	?	1	1	12	5	7	1	0	2	1
22	Holden, Craig	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	2	3
54	Hughes, Tony	?	?	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1
14	Picken, Bill	?	?	0	0	15	13	2	4	0	2	0
30	Rhys-Jones, David	?	?	0	2	15	10	5	4	0	3	2
5	Roberts, Ian	?	?	1	2	11	9	2	3	0	0	0
25	Round, Barry	?	?	1	0	10	6	4	1	4	5	2
6	Scott, Brett	?	?	0	1	12	10	2	1	0	1	2
8	Smith, Greg	?	?	0	1	18	15	3	4	0	1	0
24	Taubert, Steven	?	?	0	2	16	12	4	8	16	2	2
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				5	16	251	188	63	49	20	32	24

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

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