1985 VFL Round 5: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1985 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round 5 of the 1985 VFL season. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Wayne Schimmelbusch captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Kennedy.

Geelong
G. Ablett, A. Bews, M. Bos, N. Bruns, P. Couch, D. Flanigan, S. Hocking, M. Jackson, M. Lenaghan, B. Lindner, G. Malarkey, D. Morgan, J. Mossop, R. Neal, D. O'Keeffe, S. Reynoldson, B. Toohey, G. Williams, M. Yeates, P. Zychla

North Melbourne
W. Schimmelbusch (capt.), P. German, R. Glendinning, K. Greig, S. Hickey, J. Holt, P. Jonas, J. Krakouer, P. Krakouer, M. Larkin, J. Law, M. Lisle, S. McCann, D. McDonald, K. McGuire, M. Passmore, R. Robertson, S. Robertson, P. Smith, R. Smith

Geelong (16.23.119) defeated North Melbourne (14.9.93).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Ablett (4), A. Bews (3), M. Jackson (2), S. Reynoldson (2), N. Bruns, P. Couch, D. Morgan, R. Neal, P. Zychla
North Melbourne: P. German (3), J. Krakouer (3), P. Krakouer (3), M. Larkin (2), S. McCann (2), S. Robertson

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and North Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1985 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 April 1985
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 16,484

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.23.119 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 5 6 . 14 10 . 17 16 . 23 16 . 23 (119)
North Melbourne 2 . 2 8 . 3 12 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin NMLB by 3 NMLB by 1 NMLB by 2 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Geelong), John Kennedy (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), Wayne Schimmelbusch (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Clayton, I. Robinson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Robert Neal GEEL 35 3
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 2
Jim Krakouer NMLB 3 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 4 7 18 15 3 10 0 3 3
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 3 1 15 14 1 4 1 1 2
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 0 4
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 1 0 25 22 3 4 0 3 3
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 1 23 14 9 6 0 1 2
14 Flanigan, Darren ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 4 7 0 0
41 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 6 12 2 0 0 2
25 Jackson, Mark ? ? 2 2 6 6 0 3 1 0 1
32 Lenaghan, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 3 0 2 2
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 0 1 11 3 8 2 0 2 1
6 Malarkey, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 9 0 3 2
36 Morgan, Darren ? ? 1 4 18 15 3 5 0 0 1
10 Mossop, John ? ? 0 1 22 9 13 8 25 4 2
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 1 1 37 31 6 6 0 3 2
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 0 2
17 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 2 0 9 4 5 2 1 1 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 3 3
11 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 41 14 27 4 0 3 2
21 Yeates, Mark ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 2
38 Zychla, Peter ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 23 364 237 127 85 35 32 37

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 German, Peter ? ? 3 0 21 12 9 6 0 2 1
4 Glendinning, Ross ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 9 0 4 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 1
24 Hickey, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 7 2
2 Holt, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 1
45 Jonas, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 5 2 2 4
3 Krakouer, Jim ? ? 3 2 21 18 3 4 0 1 3
8 Krakouer, Phil ? ? 3 1 11 7 4 1 0 4 1
9 Larkin, Matthew ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 1 0 1 2
13 Law, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 5
1 Lisle, Mark ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 4 12 3 0
16 McCann, Stephen ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0
25 McDonald, Donald ? ? 0 2 14 11 3 8 2 1 3
31 McGuire, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
37 Passmore, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 3 1
12 Robertson, Rohan ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1
33 Robertson, Shane ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 1 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne (c) ? ? 0 1 25 15 10 6 0 2 2
5 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 0
15 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 14 9 283 206 77 69 16 37 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