1984 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1984 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round eighteen of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Garry Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Melbourne (17.18.120) were defeated by Fitzroy (22.20.152).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 4 August 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,236

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 17.18.120 - 22.20.152

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 8 . 6 13 . 11 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Fitzroy 5 . 6 11 . 11 17 . 17 22 . 20 22 . 20 (152)
Margin FITZ by 15 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 30 FITZ by 32 FITZ by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

Captain: Garry Wilson
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bernie Quinlan FITZ 5 3
Paul Roos FITZ 1 2
Matthew Rendell FITZ 9 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 0 0 2 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 3 1 1 2
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 8 1 0 2
44 Fidge, John ? ? 5 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 1 15 6 9 3 0 2 0
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 2 0 0 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 2
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 0 3
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 1 23 14 9 4 0 2 0
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 2 2 16 12 4 5 0 1 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 4 24 2 1
46 Reynolds, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 2 0 1 1
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 2 1 12 9 3 3 0 2 1
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 3 0 6 4 2 4 1 0 0
8 Thorne, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 3 0 1 0
12 Williams, David ? ? 1 0 23 14 9 8 0 1 0
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 0 1
45 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 1 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 18 289 208 81 62 27 21 23

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 3 0 9 8 1 4 0 0 3
26 Burke, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 4 5 1 0 0 1
18 Carlson, Leigh ? ? 1 1 22 17 5 5 0 1 2
32 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 2 1 0
45 Gotch, Brad ? ? 0 2 28 15 13 3 0 0 0
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 4 0 17 15 2 2 0 3 0
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 1 17 6 11 5 0 1 0
16 Lokan, Bill ? ? 0 2 25 18 7 3 0 2 1
33 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 0 0
44 Osborne, Richard ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 2
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 9 4 2 0
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 9 5 21 17 4 11 2 3 2
28 Reeves, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 5 1 1 0
9 Rendell, Matthew ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 12 28 2 3
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 17 10 13 0 0 0
23 Scott, Mark ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Sidebottom, Garry ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 2 1 2 2
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 4
29 Wilson, Garry (c) ? ? 2 2 13 7 6 4 0 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 22 20 314 204 110 86 38 23 21

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