1984 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Sydney

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

Melbourne (21.17.143) defeated Sydney (5.16.46).

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

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ricky Quade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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