1985 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1985 between Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1985 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Jim Edmond captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Melbourne (14.18.102) defeated Footscray (12.11.83).

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 20 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 20,797

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 14.18.102 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 9 9 . 11 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Footscray 5 . 3 8 . 6 11 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin FOOT by 13 FOOT by 9 FOOT by 10 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: Ron Barassi

Footscray

Captain: Jim Edmond
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
G. Morrow

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mark Withers MELB 15 3
Andrew Purser FOOT 1 2
Brian Wilson MELB 7 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 2 0 2 1
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 1 0 31 21 10 3 0 3 2
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 4 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 1 1 9 6 3 4 1 1 0
44 Fidge, John ? ? 1 0 22 15 7 6 0 0 2
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 0
4 Giles, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 2 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 1 1 13 6 7 1 0 2 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 8 0 4 3
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 1 7 0 4
11 Icke, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 3
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 1 2 26 25 1 9 0 2 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 4 1 2
6 O'Sullivan, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 3 2
43 Payne, Paul ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 1 1 1 0
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 3 0 4 2
5 White, Robin ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 0 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 5 5 16 12 4 11 0 1 5
15 Withers, Mark ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 2 0 4 3
32 Zantuck, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 18 311 218 93 69 13 41 35

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
9 Bamblett, Les ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 0 0 1 4
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 2 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 4
21 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 3 2 21 17 4 4 0 1 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 2
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
11 Daniels, Allen ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 0 0 1 3
20 Edmond, Jim (c) ? ? 1 3 18 17 1 3 0 4 1
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 2
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 2
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 2 0
14 Groenewegen, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 5 1 1
4 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 1
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 0 1
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 4 1
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 3 1 13 10 3 3 0 2 6
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 0
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 1 20 18 2 7 10 8 2
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 4 0 0 4
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 0 1 7 2 5 2 0 0 2
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 7 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 11 248 195 53 46 15 35 41

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