1984 VFL Round 16: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1984 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 16 of the 1984 VFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Mick Turner captained the hosts. Robert Flower captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Geelong
M. Turner (capt.), G. Ablett, A. Bews, M. Bos, T. Bright, N. Bruns, R. Byrne, R. Card, D. Flanigan, M. Jackson, P. Jeffreys, P. Johnston, D. Lenaghan, G. Malarkey, D. Morgan, J. Mossop, D. O'Keeffe, B. Peake, M. Reed, M. Yeates

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

Geelong (20.10.130) defeated Melbourne (15.18.108).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Morgan (4), G. Ablett (3), P. Johnston (3), M. Turner (3), M. Jackson (2), A. Bews, J. Mossop, D. O'Keeffe, B. Peake, M. Yeates
Melbourne: K. Templeton (5), C. Connolly (2), D. Cordner, R. Flower, Gerard Healy, Greg Healy, A. Jarrott, A. Johnson, P. Tossol, B. Wilson

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 July 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 21,448

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 20.10.130 - 15.18.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 2 13 . 3 16 . 7 20 . 10 20 . 10 (130)
Melbourne 3 . 7 6 . 12 12 . 15 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Margin GEEL by 7 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 22 GEEL by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Geelong), Ron Barassi (Melbourne)
Captains: Mick Turner (Geelong), Robert Flower (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. James, N. Nash

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David O'Keeffe GEEL 31 3
John Mossop GEEL 10 2
Darren Morgan GEEL 47 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 3 0 14 10 4 7 0 0 3
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 1 28 16 12 5 0 1 1
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 4 0 1 2
4 Bright, Terry ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 5 1 0 2
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 4 0 1 0
2 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 0
20 Card, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 1
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 6 0 1
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 2 2 6 5 1 3 0 0 2
22 Jeffreys, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 2 1 0
3 Johnston, Peter ? ? 3 0 14 7 7 5 1 2 5
8 Lenaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
6 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 1 4 1
47 Morgan, Darren ? ? 4 1 16 12 4 3 0 1 3
10 Mossop, John ? ? 1 0 16 11 5 2 36 5 2
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 8 0 1 2
7 Peake, Brian ? ? 1 0 34 23 11 4 1 3 2
1 Reed, Malcolm ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 0
9 Turner, Mick (c) ? ? 3 2 21 18 3 3 0 1 0
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 1 1 14 6 8 1 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 10 318 216 102 65 48 29 29

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 1 0 2 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 2 3 15 13 2 3 0 1 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 5 2 1 3
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 0 27 13 14 5 0 0 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 1 0 3 3
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 3 29 16 13 3 0 0 4
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 4 0 1 4
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 1
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 3 24 14 10 6 0 4 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 19 3 3
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 2 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 1 0
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 5 1 9 9 0 6 0 1 2
21 Tossol, Peter ? ? 1 1 14 7 7 0 0 0 2
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 3 0 3 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 1 1 11 4 7 0 1 0 1
45 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 2 0
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 18 298 185 113 53 22 29 29

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