1984 VFL Season Round 19: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1984 between Melbourne and Footscray during round nineteen of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Steven Smith captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Melbourne (15.13.103) were defeated by Footscray (20.15.135).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 August 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,091

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 15.13.103 - 20.15.135

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 6 . 8 7 . 12 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Footscray 4 . 7 8 . 9 16 . 13 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Margin FOOT by 21 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 55 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Steven Smith
Coach: Ron Barassi

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
K. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Beasley FOOT 18 3
Peter Moore MELB 30 2
Jim Sewell FOOT 2 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 4 0 1 2
28 Cordner, David ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 11 3 1 3
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 2 1 14 10 4 2 0 1 1
44 Fidge, John ? ? 3 2 11 8 3 5 0 0 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 5 2
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 2 0 22 18 4 2 0 3 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 1
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 2 28 11 17 9 0 0 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 2 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 1 28 20 8 9 23 2 4
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 2 1 18 10 8 6 0 1 0
43 Rugolo, Francesco ? ? 1 1 10 4 6 1 0 1 1
1 Smith, Steven (c) ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 3
25 Tanner, Xavier ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 2 0
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 5 0 0 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 32 11 21 5 0 4 4
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 2 1
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 13 311 203 108 76 27 32 30

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 3 0
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 7 1 9 9 0 8 0 1 2
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 0
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 0
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 5 0 1 3
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 0 1
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 1 3 1
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 6 6 2 4
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 1
3 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 1 1 0
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 3
43 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 3 0 1 4
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 2
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 1 0 2 2
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 8 20 4 3
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 2 3 31 31 0 3 0 4 2
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 5 2 14 11 3 9 0 0 1
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 1 30 21 9 6 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 15 278 207 71 74 28 30 32

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