1984 VFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1984 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round twenty of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. In the absence of Mark Williams, vice-captain David Cloke captained the visitors with Michael Taylor as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by John Cahill.

Melbourne (9.17.71) were defeated by Collingwood (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 18 August 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 31,847

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 9.17.71 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 6 6 . 13 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Collingwood 6 . 1 9 . 9 14 . 9 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin COLL by 15 COLL by 27 COLL by 44 COLL by 32 COLL by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Collingwood

Captain: David Cloke (acting)
Vice-Captain: Michael Taylor (acting)
Coach: John Cahill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. Bryant
N. Nash

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Taylor COLL 28 3
Peter Daicos COLL 35 2
Darren Millane COLL 42 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 2 0 0 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 7 1 2 1
35 Cox, Darryl ? ? 1 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 2
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 0 1
14 Ellingworth, Roger ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 1
44 Fidge, John ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 1 2 7 7 0 6 0 0 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 3 0 6 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 2 5 23 19 4 7 0 3 1
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 1 2 10 6 4 2 0 0 1
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 1 0 19 12 7 7 0 3 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 24 15 9 7 20 4 2
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 0 2
43 Rugolo, Francesco ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 3 1
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 4 1
12 Williams, David ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 4 0 1 1
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 28 14 14 6 0 2 2
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 1 0
45 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 5 0 2 2
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 2 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 17 303 203 100 83 21 38 27

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
27 Allan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 1 5
12 Banks, Denis ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 6 0 3 4
1 Barham, Ricky ? ? 0 1 20 10 10 9 0 1 1
40 Beers, Mark ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 3 3
14 Browne, Murray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
33 Cloke, David (ac) ? ? 2 0 10 6 4 3 12 0 3
35 Daicos, Peter ? ? 1 2 26 17 9 7 0 0 2
23 Fellowes, Wes ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 3 10 1 2
46 McAllester, Jim ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
6 McCormack, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 2
25 McKeown, Ron ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 3 0
42 Millane, Darren ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 4 0 0 1
7 Morwood, Shane ? ? 4 3 17 13 4 6 0 2 3
3 Phillips, Greg ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 2 2 2 2
17 Richardson, Mike ? ? 1 3 31 22 9 10 0 1 0
11 Shaw, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 7 0 2 1
51 Shaw, Neville ? ? 1 0 27 15 12 9 0 2 4
22 Shaw, Tony ? ? 2 1 25 12 13 3 0 2 2
28 Taylor, Michael (avc) ? ? 0 0 27 16 11 8 0 0 1
24 Turner, Jamie ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 13 346 220 126 93 24 27 38

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