1985 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 1985 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round one of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Gerard Healy captained the hosts. Matthew Rendell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Melbourne (20.8.128) defeated Fitzroy (14.18.102).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 30 March 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,923

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 20.8.128 - 14.18.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 2 10 . 2 16 . 4 20 . 8 20 . 8 (128)
Fitzroy 3 . 7 7 . 11 11 . 13 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 9 MELB by 21 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Gerard Healy
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

Captain: Matthew Rendell
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
G. Morrow

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gerard Healy MELB 3 3
Paul Roos FITZ 1 2
David Cordner MELB 28 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 1 0 2 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 1
28 Cordner, David ? ? 7 0 8 8 0 6 0 2 4
29 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 1
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 1 0 5
3 Healy, Gerard (c) ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 1 2
47 Jarrott, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 0 0 1 0
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 9 13 0 3
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 1 1 19 19 0 2 0 2 1
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 3 0 17 13 4 4 0 4 6
34 Rugolo, Francesco ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 2 0
1 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 1
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 3 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 6 1 9 7 2 5 0 0 0
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 2 2
19 Wright, Rodney ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 5 4
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 2 0
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 8 255 188 67 58 14 35 36

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Barwick, Doug ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 1 0 1 3
26 Burke, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 4
40 Clayton, Scott ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
8 Cross, Andrew ? ? 1 2 23 19 4 4 0 3 2
7 Gotch, Brad ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 0
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 2 3 15 10 5 2 0 2 2
38 Harris, Leon ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1
15 Hinchen, Graeme ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 3 0 7 4
34 Lawrie, Grant ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 3 2
35 McGrath, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Nettlefold, Michael ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 5 0 2 3
19 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 0
27 Parish, Les ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 3 0 0 2
3 Pert, Gary ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 3 0 3 6
5 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 6 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 0
9 Rendell, Matthew (c) ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 10 3 0
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 3 1
23 Scott, Mark ? ? 1 4 7 5 2 2 0 0 0
4 Thornton, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 2 2
14 Turner, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 18 252 172 80 54 10 36 35

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